The Chicamacomico Historical Association is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization who's purpose is to restore, preserve and interpret the buildings and history of Chicamacomico Life- Saving Station, as well as the U.S. Life-Saving Service and its successor, the U.S. Coast Guard on the Outer Banks. 100% of fees go directly to the restoration, preservation and operation of this nonprofit site for the benefit of current and future generations.  Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station. 23645 NC Highway 12, or Milepost 39 1/2 village of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island (30 min. from Nags Head) 252-987-1552

Paddle Race to be held on Sat July 24th   Surfrider is a grassroots chapter dedicated to tackling local ocean environmental issues. You'll help make sure everyone gets the chance to enjoy cleaner waves and beaches. 

Wanted: "gently used" items for Food for Thought's first yard sale as part of the fourth Annual Shindig, Sat. Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.  The special event is designed to increase awareness of the volunteer non-profit organization that provides healthy meals to children who meet criteria in Dare County on weekends and holidays during the school year with all proceeds to benefit the children.  Donate your "gently used" items: children's books, fishing equipment, furniture, games, house wares, jewelry, nautical equipment, office equipment, sporting equipment and tools.  Do not collect clothing or shoes.  

Want to deliver yard sale items to Food for Thought?  Just bring them from 9 a.m.-noon, Thursday, July 22, July 29 and August 5 to the Food for Thought building at the corner of Grenville Street and Highway 64 across from IGA in Manteo.  Need something picked up?  Call Pete Collins, 252-255-1706, or e-mail him at collinsktyhwk@hotmail.com.

Too many children on North Carolina's Outer Banks were going hungry.
Hunger hampers healthy thinking and development.  That's why Food for Thought was born. Today, this all-volunteer non-profit organization provides nutritious child-pleasing non-perishable breakfasts and lunches for elementary children who meet specific criteria in Dare County each weekend during the school year.

 On Saturday, July 31from 7pm-11pm the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle will bring back the excitement of summertime at the beach with "Saturday Night at the Nags Head Casino". Please join us as we revisit the Nags Head Casino, if you'd like a trip back "to a simpler place in time." All funds raised will benefit the Museum's programs. July 31 � 7:00pm - 11:00pm,   Museum of the Albemarle, 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC

Built in the early 1930s, the Casino was later purchased by Ras Wescott, who ran the venerable institution for nearly 40 years. The two-story white wooden building featured duck pin bowling, pinball machines, pool tables and a snack bar on the lower level. Upstairs was a huge wooden dance floor that was waxed with bowling alley wax to keep it sleek and smooth. At one end was a long bar, where Pabst Blue Ribbon was always a favorite.

During the 1940s and 1950s the Big Bands played at the Casino, drawing crowds from neighboring communities of Currituck, Elizabeth City, Plymouth and Columbia. It was more or less the most active social center for young people in northeastern North Carolina. The Nags Head Casino could easily hold over 1,000 people, and when such crowds gathered and began to dance, the entire floor would sway. Louis Armstrong played to a packed house in 1958. Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and others all played the happening nightspot. A Wurlitzer Jukebox supplied the music some nights, its flashing colors spilling onto the dance floor.
Although times and popular music changed, the Casino continued to draw crowds in the 1960s and 1970s when bands like Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and the Hot Nuts played for dancers who no longer Jitterbugged, but opted for the Twist or the Shag. The Nags Head Casino was a place to take a date, or to meet someone new. Some couples who met and courted at the Casino, later went on to marry. Its location on the Beach Road in front of Jockey's Ridge gave young lovers a private place to escape for a romantic walk while the sounds of the music drifted into the warm summer night. Kitty Hawk Kites and Jockey's Ridge Crossing now occupied the site of the beloved Casino.

Kim Kalman Holy Redeemer Church music minister and national recording artist, is hosting the Outer Banks Christian Music Summer Concert Series on Monday evenings this summer, 7 PM at Holy Trinity Church in Nags Head.  All of the love offering will benefit the food bank and ICO.

Whalehead Club  Concert Series

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - Every Thursday evening at 6:30 pm. Relax on the south lawn at Currituck Heritage Park and enjoy local musicians performing on the historic Whalehead Club front porch.  Bring your beach chair or blanket and watch the sun set over the Currituck Sound while supporting the musical arts!  No alcohol permitted to be brought into the park.  Wine and snack concessions available.  Leashed pets welcome.  Admission and Parking are free. Currituck Heritage Park, MP 11.5, Rt. 12 N. Corolla, NC. 252-453-9040. www.whaleheadclub.org