Sustaining the BLM Movement in Small, Rural Beaufort, NC
Sheresa Elliot, 31, of Beaufort, NC speaks about how her job as a therapist is informing her work as she continues to organize for Black Lives Matter in Beaufort,...
What Community Does for Local Artists
It often seems that success in the arts means becoming prominent in a big city, or at least moving somewhere that’s not a small town in Eastern North Carolina....
David “Clammerhead” Cessna is Embracing Climate Change to Help Fight It
As a seventh generation commercial fisherman, David “Clammerhead” Cessna, of Smyrna, NC, speaks about how his family’s tradition led him to sustainable shellfish harvesting. At age 59, he is...
Our Favorite Things
Six young women – Tyashia Mckenzie, Kamora Ridgeway, Whitley Dockery, Rakyah Jacobs, Camryn Ray, and Jordan Newkirk – tell us about objects that are important to them. Tyashia talks...
Surfboard Shaping: An Art or a Craft?
For many, surfboards can be seen as pieces of art more than functional tools. But to shaper Gary Wilson, the function and craft comes first, and the art is...
A City Councilman’s Journey Making Community Through Art
Kevin Spears cares deeply about how his community is represented. Today, Spears is most known for his community organizing and his seat on Wilmington’s City Council. But years before...
Outer Banks Bridge Closures Continue to Affect Businesses Weeks After Opening
The Outer Banks had a unique opportunity to completely shut off travel during the North Carolina’s statewide shelter-in-place order; only residents were allowed on and off of the islands....
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancelled
With the cancellation of plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on July 5, 2020; we examine the negative impacts it would have caused and ask activist Hope Taylor,...
Protesters Weigh Health Risks of COVID and Civic Responsibility
Angela Colon of Wilmington Advocacy and Protest Organization (WAPO) discusses the how protesters have addressed health risks related to COVID-19.
How Surfing Can Improve the Well-being of People with Disabilities
Brock Johnson is the president of Coastal Adaptive Sports and assistant director for Adaptive Surf project. Johnson discusses his journey with sports and surfing as a quadriplegic. He describes...
Whiteville’s Pizza Village Shifts its Business Model During COVID-19
Jennifer Hall and her partner Ron have worked at Pizza Village in Whiteville, North Carolina for 32 years. The two had just taken over the restaurant when restaurants across...
How One Teenager Is Broadening Art Education On Harkers Island
For most of her childhood on Harkers Island, Abigail Garland didn’t think she could become an artist because she couldn’t draw. Then, a trip to a museum showed her...
