Roanoke Island, NC April 19, 2013 - Top off your trip to the Aquarium with a search for take-home treasures in the new Shark Tooth Creek adventure. This hands-on, family-friendly activity on the deck beyond the Dairy Queen opens in May. Here’s how it works: Buy bucket of sand. Run it through the sluice – and cool off a little at the same time. Then look for  sharks’ teeth or other fossils the water may have ...

Roanoke Island, NC April 5, 2013 - Planning a visit to NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island? Interested in having fun and learning about the plants, animals, habitats and history of the Outer Banks? Join other budding biologists in the new Jr. Marine Biologist Patch Program – an exciting discovery adventure for ages 6 and up to explore the Aquarium’s animals and exhibits! What is a Jr. Marine Biologist? Jr. Marine ...

Roanoke Island, NC March 27, 2013 - In early March, an exceptional group of divers from northern Virginia took part in the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island’s popular Shark Dive program. Wounded Warriors David Weiner, Jade Sharrocks, Ron Kellogg and Ernest Spycher, representing the U.S. Army, Marines and Navy, took the plunge into the Aquarium’s 285,000-gallon Graveyard of the Atlantic exhibit to the delight ...

Roanoke Island, NC March 26, 2013 -  Celebrate Earth Day every day, but especially on April 22 at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island – the perfect place to connect with nature and throw a party for the planet. Go native, weather permitting, by helping staff and volunteers renovate the wildflower meadow on the Aquarium’s nature trail. Lend a hand with planting joe-pye weed, wild indigo, columbine, ...

Roanoke Island, NC March 20, 2013 - The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steve Haines, will perform on Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Regarded as one of the premier jazz ensembles in the nation, it is considered one of the flagships of the University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. RI ...

Roanoke Island, NC March 15, 2013 - “Coastal Wild” is the title of Mark Buckler’s new nature photography exhibit in the Nautilus Gallery at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. This selection of his recent work will be on view April 5 through June 28. Buckler’s passion for photography ignited when he began making compelling images of the natural world at age thirteen. He continued to hone his phot ...

Roanoke Island, NC March 11, 2013 - After months of planning, the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island is moving ahead with a new pier on Croatan Sound. The Aquarium recently awarded the building contract to Renaissance Construction of Manteo. The new sound-side pier is scheduled to be completed in June. The 200-foot-long structure provides convenient visitor access for the Aquarium’s popular on-the-wa ...

Raleigh, NC Feb. 25, 2013 – This spring, thousands of families and business leaders will join together in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies—the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive. Multiple events will take place across the state on from April to November, aiming to raise more than $1 million. March for Babies is the March of Di ...

Raleigh, NC - What if the Lost Colony was never lost? What if the survivors left Roanoke Island and made it to Georgia? A series of engraved stones, called the Dare stones, were discovered in the 1930s and tell a tale of how the survivors traveled by land to South Carolina and then to Georgia. The first stone, found near the Chowan River in North Carolina, claimed that Eleanor Dare and a few other settlers ...

MANTEO, NC – The N.C. A&T State University Choir will present a Christmas Concert under the baton of Maestro Travis W. Alexander, Director of University Choirs and Piano Professor, on Saturday, December 8, at 7 p.m. in the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Tickets are $10 adults and 6-12 years old- $5. 50 and under are free. They may be purchased in advance at the Park or the night of the ...