Bloviations

On behalf of the Down East Cyclists’ bicycling club, I’d like to invite you to participate in the Down East Cyclists Family Fun Ride on October 10th, 2009 at 9 o’clock in the morning. The Family Fun Ride will begin at the Onslow County Tax Office on Court Street and will follow the Rails-to-Trails Greenway [...]

October 6th, 2009 | Tags: Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department, City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, DownEast Cyclists, Events | Category: Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Events, Family, Jacksonville, NC, Recreation and Parks Commission, Trails and Greenways Commission | Leave a comment

North Carolina’s early voting period begins Thursday (October 16th). The Onslow County Board of Elections will have four sites maintained for the early voting period: Jacksonville Commons Rec. Center Swansboro Middle School Annex Tar Landing Baptist Church Verona Fire Station These locations will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday (November [...]

October 14th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Don Sweeting, Elizabeth Dole, Ernie Wright, Events, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville, NC, John Burns, Kay Hagan, Lionell Midgett, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, News, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Politics, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Tony Padgett, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, W. C. Jarman, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent), William Rouse, Jr. | Leave a comment

Michele Obama will be in Jacksonville on Tuesday, October 7th at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center. Doors open at 12:30pm and the program begins at 1:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. There’s no tickets, but an RSVP is requested. Technorati Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections,Barack Obama (IL),Michelle Obama,Democrats,Jacksonville NC,Events,Politics

October 4th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections, Barack Obama, Democrats, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Michelle Obama, Politics | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, Democrats, Events, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, NC | Leave a comment

Since it didn’t take the first time… Dear Jacksonville Daily News, Your blurb (at left and “blurb” is an overstatement) about the OOPS reception and art show at the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts was pretty sad. Not only was it poorly written and only a sentence (and a fragment) long, but the photograph of [...]

June 2nd, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Mainstream Media, Open Letters | Comments (2)

Jacksonville, NC is getting a Barnes and Noble Booksellers (not a bookstore!) and the grand opening is tomorrow. Tonight, however, the store is hosting a pre-opening sale (with some of the proceeds to benefit the Onslow County Library System) from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. It’s free and open to the public. Come out and support the [...]

April 29th, 2008 | Tags: Activism, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Onslow County Library System | Category: Activism, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Reading | Leave a comment

Dear Jacksonville Daily News, Shame on you for only sending a photographer to the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts‘ Soup in a Bowl event yesterday. And an even bigger shame on you for having a photograph and a slightly over-run sentence for your coverage in today’s newspaper. With a staff of over 30 professional journalists, [...]

March 16th, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC, Open Letters | Comments (4)

As I’ve mentioned, the Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts held their 6th annual Soup in a Bowl fundraiser today (photos available here). I’d say it was a pretty rousing success, especially in the “Darned Good Soups” category. I had five hot soups plus one cold soup and two breads (there was a total of about [...]

March 15th, 2008 | Category: Arts, Events, Food Blogging, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC | Comments (1)

911 Restoration (in Cedar Point) is hosting a collection of Patrick Keough‘s Ireland Photographs tonight from 5pm to 7pm. There will also be a beer tasting. Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts will be hosting the 6th annual Soup in a Bowl event on Saturday from 11am to 1pm. The cost is a $10 handmade pottery [...]

March 13th, 2008 | Category: Activism, Arts, Entertainment, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Jacksonville-Onslow Council for the Arts, Onslow County, NC, Photography | Comments (1)

Meet Pat. See Pat run. Run, Pat, run. Tags: Technorati Tags: Patrick Keough,Running,Crystal Coast Half-Marathon

March 7th, 2008 | Category: Bloggers, Events | Leave a comment