MUSIC IN THE PARK ON HOLD, ENJOY A STROLL AT HOME
During the warmer months, strolling along the water at Waterfront park, you may likely hear music streaming through the summer winds. It's most likely Paul Kothe' and possibly Dwayne Hill . These two local Edenton professional musicians, are alway giving back to the town that they love. You’ll find them in the park usually around 11:30 a.m. most sunny Saturdays or at many local gigs around town.
Paul Kothe has been playing and creating music for over 50 years. It was the late 60’s and Paul was 16 when The Stoney Moss, a four-piece band was created. Paul was fortunate to play with the late great guitarist Jerry Topink, and he was hooked. The band played gigs in Atlantic City and adjacent states. As his talent and love for music grew and in the late 70’s he joined the Smiling Max. They played Zeppelin and the BeeGees, popular at the time throughout North New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In 1978 he ventured to Las Vegas with the band CHAILO which won the WNBC Hometown Album award. Over the years he has performed and recorded with radio artist Stephanie Mills, Linda Clifford, the Tramps and others.
In 2020 Paul and his wife Diane moved to Edenton where they collaborate under his company name, Pkaboo-productions which offers music lessons, engineering, recording, and most importantly creating and playing music. Besides Saturday in the Park with Paul and Dwayne, you will find Paul at many eastern North Carolina events and venues.
TAYLOR KNIGHT-TURNER OFFERS SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
PAWS, CLAWS and CREATIVITY
If relief sculpture art has always caught your eye, Pontiac Michigan artist Taylor Knight-Turner demonstrated her talent in a workshop for all ages called 'Paws, Claws, and Creativity' on Wednesday, March 4, 4-6 pm, followed by 'wine and cheese - meet and greet' at 6:00 pm with the artist.
Taylor Knight-Turner is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Pontiac, Michigan. She holds a BFA in Art from Southern Methodist University and an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her research-based practice is informed by cultural anthropology with an emphasis on agriculture, suburbia, and food culture.
"Industrialized capitalism impedes our ability to develop relationships with the land we occupy," said Knight-Turner. "Factory farming abstracts food and prevents consumers from knowing how and where their food is produced. Suburbanization and urbanization sterilize and conform our environments, further distancing us from being in relationship with the land and our non-human communities. All of this contributes to the Western attitude of viewing the land as a resource to be mined, rather than a matrix of inter-species relationships that can and ought to be reciprocal,"
With an anthropological lens, Taylor’s work investigates how to rebuild reciprocity by being in community with the land we occupy and the non-human neighbors we share it with.
ThePeanutFactory,org is a non-profit organization founded by Lincoln Adams and Julia Townsend. The Peanut Factory, Inc. is an artist residency and community arts program located in a 1932 peanut processing mill at 916 Badham Rd., Edenton.
Easter Bunny a Big Hit at Edenton Events
FLOPPY EARS, PANCAKES & BASKETS FILLED WITH EASTER EGGS
Edentonians of all ages including infants, toddlers, grade schoolers, moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, neighbors, friends and hungry pancake cravers filled the Unanimity No. 7 Masonic Lodge at E. Water Street to begin Saturday morning enjoying pancakes, sausages and a hug from the Easter Bunny.
This is an annual event for the lodge and enjoys tremendous tasteful success with the community’s pancake breakfast enthusiasts. Masonic Lodge members flipped pancakes and grilled sausages, and made a lot of people happy.
With stomachs full and some fingers sticky, families meandered to the Courthouse Green where a jumpy house highlighted the Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Edenton Baptist Church. A popcorn stand, face painting contributed to the amazing community gathering of families partaking in an event envied by other communities.
With the level portion of the Green taped off and filled with multi colored Easter Eggs, including the ‘Golden Egg’ community youngsters enjoyed romping through the meadow of sprouting pin wheels and multi colored eggs filled with treats for starry eyed hunters.
Both the Masonic Lodge, the Edenton Baptist Church and community that helped made the events possible deserve a ‘Thank You’ and a Community Standing Ovation.
