March Events in Pamlico County and the Black History Month Living Wax Museum

Hello and welcome to our March Events page for Pamlico County! With your help, I am attempting to combine monthly events from the ENTIRE COUNTY. If you have something to include for March or April (or see a needed correction) please email me: downinthecountyPC@gmail.com

Thank you!!

March 1, Tuesday

Oriental Town Board Meeting, Town Hall, 8 a.m. (monthly)

Pamlico County Primary School and the Arapahoe Charter School celebrates Read Across America with a spirit week

PCHS Softball home vs. West Craven, 4 p.m.

PCHS basketball 4th Rd State Playoffs

PCHS Track home, 4 p.m.

March 2, Wednesday

PCHS Baseball home vs. New Bern, 5 p.m.

PCHS Softball home vs. Ayden Grifton, 6 p.m.

March 4, Friday

PCHS Baseball home vs. West Craven, 6 p.m.

Books on the Go! The CPRL Bookmobile will be in Vandemere from 12-4 and then in Hobucken from 4-6.

March 5, Saturday

Nautical Wheelers in Oriental, Wine Tasting, 2 & 3p

The Village Gallery welcomes Kevin Fetzer as March’s Guest Artist of the Month. There will be an Artist’s Reception at the gallery from 2 – 5p, featuring Kevin and his work.

March 6, Sunday

Community Prayer for Our Nation, Holt's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, 2 p.m.

March 7, Monday

Pamlico County Board of Education Meeting, 6:30 p.m. (monthly)

PCHS Track, 4 p.m.

Board of Commissioners meeting, Courtroom on the second floor of the Pamlico County Courthouse, 7 p.m.

Arapahoe Charter School Book Fair March 7-14

March 8, Tuesday

Pamlico County Public Library —Photographer and Down in the County author Andrea Bruce gives a presentation of her work (PCHS) (free), 2 p.m.

PCHS Baseball home vs. Ayden Grifton 6 p.m.

Arapahoe Charter School Book Fair/Title I Night with free hot dog/chips 5:30-7:30 p.m.

March 9, Wednesday

Blood Drive, American Red Cross at Nutrien Employee Center in Aurora. You don’t have to be an employee to participate.

March 11, Friday

Oriental’s History Museum honors the men and women from Oriental who served in WWII with a new exhibit running March 11 - July 30

March 12, Saturday

Oriental Old Theater, “FY5” Band sponsored by Pamlico Musical Society, 7:30 p.m.

Kid's St. Patrick's Day Party, Stonewall United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, Crafts, games, refreshments, 2-4 p.m.

March 13, Sunday

Caleb Monk travels to Charlotte to compete at the Carolina Panthers Regional Spelling

March 14, Monday

NAACP monthly meeting, Senior Service Building in Alliance, 6 p.m. (monthly)

March 16, Tuesday

Pamlico County Public Library, Spanish English Exchange, 5:30 p.m to 6:30 p.m

March 17, Thursday

PCHS Baseball home vs. Washington, 6 p.m.

The New Village Brewery, Oriental — St. Patrick’s Day band “Into the Fog,” 5:30-8 p.m.

March 18, Friday

PCHS Baseball home vs. White Oak 6 p.m.

Pamlico County Public Library, Family Movie Night, 6:15

March 19, Saturday

Oriental Dragon Burn, Red Rooster, A dragon effigy is constructed behind the Red Rooster Bar (located behind the Silos Restaurant). Viewers gather to eat, drink, and listen to music beginning at 5 p.m. This is a ticketed event and membership drive. $25 for individuals, or $50 gets you and your family in the gate and signed as a member for the Pamlico County Arts Council. (Arapahoe Charter School student Jenna Walker has artwork selected to represent the Dragon Burn on promotional t-shirts)

The Oriental Woman’s Club’s 2022 Chowder Cook-off, at the Oriental Marina Harbor. Music this year is from Hoff n Finch. $10 ticket gets you a chance to taste different kinds of chowders and vote for your fave to win the People’s Choice Award. It’s a fundraiser for OWC’s charitable works & community service, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Nautical Wheelers in Oriental wine tasting, 2 & 3 p.m.

Pamlico County Public Library, Repotting Houseplants (All Ages) 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

March 20, Sunday

Oriental Old Theater Classic Theater: Flash Gordon episodes and His Girl Friday, 3 p.m.

March 21, Monday

Board of Commissioners meeting, Courtroom located on the second floor of the Pamlico County Courthouse, 7 p.m.

March 22, Tuesday

Pamlico County Middle School Baseball/Softball home vs. Tucker Creek 4 p.m.

PCHS Baseball and Softball home vs. Southside, 6 p.m.

Mach 24, Thursday

Pamlico County Middle School Baseball/Softball home vs. Havelock Middle, 4 p.m.

Friends of the Pamlico County Library Meeting, 4 p.m.

March 25, Friday

PCHS Baseball/Softball home vs. Lejeune, 6 p.m.

March 26, Saturday

PAWS Pet Parade, Lou Mac Park, 11 a.m. Dogs and their humans can register from 10-11a that morning at the Lou Mac Park staging area. The entry fee is $5 per dog.

March 28, Monday

Pamlico Heritage Center Snapshot Meeting, Stan Allen of New Bern will talk about the history of China Grove Plantation, 7 p.m.

March 31, Thursday

Pamlico County Middle School Baseball/Softball home vs. West Craven, 4 p.m.

Youth Navigating Towards Opportunity (YNTO) held a Black History Month Living Wax Museum at the Pamlico County Heritage Museum.