The Museum is kicking off Ava’s Centennial year with the Ava Gardner Festival, October 7-9. This southern starlet will be celebrating her 100th birthday on Christmas Eve of 2022 and the museum plans…
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After being delayed and then canceled in 2019 due to weather and the 2020 event being scrubbed due to the COVID-19, the Smithfield Yacht Club will open once again for the River Rat Regatta on the…
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The Ava Gardner Museum flooded in January, which affected almost half of the museum. Left with standing water in the front reception/gift shop area, the theatre, and all along the gallery wall and…
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You may have seen him on the ABC 11 nightly news last week, but JoCo local Nathan Wayne was also kind enough to sit down with us for an interview as well (over the phone for social distancing…
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Five characters from Johnston County’s past will be brought back to life October 24 during the Johnston County Heritage Center’s 15th annual Ghost Walk in Smithfield’s historic Riverside Cemetery…
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Chef and farmer, Blake Gotliffe along with his wife Megan, started Under the Oak Farm in the spring of 2015 in what is essentially their backyard. The 3,000 square foot (and growing) farm is located…
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The second annual Smithfield River Rat Regatta on the Neuse will be held on Saturday, July 13 beginning at 4:00 p.m. The event will feature a race between 2-person teams in cardboard boats from…
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It's time for the Smithfield Ham & Yam Festival in Downtown Smithfield, scheduled for May 4th with a wealth of activities for the entire family and presented by Stevens Sausage and Agri Supply. The…
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It’s been some time since we caught-up with Nate and Colleen Roby on the JCVB blog in an official capacity. It’s actually been 3 years, almost to the day. I would like to say I planned it that way…
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On October 21st the Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield will show two vintage movies on their 60th anniversary. Released in 1957, Frank Sinatra’s “Pal Joey”, a musical-comedy starring Rita…
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