The Friends of Rowan Public Library begins its second year of presenting Literary Road Trips, a unique combination of a traditional literary program and a tour to related sites. Our June trip will feature a program on Paul Green and a trip to the NC Outer Banks with a performance of The Lost Colony and a day of touring interesting places. This special program has taken advantage of group and tour rates, bringing the Friends a very economical travel package. The first playwright from the South to gain national and international attention, Mr. Green s best known accomplishments were as playwright, the author of seventeen symphonic dramas, and the recipient of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama on 1927 for his Broadway play In Abraham s Bosom . Of equal importance is his influence on human rights in the South and internationally.
Program is open to the public.
Along the way to the coast we ll enjoy a picnic lunch, arriving in Nag s Head with time to rest, refresh, and even walk the beach before a buffet dinner at the hotel. That evening we ll enjoy a performance of The Lost Colony . After breakfast on our own, we ll visit the Wright Brothers Memorial, visit and board the Elizabeth II, a replica of the ship that brought Sir Walter Raleigh and his colonists to the shores of what is now North Carolina, and visit the newly expanded North Carolina Aquarium, where we can enjoy the new facilities including an 180,000 gallon ocean tank with a variety of reef fishes. We ll return to the hotel with time to shop, walk the beach or rest before dinner at Tale of a Whale, a favorite local restaurant. We will meet with a performer from an earlier time who weaves together songs and stories of Roanoke Island s history with playing on seven Renaissance instruments.