Jenny Cakes at the Lake hosted its first Pie Eating Contest! Watch the video to see the highlights!

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Learn about grant writing, meet business-minded people in your area, and support local young entrepreneurs!

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a global celebration of entrepreneurship that occurs in the second week of November, from November 14–20 this year. During this week, people from over 200 countries worldwide operate an array of programs aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business.

A collaboration with Warren Area Business Association (WABA), Access Warren, and the Warren County Cooperative Extension, all GEW Warren County events are FREE and open to the public.

WARREN COUNTY GEW 2022 EVENTS

Monday, November 14 @ 7pm
COMMUNITY RESOURCE PRESENTATION
Meet the President/CEO of Gateway CDC to find out what types of services this local organization can help with. Hint: you don’t have to pay thousands or even hundreds for logos and/or a brand.
Bragging Rooster
120 South Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589

Tuesday, November 15 @ 7pm
GRANTS 101
Join us at the Frontier Warren Co-Working Space in Warrenton for a Virtual Conversation with Bethany Niebauer of Axial Compliance about grant writing for beginners.
Frontier Warren Co-working Space
140 South Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589

Wednesday, November 16 @ 7pm
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES COFFEE TALK
Meet and greet with some area resources that can help you with funding ideas. Join us while we talk with representatives from Kerr-Tar COG and the Town of Warrenton.
Lake Gaston Coffee
104 Wellington Way
Littleton, NC

Thursday, November 17 @ 7pm
SPEED NETWORKING BUSINESS CARD BINGO
Time for Speed Networking! Grab your business cards and come prepared to make connections with other entrepreneurs in our area.
Roxie’s
109 South Hall Street
Warrenton, NC

Saturday, November 19 @ 10am-2pm
WABA KIDS ART + ENTREPRENEURSHIP MARKET
Get your holiday shopping started off right at the 3rd WABA Kids Arts & Entrepreneurship Market. Find baked goods, art, clothing, fiber works, cotton candy and more from our budding business owners.
Frontier Warren Co-working Space
140 South Main Street
Warrenton, NC

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Dress up in your favorite costume and hit these sweet spots all around Warren County for some Halloween treats, entertainment and fun for all ages!

Psst…we’ll update the list as we discover more trick or treating opportunities!

OCTOBER 28
Fall Festival @ Macon Rural Fire Dept

2nd Annual Haunted House Hay Ride @ Roanoke Wildwood Volunteer Fire Dept.

The Pointe’s Halloween Party

OCTOBER 29

Littleton Fall Market

Frankenweenie @ Lakeland Cultural Arts Center

Haliwa Saponi Fall Social and Bazaar

Halloween Celebration @ Lake Gaston Coffee

Trick or Treat Halloween Celebration with Lake Gaston Chamber

Trunk or Treat @ Warren County Recreation Complex

Mill Hill Meltdown 2022

Trunk or Treat @ Rendi’s

2nd Annual Haunted House Hay Ride @ Roanoke Wildwood Volunteer Fire Dept.

Boos and Brews @ Bragging Rooster

Halloween Boo Bash @ The Deck

OCTOBER 30

Trunk or Treat @ Perfecting Praise

Halloween Day Party @ Time Out Sports Bar

OCTOBER 31

Pumpkin Patch @ Warren County Memorial Library

Halloween @ Buddy Isles

Trick or Treat @ King’s Fitness

Drive Thru Trick or Treat @ The Landings of Lake Gaston

Harvest Festival

Downtown Warrenton Trick or Treat Time

Halloween @ Norlina Fire Dept.

Drive-thru Trick or Treat in Downtown Littleton

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Littleton’s own Ella J. Baker known for her activism and advocacy for human rights is being recognized for her economic impact as a leader and organizer of food and housing cooperatives. The influences from her childhood years in Halifax and Warren Counties have proven to be ingrained in Baker’s style of organizing in both social and economic development to support self-sustainability among people of low wealth and under resourced with a respect for the dignity of the communities affected.

On October 6 at the National Press Club in Washington DC, Ella J. Baker was inducted as the first Unsung Cooperative Hero into the Cooperative Hall of Fame, the cooperatives community’s most prestigious honor. A collaboration formed to recognize this honor in her hometown of Littleton.

The Ella Baker Educational Project of NC, the Carolina Common Enterprise, the Ella Baker Women’s Center, and Lakeland Cultural Arts Center will host a celebratory networking reception and program at the Lakeland Theater on October 28 beginning at 4:00pm. The lobby gallery of the theater will have an Ella Baker exhibit showing important moments in her life, legacy effecting economic and social developments, and a call to action for the cooperative movement.

Executive Director Peter Holloway says “Lakeland Cultural Arts Center is honored to host this celebration of the remarkable life and legacy of Ella Baker.”

Program speakers will include researchers and cooperative movement leaders.

This is a free event open to community leaders and the public that have an interest in learning more about Ella Baker, the Cooperative Movement for guidance about food cooperatives or a housing cooperative as a viable consideration in the delivery of affordable housing as well as other applications of its principals in organizing.

Registration to attend is required: Eventbrite.

After the program guests are encouraged to get dinner at one of the local eateries and return to the theater for Mike Wiley’s compelling solo performance of “Breach of Peace.”

For more information, visit www.Lakelandcac.org.

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Lakeland Cultural Arts Center is now in the final voting stage of The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards, which is an exciting, multi-year matching grant opportunity bringing the joy of free, live music to small to mid-sized towns and cities. Littleton is one of only 36 communities selected for this opportunity and we’ll need the support of our entire community to receive this grant!

This funding will establish a free concert series in Lakeland’s new 1200 seat amphitheater space slated to open next year.

Support Lakeland Cultural Arts Center by voting at vote.levitt.org between Sept. 12 and 21!

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Prepare a delicious meal from home along with Chef Ashleigh Fleming of Blue Jay Bistro for a great cause!

From the website:

Join us as they travel to Littleton, NC and visit Chef Ashleigh Fleming in the kitchen of Blue Jay Bistro. Your ticket purchase includes a link to the live event and a curated meal kit delivered to your home to cook alongside the chef!

Experience a taste of North Carolina’s agriculture and hospitality industry from the comfort of your own home with signature dishes from Blue Jay Bistro and ingredients sourced directly from North Carolina farmers.

When: Tuesday July 19th 6pm

How: An exclusive link to the live event will be sent via email

What: Meal kits (serves 2) featuring locally sourced ingredients will be shipped directly to your home the week of the event. Instructions on any additional ingredients, food preparation or suggested spirit pairings needed ahead of the event will be sent via email.

This event makes for a perfect date night or gathering! Grab your friends and neighbors and order additional meal kits here.

Join Chef Ashleigh and on screen guests in preparing the following:
* Barbecue Spiced Shrimp
* Cilantro Lime Rice
* Sweetpotato Salsa
* Sweetpotato MaiTai from the Blue Jay Bistro bar
Bonus recipe: Salad with Coconut Lime Vinaigrette

“This quick and easy summer time recipe is a great mash up of my Texas flavor roots, North Carolina produce, and of course my love affair with all things tiki, represented in our cocktail of choice! I will also include a bonus recipe for a Salad with Coconut Lime Vinaigrette. I recommend it, but it is definitely not necessary. I can’t wait to cook alongside y’all during our stream event and answer any questions you may have. Let’s get ready to have some fun!”- Chef Ashleigh Fleming

All proceeds will benefit the Mobile Market Program serving Eastern North Carolinians by making fresh, healthy food accessible and affordable for all.

For more information, click here.

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Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) commemorates the anniversary of Mexico’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza.

And how do we celebrate? With parties and an overflow of cocktails!

Check out some of the Cinco de Mayo events happening here in Warren County!

And don’t forget to check out our very own Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant.

: Maglara

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Spring is definitely springin’!

The temperature is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for all the exciting events happening in Warren County this weekend!

FRIDAY – 4/22
“Documenting Our Stories” Oral History Workshop
Vernal Hues Spring Art Market Reception
Earth Day Movie Night! Kiss the Ground
Live Music: Carson Mac

SATURDAY – 4/23
Plantapalooza
SpringFest
Lake Gaston Dockside Beginner Yoga
Warrenton Archaeology Day
Vernal Hues Spring Art Market
Annual Oyster Roast
Neo Soul Festival at the Vineyard
Live Music: Midnite Shade
Live Music: Mary Selvidge

SUNDAY – 4/24
Poses and Mimosas
Lake Gaston Dockside Beginner Yoga

So, what are you going to check out this weekend?

For more information about upcoming events in the area, be sure to check out The Warrenist Warren County Community Events Calendar at Warrenist.com/calendar!

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We’re approaching warmer days ahead and The Pointe at Lake Gaston are gearing up for their summer music concert series.

May 8- Gary Lowder and Smokin Hot
May 22- North Tower
June 5- Black Water Band
June 19- Cat5
July 3- Feature Attraction Band
July 17- The Castaways
July 31- Band of Oz
August 14- Black Water Band
August 28- Cat5
September 11- The Embers featuring Craig Woolard

The live entertainment starts at 2pm and ends at 6pm.

The Pointe at Lake Gaston is located at 1865 Eaton Ferry Rd in Littleton, NC. For more information, visit their website at https://www.pointelakegaston.com.

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What do you get when you combine the prowess of a Civil Rights leader and the musical styling of a New Orleans bounce music queen?

You get Ella Baker Shaker, a new single from a compilation all about celebrating Black Joy called The Black Joy Experience Vol 2: Comrade led by Johnathan Lykes and featuring THE Big Freedia.

Coined “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Ella Josephine Baker’s career spanned more than five decades. Her impact was felt and known especially in New York City and the South, where she worked alongside some of the most noted Civil Rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr. She also mentored many emerging activists, such as Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, and Bob Moses, as leaders in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Ella Baker

Baker’s hometown was Norfolk, VA; however, her childhood home is located in Littleton, NC. Each year in April, organizations such as the NAACP commemorate Ella Baker Day throughout the country.

Trust, Ella Baker Shaker doesn’t replace an actual history lesson about the dynamic figure, but it does serve to build awareness about an influential (and local) member of the Human Rights movement.

Celebrate Ella Baker Day on Friday, April 8th at 9am for the dedication of the new Historic Highway Marker at 158 NC Highway 903 in Littleton, NC.

Learn more about Ella Baker and her contributions by visiting the Ella Baker Center website or the Ella Baker Educational Project of NC.

Jonathan Lykes – Ella Baker Shaker (Feat.) Big Freedia

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