Core Sound readies for annual summer Parlor Talk Series

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center has announced its summer Parlor Talk Series schedule.

The museum is headquartered on Harkers Island, and has a satellite location at 806 Arendell St., in downtown Morehead City, where the talks will take place.

The talks are scheduled for 2 p.m. every Thursday from June 19 to Aug. 28 and will be in the upstairs parlor. No reservations are needed. Accessible accommodations are available.

The following is the 2025 summer series schedule:

• June 19 “The Education of an Island Boy: Growing up on Harkers Island” with author Joel Hancock.
• June 26 “Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two Year Journey with the Fish and the Fishery” with author Joe Smith.
• July 3 Horses of Shackleford Banks with Cape Lookout National Seashore Wildlife Biologist Dr. Sue Stuska and Foundation for Shackleford Horses.
• July 10 “Growing Up in Old Beaufort” with Geoffrey Adair, lifelong resident.
• July 17 “Eastern North Carolina’s Baseball Heroes” with Frank Tursi, author of “Tar Heel Boys of Summer: North Carolina’s Major League Ballplayers.”
• July 24 “Songs & Stories About the People I Love” with Connie Mason.
• July 31 New programs at Carteret Community College with its president, Dr. Tracy Mancini.
• Aug. 7 “Language and Life on Ocracoke” with two of its authors, Candy Gaskill and Walt Wolfram.
• Aug. 14 “The Value of Diamonds: A coastal North Carolina Down East Novel” with author, Lura J. Salter Hill.
• Aug. 21 “Flooding – More Than You Know” with researchers James Collins, Ryan McCune, Dr. Katherine Anarde and others.
• Aug. 28 “Fish House Liars Keep Telling The Tales” with Rodney Kemp and Chris Yeomans.

The satellite site and gift shop in downtown Morehead City is open year-round and carries curated collection of locally sourced gifts, art, home and outdoor decor, books, jewelry and much more.

The museum at 1785 Island Road on Harkers Island houses permanent exhibits on Carteret County’s heritage and history, traveling exhibits and serves as a community meeting place.

Past parlor talks are archived for viewing on the museum’s website.