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Museums and Galleries
f Farmville Municipal Disc Golf Course, 3417 NC 121, 7536712
f West Meadowbrook Park, 900 Legion St., 329-4567
GOLF
f Bradford Creek Golf Club, 4950 Old Pactolus Road, 3294653
f Brook Valley Country Club, 311 Oxford Road, Greenville, 751-1960
f Greenville Country Club, 216 Country Club Drive, Greenville, 756-1237
f Ironwood Golf and Country Club, 200 Golf Club Wynd, Greenville, 752-6659 f Ayden Golf and Country Club, 4343 Ayden Golf Club Road, Ayden, 746-3389 f Farmville Golf and Country Club, 3457 Bynum Drive, Farmville, 753-3660
f Cypress Landing, 600 Clubhouse Road, Chocowinity, 946-7788
f Washington Yacht and Country Club, 7155 River Road, Washington, 946-3245 f Cutter Creek Golf Club, 198 Club House Drive, Snow Hill, 747-4653
GYMNASTIC AND CHEERLEADING
f East Carolina Cheerleading and Tumbling School, 5162 Corey Road, 321-0404 f Rose’s Gymnastics, 1802 Old Fire Tower Road, Greenville, 321-7264
f Sawyer’s Fun Park/Air U
Greenville Indoor Trampoline Park and Party Center
Greenville, 5120 Corey Road, 689-6401
ICE SKATING
f Carolina IceZone, 104 Red Banks Road, 353-8888.
KAYAKING, PADDLEBOARDING
f Knee Deep Adventures, kayak and paddleboard rentals, instruction and tours. 714-5836 or kneedeepadventures.com Riverside Recreation, 817 Dickinson Ave., watercraft and back rentals, yoga and dance instruction. 215-0878, riversiderecreationrentals.com
SWIMMING
f Aquaventure Winterville Aquatics Campus, 214-A Beacon Drive, Winterville, 931-8081
f Cherry Oaks Recreation Center, private swimming and fitness facility, 206 Beth St., 756-4212
f Courtside Athletic Club, 1750 Wimbledon Drive, Private, 7569872
f East Carolina Aquatics, competitive swim team, 341-1044 Greenville Area Summer Swim League, gassl.weebly.com f Greenville Aquatics and Fitness Center, 921 Staton Road, 329-4041
f Greenville Community Pool, 400 Nash St., 329-4563 or 329-4041
f Raynez Swim School, 3205 Raynez Drive, 756-4900
TENNIS
f River Birch Tennis Center, 513 W. Arlington Blvd., public, 329-4559
f Match Point Racquet Club, 1622 Manning Road, 286-8788 f Baywood Racquet Club, 471 Baywood Drive, Winterville, private, 756-6262 f Courtside Athletic Club, 1750 Wimbledon Drive, private, 7569872
SPECTATOR SPORTS
f East Carolina University has NCAA Division 1-A programs in seven men’s and nine women’s sports. The Pirates play in the American Athletic Conference. The new-look Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium now features TowneBank Tower and has a capacity of 51,000 for football games, Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum seats 8,000 for basketball and other events, and the attendance record for Clark-LeClair Stadium for ECU baseball is 5,581 for a game against North Carolina in 2009. ECU hosted NCAA baseball regionals in 2018 and ‘19. For tickets, visit the ECU athletic ticket office, located adjacent to the Pirate Club Building behind the press box side of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Ticket office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call 328-4500 or 1-800-DIAL ECU, or visit ecupirates.com and click on buy tickets for more information about schedules, prices and ticket availability. f Pitt Community College fields four intercollegiate teams — baseball, men’s basketball, softball and women’s volleyball — that compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Region X Conference. For more information, visit www.pccbulldogathletics.com/ navbar-sports.
MUSEUMS and GALLERIES
f The Greenville Museum of Art GMoA’s history dates back to 1935, when the first Women’s Club Arts Festival developed interest in the establishing of a fixed location. Eventually, the Federal Art Project Gallery opened in downtown Greenville in 1939. While the location of the art center fluctuated for the following 20 years, the East Carolina Art Society eventually purchased the Flanagan Home, the museum’s current location at 802 Evans Street, and opened it to the public for its first exhibition in May 1960. The GMoA continues to host many exhibitions, programs, classes, and other events for all age groups throughout the year. With free daily admission to see the collections, visitors can enjoy the rotating calendar of exhibitions, create their own artwork in the creation workshop, browse work by local artists in the GMoA gift shop, or consider signing up for an art class or workshop.
f Emerge Gallery and Art
Center
Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Home of the Pitt County Arts Council, is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Pitt County by promoting artists and arts organizations, educating through the arts, and making the arts accessible to the entire community. Emerge Gallery and Art Center offers a variety of workshops and classes for youth and adults in pottery, metal design/jewelry, painting, drawing, and much more. The facility has two galleries with rotating exhibitions and a sales gallery featuring local art. The Youth Public Arts Project and Art is Good Medicine are two outreach programs benefitting at-risk youth and those affected by cancer. Emerge is located at 404 S. Evans Street in Uptown Greenville. Visit www.emergegallery.com, call 551-6947 or e-mail info@emergegallery.com.
MORE
f The Ayden Historical and Arts Society Museum in the old Dixon Medical Building, 554 Second St., is open from 10:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and 2-5 p.m. every fourth Sunday. Times can also be scheduled by appointment by calling 252746-4209. As always, there is no admission fee, but donations are welcomed. Visit www.aydenhistoricalandartssociety.com.
f City Art Gallery: City Art Gallery is a commercial gallery featuring exhibitions by local, regional and national artists. New exhibitions are featured approximately every month and begin with an opening reception with artists in attendance. City Art Gallery is located at 511 Red Banks Road. Hours are 10 a.m.6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. A list of upcoming events and total inventory is available on the gallery’s website. Call 353-7000, email art@cityartgreenville.com or visit www.cityartgreenville. com.
f The Eastern Carolina Village
and Farm Museum
The village interprets agricultural and small-town life in eastern North Carolina from the mid19th to the mid-20th century. Located at 4570 County Home Road, just south of Greenville, the village consists of 18 buildings containing thousands of artifacts, plus two additional structures (a water tower and a steam engine). Open by ap-