Interested in catching up with Bernie and his traveling companions? Then scroll through the dates and times below for a program near you.
Product Review
"Too Proud to Ride a Cow"
Hill City, SD
*2008
*Saturday, February 16
Randolph Arts Guild
Asheboro, NC
"Seekers of the Lost Adventure"
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Interested in the role of imagination in writing children's books? Ever wondered how to turn tornadoes into Skyworms? Then this is the program for you. Free and open to the public, you'll learn how to turn a notion into print. Mule or sailing experience not required.
Contact:
Donna Beck
Program Director
Randolph Arts Guild
336.629.0399
Mule Woody meets the Randolph Arts Guild crowd (Donna Beck photo)
Asheboro, NC
2007 Appearances
*Saturday, December 15
11:00 am
Southern Pines Christmas Parade
Yep, mule Polly tows the Lost Sea wagon through town again. Last time, in true nautical spirit, we lined up behind the Sardine Queen....
*Sunday, December 9
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Croaker Town
Oriental, NC
Contact Lynn Friedman
252 249 0990
*Saturday, December 8
10:00 - 4:00
Downtown Oriental Book signing and Lost Sea Wagon tour
Corner of Hodges and South Water Streets
Tennessee Ronnie's cooking the pig. Grab a side and come on down for a bite of pork. Mule Polly and the Lost Sea wagon will be on display.
Tennessee Ronnie checks the grill.
Details at TownDock.net.
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Oriental Spirit of Christmas Christmas Parade
Oriental, NC
Yep, we're back in Oriental, the coastal village that launched mule Woody and pony Maggie on their journey across America. Come join the Parade. The theme this year is "The 12 Days Of Christmas." RiverEarth.com plans to enter the "Partridge in the Lost Sea" entry. Now we just have to find those feathers for Polly the mule.... Want to enter the parade? Call perennial parade organizer Paul Fairbank (252-249-0023).
*Friday, December 7
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Inland Waterway Provision Company
Oriental, NC
252 249 1797
Woody and Maggie enjoy the view from the Oriental Town Dock, just
down the street from the Inland Waterway Provision Company.
While you're here, drop by the Provision Company. They spliced the anchor that held Sea Bird at anchor on her journey around the world.
*Saturday, December 1
World Premier of the "Lost Sea Expedition" program
Caldwell County Public Library
11:00 am / Conference Room 6
Lenoir, NC
Info: (828) 757 1270
Mule Polly and the Lost Sea Wagon
Neptune, Saskatchewan, Canada
Welcome to the first-ever "Lost Sea" library program! Come learn about the ancient ocean that submerged the Great Plains and much of coastal North Carolina - and how you can navigate it in a mule wagon.
Lost Sea Bonus: Mule Polly and the Lost Sea Wagon will be on display (weather permitting). Come out and peek into the world's first wi-fi rigged mule wagon - and pet the mule that pulls it.
*Friday, November 31
Downtown Statesville Christmas Festival
Statesville, NC
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Come visit mule Polly and the Lost Sea wagon, the Official RiverEarth.com headquarters, in downtown Statesville. This will the be the first solar powered, wi-fi rigged mule wagon to visit the Historic District. Come on out. We'll sign books and blog. Then you can go ice skating.
Pony Maggie relieves Santa of another candy cane
*Saturday, November 24
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Star United Methodist Church
Star, NC
"Woody and Maggie Walk Across America" program and booksigning.
Woody welcomes you to Star
Star, NC
Star, NC is where Woody straddled, and scratched, the survey marker pin-pointing the Official Center of North Carolina. We were only trying to polish it... Come out to get the full story.
Woody at the Geographic Center of North Carolina
Star, NC
Woody and Maggie will be coming back for this presentation. Come out and see them - then hang around for the annual Star christmas tree lighting ceremony
*Friday, November 23
Literary Book Post
119 South Main Street
Salisbury, NC
4:00 - 9:00 pm
Contact: Deal Safrit / (704) 630-9788
Woody and Maggie as seen through Mr. Coffee's front window
Woody and Maggie will be visiting the Literary Book Post at this signing. Drop by for a visit. It's a guaranteed way to shake off those Thanksgiving left-overs sleepies and stock up on candy canes. Santa will be attending...
*Sunday, November 18
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Cameron Antique Dealer's Christmas Open House
Cameron, NC
Cameron, NC, voted Best Antique Area in North Carolina by Our State Magazine (and home of Miss Belle's teahouse) host Woody and Maggie at the Cameron Antique Dealer's Christmas Open House. Come on out to shop for that hundred-year old pie safe, vintage Christmas ornament - or a personalized copy of "Woody and Maggie" or "Too Proud to Ride a Cow". Woody and Maggie will be there. We hope to have Maggie's reindeer antlers in place by then.
*Saturday, November 17
2:00 - 5:00 pm
"Too Proud to Ride a Cow" discussion and book signing
The Country Bookshop
140 NW Broad Street
Southern Pines, NC
Bernie reads from "Too Proud". The audience wonders when he'll swallow the chili peppers.
(Paula Wald photo)
Bring the family out to meet Woody and Maggie in the heart of RiverEarth Country ("Too Proud to Ride a Cow" was written two doors down from the Bookshop). Yes, you can pat the same mule that ran off with meteoric effect in "Too Proud".
Woody kisses women while Bernie signs books
Country Bookshop program and book signing for new book "Too Proud".
Southern Pines, NC
(Paula Wald photo)
*Friday, November 16
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
"Woody and Maggie Walk Across America" discussion and book signing
Fort Bragg PX
Fort Bragg, NC
*Thursday, November 15
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Fall Festival
Pope Air Force Base Elementary School
Pope Air Force Base
Fayetteville, NC
Yes, Woody and Maggie will be there to greet students - and let them judge who has the gnarlier teeth - mule or pony.
*Tuesday,November13
Oak Hill Elementary School
Oak Hill Community, NC
*Sunday, November 11
"Too Proud to Ride a Cow" program and book signing
Frame Gallery and Gifts
110 W Broad Statesville, NC 28677
Contact: Gloria Hager / (704) 873 6097
1:00 - 5:00 pm
The only thing traditional about this event is that Woody and Maggie are scheduled to appear. Anything could happen. Last year the Parrot Man showed up. Come see who drops by in 2007. Parrots, carrots and gypsy souls welcome.
The Parrot Man
Frame Gallery and Gifts
Statesville, NC
*Saturday, September 29
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo
Mueller Civic Center
Hot Springs, SD
Come listen to cowboys share poetry about modern life on the range - from the high and lonesome coyote note to the guy passing through town in the yellow mule wagon. Oh, right, that's me. Fear not, Polly and I will be there with the Lost Sea wagon - and a special poem of our own.
*Friday, September 28
10:00 - 5:00 pm
Black Hills Books & Treasures
Diane Gross, Polly and Bernie at Black Hills Books and Treasures
112 South Chicago Street
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747
Contact: Diane Gross (605)745 5545
Story time
Hot Springs, SD
*Saturday, September 22
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Borders Books and Gifts
2130 Haines Ave
Rapid City, SD
Polly and the Lost Sea wagon will be there. Come check out how they've weathered life on the Lost Sea.
Contact Tammy Barrow
(605) 394-5334 / tbarrow1@bordersstores.com
Polly eyes up another child bearing cookies
Border Books and Gifts
Rapid City, SD
Wednesday, July 11
Summer Reading Program
Hulett, Wyoming
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Reading Break
Hulett, Wyoming
Saturday, June 30
Dahl Memorial
Ekalaka, MT
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Come visit mule Polly and me at Dahl Memorial, just down the street from the famed Ekalaka Musuem (where, in addition to a T. Rex skull, you can also see the two-headed lamb skull).
Double Ewe
Ekalaka, MT
In a World Mule-skinning Premier (darkness permitting) slides from Bernie and Polly's voyage will be shown on a sail hung from the Lost Sea wagon's side.
Kids, fossils and double-headed life stock welcome.
*Saturday, June 9
Historic Bijou Theater
Bijou owner Emanuel Culman with theater hound Lucy
Beach, ND
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Program: The Lost Sea Expedition- by Mule Across America
Yes, mule Polly will haul the Lost Sea wagon into downtown Beach for your inspection
The chair I'm saving you
Manly popcorn
Bijour Theater
Beach, ND
*Thursday, June 7
Lincoln Elementary School
Beach, ND
10:00 - 11:00 am
Bernie explains
Lincoln Elementary School
Beach, ND
*Wednesday, June 6
Beach Public Library
Beach, ND
10:00 - 11:00 am
Story Hour reading of "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America"
After the reading, come visit Polly, the Lost Sea wagon and find out what the hammer's for (it's for whacking on Polly's rubber boots).
*Friday, May 9
2:00 - 3:0 pm
Plentywood Public School
Plentywood, Montana
Mule Polly visits first through fourth graders and, in addition to shedding light on the Lost Sea, shows the answer to, "What do that mule's teeth look like...?"
*Tuesday, May 1
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Radville, Saskatchewan
Barbecue hosted by the Radville Chamber of Commerce
Radville Civic Center
Come meet mule Polly, tour the Lost Sea Wagon and get to know some mighty friendly Prairie People
Radville Train Station (Circa 1913)
*Saturday, March 31
11:00 - 3:00 pm
Earth Fling
Carolina Lakes
Sanford, NC
*Thursday, March 29
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Pope Air Force Base Elementary School
Pope Air Force Base,
Fayetteville, NC
Yes, Woody and Maggie will be there.
*Saturday, March 19
8:45 - 10:00 am
Cameron Elementary School
Cameron, NC
Woody and Maggie will be attending.
*Saturday, March 10
2:00 - 4:00 pm
The Country Bookshop
140 NW Broad St
Southern Pines, NC
Contact: (910) 692 3211
Come visit the bookshop two doors down from where "Woody and Maggie" was written.
Yes, Woody and Maggie will be hanging out with us.
*Tuesday, February 25 - Saturday, March 3
Woody, Maggie and Bernie head to Washington, DC to visit schools in our nation's capital.
* Wednesday, February 21
The Frame Gallery and Gifts
110 W Broad St
Statesville, NC 28677
(704) 873 6097
Yes, somehow we'll try to sneak Woody and Maggie in for an appearance...
*Thursday, February 22
Literary Book Post
119 S. Main St.
119 South Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144
Contact: Deal Safrit / (704) 630-9788
*Sunday, February 25
Iredell Country Public Library
Statesville, NC
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Woody and Maggie will also be joining me, weather permitting.
Come on out and take part in the Rocky Mountain Red Hots Experiment.
I'm always looking for volunteers.
Contact: Peggy Carter / (704) 873 0181
*Wednesday, February 8
Woodlake Country Club
Luncheon Speaker
Topic: Mule Meals: Poke Salad to Electrified Quail
*Tuesday, January 23
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Presentation of the children's book
"Woody and Maggie Walk Across America".
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance (if it's not too cold).
Southern Pines Elementary School
Southern Pines, NC
*Thursday, January 19
Ocracoke School
9:30 - 11:00 am
Ocracoke, NC
"Woody and Maggie Walk Across America" presentation.
*Saturday, January 6
Presentation of Childrens book "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America"
Woody and Maggie will be attending (weather permitting).
Caldwell County Public Library
11:00 AM
Lenoir, NC
*Thursday, January 4
The Cardinal Book Club
Aberdeen, NC
2006 Appearances
*Sunday, December 17
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Gallery display "The Paintings Behind "Woody and Maggie Walk Across
America""
Presented by Bernie Harberts, illustrator Danila Devins and the
Campell House Gallery at Weymouth Woods
Southern Pines, NC
See below for details.
*Saturday, December 16
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Gallery display "The Paintings Behind "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America""
Presented by Bernie Harberts, illustrator Danila Devins and the Campell House Gallery at Weymouth Woods
Southern Pines, NC
The children's geography book "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America"
Come on out and discover how 28 days of rain turned Bernie's tipi into a Grumpy Mushroom- well, according to Woody and Maggie. Refreshments will be served and a matted print signed by Harberts and Devins will be given away as a door prize.
Signed copies of "Woody and Maggie" will be available. Can't join us? Drop by the RiverEarth.com General Store and order a copy of "Woody and Maggie" dedicated to anyone you have in mind.
*Saturday, December 16
Southern Pines Christmas Parade
11:00 am
Come meet Woody and Maggie as they walk behind the Lost Sea wagon pulled by Polly - or catch them if the fire department is the entry behind us...
*Wednesday, December 17
Rick Lamb "The Horse Show" on RFD-TV
8:00 am
*Tuesday, November 14
The O'Neal School
Southern Pines, NC
Woody and Maggie will be attending
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
*Wednesday, December 13
Rick Lamb "The Horse Show" on RFD-TV
9:00 am
*Tuesday, December 11
Rick Lamb "The Horse Show" on RFD-TV
5:00 pm
*Sunday, December 10
Malcolm Blue Farm
Southern Pines, NC
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Woody and Maggie will be attending
See below for details.
*Saturday, December 9
Malcolm Blue Farm
1177 Bethesda Road
Aberdeen, NC
11:oo AM - 4:00 PM
Woody and Maggie will be attending. Come on out and meet them. Don't forget the carrots. Experience an Early American Christmas at the Malcolm Blue Farm. Sample traditional Christmas cooking, early American children's games and yes, there'll even be mule wagon rides. Not with mule Woody, though. You already know about the time he crashed into a tree.
910 944 7558
*Friday, December 8
Inland Waterway Provision Company
Oriental, NC
1:30 - 3:30 pm
252 249 1797
*Friday, December 8
Croaker Town USA
Oriental, NC
252 249 0990
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
*Sunday, November 5
Cumberland County Public Library
Woody and Maggie will be attending.
301 Maiden Ln
Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000
2:30 - 3:30 PM
910 483 7727
*Saturday, October 28
Oriental, NC
Village Barbecue and Apple Pie Contest
Woody and Maggie will be attending
5:00 - 7:00 pm
*Thursday, October 19
Beaufort Public Library
Beaufort, NC
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Our talk will be part of the "Afternoon Adventures" series. Come learn how Bernie got his head stuck in a stock - and how Woody met the blue mule Equinox...
*Tuesday, October 17
Cape Carteret Public Library
Cape Carteret, NC
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Come learn what happened to that Tabasco bottle I filled with sea water on Emerald Isle
The day Woody touched the Atlantic Ocean on Emerald Isle, NC
five miles from where we're speaking at the Cape Carteret Public
Library.
*Monday, October 16
Oriental Rotary Club
7:15 PM
Oriental, NC
"65 Days at Sea" Presentation
*Sunday, October 15
Southern Pines Area Horse Farm Tour Presented by
Prancing Horse Center for Therapeutic Riding North Carolina State
University College of Veterinary Medicine's Equine Health Center
Southern Pines, NC
Directions: On US 1 just north of Southern Pines.
For more information on the signing and Barn Tour, call 910 245-3220.
*Friday, October 13
Literary Bookpost
Woody and Maggie will be attending.
6:30 - 8:30 PM
119 South Main Street Salisbury, NC 28144
Phone: (704)630-978
*Saturday, September 30
Official Book Release for "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America"
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Foxtrack Training Center
625 Valley View Rd
Southern Pines, NC
Here's your chance to see what a year on the road with Woody and
Maggie is like. Bernie will have his tipi pitched and companions
saddled. Refreshments will be served and you can check out the Lost
Sea Wagon. Yes - you can pick up a personalized copy of "Woody and Maggie".
Maggie checks out Copy Number
One of her new book "Woody and Maggie Walk Across America"
*Tuesday, September 28
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Lee County Agricultural Center
2420 Tramway Rd, Sanford, NC
7:00 - 8:00 PM
*Saturday, September 16
Thelma Dingus Public Library
Wallace, NC
11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
*Sunday, September 10
Rowan Public Library
Salisbury, NC
2:00 - 3:00 PM
For more info contact:
Melody Moxley / Rowan Public Library
704 216 8230
*Tuesday, August 22
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Aberdeen Community Center
Aberdeen, NC
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
*Saturday, August 19
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Caldwell County Public Library
Lenoir, NC
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Presentation of Childrens book "Woody and Maggie
Walk Across America"
*Tuesday, August 8
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Southern Pines Public Library
Southern Pines, NC
11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Final presentation in the 2006 Summer Reading Program "Paws, Claws,
Scales and Tales"
Come preview the new children's book "Woody and Maggie Walk Across
America"
Meeting Woody and Maggie
Southern Pines Public Library
Alice Thomas photo
*Wednesday, July 26
Foxtrack Training Center
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Southern Pines, NC
11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
*Wednesday, June 14
Foxtrack Training Center
Woody and Maggie will be making an appearance.
Southern Pines, NC
11:00 AM - 12:00 noon
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