Fine Arts and Crafts Marketplace
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location:
Adjacent to the Ava Gardner Museum starting at Third and
Market streets
Cost:
Free
In
honor of Ava's love for her North Carolina roots and her
passion for creative arts, this event features regional
artists who display and sell their fine crafts and unique
works of art.
Ava
Gardner Heritage Tour
Location:
Ava Gardner 325 E. Market St., Downtown Smithfield
Cost:
$5:00 (tickets can be pre-purchased at the Museum)
Get a rare glimpse of Ava Gardner's early years with this
guided tour. From the birth house & Ava's childhood home,
to a visit to her gravesite, this tour is led by locals
who know the area and its secrets.
Departure Times:
*10:00 AM
10:45 AM
*11:30 AM
12:15 PM
*1:00 PM
1:45 PM
* 2:30 PM
3:15 PM
* 4:00 PM
4:45 PM
* This tour, led by Grabtown Girl author, Doris
Cannon, will give you the opportunity to hear the
private stories and anecdotes that never made it into
the book. Copies of Grabtown Girl can be purchased at
the Museum and personalized by Ms. Cannon after the tour.
All
About Ava Reception
6:30
PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Ava Gardner 325 E. Market St., Downtown
Smithfield
Cost: Free with identification
Is
your name Ava, or do you know someone with that name?
This year we are honoring all Ava's with a private reception
to celebrate "our" Ava and all of her namesakes.
Each Ava may bring one guest. Please RSVP to avainfo@avagardner.org
or 919-934-5830.
SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 1 - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ava
Gardner Film Fest
Location:
Howell Theater, 141 S. Third St., Downtown Smithfield
Cost:
Free
1:30
PM -- "Mogambo"
4:00 PM -- "Night of the Iguana"
"Mogambo"
Exhibit at the Ava Gardner Museum
1:00
PM - 5:00 PM
325
East Market St., Downtown Smithfield
Cost: $5.00 Museum admission
A special exhibit featuring the costumes worn by Ava
Gardner, Grace Kelly and Clark Gable from the award
winning movie "Mogambo" will be on display.
This special collection is on loan from Debbie Reynolds
Hollywood Motion Picture Museum.
Ava
Gardner Heritage Tour
Location:
Cost:
$5:00 (tickets can be pre-purchased at the Museum)
Get a rare glimpse of Ava Gardner's early years with
this guided tour. From the birth house & Ava's childhood
home, to a visit to her gravesite, this tour is led
by locals who know the area and its secrets.
Departure Times:
1:15 PM
*2:00 PM
2:45 PM
*3:30 PM
4:15 PM
For more details, e-mail us at avainfo@avagardner.org
or call (919)934-5830
Festival Press Release
