Kinston History & Craft Beer, Greenville Murals, and Early Spring Events in ENC

Spring is starting to show up across Eastern North Carolina, and this week’s ENC Explorer episode highlights two simple outings that make the most of it. First, take a short drive to Kinston to visit the historic CSS Neuse ironclad gunboat before grabbing a craft beer at Mother Earth Brewing. Then stay closer to home with a relaxed Greenville morning at Awaken Coffee, a nonprofit café on Dickinson Avenue, followed by a walk through the city’s vibrant mural corridor and a stop at the Pitt County