September 17, 2008 – 10:49 am
Come see the benefit performance “Oldest Living Confederate Widow: Her Confession” with Jane Holding Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Tryon Palace Visitor Center Auditorium. Meet Jane Holding and Allan Gurganus, author of the New York Times best selling novel, “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All” at a reception and book signing following [...]
September 12, 2008 – 6:08 pm
RALEIGH – Researchers on the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, will conduct the fall dive expedition Sept. 15-Nov. 7, and they are thinking big. The highlight of the thousands of artifacts they expect to recover is a cannon about eight feet long and weighing more than a ton, at [...]
September 11, 2008 – 8:08 am
KURE BEACH – Queen Anne’s Revenge Project Director Mark Wilde-Ramsing will speak about annual fall dive on the shipwreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The 7 p.m. public presentation at the Southport Community Building on Bay Street is sponsored by the N.C. Maritime Museum in Southport. Registration is [...]
September 10, 2008 – 10:51 am
North Carolina’s rich traditions continue through individuals such as storyteller Alan Hoal and third-generation tinsmith Peter Blum. Both men will demonstrate their talents during free programs at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh.
Summer Performance Series: Alan Hoal
Alan Hoal tells legendary Jack tales that have been passed down for generations in Appalachia. His animated and [...]
September 10, 2008 – 10:45 am
As crisp, cool autumn days approach, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh offers plenty of reasons to get out and enjoy the season. October brings a full slate of programs for all ages.
Get ready for the upcoming election during a Music of the Carolinas performance with rousing presidential campaign songs from the past. Another [...]
September 10, 2008 – 10:13 am
Most complete collection of state maps now online
RALEIGH – From wagon routes to interstate highways, dating from the 1600s to the 1960s, maps that show where travelers were going in North Carolina are now online at www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps, the new North Carolina Maps web site. A collaboration among the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources State [...]
September 5, 2008 – 1:42 pm
(RALEIGH) – If you didn’t remember to take your special papers and photographs, or store them in waterproof plastic before the storm, there are steps that may save water damaged treasures. The North Carolina State Archives recommends the following suggestions from Heritage Preservation.
Gov. Mike Easley has declared a State of Emergency due to the approach [...]
September 5, 2008 – 11:23 am
(Sept. 4, 2008) — High school English and Theatre Arts teachers across North Carolina have until Friday, Sept. 26 to register for the statewide Poetry Out Loud recitation contest, coordinated by the North Carolina Arts Council.
An initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and coordinated by state arts councils across the country, Poetry [...]
September 5, 2008 – 8:29 am
RALEIGH (Sept. 5, 2008)—Eighteen State Historic Sites will be closed Saturday, Sept 6, including the State Capitol. All nine State Historic Sites east of Interstate 95 will be closed: Governor Aycock, Historic Bath, Bentonville Battlefield, Brunswick Town, CSS Neuse, Fort Fisher, Historic Edenton, Historic Halifax, Somerset Place and Roanoke Island Festival Park.
Sites in the [...]
September 3, 2008 – 3:58 pm
The North Carolina Arts Council launched Museums in a Minute today to spotlight visual arts institutions throughout the state and their dynamic schedule of exhibitions this fall, including El Greco to Velázquez at the Nasher Museum of Art and Andy Warhol Portfolios at the Mint Museum.
The Web based promotion includes a one-minute video tour of [...]