September 30, 2009 – 9:52 am
A new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh commemorates the 300th anniversary of the publication of A New Voyage to Carolina. Published in 1709 in London, the book by English explorer and naturalist John Lawson was the first major attempt to describe the natural history of the New World to Europeans.
The book [...]
September 30, 2009 – 9:39 am
Josephus III, Greensboro’s finest poet, is offering two Spoken Word Poetry workshops for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors called the “The Poetry Project” on Saturday, October 24th. These workshops are going to be held at Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, 6136 Burlington Road, Sedalia, NC.
Sign up for Workshop1 (10 a.m. to noon) or Workshop [...]
September 29, 2009 – 2:30 pm
RALEIGH – North Carolina’s documents and artifacts may be at risk. Hurricanes, floods, fire, insects, mold, and improper handling and storage all play a role in destroying historical treasures. The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources has received a planning grant to help protect collections at archives, museums, libraries, and historic sites and to [...]
September 29, 2009 – 2:21 pm
KURE BEACH — Step back in time and experience life on the Confederate home front at Fort Fisher State Historic Site on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join costumed staff and volunteer interpreters as they demonstrate Civil War civilian activities in the fort’s live oak grove overlooking the Cape Fear River. [...]
September 29, 2009 – 2:14 pm
WINNABOW – Grab your “past-port” and take a trip back in time to the free Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site Colonial Heritage Day on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Costumed spinners, weavers, woodworkers, and cooks will be on hand to depict aspects of life in the colonial port. The Colonial Marketplace [...]
September 28, 2009 – 2:52 pm
Catch the classic pirate flick “The Pirate of the Black Hawk” on Friday, Oct. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the last installment of the series First Friday at the Movies at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Even seafaring scoundrels would agree this movie is a steal — admission, popcorn, [...]
September 25, 2009 – 1:52 pm
Few books are as important to North Carolina history as John Lawson’s “A New Voyage to Carolina,” published in London in 1709. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the book, the N.C. Office of Archives and History will host a symposium Friday Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10 at locations in and around the [...]
September 24, 2009 – 4:24 pm
RALEIGH – The American Library Association (ALA) www.ala.org, headquartered in Chicago, has once again recognized an innovative North Carolina campaign that encourages more people to carry the “smartest card” – the library card. “For the fourth year in a row,” says the ALA, “the State Library of North Carolina is proving that the smartest [...]
September 24, 2009 – 4:05 pm
Flickr Slide Show
RALEIGH - N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle will welcome the sculpture Vale, a 3,000 pound work created by noted Greensboro artist Jim Gallucci, to a permanent location at the intersection of Jones and Wilmington Streets on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 11 a.m.
The piece is included in the Artworks for [...]
September 24, 2009 – 3:27 pm
RALEIGH – A new look at North Carolina is coming to the Monroe Branch of the Union County Public Library. The Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit includes 50 images from the state’s mountains to the coast that show different events and time periods, and will be exhibited Sept. 28-Oct. 19. Organized by the N.C. [...]