November 25, 2009 – 3:35 pm
The Department of Cultural Resources offers family fun for the holidays. From festive frolics at Historic Sites around the state to musical memories at museums, there is something for everyone, including gift shops at many locations. Most events are free. For more information about Cultural Resources, go to www.ncculture.com. These are just a sample of [...]
By Richard Barton
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November 25, 2009 – 3:05 pm
BEAUFORT – Blackbeard the pirate is widely remembered for the way he lived and the bloody way he died. Although Nov. 22, 1718, is the generally accepted date of his death, there is some question on that, according to N.C. Maritime Museum Blackbeard expert David Moore. It could be Dec. 3. All depends on what [...]
November 25, 2009 – 2:55 pm
Renovated East Building reopens Nov. 7 with expanded exhibition schedule RALEIGH, N.C.—Next November the Museum’s East Building will reopen as the Center for Special Exhibitions and Education with an unprecedented five special exhibitions. American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell; Bob Trotman: Inverted Utopias; Fins and Feathers: Original Children’s Book Illustrations from The Eric Carle [...]
November 25, 2009 – 12:39 pm
RALEIGH – Rare books, precious quilts, and historic documents are among the many materials in libraries, archives and museums that are too valuable to loose. Yet when disaster strikes, that sometimes happens. The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources is holding a workshop on Monday, Dec. 7, at 9 a.m., at Pack Place in Asheville to [...]
November 25, 2009 – 10:35 am
Get into a seasonal mood when the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble takes the stage. With saxophones, trumpets, trombones, bass and other instruments, this 20-member group of talented high-school musicians will present a free concert on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Hear a variety of holiday classics [...]
November 24, 2009 – 2:40 pm
On Christmas morning in 1946, thousands of scampering feet raced through hallways to discover new toys as shiny as tinsel on the trees. Bicycles, trains and wagons once again appeared under the tree. World War II had ended, metal was available, and the holidays were getting back to normal. However, from 1941 to 1945, holiday [...]
November 24, 2009 – 10:48 am
CHARLOTTE (Nov. 24.) – N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle today unveiled the findings of new research which shows that the Creative Industry in North Carolina accounts for nearly 300,000 jobs, just over 5 ½ percent of the state’s workforce, with a market value of $41.4 billion. The new study, “Creativity Means [...]
November 23, 2009 – 4:30 pm
DURHAM – Citizens across the state have gotten a fresh look at North Carolina over the past 14 months. The “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit depicts the mountains to the coast, various time periods, and even far away places on two routes in a road trip across the state. The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources [...]
November 20, 2009 – 6:02 pm
GREENVILLE – Since the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) began excavating the shipwreck believed to the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, more than 250,000 objects have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, near Beaufort. All recovered artifacts go through the NCDCR QAR conservation lab located at East Carolina University in Greenville. On Friday [...]
November 20, 2009 – 2:57 pm
ASHEVILLE – Noted balladeer and storyteller Sheila Kay Adams will present an evening of Southern Appalachian mountain Christmas stories, traditional ballads and music in two shows at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site in Asheville on Saturday, Dec. 19. “Christmas on the Mountain,” drawn from Adams’ own holiday childhood experiences growing up in Madison [...]
November 20, 2009 – 2:53 pm
FOUR OAKS – A typical Christmas for John and Amy Harper and their nine kids would have involved handmade crafts and home cooked goodies. The intrusion of the Civil War turned their home into a military hospital, but the fighting was still far away during Christmas. The Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site will host Christmas [...]
November 20, 2009 – 2:26 pm
HALIFAX – Colonial Christmas traditions, including rag dolls and caning chairs, are among the quieter aspects of the holiday celebration at Historic Halifax on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Costumed re-enactors of the 5th North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line will bring a bang with lively firings of 18th century muskets and [...]
November 20, 2009 – 2:24 pm
RALEIGH – For 14 months, 50 photographs depicting North Carolina’s mountains to coast, various time periods, and even far away places, have been on the road in North Carolina. The “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit, organized on an eastern and western route by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, is ending. The Cameron Village branch [...]
November 18, 2009 – 4:44 pm
Editors Note: Please respond if your organization will attend by Thursday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., call (919) 807-7389 or email fay.mitchell@ncdcr.gov. GREENVILLE — Study of artifacts from the shipwreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s flagship, continues to illuminate details of pirate life. A media review of the latest findings on Friday, Oct. [...]
November 18, 2009 – 4:37 pm
RALEIGH – The tree-lighting tradition at the State Capitol will continue when Gov. Bev Perdue and First Gentleman Bob Eaves light the Christmas tree on Thursday, Dec. 10. The Junior Women’s Club and State Capitol staff sponsor this free, public celebration. It starts at 5 p.m. with luminaries being lit and holiday music by the [...]