February 26, 2010 – 1:29 pm
RALEIGH – The Wright Brothers have landed in North Carolina. Again. Two paintings featuring the Wright brothers that were aboard the USS Kitty Hawk have been donated to the N.C. Museum of History. A dedication of the paintings will be held at the Museum of History on Monday, March 1, at 10 a.m. N.C. Department [...]
February 26, 2010 – 12:54 pm
RALEIGH – The variety and beauty of the state’s faces and places are captured in the “Celebrate North Carolina: Faces and Places” photography exhibit, which will travel across North Carolina March 1, 2010-Feb. 19, 2011. It will be displayed March 1-21 at the Caldwell County Public Library in Lenoir. “Celebrate North Carolina” is an initiative [...]
February 26, 2010 – 9:30 am
RALEIGH – Weathered watermen and fresh-faced youngsters, still waters and city streets, are images captured in the “Celebrate North Carolina: Faces and Places” photography exhibit. “Celebrate North Carolina” is an initiative of the Office of First Gentleman Bob Eaves (www.celebratenc.gov), and arranged in cooperation with the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (www.ncculture.com). It contains 30 [...]
February 26, 2010 – 9:25 am
RALEIGH, N.C.—The North Carolina Symphony and Music Director Grant Llewellyn invite the whole family to an engaging look at dance forms from around the globe. “Let’s Dance,” the final installment of the Symphony’s 2009-2010 Young People’s Concert Series, explores the unique artistry and movements behind tango, tarantella, can can, classical ballet, and American and African [...]
February 25, 2010 – 4:51 pm
RALEIGH – Prizewinning journalist Cash Michaels knew he was on to a big story as he covered the North Carolina campaign of then-candidate Barack Obama. The results of that historic campaign and North Carolina’s role in it are seen in the documentary “Obama in NC: The Path to History,” produced and narrated by Michaels. To [...]
February 24, 2010 – 5:29 pm
WILMINGTON, NC – The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA during the North Carolina QSO Party on Sunday, February 28, 2010. The event runs from Noon until 8:00PM local time. The purpose of this annual “HAM RADIO” event, sponsored by the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, is to allow amateur [...]
February 24, 2010 – 5:25 pm
RALEIGH, N.C.—Lawrence J. Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, today announced a promised gift to the Museum from the collection of Josie and Julian Robertson, of New York. The gift includes four paintings by important European Impressionist and modern artists. In addition to Picasso’s Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background (1952), they are The [...]
February 22, 2010 – 5:12 pm
RALEIGH, N.C.—Ambitious programming, incomparable guest artists and repertoire that displays the brawn and talent of the orchestra in a generous span of colors, textures and moods mark the North Carolina Symphony’s outstanding 2010-11 season. “We’re taking a bold view, examining the orchestral canon in big, broad strokes,” says Music Director Grant Llewellyn. “Our intent is [...]
February 19, 2010 – 10:41 am
“She came on a slave ship carrying the mind of a genius.”— from Sacred Fire: Phillis Wheatley and Her Friends During Women’s History Month, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh will present a readers’ theater play written by award-winning poet and playwright Rudy Wallace. The play Sacred Fire: Phillis Wheatley and Her Friends tells [...]
February 19, 2010 – 10:28 am
The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex will welcome spring and celebrate women and their contributions to history with a Women’s History Month Garden Party on Saturday, March 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. Ladies and gentlemen of all ages are invited to an afternoon of elegance at the 1897 Poe House, located at [...]
February 17, 2010 – 5:19 pm
RALEIGH – Smiling, working or thoughtful faces are among the images in the “Celebrate North Carolina: Faces and Places” Photography Exhibit. “Celebrate North Carolina” is an initiative of the Office of First Gentleman Bob Eaves. In cooperation with the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, this exhibit of 30 images from professional and amateur photographers and [...]
February 16, 2010 – 4:39 pm
FOUR OAKS – Advance tickets for North Carolina’s largest Civil War re-enactment, the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville slated for March 20-21, 2010, are still available, but organizers report that tickets are selling at more than twice the rate of prior years. Tickets purchased in advance of March 1, 2010, are $8 for [...]
February 16, 2010 – 4:33 pm
MANTEO — A 1963 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Charlotte; Richard Petty and Miss Winston celebrating a mid-1970s victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway; destruction at Kitty Hawk following the March 1962 Ash Wednesday Storm — these are only a few of the myriad of photographs featured in a new exhibit at the Outer [...]
February 16, 2010 – 3:20 pm
WINSTON-SALEM. N.C. — The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) and Krankies Coffee are presenting the second film in the “Art Grind” series on Thursday, March 4. The film “Danielson, A Family Movie” will be shown at 7 p.m. at Krankies, located at 211 E. Third St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101.The film presentation is free and [...]
February 16, 2010 – 10:29 am
RALEIGH – The Executive Mansion staff announced today the 2010 spring-summer public tour schedule for the Executive Mansion and its grounds. The Executive Mansion and gardens will be open to the public this spring and into the summer months. School, community groups and individuals are invited to come and visit. Tours of the Executive Mansion [...]