March 31, 2011 – 10:40 am
DURHAM — The postmark deadline for submissions from North Carolina high school students to receive a $500 scholarship for tuition assistance through the 2011 William Vatavuk Scholarship at Bennett Place is April 4. The scholarship will be awarded to a rising senior and will be presented the weekend of the 146th Surrender Commemoration events at [...]
March 29, 2011 – 12:34 pm
WILMINGTON, NC – Battleship NORTH CAROLINA welcomes spring with the 4th annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at Battleship Park, on Friday, April 22, 2011. Hippity Hoppity down the Battleship trail for a day of fun with continuous games, bounce house, petting zoo and pony rides (additional fee) for all to enjoy. Make sure to [...]
March 28, 2011 – 10:35 am
SEDALIA – The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum will hold a grand opening ceremony for its refurbished Kimball Hall on Friday, April 29, at 1 p.m. Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle and Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison will be joined by community leaders and other dignitaries to mark the occasion. The renovated hall sits on the [...]
The State Historic Preservation Office is seeking additional history of properties in Carteret County. Approximately 280 historic properties in rural areas and unincorporated communities and 335 properties in the municipalities in Carteret County will be surveyed, most of them for the first time. The project will employ digital photography, oral history, data entry in the [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 23, 2011) — The Winston-Salem Foundation has awarded The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) $20,000 from the Charles Babcock, Jr. Field of Interest Fund to install their exterior public safety and visitor way-finding campus lighting. The grant will be used to purchase and install solar powered parking lot lighting. The Winston-Salem [...]
Goodness! Someone has hidden modern things in the 1897 Poe House, part of the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex! What are video games doing in the parlor? Why is there an electric can opener by the wood stove? The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex invites you to experience Thoroughly Modern Mischief: [...]
WILMINGTON, NC – The Battleship NORTH CAROLINA announced today that they are now accepting applications for sponsors and vendors (both food and commercial) for the upcoming 50th Anniversary celebrations. There are a number of opportunities and price levels to fit most any budget allowing individuals or organizations to partner with the Battleship in this historic year. [...]
On April 6, 2011, crew members who served aboard the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA (BB55) in the 1940s will return to what was once their home in celebration of the Ship’s 70th birthday along with her 50th anniversary of being moored in Wilmington, North Carolina. The historic event kicks off at 2:00 pm on April 7, [...]
ASHEVILLE – The North Carolina Connecting to Collections Project (C2C) will be hosting two workshops this May at the new Western Office of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources in Asheville. The project will assist staff, board members and volunteers who are interested in improving the ways in which their collections are managed and preserved. [...]
RALEIGH — Soldiers in combat, women helping the war effort at home, African Americans seeking freedom, all have a place in the compelling story and in the Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit. N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle will preview the exhibit, which is on view until March 29 [...]
March 29 and 31 at Tryon Palace At Tryon Palace, you can participate in a living history like no other – one that uniquely blends cutting-edge technology with the events, experiences and tools of centuries past. The opening of the North Carolina History Center in October 2010 revolutionizes visitor activities at the state’s premier historic [...]
DURHAM – George Hamilton IV will be performing at Duke Homestead State Historic Site on Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. This home-grown country music legend will be singing Easter-themed music, following last year’s tour celebrating his 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry. Tickets are $10 per person, with half-price tickets available for Duke [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Symphony’s 2011/12 season promises the same masterful programming and compelling guest artists that concertgoers have come to expect of the state’s premier performing arts organization. Music Director Grant Llewellyn begins his seventh NCS season with a powerful ensemble of musicians who approach the repertoire with power, passion and panache [...]
BEAUFORT – Runabouts and wherries, dinghies and day-sailors once again take the spotlight at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort for the 37th annual Wooden Boat Show. The Museum invites all wooden boat owners to display their boats in the Saturday, May 7 event. “With several thousand visitors each year the wooden boat show [...]
March 21, 2011 – 12:53 pm
Saturday, March 26 Noon – 5:00 pm FREE SECCA and Reynolda House Museum of American Art are pleased to offer this collaborative Community Day celebrating two exciting exhibitions. On view at SECCA is Óscar Muñoz: Imprints for a Fleeting Memorial, while Reynolda House presents Trains that Passed in the Night: The Photographs of O. Winston [...]