September 27, 2012 – 10:15 am
High School teachers across North Carolina have until Friday, Oct. 19, to register for a national poetry recitation competition, Poetry Out Loud, sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Society and the Greensboro Public Library. Poetry Out Loud, now in its eighth year, is designed for high [...]
September 26, 2012 – 2:30 pm
RALEIGH–The North Carolina Symphony announced today the auditions for the NCS Youth Sinfonietta, an exclusive chamber orchestra made up of 14- to 21-year-olds from across the state and led by the Symphony’s renowned staff of conductors. All auditions will be held by video audition submission. After completing an online application form, students can record and [...]
September 26, 2012 – 2:29 pm
RALEIGH–Visitation was up in August 2012 over the previous year at nearly all North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources attractions, including a 43.6 percent increase over the previous August at N.C. Historic Sites, the Department reported today. “North Carolina is known far and wide for its authentic cultural experiences,” said Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle. [...]
September 25, 2012 – 5:00 pm
RALEIGH–The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources announces the hiring of John W. Morris III as deputy state archaeologist and head of the state’s Underwater Archaeology Branch at Kure Beach. Morris is a nautical archaeologist with more than 25 years of field experience. His undergraduate studies were at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he was graduated with [...]
September 21, 2012 – 5:00 pm
RALEIGH–Gender roles, racial equality and building a new North Carolina after the Civil War will be examined at the Oct. 11-12 “Defining the Contours of the Old North State” conference at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. Central University in Durham. It is the second of three “New Voyages to Carolina” conferences organized by participating universities and [...]
September 21, 2012 – 3:00 pm
RALEIGH–The Civil War savaged lives yet secured the future of generations in North Carolina and the rest of the nation, and altered the course of American history. The injustices faced by African Americans were some of the most significant factors leading to the American Civil War (1861-1865). The fight for liberation is just one of [...]
September 21, 2012 – 1:30 pm
Based on a true story, Raleigh author Ella Joyce “EJ” Stewart’s new play When I Leave takes you to rural North Carolina in 1957. Here, TJ, the 17-year-old son of a farming family, grapples with the injustices of segregation in his small town. As TJ approaches high-school graduation, he must decide how to respond to [...]
September 21, 2012 – 12:33 pm
RALEIGH–The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources has been awarded a matching grant of $202,715 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand its statewide disaster preparedness program. “We appreciate this grant which will allow us to continue to train museums and libraries on how to prepare for and recover from many kinds of disasters, [...]
September 19, 2012 – 10:40 am
Intriguing perspectives of the American Civil War will rise to the forefront in upcoming lectures at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. October’s lecture, The Civil War in Fiction and Film, centers on how memory of the Civil War has been manipulated and its history reinterpreted. The lecture complements the popular exhibit Real to [...]
September 19, 2012 – 9:49 am
RALEIGH–The state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six distinguished North Carolinians on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the N.C. Museum of History. The ceremony will take place at 8 p.m., preceded by a reception for the recipients at 6:30 p.m. The 2012 honorees include Dr. B. Jayant Baliga, of Raleigh, for [...]
September 13, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Students will have the opportunity to illustrate their favorite event in history to go on display at the Museum of the Albemarle on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Entries must be submitted by 4:00 pm, November 2, 2012 by either mail or dropped off at the museum from Tuesday through Saturday 10:00am to 4:00 pm. The [...]
September 13, 2012 – 3:59 pm
Award-winning humorist and former Miss North Carolina Jeanne Swanner Robertson uses her down-home Southern drawl to leave audiences laughing. Known as one of the most popular public speakers in America, she turns her life experiences into hilarious stories. See Robertson in person during two performances on Sunday, Oct. 28, in Daniels Auditorium at the North [...]
September 13, 2012 – 12:25 pm
As a key swing state, North Carolina has become a battleground in the presidential election. Opinions will fly as the Obama and Romney campaigns heat up in the Tar Heel State. What do well-known North Carolina political analysts think about how the battle is progressing? Find out when Rob Christensen, political columnist for Raleigh’s News [...]
September 12, 2012 – 1:24 pm
DURHAM – In conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, Bennett Place State Historic Site will present “1862, Life on the Homefront in Piedmont North Carolina During the Civil War,” an outdoor educational living history depicting life of the Southern civilians in the second year of the war. Visitors will get to perform [...]
September 11, 2012 – 1:21 pm
If you like watching PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” or scouring flea markets and antique stores for treasures, then Southern Style, a decorative arts lecture series at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, is for you! Debuting in October, Southern Style will appeal to both novice and avid decorative arts collectors. This highly anticipated lecture series [...]