STATESVILLE — Guests are encouraged to get their hands dirty at Fort Dobbs State Historic Site as part of the statewide “2nd Saturdays” series. Costumed interpreters will construct a mud baking oven of the type used in the mid-18th century on Saturday, July 13. Visitors can help build this replica of an essential piece of [...]
OLD FORT — The skill and joy of fly fishing will be on display on Saturday, June 8 at for the 2nd Saturdays “Fishing Frolic” program at Mountain Gateway Museum. Members of Trout Unlimited will demonstrate casting, fly tying and other tricks for fishermen and wannabees on June 8. There will be lessons for young and [...]
WEAVERVILLE — The sights and sounds of the past will come to life on Saturday, June 8, as the Gov. Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace kicks off this summer’s series of programming known as 2nd Saturdays. The free event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will present living history re-enactors, hands-on activities, craft demonstrations and area artists vending [...]
DURHAM — A day of free family fun on June 8 celebrates all things Durham, the cavalry to the rescue, and an early Juneteenth commemoration, in the first of three 2nd Saturdays programs organized by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources this summer. Unique programs of arts, history, food, and fun will be found on [...]
RALEIGH — A wealth of family-friendly, free events will be available all across the state on Saturday, June 8, as the first of the 2nd Saturdays programs organized by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources gets underway. Civil War drills and demonstrations, pirate tales and seafaring treasures, or prizes uncovered while digging with archaeology, are [...]
Spend an afternoon amid the beauty and elegance of the Regency era as Tryon Palace hosts Jane Austen in June. Held from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, this new event includes tea tours, period dancing, games, crafts and free garden admission. Joined by the Jane Austen Society of North America’s North [...]
STATESVILLE — Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will offer a glimpse of life on the North Carolina frontier on June 8-9. In the summer of 1755, 50 soldiers arrived on a remote hilltop near present-day Statesville with orders to build a fort to guard local settlers and mark the edge of the British Empire. Named [...]
ASHEVILLE — Ahoy! There will be pirate talk and pirate treasure at the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Western Office on June 8. The new traveling exhibit, “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge,” and a hands-on program will delight little buccaneers everywhere. The special Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and part of the Cultural [...]
DURHAM — See the clash of sabers and cavalry demonstrations of “horse soldiers” of the Civil War at Bennett Place State Historic Site on Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the living history program interpreters will display weaponry and demonstrate military tactics. This is the first of 2nd Saturdays free programs arranged [...]
DURHAM — Historic Stagville is getting an early start on Juneteenth celebrations, for the June 19, 1865, date cited as when the last of the enslaved learned they were free — months after the Civil War ended. A day full of family activities and riveting slave narrative performances at night will create a well-rounded observance [...]
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DURHAM — A celebration of everything Durham happens at Duke Homestead State Historic Site on Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at “Bull Fest.” The free family fun program will go back to the roots of the Duke family and the 1870s birth of the tobacco industry in Durham and the country. Sustain-a-Bull [...]
Following are two events that are happening at SECCA in August. Both events are free and open to the public. The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is located at 750 Marguerite Drive in Winston-Salem. SECCA is an affiliate of the N.C. Museum of Art, within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. For additional information, [...]
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As part of the statewide 2nd Saturdays series, the N. C. Museum of History in Raleigh will feature craftsman Bill Newman, who creates baskets, bowls and other items from pine needles. Watch him at work during a drop-in program on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is free. An award-winning craftsman, Newman [...]
Tryon Palace will provide a great destination for families on the go this summer with its final “2nd Saturdays” summer program of 2012 on Aug. 11. The theme at Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina is “The Athens of North Carolina.” In the 19th century, New Bern was well-known for its literary and theatrical [...]
KINSTON – They were no shrinking violets, the women who took up arms to join the fray during the Civil War. “They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers of the American Civil War” will be presented on Aug. 11 in this summer’s final 2nd Saturdays program for the CSS Neuse/Caswell Memorial. The free program will be led by Lauren [...]