January 24, 2008 – 4:34 pm
FREMONT (Jan. 24, 2008)— A fire of unknown origin broke out at about 4 a.m. this morning and damaged the 19th century Aycock family house at the Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site in Fremont. Because of the rapid response of the local area fire departments, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the effectiveness [...]
January 14, 2008 – 3:18 pm
RALEIGH – N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Lisbeth C. “Libba” Evans read during a story hour for second graders Jan. 9 as part of the kickoff for “Telling Our Stories,” the department’s theme for 2008. Students from Raleigh’s Wiley Elementary School visited the Cameron Village Branch of the Wake County Public Library, where they heard Evans [...]
January 14, 2008 – 2:28 pm
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources received $15,957,400 in December from the General Assembly’s Government Operations Committee for restoration and preservation projects at eight institutions. The projects will commence this year.
In Eastern North Carolina:
–Somerset Place Historic Site, Creswell, will stabilize the foundation of the Collins family home - $2,585,300;
–Mattamuskeet Lodge, Swan Quarter, [...]
January 9, 2008 – 3:26 pm
FREMONT — Though Annabelle the sheep, who lives at Gov. Charles B. Aycock Birthplace in Fremont, became famous back in October when she was stolen and subsequently recovered, these days she’s nursing her two new lambs. “Rocky” and “Bullwinkle” made their debut at the state historic site on Dec. 18. Though still sticking pretty close [...]
January 7, 2008 – 2:56 pm
RALEIGH – There is help at hand for homeschool parents in search of resources for teaching history. The N.C. Office of Archives and History has materials and programs to assist with that. Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site in Cabarrus County will host a free information session for home school educators on Thursday, Jan. 31, [...]
December 14, 2007 – 12:10 pm
WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources announced the formal acceptance of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) as an operating entity of the N.C. Museum of Art on Dec. 13, 2007. SECCA is dedicated to creative excellence in the visual arts and interprets the diversity of American contemporary art.
December 14, 2007 – 11:19 am
BEAUFORT – The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources today announced an online questionnaire to provide additional input for a public meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 17, 2008, at the Duke Marine Laboratory in Beaufort to obtain citizen input about expanded cultural facilities at Gallants Channel. The questionnaire can be found at [...]
December 12, 2007 – 5:32 pm
RALEIGH - Sixteen artists - including three poets, three fiction writers, two nonfiction writers, two playwrights, three composers, two screenwriters and a songwriter - are recipients of the North Carolina Arts Council’s 2007-08 North Carolina Fellowship Awards. The Arts Council announced the Awards on December 5. For more information about the Fellowship Award program, click here.
December 7, 2007 – 12:31 pm
RALEIGH — History on a stick. Tombstones on posts. History by the spoonful. The most recognizable sights along North Carolina’s roadways are the familiar cast-aluminum highway historical markers that commemorate Tar Heel people and events of statewide significance. In conjunction with the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ 2007 theme, “History Happens Here,” a new, revised [...]
December 5, 2007 – 11:27 am
(RALEIGH) – Craft artists create works that are both utilitarian and beautiful, and the works of some of North Carolina’s best artisans are featured in new Discover Craft NC Knowledge Cards ™ recently released by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.