Category Archives: What to Do

Award-Winning Trio Performs Russian Musical Masterpieces

The music and folklore of Russia comes to the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh on Sunday, Nov. 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. As part of the 2009-2010 Music of the Carolinas series, Moscow Nights, an internationally renowned trio of Russian musicians, will perform pieces from Russian folklore, representing the diversity of Russian culture [...]

Breaking the Silence: N.C. Vietnam Veterans

Dr. Sharon Raynor will share Vietnam War veterans’ memories of sacrifice, pride, disappointment, honor and recovery in her presentation “Breaking the Silence and Healing the Soul: The Oral Histories of Vietnam War Veterans of North Carolina.” The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex will host Raynor, a N.C. Humanities Council Road Scholar, on Sunday, [...]

“Telling Our Stories” Exhibit Opens at Henderson Library

RALEIGH – A fresh look at people and places in North Carolina is found in the “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit Nov. 6-25, at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson. The best among North Carolina’s professional and amateur photographers are showcased in a traveling exhibit organized by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. In [...]

Museum Program Honors Veterans and Highlights Extraordinary Stories

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh will present a program in honor of the state’s veterans. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you can’t stay the entire time, drop by for part of the presentation. Admission is free.
In addition [...]

Ft. Dobbs Celebrates King George’s Birthday Nov. 14-15

STATESVILLE –Join North Carolina Provincial soldiers at Fort Dobbs State Historic Site as they celebrate the birthday of His Majesty, King George II, on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15. A special Ceremony for the King will be presented each day at noon. Thrill at the pageantry of arms and the roar of muskets [...]

Red Drum, Walking Fish and the N.C. Maritime Museum

BEAUFORT – Customers will be eating with a purpose on Nov. 13, at the latest of the Maritime Seafood Dinner series to benefit education programs at the N.C. Maritime Museum. Seafood has been an important part of the region’s diet, economy and culture, and the dinner will help the museum and also help consumers [...]

Featured Artist: John Blackfeather Jeffries

When John Blackfeather Jeffries, a member of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, demonstrates how to make traditional American Indian weapons or discusses his displays of early hunting and fishing tools, he feels a special bond with his ancestors.
“To hold something like an arrowhead in my hand and know it belonged to my ancestors, [...]

November Events at the N.C. Museum of History

November brings plenty of opportunities to celebrate American Indian Heritage Month at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. From the excitement of the American Indian Heritage Celebration to a screening of a documentary film, learn about North Carolina’s Indian culture, past and present.
Other November programs range from a performance of Russian music to an [...]

SECCA Installing Artist Mark Jenkins’ Sculpture at Downtown Clark Campbell Transportation Center

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is installing a figure by artist Mark Jenkins at the Clark Campbell Transportation Center located at 100 West Fifth Street on Nov. 2.
Jenkins is one of seven artists featured in SECCA’s year-long public art series Inside Out: Artists in the Community II.
Jenkins, of Washington, [...]

Civil War Stories at Tryon Palace on Nov. 1

On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Tryon Palace Theatre will host “Civil War Stories” at 2 p.m. The free program is in the Visitor Center Auditorium.
Storyteller Terry Rollins will share tales relating to the Civil War, including a Civil War letter from a 16-year-old girl about the trials of battle happening around her home, the reason [...]