Category Archives: What to Do

Pirate Excavation Education Launches Shipwreck Expedition

May 13, 2013 – 5:22 pm

BEAUFORT — North Carolina students in the 4th through 8th grades can free their imaginations and ask questions about Blackbeard and the wreck of his flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), during a live online stream from the Watercraft Center at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort on Friday, May 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. They’ll learn how [...]

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Museum Offers Quilt Workshop

May 10, 2013 – 4:00 pm

FAYETTEVILLE — Join textile historian and conservator, Lynn Gorges, and learn about quilts used and produced during the time of the American Civil War as you make your own bound signature quilt block. The workshop will discuss color palettes and patterns used during the Civil War era as well as compare authentic period fabrics to [...]

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Gov. Pat McCrory Helps Celebrate Edenton’s 300th Anniversary

May 10, 2013 – 12:00 pm

Governor Pat McCrory will participate Saturday, May 18, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Edenton’s 300th Anniversary events commemorating the formation of North Carolina and the appointment in 1713, by Her Majesty Queen Anne, of Charles Eden as Governor. The public festivities will begin with the arrival of Governor Charles Eden (interpreter, in colonial attire) [...]

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Watergate: Political Scandal and the Presidency

May 9, 2013 – 10:15 am

The summer of 1973, Americans stayed glued to their televisions as one of the nation’s most serious political scandals, known as Watergate, began to unfold. Friday, May 17, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the first televised hearing of the Senate Select Committee that investigated President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 campaign for re-election. May 17 [...]

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Lecture Blends Southern Food with African American Culture

May 9, 2013 – 9:00 am

The Tryon Palace African American Lecture Series continues on Thursday, May 16, with “Shaping a Culture: African American Cooks and the Making of Southern Food.” Conducted in Cullman Performance Hall by Dr. Rebecca Sharpless, this free event is the latest installment of Tryon Palace’s yearlong theme of “Fresh from the Past: Food and Culture in [...]

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Scavenger Hunt to Make History Fun on May 18 At Durham Historic Sites

May 8, 2013 – 5:00 pm

DURHAM — Durham’s three state historic sites will offer kids free fun with a scavenger hunt for history on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Historic Stagville, Duke Homestead and Bennett Place State Historic Sites are partnering for this family-friendly event. A booklet with clues for the scavenger hunt will be available [...]

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June Programs at the N.C. Museum of History

May 8, 2013 – 9:30 am

June’s largest event at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh will be presented with Our State in celebration of the magazine’s 80th anniversary. On Saturday, June 8, meet Our State editor Elizabeth Hudson, hear bluegrass music by Kickin’ Grass, sample scrumptious food, and experience much more. The event ties in with the museum’s 2nd [...]

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2nd Saturdays Summer Arts Fest

May 7, 2013 – 4:00 pm

Celebrate history, heritage and the arts at the Museum of the Cape Fear’s annual 2nd Saturdays Arts Fest on June 8, July 13 and August 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of artists and craftspeople will set up shop on the grounds of the 1897 Poe House to display and sell local [...]

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Reel to Real: The Making of the Gone with the Wind

May 7, 2013 – 3:00 pm

Winner of 10 Academy Awards, Gone with the Wind remains popular decades after its 1939 premiere.Hollywood’s highly romanticized movie of the “Old South”   is based on Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The true story of how Mitchell’s book became a record-breaking film is revealed in Real to Reel: The Making of Gone with the Wind, [...]

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Post from the Coast Exhibit to Open at the Museum of Albemarle

May 2, 2013 – 12:10 pm

The Museum of the Albemarle’s newest exhibit Post from the Coast will open on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10 a.m. with related programming until noon. Postcards are often overlooked as valuable research tools and sources of information.  Not only are they illustrative and tell a story, they also serve as markers of pop-culture.  This [...]

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The Legacy of Freedom Symposium Complements Exhibit

May 2, 2013 – 11:00 am

The exhibition Freedom Coming, Freedom for All, opening Wednesday, May 15, at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, will be complemented by The Legacy of Freedom Symposium. On Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, this free symposium examines President Abraham Lincoln’s reasons for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, the resulting constitutional amendment [...]

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Rare Opportunity to View Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Raleigh

May 2, 2013 – 10:00 am

RALEIGH – The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most significant documents in United States history. President Abraham Lincoln issued the document on Sept. 22, 1862, after the Union victory at Antietam (also called the Battle of Sharpsburg). Signed by President Lincoln, the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ordered that in 100 days the federal government would [...]

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Photojournalism Exhibit Closing at the Museum of the Albemarle

May 2, 2013 – 9:00 am

A 1963 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Charlotte, Richard Petty and Miss Winston celebrating a mid-1970s victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway, and images such as the Yellow Brick Road at Beech Mountain’s Land of Oz are a few that have been featured in the exhibit Bruce Roberts Photojournalist: 50 Years of Capturing Change. [...]

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North Carolina Symphony Performs “Disney in Concert” May 10-11

May 1, 2013 – 4:30 pm

RALEIGH — Resident Conductor William Henry Curry will lead the North Carolina Symphony in some of the best-loved songs from the movies of Walt Disney in the program “Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies,” in three performances Friday, May 10 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 11 at 3 p.m. and again at [...]

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Treat Mom to Free Musical Performances on May 12

May 1, 2013 – 10:30 am

Enjoy one or two music performances on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. At 1 p.m. the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble will take the stage, and at 3 p.m. the mother-daughter duo Myrna Bascunan and Claudia Lopez Bascunan will sing Chilean folk songs, play drums and tell stories. [...]

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