The new guidebook, “Homegrown Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails,” is getting rave reviews and flying off the shelves. The book, produced the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources and N.C. Cooperative Extension, features 16 self-directed driving trails in 76 mostly rural North Carolina counties that have loads of opportunities for “staycations.” Each multi-county section has [...]
The free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort wraps up with outstanding performances on Saturday, July 26, at 7 p.m. at the site’s outdoor amphitheater. Clarence Green and Wayne Martin will give their fiddle, guitar, harmonica and banjo a workout with bluegrass and old-time country [...]
For free activities to fill summer days, check out six August programs at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The Summer Performance Series continues with an unusual presentation by Beverly Botsford, who will play an assortment of gourds. During a noon program, sports historian Jim Sumner will highlight North Carolinians who have made history [...]
At the N.C. Museum of History, acclaimed performer and teacher Sridevi Jagannath will present an introduction to Bharata Natyam, one of India’s oldest classical dance forms. She will share her lifelong passion during Shiksha (a series of lecture-demonstrations on Indian Classical Dance founded by Jayanthi Balachandran) on Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m. Admission is [...]
Word is spreading about the free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort. On Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m., hear the old-time music of Paul Brown and the Toast String Stretchers and the bluegrass gospel music of The Griggs. Come early at 4 p.m. to [...]
RALEIGH – Pack a picnic lunch, bring the lawn chairs and blankets, and come enjoy the Independence Day holiday weekend at the State Capitol’s annual patriotic celebration. A downtown Raleigh tradition, the Friday, July 4 event will take place from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and offers musical performances, historic and military displays, a crafts demonstration and [...]
RALEIGH – Don’t let rising gas prices derail your plans for having fun this summer. The 27 North Carolina State Historic Sites offer many free entertaining experiences. In just an hour’s drive or a day trip, the historic sites will allow you to escape today’s cares and see how others managed work and play in [...]
The free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort brings another authentic mountain experience on Saturday, July 12. Well-known musicians George Shuffler and Family, Denise O’Sullivan and the New North Carolina Ramblers will perform in the amphitheater, beginning at 7 p.m.
Come early between 2 to 6 [...]
SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum will host a celebration of the Ford Model T, Saturday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in combination with the Museum’s annual All-Ford Show. This is one of the only Model T centennial celebrations in the Southeast, and is one of a series of regional [...]
Enjoy another weekend of the free summer series Blue Ridge Traditions on Saturday, June 28, at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort. Hear award-winning fiddler Bobby Hicks, the Cherokee gospel quintet called the Welch Family Singers, and Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle. This trio of performances will begin at 7 p.m. in [...]