December 10, 2008 – 11:01 am
PINEVILLE - Recall how frontier families marked Christmas in North Carolina’s backcountry during the early 1800s in a free public program slated Saturday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site in Pineville. This colorful event will feature historic buildings decorated in festive 19th century style and period-costumed [...]
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 [...]
December 11, 2007 – 3:52 pm
N.C. Symphony Celebrates Season
You don’t have to wait until December 25 to get in the holiday spirit. The symphony really celebrates the spirit with a Gospel Christmas Spectacular on Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. Resident Conductor William Henry Curry will lead these concerts at Meymandi Concert Hall in the Progress Energy Center in Raleigh. The symphony ends [...]
December 11, 2007 – 3:05 pm
ASHEVILLE – Since time immemorial, people have celebrated holidays by telling stories, singing songs and making music passed down from generation to generation. Noted balladeer and storyteller Sheila Kay Adams will present “Christmas on the Mountain,” an evening of Southern Appalachian Mountains Christmas stories, traditional ballads and music at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic [...]
December 7, 2007 – 11:30 am
For more information contact Susan Friday Lamb at (919) 807-7943 or Rachel Dickens at (919) 807-7969.
During the holiday season, save a bit of cash and get in the spirit at these free programs at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Enjoy the unique mix of strings, brass, voice and drums when the Magnolia Klezmer [...]
December 6, 2007 – 3:24 pm
(SANFORD)—Relive Christmas festivities in the Sandhills back in colonial days at House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site near Sanford Saturday, Dec. 8. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the site will present a holiday open house featuring traditional 18th century music; cooking, weapons, woodworking and crafts demonstrations; a book signing; musket and cannon firings [...]
December 6, 2007 – 3:18 pm
(ROANOKE ISLAND) – “A Christmas to Remember” returns to the Film Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park for both matinee and evening shows again this holiday season. The show will be filled with holiday favorites from yesterday and today that will entertain and delight all ages. Show dates and times are Dec. 12, 15, 16, [...]
December 6, 2007 – 12:19 pm
(HALIFAX)—Watch authentically costumed Revolutionary War soldiers recruit volunteers to help fight for America’s freedom and savor the festive aroma of colonial holiday dishes at the 2007 Historic Halifax Christmas celebration, planned Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other activities will include tours of the state historic site’s 18th century Tap Room Tavern [...]
December 5, 2007 – 11:43 am
(DURHAM)—Relive how North Carolinians celebrated Christmas during the Civil War at Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham, Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Decorated as it would have been in North Carolina’s piedmont during a mid-19th century holiday season, the former Bennett Farm will present period [...]
November 28, 2007 – 5:37 pm
(FREMONT) —A festive Christmas feast of chicken, collards, biscuits, and plum pudding like that served on the Aycock farm in the late 19th century will blanket the dining room table at Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site during the site’s annual Christmas tours scheduled Tuesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 6. The tours will be held [...]