Feb 19-20

March 15

April 15

April 15

April 23-24

June 4

Dates and Times

Jan 25 - Mar 5

Guilford

Barry Miller

(336) 256-0112

Mar 2

6:00 PM

Forever Free - Lincoln Film Series. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (2001)

UNC Greensboro

Greensboro Public Library

Central Branch

Guilford

Barry Miller

(336) 256-0112

Mar 4

1:30 PM

Society of North Carolina Archivists

Byerly Auditorium

Sandhills Community College

-Pinehurst-

Moore

Cat McDowell

(919) 599-0584

Mar 4

7:00 PM

Forever Free - Lecture by Dr. Heather Williams, UNC Chapel Hill, "Help Me to Find My People: Searching for Family After Slavery Ended."

UNC Greensboro

Virginia Dare Room

Alumni House

Guilford

Mar 4

7:30 PM

Quakers, Slavery, and the Founding of Guilford as a Quaker College: Public lecture by Dr. Thomas D. Hamm on " "Quakers and Slavery: The Cousins in Conflict"

Guilford College

New Garden Friends Meeting House

-Greensboro-

Guilford

Gwen Erickson

(336) 316-2264

Mar 5

6:00 PM

Quakers, Slavery, and the Founding of Guilford as a Quaker College: Library centennial dinner with lecture by Dr. Thomas D. Hamm on the history of Guilford as the South's only Quaker college.  Advanced reservations required as space limited to 120.

Guilford College

Carnegie Room

Hege Library

-Greensboro-

Guilford

Robin Weavil

(336) 316-2129

Mar 20

Transitions: Facing Life Challenges -

"Moving into the Later Years"

StoriesWork

Alamance County May Memorial Library

Burlington

Alamance

Melissa Blake

(919) 433-1535

Mar 20

One City, One Book: Alternative transportation and sustainability show. Greg Melville, author of the book Greasy Rider, will speak in the auditorium from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, followed by a book signing.

Cape Fear Community College

North Campus, McKeithan Center

New Hanover

Melissa Raymer

(910) 362-7293

Mar 21

3:00 PM

James Evans Script Development and Public Reading: Reader's theatre performance followed by commentary and discussion with Dr. Roxanne Newton

Andrews Arts

First Friends Meeting

Guilford

Susan Andrews

(336) 274-3112

Apr 9 - May2

Home Is Not One Story: Exploring the Heart of Homelessnes, An Exhibit

Hidden Voices

The ArtsCenter

Carrboro

Orange

Lynden Harris

Apr 9

5:30 PM

Home Is Not One Story: Exploring the Heart of Homelessness - Exhibit Opening and Reception

Hidden Voices

The ArtsCenter

Carrboro

Orange

Apr 10

8:00 PM

Home Is Not One Story: Exploring the Heart of Homelessness, A Performance

Orange

April 24

Transitions: Facing Life Challenges -

"Home from the War"

Alamance

May 6-9

Asheville Wordfest - A Poetry Festival

Mountain Area Information Network

Asheville

Buncombe

Laura Hope-Gill

(828) 681-5398

May 22

Transitions: Facing Life Challenges -

"Immigration and Resettlement"

StoriesWork

Alamance County May Memorial Library

Burlington

Alamance

Melissa Blake

(919) 433-1535

June 12

11:00 AM -

4:00 PM

Sexuality and Gender Identity in Appalachian Communities - “We Are Family: Untangling the Interwoven Connections and Disconnects of MountainQueers,” A Symposium

Appalachian State University

Belk Library

Boone

Watauga

Kathryn Staley

(828) 262-6724

June 26

Transitions: Facing Life Challenges -

"New Health Habits for the Old"

StoriesWork

Alamance County May Memorial Library

Burlington

Alamance

Mar 13 - Apr 24

Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

Mount Airy

Matthew Edwards

(336) 786-4478 ext. 224

May 1 - June 12

Warren County Public Library

Warrenton

Emily Shaw

(252) 257-4990

June 19 - Aug 1

Museum of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City

Don Pendergraft

(252) 331-4043

Aug 7 - Sept 8

Arts Council of Wayne County

Goldsboro

Sarah Merritt

(919) 736-3300

Sept 25 - Nov 6

Rural Life Museum at the Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, Mars Hill College

Mars Hill

Karen Paar

(828) 689-1262

Nov 13 - Dec 29

Don Gibson Theatre

Shelby

Emily Epley

(704) 477-6845

Mar 1

7:00 PM

New Bern-Craven County Library

New Bern

Mar 2

7:00 PM

Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series

The Jew Store, Stella Suberman

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library

Hickory

Mar 2

6:30 PM

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi

Union County Public Library

Monroe

Mar 4

7:00 PM

Exploring the American West... Whose West?

Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner

Cabarrus County Public Library

Concord

Mar 6

2:00 PM

The African American Experience - Looking Forward, Looking Back

Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin

Stanford L. Warren Library

Durham

Marian Fragola

Mar 7

2:30 PM

Affirming Aging

Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner

Iredell County Public Library

Statesville

Mar 7

2:30 PM

Mad Women in the Attic

Sula, Toni Morrison

Brunswick County Public Library

Southport

Mar 7

2:00 PM

One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature

When I Was Puerto Rican, Esmerelda Santiago

Davidson County Public Library

Lexington

Mar 8

7:00 PM

Carteret County Public Library

Beaufort

Mar 9

7:00 PM

Law & Literature, The Eva R. Rubin Series

A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines

Perry Memorial Library

Henderson

Mar 11

7:00 PM

Davie County Public Library

Mocksville

Mar 12

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

Palace Walk, Naguib Mahfouz

Pamlico County Public Library

Bayboro

Mar 16

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

A Perfect Peace, Amos Oz

Pamlico County Public Library

Bayboro

Mar 16

7:00 PM

Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series

Clover, Dori Sanders

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library

Hickory

Mar 16

6:30 PM

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

Union County Public Library

Monroe

Mar 18

7:00 PM

Exploring the American West... Whose West?

Reservation Blues, Sherman Alexie

Mar 20

2:00 PM

The African American Experience - Looking Forward, Looking Back

The Color Purple, Alice Waters

Stanford L. Warren Library

Durham

Mar 22

7:00 PM

Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series

The Jew Store, Stella Suberman

Mar 25

7:00 PM

Law & Literature, The Eva R. Rubin Series

Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter

Davie County Public Library

Mocksville

Mar 30

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, Geraldine Brooks

Pamlico County Public Library

Bayboro

Mar 30

7:00 PM

Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series

The Coal Tattoo, Silas House

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library

Hickory

Mar 30

6:30 PM

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

A Perfect Peace, Amos Oz

Union County Public Library

Monroe

Apr 1

7:00 PM

Cabarrus County Public Library

Concord

Apr 10

2:00 PM

The African American Experience - Looking Forward, Looking Back

The Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison

Stanford L. Warren Library

Durham

Apr 12

7:00 PM

Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series

Clover, Dori Sanders

Apr 13

6:30 PM

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...  One School at a Time,

Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin

Union County Public Library

Monroe

Apr 15

7:00 PM

Exploring the American West... Whose West?

On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred Year Odyssey of a Chinese American Family, Lisa See

Cabarrus County Public Library

Concord

Apr 24

2:00 PM

The African American Experience - Looking Forward, Looking Back

Your Blues Ain't Like My Blues, Bebe Moore Campbell

Apr 27

6:30 PM

Divergent Cultures: The Middle East in Literature

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, Geraldine Brooks

Union County Public Library

Monroe

    TEACHERS INSTITUTE - 2010    (for public school educators; by application only)

April 16-17

Searching for the Real Thing in American Music: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of American Roots Music

Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

Dr. Benjamin Filene, UNC Greensboro

June 20-26

Appalachian Voices: An Interdisciplinary and Experiential Exploration of Appalachian Culture

Ashe County

Drs. Patricia Beaver and Sandra Ballard, Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University; Dr. John Inscoe, University of Georgia

Oct 15-16

Searching for the Real Thing in American Music: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of American Roots Music

Mars Hill College

Dr. Benjamin Filene, UNC Greensboro

Mar 1

8:00 PM

East Carolina University

Creative Writing Program

-Greenville-

Pitt

Alex Albright

(252) 328-4876

Mar 4

12:20 PM

Mitchell Community College

-Thomasville-

Iredell

Roxanne Newton

(704) 878-4319

Mar 6

3:00 PM

Dare County Library Foundation

Kill Devil Hills Branch

-Kill Devil Hills-

Dare

Lynne Foster

(252) 986-2515

Mar 7

3:00 PM

Dare County Library Foundation

Manteo Branch

-Manteo-

Dare

Mar 7

3:00 PM

Kenny Dalsheimer: Shine On - Richard Trice and the Bull City Blues

Friends of Warren County Memorial Library

-Warrenton-

Warren

Sue Loper

(252) 257-4990

Mar 9

7:00 PM

Lucinda MacKethan: Gone with the Wind? Never: Scarlet O'Hara and Southern Womanhood

Gaston County Public Library

-Gastonia-

Gaston

Mar 9

7:00 PM

North Regional Library

-Raleigh-

Wake

Katrina Vernon

(919) 870-4000

Mar 10

Noon

Winston-Salem District United Methodist Church Retired Ministers/

Ardmore United Methodist Church

-Winston Salem-

Forsyth

David Riffe

(336) 784-8713

Mar 10

1:30 PM

Daughters of the American Revolution - Major General Robert Howe Chapter/

NC Forestry Museum

-Whiteville-

Columbus

Mary Wyche Mintz

(910) 646-4126

Mar 11

7:00 PM

Joe Mills: North Carolina in a Bottle - An Overview of the NC Wine Industry and Wineries

King Public Library

-King-

Stokes

Ann Nichols

(336) 983-3868

Mar 13

1:30 PM

Ashe County Public Library

-West Jefferson-

Ashe

Laurie Baumgardner

(336) 846-2041 ext. 232

Mar 13

2:00 PM

Gaston

Carol Reinhardt

(704) 868-2164

Mar 15

1:00 PM

Agudas Israel Synagogue

-Hendersonville-

Henderson

Francine Varady

(828) 692-3521

Mar 16

6:00 PM

Robert Billinger: Nazi POWs in the Tar Heel State, 1942-1946

Sandhills Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America/

Country Club of North Carolina

-Pinehurst-

Moore

Jack Wood

(910) 255-6481

Mar 16

6:30 PM

Tom Magnuson: Moving into the Carolina Backcountry - Colonial Era Transportation in the Carolinas and Virginia, 1585-1785

Walkertown Area Historical Society/

Walkertown Branch Library

-Walkertown-

Forsyth

Nancy Young

(336) 331-2755

Mar 17

4:00 PM

Research Club of Roxboro

-Roxboro-

Person

Martha Butler

(336) 597-3946

Mar 17

7:30 PM

Gwen Ashburn: Mountain Women in Fiction - Working without Nets

Blue Ridge Community College

Main Auditorium

-Flat Rock-

Surry

Martha Howell

(828) 694-1743

Mar 20

3:30 PM

Chatauqua

Valley Town Cultural Arts Center

-Andrews-

Graham

Ann Tatum

(828) 321-3195

Mar 21

2:00 PM

West Regional Library

-Cary-

Wake

Erik Sugg

(919) 463-8500

Mar 21

2:30 PM

NC State Capitol Foundation

-Raleigh-

Wake

Terra Schramm

(919) 715-3962

Mar 21

3:00 PM

Bogue Banks Branch Library

-Pine Knoll Shores-

Carteret

Susan Simpson

(252) 247-4660

Mar 24

12:30 PM

Sandhills Community College

Moore

Teresa Reynolds

(910) 695-3775

Mar 25

6:00 PM

Braswell Memorial Library

-Rocky Mount-

Nash

Martha Lee

(252) 442-1951

Mar 26

4:00 PM

Temple Beth Shalom - Sandhills Jewish Congregation

-Foxfire Village-

Moore

Mindy Fineman

(910) 673-2640

Mar 28

2:30 PM

Kevin Duffus: Lost Light

Tyrrell County Genealogical and Historical Society

Tyrrell

JA Owens

(757) 488-2129

Apr 10

2:00 PM

Roxanne Newton: Blood on the Cloth - Ella May Wiggins and the 1929 Gastonia Strike

Gaston County Museum of Art and History

-Gastonia-

Gaston

Jeff Pruett

(704) 922-7681

Apr 11

3:00 PM

Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

-Mount Airy-

Surry

Heather Elliot

(336) 786-4478 ext. 228

Apr 11

3:00 PM

Agudas Israel Synagogue

-Hendersonville-

Henderson

Joan Kershner

(828) 698-2630

Apr 12

10:45 AM

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Carteret

John Bird

(919) 929-0912

Apr 12

Noon

Rockingham Community College

Whitcomb Student Center

-Wentworth-

Rockingham

Curtis Vick

(336) 342-4261

Apr 13

7:00 PM

Andy Angyal: Green Design & the Quest for Sustainability

West Regional Library

-Cary-

Wake

Sarah Jorda

(919) 463-8500

Apr 13

7:00 PM

Bernie Harberts: Hoofing It by Mule across NC

Friends of the Library of East Lincoln & Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library

Fire Station, South Pilot Knob Rd.

-Denver-

Lincoln

Marie Krapovicky

(704) 483-7119

Apr 13

7:00 PM

American Association of University Women

Gaston County Public Library

-Gastonia-

Gaston

Carol Reinhardt

(704) 868-2164

Apr 15

3:30 PM

Elizabeth City State University

G.R. Little Library

-Elizabeth City-

Pasquotank

Susan Geiger

(252) 335-3433

Apr 15

6:00 PM

Treyburn Men's Club

-Durham-

Durham

Jim Kinney

(919) 477-4229

Apr 17

3:00 PM

Pennybyrn at Maryfield Retirement Community

-High Point-

Guilford

Jessica Collins

(336) 821-4068

Apr 18

2:00 PM

Ken Zogry: Sitting Pretty - A History of the Furniture Industry in North Carolina

Moore County Historical Association

First Baptist Church

-Southern Pines-

Moore

Dorothy Shankle

(910) 692-3050

Apr 18

3:00 PM

Hickory Museum of Art

-Hickory-

Catawba

Lise Swensson

(828) 327-8576 ext. 202

Apr 19

6:30 PM

Holly Springs Branch Library

-Holly Springs-

Wake

Lisa Locke

(919) 577-1661

Apr 21

7:00 PM

Appalachian State University

Belk Library

-Boone-

Watauga

Rennie Brantz

(828) 264-7258

Apr 22

12:20 PM

Mitchell Community College

-Statesville-

Iredell

Mary Marks

(704) 663-1923

Apr 22

6:30 PM

Johnston County Arts Council

-Clayton-

Johnston

Zilphia Adcock

(919) 553-1930

Apr 22

6:30 PM

Cleveland County Memorial Library

-Shelby-

Cleveland

Kimberly Logan

(704) 487-9069

Apr 26

6:30 PM

Johnston County Arts Counci

Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield

-Smithfield-

Johnston

Zilphia Adcock

(919) 553-1930

Apr 26

7:00 PM

UNC Wilmington

Randall Library

-Wilmington-

New Hanover

Rachel Radom

(910) 962-2170

Apr 26

7:00 PM

Mount Olive College

Moye Library

-Mount Olive-

Wayne

Cynthia Hughes

(919) 658-4916

Apr 27

7:30 PM

Haw River Historical Association

Haw River Museum

-Haw River-

Alamance

Gail Knauff

(336) 684-1002