Programs by Date

September 29, 2017

RS: Lenard Moore - The Black Arts Movement

Road Scholar Event
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 12:00pm
Sanford, NC

October 5, 2017

RS: Angela Robbins - North Carolina's Women 'Do Their Bit' During WWI

Road Scholar Event
Thursday, October 5, 2017 - 6:30pm
Fayetteville, NC

**This event has been rescheduled from 9/7/17**

October 7, 2017

RS: Bryan Avery - Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine: Naval Stores in North Carolina, 1705-1950

Road Scholar Event
Saturday, October 7, 2017 - 10:00am
Louisberg, NC

Standing Together Grantee Event -Brothers Like These

Grant Event
Saturday, October 7, 2017 - 7:00pm
Asheville, NC

Asheville Community Theatre is presenting a reprise of Brothers Like These, a staged reading of prose and poetry produced by the creative writing program for Vietnam veterans at the Charles George VA Medical Center supported by a 2015 Standing Together grant from the Council's. These stories of selfless service and unimaginable courage unite us in our shared humanity.

October 24, 2017

RS: Angela Robbins - North Carolina's Women 'Do their Bit" in WWI

Road Scholar Event
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 7:30pm
Haw River, NC

October 25, 2017

RS: David LaVere - What Happened to the Lost Colony

Road Scholar Event
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 12:00pm
New Bern, NC

October 27, 2017

2017 Caldwell Award Ceremony

Caldwell Award Event
Friday, October 27, 2017 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Chapel Hill, NC

The North Carolina Humanities Council’s Board of Trustees has selected Bland Simpson as the recipient of the 2017 John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities. The award recognizes Simpson for his lifelong achievements as a professor, author, musician, and environmentalist and for his work as a public humanities advocate across North Carolina.

Tom Earnhardt, host of UNC-TV’s “Exploring North Carolina,” will deliver the 2017 Caldwell Lecture, titled "The Humanities and Nature: An Intimate Relationship."

October 28, 2017

RS: Bryan Avery - Tar, Pitch and Turpentine: Naval Stores in North Carolina, 1705-1950

Road Scholar Event
Saturday, October 28, 2017 - 10:00am
Grifton, NC