Programs by Place

Apex

Road Scholars: John Beck - Southern Cooking, High and Low

Road Scholar Event
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 7:00pm
Eva Perry Regional Library
2100 Shepherds Vineyard Drive
Apex, NC 27502
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Beaufort

America’s Second War for Independence: The Naval War of 1812

Grant Event
Friday, June 29, 2012 (All day)
NC Maritime Museum
315 Front Street
Beaufort, NC 28516
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A symposium to be held at the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort on June 29, 2012. Lectures will be presented by Stephen Budiansky, Tommy Sheppard, Wade Dudley, and Lindley Butler among others. Contact for this program is Lerae Umfleet at 919-807-7289 or lerae.umfleet@ncdcr.gov.

http://nc1812.wordpress.com/events/

Beech Mountain

Road Scholars: Walter Ziffer - Two Christian Responses to Hitler and the Holocaust

Road Scholar Event
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 11:30am
Beech Mountain Country Club
103 Lake Ledge Road
Beech Mountain, NC 28604
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Boone

Road Scholars: Randell Jones - In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone

Road Scholar Event
Saturday, June 23, 2012 - 1:00pm
Watauga County Public Library
140 Queen Street
Boone, NC 28607
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Brevard

Understanding Black History as American History

Grant Event
Saturday, May 19, 2012 (All day)
Transylvania Heritage Museum
189 West Main Street
Brevard, NC 28712
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A lecture by Dr. Omar Ali

Cary

Road Scholars: Kevin Duffus - War Zone

Road Scholar Event
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 6:30pm
West Regional Library
4000 Louis Stephens Drive
Cary, NC 27519
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Chapel Hill

2012 Teachers Institute: Laying Down Tracks - A Study of Railroads as Myth, Reality, and Symbol

Teachers Institute Seminar Event
Sunday, June 17, 2012 (All day) - Saturday, June 23, 2012 (All day)
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020
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Goldsboro

Blazing the African American Music Trail: Screening

Grant Event
Saturday, June 2, 2012 (All day)
Goldsboro, NC
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Halifax

Cultural Arts Festival

Grant Event
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am
Tillery Community Center
321 Community Center Road
Halifax, NC 27893
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This event features diverse musical talent from throughout the five county region that forms the Collaborative; local arts and crafts artisans, historic tours, including the Underground Railroad Trail, the Remembering Tillery History House, and Medoc Mountain Park, storytelling and films, as well as a variety of ethnic foods and other local vendors. All of which is organized to bring about awareness and education to the citizenry of the various cultures along the Roanoke River.

Haw River

Road Scholars: Ed Southern - Race to the Dan: The Retreat that Won the Revolution

Road Scholar Event
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 7:30pm
Haw River Museum
201 East Main Street
Haw River, NC 27302
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Hurdle Mills

Road Scholars: William McNeill - Fannin' the Heat Away

Road Scholar Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 1:00pm
Mount Zion United Methodist Church
135 Clay Long Road
Hurdle Mills, NC 27541
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Kings Mountain

Road Scholars: Lynn Salsi - The Jack Tales: NC Heritage Tales

Road Scholar Event
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 6:30pm
Mauney Memorial Library
100 South Piedmont Avenue
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
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Kinston

Music Stories in Sound and Light

Grant Event
Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 11:00am
Kinston Community Council on the Arts
400 N. Queen Street
Kinston, NC 28501
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Join us for the premiere of CFDI multi-media productions!

Video shorts

Musical performances

Sound/slide profiles

Panel Discussion  “Of the Community, By the Community, For the Community”   Documentation and Interpretation by Community Members

for more information, contact:

Sally Peterson (sally.peterson@ncdcr.gov)

NC Arts Council

919.807.6507

Laurinburg

Road Scholars: Mary Wayne Watson - Women's Attitudes Toward Secession and the Civil War

Road Scholar Event
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:00pm
Scotia Village Retirement Community
2200 Elm Avenue
Laurinburg, NC 28532
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Milton

Road Scholars: Janie Leigh Carter - John Day in Liberia

Road Scholar Event
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 7:00pm
Thomas Day House
148 Broad Street
Milton, NC 27305
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Mocksville

Road Scholars: Richard Starnes - The Divided Mind of Civil War NC

Road Scholar Event
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 7:00pm
Davie County Public Library
371 North Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
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Raleigh

Road Scholars: Mary Wayne Watson - Women's Attitudes Toward Secession and the Civil War

Road Scholar Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 2:00pm
The Oaks at Whitaker Glen
501 East Whitaker Mill Road
Raleigh, NC 27608
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Cooking Demonstration: The New Southern-Latino Table

Grant Event
Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 2:00pm
North Carolina Museum of History
5 East Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
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Sandra A. Gutierrez, Author and Chef

Explore recipes and sample lively dishes as Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and culinary techniques of Latin America and the American South. Program made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

History à la Carte : Tango! The Song! The Dance! The Obsession!

Grant Event
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 12:10pm
North Carolina Museum of History
5 East Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
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McNeill will explore the growing popularity of tango in North Carolina and spread the joy of Argentine tango through piano performance, lecture, and dance demonstration.

Exploring Fort San Juan

Grant Event
Sunday, August 26, 2012 - 2:00pm
North Carolina Museum of History
5 East Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
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David Moore, Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Warren Wilson College

Nearly 20 years before the English settled in Roanoke, Spanish soldiers built three forts in western North Carolina. Moore will discuss the archaeological evidence for Fort San Juan and its complicated history involving local American Indians. This program made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.