Programs by Type

Road Scholar Event

Road Scholars: William McNeill - Fannin' the Heat Away

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 1:00pm
Hurdle Mills, NC

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

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 2:00pm
Raleigh, NC

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

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:00pm
Laurinburg, NC

Road Scholars: Janie Leigh Carter - John Day in Liberia

Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 7:00pm
Milton, NC

Road Scholars: Kevin Duffus - Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 6:30pm
Rocky Mount, NC

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

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 7:30pm
Haw River, NC

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

Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 7:00pm
Mocksville, NC

Road Scholars: Kevin Duffus - War Zone

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 6:30pm
Cary, NC

Road Scholars: William McNeill - Fannin' the Heat Away

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 6:00pm
Winston Salem, NC

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

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 7:00pm
Apex, NC

Road Scholars: William McNeill - Outside the Frame

Friday, June 8, 2012 - 11:30am
Southport, NC

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

Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 11:30am
Beech Mountain, NC

Road Scholars: Meltonia Young - Stories from the Underground Railroad

Saturday, June 16, 2012 - 11:00am
Winston Salem, NC

Grant Event

Understanding Black History as American History

Saturday, May 19, 2012 (All day)
Brevard, NC

A lecture by Dr. Omar Ali

Cultural Arts Festival

Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am
Halifax, NC

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.

Blazing the African American Music Trail: Screening

Saturday, June 2, 2012 (All day)
Goldsboro, NC

Music Stories in Sound and Light

Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 11:00am
Kinston, NC

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

Cooking Demonstration: The New Southern-Latino Table

Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 2:00pm
Raleigh, NC

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.

Let's Talk About It Event

Let's Talk About It: America's Greatest Conflict - Novels of the Civil War

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 4:00pm
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 4:00pm
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 4:00pm
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 4:00pm
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 4:00pm
Waynesville, NC

Teachers Institute Seminar Event

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

Sunday, June 17, 2012 (All day) - Saturday, June 23, 2012 (All day)
Chapel Hill, NC