The Health Adventure, Asheville, has expanded the types of hands-on classes offered to school tours to Home-School Happenings (second Wednesday of every month at 1:30-2:30 p.m.) as well as a series of Fabulous Fridays for younger children, ages 3-6. Friday events are scheduled for November 3, December 1, January 5 and February 2 currently. To register and prepay for either, call (828) 254-6373, extension 329.

The North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, will host an AACA Antique Car Show from 10-3 on Saturday, October 14. There will also be a dedication ceremony for the newly-restored 1939 Railway Express Agency Truck at 1:30.

An exhibit of Maps of the Holy Land, will be shown at the Rosenzweig Gallery from October 20 through January 2007. The opening reception and gallery talk will be held Sunday, October 29 from 3-5 p.m. The maps are a gift from Herb and Gayla Halbrecht.

The Greensboro Children's Museum is offering free admission for boys aged 7-11 to join a focus group on new exhibits. Pre-registration is required for the session, which will start at 4 p.m. on Friday, October 27 -- contact Stefani Hobbick at (336) 574-2898 x314 to register. The Museum is also planning a Family Slumber Party on Saturday, November 4, starting at 5:30-6 p.m. and running through 9 a.m. on the 5th. Pre-registration is required and children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Visit the website for more.

While Western Carolina University and the Asheville Art Museum will celebrate the closing of the Mountain Heritage Center's run of Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the Twentieth Century with a reception from 3-5 p.m., the exhibit will soon move on to other locations. From November 3 to December 31, the exhibit will be at the Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington; from August 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, it will be at the N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh.