(From July 12, 2007)

The Summer 2007 quarterly NCMC Newsletter is now available for viewing on the Museums Council website. You can click on "News" across the top banner to find a link to it, or go there from the item at the top of the right-hand column on the front page. Either way, it's chock-full of news, exhibits and other useful stuff. Check it out today!

POTENTIAL DONATION: Diana Zeltmann, curator at the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, has received an offer her museum cannot accept. A woman would like to donate a restored tobacco truck to a museum. She (the donor) really does not want to junk it, especially since it has been fully restored. The truck dates to the 1940s or 1950s; the frame of the truck is original as is everything else except the wheels, which match original appearance. It is located in Clayton, N.C. and would have to be picked up. If anyone is interested in the truck, please contact Diana at the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, (919) 284-3431, or e-mail diana.zeltmann@gmail.com.

The Arts Splash Concert with bluegrass musician Donna Hughes is set for 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 22 at the High Point Museum. Pastimes in the Park for July 28 and 29 will be Laundry and Ironing Demonstrations.

Family $1 Friday at SciWorks, Winston-Salem, is from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, July 13, and the final one for this summer will be on August 10th.

At the Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington: music with Grenoldo Frazier from 7-8 p.m. on Friday, July 13 ($5 members, $8 non-members); Panel discussion on Theater in Wilmington, 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 15 (admission by donation); the 1990 film version of Hamlet at 7 p.m. on July 20 (admission by donation) and Guerilla Theatre presents Hamlet at 3 p.m. on July 22 (admission by donation).

The Rocky Mount Arts Center will hold a public artist reception for its current exhibitions from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, July 13th. Current shows include: Brown's Pottery (through Sept. 9), Robbie Barber-Sculpture (through Sept. 9), John Morris-Painting and Graphics (through Sept. 16), Potters of the Roan (through Sept. 16), The Sculpture Salmagundi XI (through Sept. 26 indoors, through June 10, 2008 outdoors), and Lauren Camp-The Fabric of Jazz (through September 26).

The CMC Body Worlds Health Fair will be held at Discovery Place, Charlotte from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 14.

The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, will hold its Library Book Sale from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17. Cash and check only, please. Free with admission on Sunday, July 29th is a concert by Chamber Music of Charlotte (Van Every Forum, 3 p.m.)

Wilmington is busy getting ready for this year's "Flavor of the Past: Entertaining Wilmington," which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 25th. Tickets are $35 through August 10; $50 starting August 11th. Tickets can be found at the historic sites involved (Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts, Latimer House, Cape Fear Museum of History & Science, Thalian Hall, Old Town Livery Stable) or online at thalianhall.com or etix.com. Call Bellamy at (910) 251-3700, ext. 104 for more information.

Art & Literature: Read with the Ackland will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 at the Ackland Art Museum. Also on tap: Lunch with One, July 19 at 1 p.m.; and Yoga in the Galleries, noon on July 31st.

The New Bern Literary Festival and Book Fair will be held at the Visitor Center Auditorium at Tryon Palace, New Bern from noon to 5 on Saturday, July 14 (free). The African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour (reservations required) starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 14. The African American Lecture with guest speaker Peter Sandbeck will be "Urban Slave Housing in North Carolina" on July 19 at 7 p.m. (free).