1). Museum of the Albemarle: The Albemarle Historic Roundtable series continues on Thursday, September 4 at 7:00 p.m. Members of the Albemarle Craftsman’s Guild will celebrate the 50th year of the Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair. The event will feature a reception beginning at 6:00 p.m. with light refreshments and live music, followed by a Historical Roundtable presentation at 7:00 p.m. Guild members will present highlights of the past fifty years of crafts in the Albemarle region. Also that evening the Museum will unveil its newest exhibit: “Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair: 50th Anniversary,” a special selection of works spanning the past half a century.

2). Cameron Art Museum (http://cameronartmuseum.com/): Cameron Art Museum in New Hanover County has been awarded three grants totaling $75,000 from the North Carolina Arts Council. These grants will support the museum’s general programs, the development of the Minnie Evans Study Center, and an artist residency between New Hanover County high schools and Hiroshi Sueyoshi, the artist in residence of the museum’s Clay Studio.

3). Newbold-White House: The Perquimans County Restoration Association which owns and operates the circa 1730 Newbold-White House has recently begun urgent repairs and has moved forward to deal with other ongoing conservation problems. Officials gave formal approval earlier this month to begin the roof and electrical repairs that may pose serious potential risk. Deteriorating with time and help from Hurricane Isabel in 2003, the handmade cypress shingles are being replaced this week.

4). N.C. State Capitol : Come meet Sir Walter Raleigh and other historical figures on the Capitol grounds Saturday, Sept.6, during Raleigh Wide Open III, the capital’s third annual downtown celebration. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., interpreters portraying Sir Walter Raleigh, Margaret Wake Tryon (wife of North Carolina’s first royal governor, William Tryon) and the Marquis de Lafayette will tell visitors about their character’s lives, answer questions and pose for photographs.

5). Duke Homestead State Historic Site: Traditional tobacco farming will be recalled Saturday, Sept. 6, at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham in a program featuring tobacco priming, looping and curing at the barn; a traditional tobacco auction; a tractor show; hornworm (tobacco parasite) races; and even a MoonPie eating contest! The free festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special musical treat will be performances by legendary blues guitar master John Dee Holeman at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.

6). High Point Museum: Each month, the museum showcases local people through its Artist of the Month program. Local author Julia Ebel is our September artist of the month. A native of Jamestown, she has been writing for 20 years. Ebel celebrates nature, heritage and cultural history through stories and poetry. Her books include “Walking Ribbon,” “Addie Clawson: Appalachian Mail Carrier,” and “Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots.” Come meet the author when the Museum hosts a booking signing on Sunday, September 7 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Museum.