1). Kings Mountain Historical Museum: Annual “Honor Our Veterans” Exhibit is the current exhibit at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum. The exhibit will run through Sunday, November 16, 2008. This year we are focusing on the Vietnam War. Also represented are photos, memorabilia, uniforms, and weapons from the Revolutionary War to Iraqi Freedom.

2). Orange County Historical Museum: Looking for great bargains that won't break the bank? Pick up some great items and help the Orange County Historical Museum at the same time. Join us on Saturday, November 15, from 8 a.m.- noon at the Orange County Historical Museum for its annual Yard Sale fundraiser. All proceeds benefit the Orange County Historical Museum.

3). Joel Lane Museum House presents a Lecture on “Promoting Heritage Tourism Through the Preservation of City-Owned Cemeteries” by Jane Thurman, President of Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 7 p.m.

4). Asheville Art Museum: The Asheville Art Museum, celebrating its 60th anniversary, invites you to enjoy the film that has been called “a blissful rhapsody!” at the screenings of “Rittenhouse Square,” on Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and 16th, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. each day in the Museum’s WNC Art Resource Center.

5). Bellamy Mansion Museum will host a presentation and book signing on Sunday, November 23rd at 2 p.m. Dr. Jean Fagan Yellin, Distinguished Professor Emerita of English at Pace University and Pulitzer Prize nominee, will give a presentation and book signing of “The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers,” edited by Dr. Yellin.

6). Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens presents African American Lecture: “The Jonkonnu Parade: An Articulation of Escape and Renewal in North Carolina” on Thursday, November 20 with guest speaker: Dr. Jermaine Archer. Dr. Archer will talk about how the men, women and children who participated in the nineteenth-century North Carolina Jonkonnu slave parade engaged in a brief respite from the racial social hierarchy. 7 p.m., Visitor Center Auditorium.

7). High Point Museum: The Furniture Heritage Project of the High Point Museum is pleased to announce “Furniture, What’s Up,” monthly discussions on the furniture business in North Carolina. The tenth in a series of monthly public forums examining various aspects of the North Carolina furniture business will be held on Tuesday, November 18 at High Point Museum from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The topic is Veneer and the panelist is Jim Armstrong.

8). Cape Fear Museum: Following another successful summer season at Airlie Gardens, jazz moves indoors for the chillier months, starting Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. with the ever-popular Grenoldo Frazier. But this year’s Winter Jazz series will not be held in its usual venue. Instead the concerts, now in their sixth season, will move to the atrium in the New Hanover County Government Center.