1). Port Discover : Port Discover, in partnership with Elizabeth City State University, will offer a Weekend Science Lab Experience on Saturday, April 4 at 9 a.m. at Elizabeth City State University. The program will offer 4th and 5th graders (9 to 12-year-olds) the opportunity to work with a scientist in the labs at ECSU and conduct a hands-on scientific experiment. The program is open to the public; reservations are required.

2). Bennett Place State Historic Site: In the March 28 program “Planting the Fields,” join the farm staff as they prepare for the spring planting season. Visitors will get to learn how the Bennett family and other North Carolina farmers made their living, trying to survive during the time of the American Civil War. The program is from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. For information call (919) 383-4345.

3). Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Reynolda House Museum of American Art invites the public to an Americans in Paris Community Day Festival on Sunday, March 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. Visitors are invited to tour the historic house and the current exhibition, “American Impressions: Selections from the National Academy Museum,” at its only venue outside New York. The event is free.

4). SciWorks: SciWorks will celebrate NanoDays 2009 with an event on March 28 from 12 noon – 3 p.m. Faculty and students from the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University and Forsyth Technical Community College will be at SciWorks for our 2nd annual NanoDays event. This exciting program features live atomic force microscope demonstrations, guest lectures and SciWorks’ own NanoLab for children. Learn about degree programs and careers in this emerging field from WFU and FTCC.

5). Kings Mountain Historical Museum would like to invite everyone to visit our current exhibit, “The History of Cleveland County: What You Need to Know.” The exhibit features the early years of the county’s development, agriculture, natural resources, education and the textile mills. The Museum is excited about borrowing objects from the Cleveland County Museum collection in cooperation with Destination Cleveland County.

6). Ackland Art Museum: The Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosts Associate Professor of History Chad Bryant on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m., presenting “On the Train: Time, Space, and the Modern World,” the second in the Ackland's ongoing series “Perspectives on Progress.” This special lecture series brings experts from across the campus and the community together to share their unique perspectives on the Ackland's exhibition “At the Heart of Progress: Coal, Iron, and Steel since 1750 - Industrial Imagery from the Collection of John P. Eckblad.”

7). N.C. Museum of History: French scholar Pascal Brioist will speak about Thomas Harriot, the explorer, scientist, navigator and mathematician that Sir Walter Raleigh sent on the Roanoke voyages of the 1580s, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 2, in the North Carolina Museum of History auditorium. Brioist’s talk is part of a larger celebration of Thomas Harriot that will take place in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Greenville and Manteo April 1-4.

8). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences: The Charles Darwin Lecture Series continues on Tuesday, March 31 as local biologist Rob Dunn presents "Life after Darwin: Are there still big discoveries to be made in biology?" His presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' auditorium in downtown Raleigh.