NCMC Events From Around the State… September 20, 2010

1). Joel Lane Museum House The Joel Lane Museum House is proud to announce a lecture on North Carolina's Role in the American Revolution by James T. Cheatham on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 7 pm in the Visitors Center at 160 South Saint Mary’s Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Admission will be $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Joel Lane Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited, and advanced payment is required.

2). Museum of Anthropology presents LECTURE: The Day of the Dead: The Creation and Transformation of a Mexican National Symbol on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7:00pm. In conjunction with MOA’s annual Days of the Dead exhibit, Dr. Stanley Brandes, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss how tourism has helped shape the Day of the Dead tradition in Mexico. Admission is free. This event is cosponsored by the following departments of WFU: Office of Multicultural Affairs, Anthropology, Latin American and Latino Studies, Religion, and Romance Languages.

3). Asheville Art Museum The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to announce SunTrust Sunday Family Art pARTy: The Art of Math + Music on Sunday, October 2, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Programming and Museum admission is free thanks to SunTrust Bank. SunTrust Bank sponsors a Sunday afternoon of free Museum admission with hands-on art activities for kids of all ages. The afternoon features a flute-making demonstration by Chris Abell followed by a Kate Steinbeck flute concert. Be sure to take a stroll through and the Museum’s galleries and check out all four current exhibitions.

4). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is proud to spearhead a national initiative known as Take A Child Outside Week. This program was inspired by Richard Louv’s book “Last Child in the Woods,” which identifies the health and educational benefits of outdoor experiences for children and addresses some of the problems of what he terms “nature deficit disorder,” such as increased stress and feelings of being disconnected from the world. The Museum’s experience with, and commitment to, getting children outdoors led to the development of Take A Child Outside Week, held annually from September 24 to 30.

5). Cameron Art Museum presents Music and More: Clyde Edgerton, Philip Gerard and Dargan Frierson on Thurs. Sept. 23, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Program admission: CAM Members: $5.00, Non-members: $10.00. Join us for a night of music and literature with noted authors and UNCW creative writing professors Clyde Edgerton (aka Dusty) and Philip Gerard (Ace). The duo will be accompanied by mathematics and statistics professor Dargan Frierson for an evening of original and folk tunes and readings.

6). Port Discover Port Discover invites kids and their adults to Afterschool Science—a new interactive science program featuring a different and timely topic each month. Afterschool Science runs from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and drop-in visitors are encouraged. This free afterschool science program is made possible thanks to support from the City of Elizabeth City. Afterschool Science will launch on September 23 with “Plankton Watch”.

7). Transylvania Heritage Museum Decoration Day in the Mountains, an exhibit on loan from the Mountain Heritage Center in Cullowhee, NC, will open at the Transylvania Heritage Museum on Saturday, September 11 at 10 am and run through November 27, 2010. This exhibit is based on the work of Alan and Karen Singer Jabbour. Much of the material is taken from their book “Decoration Day in the Mountains: The Tradition of Cemetery Decoration in Western North Carolina and the Upland South”, published in 2010 by the UNC Press.

8). Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens presents Garden Lecture with speaker Bobby Ward Chlorophyll in his Veins: the Biography of J.C. Raulston on Thursday, September 23 at 7:00pm. Author Bobby Ward will speak on J. C. Raulston, who was the most important and influential figure in American horticulture in the latter part of the twentieth century. His passion for promoting new plants for landscapes was unmatched. A book signing will follow this lecture.

9). Historic Bethania In just a few short days the Black Walnut Festival will be under way in the Town of Bethania. The festival features crafters & artisans who show and sell their creations in one of the state’s most picturesque settings. The event will be held in Bethania on September 25th. The Festival opens at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday with closing time set at 4:00 p.m. Join us for a day of food, live music and family fun in the historic Town of Bethania, North Carolina.

10). Catawba County Historical Association The Catawba County Historical Association is hosting its 26th Annual Storytelling Harvest Folk Festival on Saturday, September 25 from 10 until 5 pm, and Sunday, September 26 from 1 until 5 pm. The Festival is held on the grounds of Historic Murray's Mill Tickets are $5 per person and include a tour of the mill. The Murray’s Mill Harvest Folk Festival celebrates Catawba County’s agricultural heritage with an array of exhibits, craftsmen, and activities, including petting zoos, antique cars, tractors, and farm machinery, and traditional food preparations such as molasses making.