NCMC Events From Around the State… April 4, 2011 1). Bellamy Mansion presents “Mondays @ the Mansion: Funerary Art and Rural Cemeteries” with Janet Seapker on Monday, April 18th 10:30am, $5 with coffee. 2). Fort Dobbs State Historic Site Hundreds of soldiers, American Indians and civilians from the 18th Century will come to life as costumed interpreters at camp and battle during the free Fort Dobbs State Historic Site “War for Empire 1761” Living History weekend April 9-10. Each day’s events will offer a glimpse into military operations and camp life during the harrowing Cherokee War that pitted native warriors against provincial soldiers during this crucial time in the Colonial Carolinas. Major battle re-enactments with musket and cannon firings are scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and again on Sunday. 3). N.C. Department of Cultural Resources The North Carolina Connecting to Collections Project (C2C) will host a workshop to train participants in the basic care of museum artifact collections on April 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Mt. Airy Museum of Regional History. Adrienne Berney, Collections Care Trainer for the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ C2C project, will lead the session. Berney, who has served as an objects curator for a state history museum, has also worked with several historic houses. 4). Historic Halifax Celebrate 235 years of American Independence from Great Britain on Tuesday, April 12, at the annual “Halifax Day” festivities. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., visitors at Historic Halifax State Historic Site may join in the remembrance of the April 12, 1776, vote by North Carolina’s Provincial Congress to separate from the British Crown. The program will feature colonial-costumed interpreters, living history demonstrations and tours of historic buildings for young and old. It is sponsored by the Historical Halifax Restoration Association, Inc. All activities are free and open to the public. 5). Historic Wright Tavern The Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives (RCHSMA) will present their first "Family Day" on April 9, 2011, from 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M., on the Museum grounds at Wright Tavern in Wentworth. Activities will include games, music, story-telling, demonstrations of everyday work in the home, and tours of our historic structures and grounds. Staff from the LDS Genealogy Library will assist visitors and explain how to use the internet to research family history. Archaeologists at work and American Revolutionary reenactors will be here, too! Adults and children alike will enjoy fun, food, games, exploration, and hands-on activities. 6). Greensboro Children’s Museum presents “Urban Homesteading Workshops-Eat Fresh! Create your Own Edible Landscape” on Saturday, April 9th from 10:00 am-12:00 pm, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm. Herbs in your scrambled eggs, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers for a tasty sandwich or salad… Imagine fresh, delicious produce growing wherever you live! Come learn basics of gardening with the Edible Schoolyard and start your family on a new adventure in eating! 7). N.C. Collection Gallery presents “And They Talked—Always They Talked: 215 Years of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies” on Thursday, April 7, 2011, 5:45 p.m. in the Pleasants Assembly Room, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Longtime Di-Phi member Kevin Cherry will discuss the origins and development of the societies. A reception, viewing of the exhibition “From Di-Phis to Loreleis: A History of Student Organizations at UNC”, and a capella performance by the Loreleis will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library. Free and open to the public. 8). Bellamy Mansion presents “Music at the Mansion” with Susan Savia, performing beautiful American and English music circa 1850 through 1920. Susan will play Harmonica, Jaw Harp, Strum Stick and Appalachian Dancing Man. Some of the music, considered popular during the period, is now rare and unknown. She will bring it back to life for your listening pleasure while benefitting the treasure that is Bellamy Mansion. Admission $15.00 includes free dessert. Wine available for purchase. Doors open at 6:45 pm. 9). Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center On the evening of April 6th at 7:00PM, the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center will host a film screening of “Don't Know, We'll See: The Work of Karen Karnes,” by Lucy Massie Phenix. The filmmaker will be in attendance. A renowned studio potter and Artist in Residence (along with David Weinrib) at Black Mountain College from 1952-54, Karnes is making a rare visit to Asheville from her home in Vermont. 10). Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Presents four new exhibitions… “Chromata: Laura Berman”, “Places for Contemplation in Public Buildings: Constructing a Model Space for Reflection”, “Open Spaces, Sacred Places: Tom Stoner & the TKF Foundation”, “Beyond Their Natural Range: April Flanders”. Stop by and enjoy the new exhibitions!