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An occasional list of exhibits, programs, and events at North Carolina museums. Sponsored by the North Carolina Museums Council.

Monday, May 02, 2011

NCMC Events From Around the State… May 2, 2011

1). Museum of the Albemarle North Carolina’s rich art pottery tradition will have a turn in the spotlight when the Museum of the Albemarle hosts “Formed, Fired and Finished”, May 14, 2011 in Elizabeth City. The exhibition will feature a collection of more than 90 pottery pieces on loan from Dr. Everett James and Dr. Nancy Farmer, of Chapel Hill. Showcasing unusual words by talented potters, it will be the first and largest showing of North Carolina pottery in Eastern North Carolina.

2). NC Department of Cultural Resources As it has for generations, the Civil War engages and fascinates students of history like almost no other topic. A keynote address by David Blight of Yale University titled “Race and Reunion: Has Civil War Memory United or Divided America?” will kick off an all-day conference at the N.C. Museum of History on Friday, May 20. The conference, “Contested Past: Memories and Legacies of the Civil War,” is being held on the 150th anniversary of North Carolina’s secession from the Union. It is the first of three sesquicentennial symposiums the N.C. Office of Archives and History will sponsor around the state between 2011 and 2015. Pre-register by May 10th.

3). N.C. Transportation Museum On May 7, the N.C. Transportation Museum has a day full of activities for kids and adults. The annual Carolina Classic Motorcycle Club Show, traditionally held the first Saturday in May, will be joined by two more events, The Governor’s Highway Safety Program and the UNC-TV Dinosaur Train-themed “Just for Kids” Junior Conductor Jamboree. All of the events are free. In celebration of such a busy day, the museum is adding a Caboose Train to our regular passenger train ride, and expanding the day’s train ride schedule.

4). SECCA presents “Film @ SECCA: David Hockney, A Bigger Picture” on Thursday, May 5, 7:00-8:30. Filmed over three years, this documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney’s return from California to paint his native Yorkshire, England, outside through the seasons and in all weathers. “A Bigger Picture” explores the influence of place on the creative process and is presented in conjunction with SECCA’s new exhibition “American Gothic”.

5). Cape Fear Museum presents “Pirates” a special exhibit opening May 14. Welcome to a world of swashbucklers, scallywags, and scurvy sea dogs. Encounter pirates of the New World – a motley mob that ruled the waters from the Carolinas to the Caribbean. Meet Stede Bonnet and, aye, Blackbeard himself. Play pirate games, learn to speak like a pirate, and uncover a rich buried treasure of pirate facts and fiction.

6). Town Creek Indian Mound
The annual “Astronomy Day” event at Town Creek Indian Mound will take place on Saturday, May 7. This daylong event will allow for observation of the sun during the day and stargazing later that night. The daytime activities include viewing the surface of the Sun through the site’s 12-inch Dobsonian telescope, free handouts, and a display explaining various aspects of astronomy. Once the sun sets and the sky has darkened, the staff will reopen the site at 8 p.m. and set up the Dobsonion telescope for the nighttime observations.

7). The Mint Museum The Mint Museum Uptown will present the iconic paintings of American artist Robert Henri in the special exhibition “From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Ireland” (7 May – 7 August 2011). Organized by The Mint Museum and sponsored by Bank of America, this will be the first exhibition to examine Henri’s fascination with the Irish landscape and people, particularly children. The exhibition will travel nationally following its debut at the Mint.

8). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Come be amazed when the A/V Geeks present “Retro Astro” — a unique collection of favorite clips from the NASA Images project — at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on First Friday, May 6 at 7pm. Free. Skip Elsheimer of the A/V Geeks was tapped to digitize film and video for the NASA Images project (nasaimages.org). Unfortunately, due to funding issues the project stalled, but not before he digitized more than 600 videos and films about the history of NASA and our country’s reach for the stars.

9). Port Discover presents "First Friday Kids Night-In,” on Friday, May 6 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. During this event, parents can leave their children at Port Discover for some kid-friendly science programming while they enjoy an evening of downtown art-walking. Admission is $5 per child, for children ages 4-years-old and up. Space is very limited for this event so reservations are encouraged.

10). Reynolda House Reynolda House Museum of American Art and The Children’s Theatre of Winston-Salem will present a drama titled “The Orphan Train” on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for members and students, $8 for non-members. For information and to purchase tickets in advance, please call 336.758.5150 or visit reynoldahouse.org. The performance is in conjunction with the museum’s spring exhibition, “Trains that Passed in the Night: The Photographs of O. Winston Link,” on view through June 19, 2011. Ticket cost includes admission to the exhibition.

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