NCMC Events From Around the State… June 6, 2011

1). Mount Airy Museum of Regional History presents “Toast and Jam” on Saturday, June 11 from 5 – 7 p.m. Good Wine and Good Music all set in the museum’s picturesque courtyard. This monthly program is scheduled for the second Saturday of each month (May-October), from 5-7 p.m. It will showcase a number of the regions wineries as well as local musical talent. The wineries will be offering wine tasting and sales, along with a brief educational program about their wines between musical sets. Olde Mill Winery and Vineyards will be featured this month along with the music of Foothills Blues Society. WSYD will be broadcasting live each Toast and Jam this year.

2). Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site will showcase the art of free family fun on June 11 in the first of the popular three-part program “2nd Saturdays.” The theme June 11 at Aycock Birthplace in Fremont is “2nd Saturdays: Quilts! Quilts! Quilts!” The Cotton Club Quilters Guild of Goldsboro will demonstrate quilting using modern methods from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors can sit with costumed interpreters at a quilting frame and try their hand at quilting 1800s style. Visitors can also participate in a hands-on activity to create their own quilt square using construction paper. Aycock Birthplace’s antique quilts will be on display, and visitors can go on guided tours of the site’s historic buildings.

3). SciWorks On Saturday, June 11, from 8:30 to 11:00 PM, the Forsyth Astronomical Society and SciWorks Planetarium will have an astronomy observation at SciWorks. The public is invited to attend this free observation event! This will be an excellent opportunity to view the planet Saturn, several deep-sky objects, and the spring and summer constellations. Call SciWorks after 5:30 PM on June 11 at 336-767-6730 for cancellation information. The next observation will be at SciWorks on August 6, 2011.

4). Asheville Art Museum ARTmob presents “Pecha Kucha Night” on Thursday, June 9 (7:00 p.m.). Admission is $5 for Members and $7 for non-Members. Following the success of the Museum’s first Pecha Kucha Night held in January, the ARTmob returns with the second installment of Pecha Kucha, meaning “chit chat” in Japanese, during which presenters will once again “exhibit” 20 images for 20 seconds each. ARTmob participants will enjoy watching guest presenters share their own creative inspiration while enjoying complimentary food and drinks provided by local businesses.

5). High Point Museum presents “Fifth Annual Evaluation Extravaganza” on Saturday, June 11 from 10 am to 2 pm. Whether you have a doll that belonged to your great grandmother, an old toy you played with as a child, your mother’s wedding china, or a gold locket that belonged to your great aunt, the High Point Museum’s Evaluation Extravaganza can provide details about the objects you treasure. Dust off those collectibles and bring them to the fifth annual Evaluation Extravaganza, the Museum’s own version of the popular series “Antiques Roadshow”.

6). NC State Capitol The State Capitol will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Big Bethel on Saturday, June 11. The battle took place in June 1861 in Virginia. Henry Lawson Wyatt, honored with a statue on the Capitol grounds, died at Big Bethel, and was the first North Carolina soldier to die in battle for the Confederate cause. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., the North State Rifles re-enacting group will be on the northwest Capitol grounds at the Wyatt monument. Group members will speak about Wyatt’s life, model the variety of uniforms worn by Tar Heels in the first year of the war, and give a lecture on the Battle of Big Bethel. Displays at “Remembering Big Bethel” will shed light on how soldiers made the transition from home to the battlefield.

7). Natural Science Center of Greensboro On the heels of the highly successful traveling exhibit, “Bodies Revealed”, the Natural Science Center of Greensboro (NSC) will officially open its own permanent human body and health exhibit called “HealthQuest” on June 11 at 9am. “HealthQuest” combines 21st century medical science with state-of-the-art videography, real preserved human bodies, a unique End-of-Life section and over a hundred 'kid-cool' interactives. It provides visitors a memorable experience and journey into personal health that showcases how choices in life impact our major body systems.

8). Alamance Battleground Saturday, June 11, is the first Second Saturday Event of the summer at Alamance Battleground. The event, "Arts, Crafts, Music & History Under the Pines", runs from 10:00 am. until 4:00 p.m. The Alamance Jazz Band will be in concert from noon until 1:00 so bring your lawn chair and enjoy the "Big Band" Sounds of the Alamance Jazz Band. Then stay for a lunch of hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream sundaes being prepared by the Alamance Battleground Friends all proceeds go to support programs at the Battleground.

9). N.C. Transportation Museum The N.C. Transportation Museum's 2011 “Family Rail Days Festival”, scheduled June 11 and 12, will celebrate the golden age of railroading and offer something for every member of the family. Featuring historic locomotives and rail cars displayed alongside modern rail equipment, the event will give visitors a chance to enjoy train rides, great music, model train layouts.

10). Historic Wright Tavern The Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives (RCHSMA) will host their 2nd Saturday “Family Day” on June 11, 2011, from 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M., on the Museum grounds at Wright Tavern in Wentworth. The theme for this event is “The Civil War Experience.” The 11th VA Co. G Lynchburg Home Guard and The Old North State Field Hospital Civil War reenactors will be in attendance. In addition, visitors can trace ancestors with genealogy experts from Family Search, pan for gems, learn about heirloom gardening, explore Civil War artifacts found right here in Rockingham County, listen to period music and tour of the historic structures and grounds of Wentworth Village.