NCMC Events From Around the State… May 29, 2012


1). High Point Museum  presents Evaluation Extravaganza – Tra$h or Treas$ure on Saturday, June 9, 9 am to 3 pm. “The Evaluation Extravaganza” provides an opportunity for community members to bring their valued treasures before expert evaluators who will briefly assess the item and provide a verbal approximation of value. Cost per object is $5 for High Point Historical Society Members and $10 per item for nonmembers. No large furniture or firearms.

2). Greenville Museum of Art The Greenville Museum of Art announces a call for entries for the Greenville Museum of Art Annual Juried Art exhibition to be held Friday September 7, through Sunday, October, 2012. The call is open to artists 18 years and older working in fine art and craft media and who reside in eastern North Carolina as will as the triangle communities of Wake, Orange and Durham. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entry fee applies, deadline is July 19.

3). Museum of the Albemarle  The Benjamin Bowser Unsung Hero Committee will be honoring former Pea Island Life Saving Station #17 Keeper Benjamin Bowser in a gravesite ceremony on Monday June 11, at 6:30pm. The event will be held at Bowser’s gravesite at the Corinth Baptist Church, 7300 Caratoke Highway in Jarvisburg. Participants in this ceremony will include The USCG Color Guard, Admiral Stephen Rochan, USCG retired, Elaine Marshall, NC Secretary of State , Paul O’ Neal, County Commissioner, and others.

4). Marbles Kids Museum  presents Music Makers with the NC Symphony – Fables for Families on Saturday, June 2 from 11am-2pm. Try out orchestral instruments, explore the music of concert fables and meet a special guest from the Symphony. The musical fun leads up to the Symphony's outdoor performance of Fables for Families on June 16.

5). Cape Fear Museum presents Stormfest on Saturday, June 2, 10 AM-4 PM. Free and open to the public. Meet meteorologists from area news stations; learn about weather phenomena, how to predict it, and what it’s like to be on TV! Find out how to prepare for dangerous weather, and discover the resources local governments offer to help with storm response and recovery. Organized by the National Weather Service.

6). Historic Oak View County Park  Historic Oak View County Park has partnered with Shaw University Radio, WSHA 88.9 FM, to present Jazz in the Park on June 9, 2012 from noon until 3 pm. This event is a live jazz concert featuring the Raleigh Jazz Orchestra as well as a jazz jam session on the grounds of Historic Oak View. Area performers are invited to bring their instruments and sit in. This event is free and open to the public.

7). N.C. Collection and Wilson Special Collections Library  Civil War currency will be the topic of a June 2 program Currency in Chaos: How the Civil War Changed America’s Money. Wendell Wolka will deliver the keynote speech, “And the World Turned Upside Down: The Effect of the Civil War on the Paper Money of the United States both North and South.” The free public program will begin at 10 a.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. Registration will open at 9:30 a.m. Participants who bring samples of Civil War currency will also have the opportunity for experts to evaluate their items.

8). Cameron Art Museum  Elliot Daingerfield (1859-1932) is one of North Carolina’s most prolific and well-known artists. Elliot Daingerfield: Art and Life in North Carolina showcases over 60 paintings and drawings from both private and museum collections. Opening reception at Cameron Art Museum on Friday, June 1, will include remarks at 6:30 pm by Joe Dulaney, Elliot Daingerfield’s Grandson and curator J. Richard Gruber.

9). Battleship NORTH CAROLINA  presents Museum Ship’s Weekend: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club on June 2 – 3, 2012. The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate on board the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA as one of 63 ships participating worldwide. On this annual event, HAM radio operators will communicate and transmit via voice using the Ship’s original radio equipment. Visitors will be to interact and see as part of the tour how one type of communication was used during World War II as well as is still is today. Free with Battleship admission.

10). Reynolda House Museum of American Art  presents Family First Paper Relief Sculpture Workshop on Sunday, June 3, 2 p.m., $7 per person. Take inspiration from the sculptures that decorate the gardens in A Genius for Place and create a lion head sculpture from cut and folded paper. This two-hour workshops is for elementary school-aged children and older, accompanied by an adult. Reservations are required, as space is limited.