Education
Carolinas Veterans Museum Reopens with World War II Jeep Exhibit
Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas 21 East Main Street, Brevard, NC, United StatesThe Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas reopens for 2022 on March 2, and new this year is an exhibit featuring a World War II Willys Jeep. The exhibit places […]
Carl Sandburg Home Summer Plays & Sing-Alongs
Carl Sandburg Home NHS 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, United StatesIn mid-June, Carl Sandburg Home will offer free summer children’s plays and family sing-alongs. The park will also expand Sandburg Home hours to four days per week. Apprentice actors […]
Juneteenth at the Vance Birthplace
Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United StatesThe Vance Birthplace State Historic Site and the American Myth Center will partner for Juneteenth on Saturday, June 18, 2022 to present an afternoon of historical drama and discussion on […]
Speaker Series: Coyotes in NC – History, Distribution, Myths, and Facts
Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve 179 Wood Thrush Lane, Mill Spring, NC, United StatesThe coyote is considered the most adaptable mammal in North America and has lived in North Carolina since the early 1980’s. Their flexibility allows them to live in a wide […]
Quilting as Art Expo
The Hub Station Arts Center Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, North Carolina, United StatesQuilting as Art Expo - A quilt show like no other! Join us in the beautifully renovated HUB Station Art Center in Hudson, NC for a two day quilt show, […]
Speaker Series: Whoo Gives a Hoot
Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve 179 Wood Thrush Lane, Mill Spring, NC, United StatesOwls are one of the most fascinating, but rarely seen, nocturnal creatures, but what makes them so special? Chimney Rock State Park Naturalists will teach you about our native species […]
Discovering Appalachia
Mountain Heritage Center Hunter Library, 176 Central Drive, WCU, Cullowhee, NC, United StatesWestern North Carolina and Southern Appalachia is a cultural crossroads that has been visited and inhabited by people from many different cultural backgrounds. Discover talented and hard working people who […]
Away From Home
Mountain Heritage Center Hunter Library, 176 Central Drive, WCU, Cullowhee, NC, United StatesBeginning in the 1870s, the US government attempted to educate and assimilate American Indians into “civilized” society by placing children—of all ages, from thousands of homes and hundreds of diverse […]
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian Presents: Disruption Exhibit
Museum of the Cherokee People 598 Tsali Blvd., NC, Cherokee, NC, United StatesThe Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) opens Disruption, an art intervention of the Museum’s permanent exhibition. Featuring works by 36 enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians […]
Natural Dyes – Eco-Printing Workshop
Rare Bird Farm 91 Duckett Top Tower Road, Hot Springs, NC, United StatesRare Bird Farm is offering it’s first workshop and we are making it free to the first 12 people who sign up! We will guide participants through the basics of […]
An Appalachian Folk Festival
The Allison-Deaver House 2753 Asheville Hwy, Pisgah Forest, NC, United StatesAn Appalachian Folk Festival will be held on October 8th, 10 am - 3 pm., at the Allison Deaver House in Pisgah Forest. Enjoy a tour of the oldest frame […]
Naturalist Niche: Fall Color Hike
Chimney Rock State Park 431 Main Street, Chimney Rock, NC, United StatesFall color is one of the highlights of life in WNC. Toward the end of the season Hickory Nut Gorge comes alive with gorgeous shades of gold and red. Join […]
