Shakespeare is coming to Raleigh. That is, the First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. will be on exhibit from Saturday, May 7, through Monday, May 30, at the North Carolina Museum of History. The 1623 First Folio, published seven years after Shakespeare’s death, includes 36 of Shakespeare’s plays. [...]
NCMA Sponsors Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy, the eclectic, unclassifiable, genre-defying jazz/funk/global band, will give an early start Sunday, May 1, to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s 2016 summer concert season. Doors open at 5 p.m. prior to the 6:30 p.m. performance. Formed in 2004 at the University of North Texas, the band has toured four continents, recorded [...]
The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame will induct nine new members during the 53rd annual induction banquet on the evening of May 6, 2016 at the Raleigh Convention Center. The nine new members will be introduced at an afternoon news conference at the North Carolina Musuem of History. They are, listed alphabetically, Rod Brind’Amour, Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, David Fox, [...]
N.C. Museum of Art Exhibition Offers Rare Opportunity to Watch Conservator at Work Conservator Noelle Ocon will work on Flemish painting in Museum gallery Beginning February 20, 2016, the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) presents Actual State, a rare opportunity for Museum visitors to watch a conservator restore a painting in the galleries. On select days during the exhibition, [...]
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County has launched its 2016 Annual Campaign and publically introduced its two co-chairs. Leading the campaign this year will be prominent local civic leaders, Marybeth Wallace, special assistant to President Nathan Hatch at Wake Forest University, and Leslie Hayes, Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo & Company and Business Banking Division Manager for [...]
Speedy New Lift and New Tube ParkElevate NC Winter Sports Season As temperatures drop, the action heats up at winter resorts in the North Carolina mountains. The 2015-16 season opens with a new tubing park at Beech Mountain Resort, a new high-speed, six-seater chairlift at Sugar Mountain Resort and other improvements on and off the slopes. “Every year brings new [...]
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) will open two exhibitions on March 19: American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals and Marks of Genius: 100 Extraordinary Drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. American Impressionist features 39 oil and watercolor paintings created by Childe Hassam on the Isles of Shoals, while Marks of Genius includes drawings, watercolors, [...]
Fares on round-trip tickets can depend on where you start which further adds to the confusion over air fares. An example: The average price paid for a Los Angeles-Honolulu round-trip ticket was $614, which is 7.5 percent higher than the $571 average ticket price if purchased in Honolulu. according to a study commissioned by The Wall Street Journal. Between New [...]
The centennial celebrations of the National Park Service and the North Carolina State Park System are featured in the Official 2016 North Carolina Travel Guide, just published by the North Carolina Department of Travel and Tourism. The 176-page guide comes with a choice of covers:one featuring Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Rockies or another of hang gliders [...]
Enjoy a little history with your lunch at noon on the second Wednesday of each month at the North Carolina Museum of History. History à la Carte offers a series of 50-minute informal lectures about a variety of historical topics – the Civil War, North Carolina pottery, the lost colonists, famous North Carolinians, etc. You bring your lunch; the Museum [...]
