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March 28, 2024, 7pm - 8pm
Tinu Diver will discuss her unique experiences researching, collecting, and documenting beer and brewing history.
March 20, 2024, 10am - 12pm

Do you know your “warp” from your “weft?” Watch experts practice the craft of handweaving and spinning. Listen to their stories and talk with them about their works in progress.

Craftspeople will be demonstrating most Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. 

May 11, 2024, 11am - 8:30pm
A free-to-attend film festival of independent films from May 10 through 11.
March 13, 2024, 10am - 12pm

Do you know your “warp” from your “weft?” Watch experts practice the craft of handweaving and spinning. Listen to their stories and talk with them about their works in progress.

Craftspeople will be demonstrating most Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. 

March 6, 2024, 10am - 12pm

Do you know your “warp” from your “weft?” Watch experts practice the craft of handweaving and spinning. Listen to their stories and talk with them about their works in progress.

Craftspeople will be demonstrating most Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. 

February 28, 2024, 10am - 12pm

Do you know your “warp” from your “weft?” Watch experts practice the craft of handweaving and spinning. Listen to their stories and talk with them about their works in progress.

Craftspeople will be demonstrating most Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. 

March 14, 2024, 7pm - 8pm

History and Highballs: Obstacles and Opportunities in 20th Century American Women’s Sports 

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 7 p.m., via Zoom

The Zoom link will be posted the day of the program and sent out to all registrants.

Speaker: Mary Jo Festle, PhD, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of History, and Distinguished University Professor, Elon University 

Join us as we celebrate Women’s History Month by welcoming Professor Mary Jo Festle!

April 4, 2024, 7pm - 8pm
History and Highballs: Buzzzed: The History of Making Mead 

Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7 p.m., via Zoom.   
The Zoom link is posted below.  

Speaker: Nico Hogrefe, mead scientist, historian, and spokesperson, NC Mead Alliance, and owner, Stardust Cellars; Samantha "Foxx" Winship, beekeeper, founder, and owner of Mother’s Finest Family Urban Farms.

October 19, 2023, 7pm - 8pm

This is an online program. An email containing the Zoom link will be sent to all registrants an hour and a half before the program begins.

Speakers: Nelson Nauss, Executive Director and Cofounder of the Ghost Guild; Kelly McConkey, Cofounder of the Ghost Guild; Devon Gailey, Christina Zellis, and Allison Miller, Ghost Guild Investigators; Kara Leinfelder, NC Museum of History Creative Director and Ghost Guild Volunteer/Liaison

October 7, 2023, 4pm - 6pm

SOLD OUT
This program is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Stacey Smith at stacey.smith@dncr.nc.gov. People on the wait list will be notified on a first-come, first-served basis if tickets become available.  

ORIGINAL PROGRAM INFORMATION BELOW:

Speakers: Bruce Miller, Author, Historian, and Oakwood Cemetery Historian; and Robin Simonton, Author, Historian, and Executive Director, Historic Oakwood Cemetery