Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities welcomes Mildred K. Barya, who will read from her work in progress at the next Writers-in-Residence Reading, Monday, June 7, at 5:30 p.m.
SPRUCE PINE â Amber Westall Briggs was delighted when The AMY regional library system was selected by the North Carolina Humanities Council last year as one of six sites in North Carolina to host âWater/Ways,â a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition. âThe idea behind the exhibition was not only to explore waterâs environmental and cultural impact, but also inspire residents to visit our own waterways and think about what it means to become better stewards of them,â Briggs said.
Although Briggs was disappointed the exhibit was postponed because of Covid-19, she is excited to announce the colorful exhibit will open at the libraryâs Burnsville branch on March 13 and run through April 25.
To wrap up Black History Month, let’s take a look at a slave tradition that – in the U.S. – was almost solely a North Carolina tradition.
Jonkonnu. You’ve probably seen an example of it somewhere in a parade or other event from the players sent out by Tryon Palace.
It was a musical celebration held near Christmas on and around plantations and towns during the 1800s up to about 1898 (yes, well after the end of slavery in 1865). It sat relatively silent until 2000 when local musician and historian Simon Spalding revitalized the tradition for the Palace, using a North Carolina Humanities Council grant.
NC Humanities Presents: Breakout Book Discussion of The Water Knife Community Event Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Come ready to talk, listen, and learn in this highly interactive session! Join the North Carolina Humanities Council as they break out into small groups to discuss The Water Knife. Group discussions will be led by book leaders, who will lead you through a set of discussion questions about the book and how humanities, literature, and journalism build understanding about important issues in North Carolina. This Statewide Read is part of North Carolina Humanities’ “Watershed Moments” initiative. Free online event; registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-water-knife-book-discussion-tickets-128.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit serving North Carolinians for nearly 50 years, today announced completion of a rebranding effort to reflect its dedication to bringing together people of every walk of life.
Crowd attending North Carolina Humanities’ 2019 John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities ceremony honoring North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. The award is an example of how NC Humanities connects diverse people and spurs dialogue.
Students talking during North Carolina Humanities’ “Can We Talk” community program in Charlotte, N.C., in 2019. The forum led staff and board trustees to think about how NC Humanities could be more actively engaged in bringing empathy to the forefront of their work and spurred the nonprofit s rebran