Shadows of Incarceration: The Cowee 19 Story Exhibit Opening

Mountain Heritage Center, Hunter Library 176 Central Dr, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States

Shadows of Incarceration: The Cowee 19 Story exhibition is opening May 6, 2024 at Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Center.

Free

Lunch N Learn: Nontraditional Archiving Methods

May 7th, 2024, at 12:00pm CST / 1:00pm EST, Invisible Histories is hosting our first QHS Lunch N Learn to talk about nontraditional archiving methods with Seth Knievel and G McFarland. We will be hosting Lunch N Learn events for our Queer History South network regularly until the next QHS to help keep the conversation […]

Free

A Celebration of EBCI Writers in the North Carolina Literary Review!

Cherokee Central Schools 86 Elk Crossing Lane, Cherokee, NC, United States

Featuring readings by Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians novelist Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians poet, Mary Leauna Christensen, followed by a panel with scholars Mae Miller Claxton (Western Carolina University) and Kirstin Squint (East Carolina University) and an audience Q&A. Sponsored by Cherokee Central Schools, a North Carolina Humanities Community Engagement […]

Free

Jane Austen’s House Museum and the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Zoom

Lizzie Dunford and Ann Dinsdale, principal curators for the Jane Austen House and the Brontë Parsonage respectively, will join Jane Austen & Co. for an interactive discussion centered on the historic homes of these celebrated women writers.

Free

Invenire: A New Digital Resource for Collections Documentation

Learn about a new a digital marketing and programming platform developed specifically for small museums, libraries and archives. INVENIRE, created by Elizabeth LaFave of East Carolina University, produces and hosts digital interactive exhibits to increase accessibility and visibility for cultural heritage repositories' collections. Digitization fees will be waved for the summer of 2024, so be […]

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The Cowee 19 Story Artist Talk

Mountain Heritage Center, Hunter Library 176 Central Dr, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States

Artist, Ann Miller Woodford will be joining the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University to speak on the artwork she created for the Cowee 19 exhibition.

Free

Portraying Indigenous Peoples: Educator, Cast and Crew Workshop

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Portraying Indigenous Peoples: Educator, Cast and Crew Workshop” on Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Camp Broadstone at 1431 Broadstone Road in Banner Elk. The event is free, and a meal will be provided. Advanced registration here is required. […]

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Free Guided Tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum

Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—will offer free guided tours of the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum for up to 75 people on Monday, July 29, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Hickory Ridge Living History Museum is located at 501 Horn in the West Drive in Boone. Join Yadkin Riverkeeper […]

Free

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