What does a white dress mean to you? Jaki Shelton Green and Monique Luck have collaborated to bring an interactive, artistic poetic installation to life, using the words from Green’s poem The Communion of White Dresses. This exhibition reimagines the tradition, symbolism, and representation of white dresses, exploring their intersection with the generational culture of white […]
The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival kicks off on Thursday at 7 with a free cultural event for the community presented by Cornbread & Tortillas - cornbreadandtortillas.com/home. All day Friday and Saturday there are over 50 free sessions with authors covering every genre. There are also 5 workshops that are available for $35. These will be […]
Does Modern Literature Have Anything To Say? What are the compelling stories speaking to our times? One of literature’s great Southern authors addresses the question. Wiley Cash is an award-winning […]
Learn about the fascinating and complicated history of North Carolina voting districts and redistricting in a presentation by former North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Robert Hunter as part of the Voices and Votes: Democracy in America Exhibition. Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian […]
Appalachian State University's High Country Humanities—with support from North Carolina Humanities—is pleased to present “Folk Music as an Expression of Culture: Talks with Acoustic Demonstrations” on Sunday, September 22, 2024, from […]
CharlOz explores L. Frank Baum’s fairy tale timelessly reflects American values with its vast array of characters through a variety of experiences including: An opening talk by Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, at the Knight Theater. Exhibits at the Projective Eye Gallery (at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City) and the Popp Martin […]
Built on more than a decade’s worth of deep, original archival research, this exhibition will constitute a comprehensive new history of Black Mountain College. By focusing on the farm, the exhibition sidesteps the popular paradigm of approaching BMC through its famous faculty and students, and instead offers a new cast of characters, one that includes […]
The Mitford Museum's third annual literary lab will once again focus on inspiring, encouraging, and empowering writers as we work to increase interest in reading and the literary arts. It […]
"¡VIVA ISLA!" offers a unique opportunity for everyone in our community to come together and celebrate our shared Latin American cultures and values. Through our Spanish language and cultural immersion programs, […]
October is National Arts and Humanities Month! This month, and throughout the year, we celebrate the power that books, museums, poetry, performance, art, and culture have in helping us explore what it means to be human. Why are the arts and humanities important to you? At North Carolina Humanities we connect people to each other […]
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