Fireside Artist Talk: Design Done Together

Hanes House at SECCA 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston Salem, NC, United States

For our October event, designers Adam Dixon and Rebekah Rhoden will come together for a discussion about design and collaboration, offering a special look at the Hanes House visual identity that they created together, and the inspirations that informed their creative process. The conversation will be hosted by SECCA marketing director Philip Pledger.

Free

38th Annual Living History Festival

Hart Square Village 5029 Hope Rd., Vale, NC, United States

To enter Hart Square Village on festival day is to enter the early 1800s. Hart Square bustles with over three hundred knowledgeable artisans and historic demonstrators dressed in period clothing.  These artisans truly bring the village to life by sharing the craftsmanship of Carolina's pioneers. Visitors will witness everything from flax making, cotton baling, and blacksmithing to apple butter making and the sweet sounds of old-time music.  Hart Square Village is the nation's largest collection of historic log structures. On festival day, all 103 historic structures will be open!

$50

Fireside Artist Talk: Wired For Art

Hanes House at SECCA 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston Salem, NC, United States

For our November event, neurologist Roger Beaty joins forces with jazz musicians Reagan Mitchell, Butler Knowles, and Brevan Hampden to unravel the mysteries of human creativity. The evening will close with a live jazz concert, further illuminating the profound connections between the mind and creative spirit. 

Free

The Veteran’s Battlefield: A Story Of North Carolina’s Veterans

Main Stage, Thalian Hall 310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC, United States

North Carolina is home to around 700,000 veterans – the eighth largest veteran population in the nation. And with the fourth largest active-duty military presence nationwide, it stands to reason that our state needs to pay special attention to issues impacting our service members. After active duty, veterans face wide-ranging challenges that can seem insurmountable. Imagine devoting formative years of your career to one, tireless pursuit and then everything you’ve known comes to a halt and you must invent a new path for yourself. This is the situation facing our veterans. From starting new careers to navigating a complex process to obtain earned benefits, shifting mindsets and establishing homes, it can be just too much for a person to bear… mental and physical health suffers… unemployment and even homelessness ensue. 

 

Yet, hope and help are alive in our counties. Veterans service officers in our communities are devoted to doing what they can to make life after the military the best it can be for our veterans. As county residents, we all have a role in helping our valued service members. The question is, exactly how can we collectively turn the tide on the complicated issues facing veterans?

FREE

Tribute to Mary Alice Jervay Thatch The Black Press Rising From The Ashes of 1898

Main Stage, Thalian Hall 310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC, United States

 Tribute to Mary Alice Jervay Thatch. Publisher/Editor of The Wilmington Journal located across the street from where "The Daily Record" Editor Alex Manley once stood before being burned down by white supremacists in 1898. The Wilmington Journal was the first Black press established years after "The Daily Record" was destroyed. The program will consist of local, state, and national leaders giving tribute to Mary Alice Jervay Thatch known for her contribution to "The Pardon of Innocence The Wilmington Ten". Musical selections will be given by Speak Ya Peace, Volinist Christa Faision, and Williston Choir.

FREE

Museum of the Southeast American Indian: AISES Powwow

Museum of the Southeast American Indian 1369 Old Main Rd, Pembroke, United States

The annual AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) powwow will be held at Noon until 4 p.m. in the Quad next to Old Main at UNC Pembroke. Native art vendors will be set up in the Quad.

International Black Theatre Festival: Storytelling Festival: Stories for Young People

Hanesbrands Theatre 209 North Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Storytellers from across North Carolina skillfully weave tales of cultural history, fiction, humor and life lessons through this age-old tradition. Presented by the NC Association of Black Storytellers. (For Young & General Audiences) 

$10

International Black Theatre Festival: Nephew Tommy’s Life After 50

Benton Convention Center 301 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles stars in a monodrama of a man debating whether to go to his own birthday party. While he contemplates, he reviews, reminisces and reflects on life after reaching fifty. It’s a poignant, hilarious and insightful perspective based on Tommy’s experiences as a father, husband, and his personal health battles with Covid and cancer. Written and performed by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles. (Celebrity Performance, General Audience) 

$50

International Black Theatre Festival: Storytelling Festival: Stories for Young People

Hanesbrands Theatre 209 North Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Storytellers from across North Carolina skillfully weave tales of cultural history, fiction, humor and life lessons through this age-old tradition. Presented by the NC Association of Black Storytellers. (For Young & General Audiences) 

$10

International Black Theatre Festival: Nephew Tommy’s Life After 50

Benton Convention Center 301 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles stars in a monodrama of a man debating whether to go to his own birthday party. While he contemplates, he reviews, reminisces and reflects on life after reaching fifty. It’s a poignant, hilarious and insightful perspective based on Tommy’s experiences as a father, husband, and his personal health battles with Covid and cancer. Written and performed by Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles. (Celebrity Performance, General Audience) 

$50

International Black Theatre Festival: Telling Our Stories Through Poetry

Benton Convention Center 301 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC, United States

In Telling Our Stories Through Poetry African American youth storytellers weave together familiar African American cultural experiences through poetry, prose, songs, chants, and movements. The collection tells how slaves were snatched from our Africa and degraded yet held onto Hopes and Dreams while insisting that this is not a Lost Generation. These cultural experiences joined together become one moving and heartfelt story. (Family Programming, Ages 5 and up) 

Free

NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART: PEDER & HENDRIK

North Carolina Museum of Art 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

Peder & Hendrik is the collaborative performance practice of Erik Pedersen (Asheville, NC) and Nathaniel Hendrickson (Louisville, KY). Drawing on their collective experiences as musicians, visual artists, and storytellers, Peder & Hendrik create performances that rely on improvisation, chance, and physical comedy to playfully blur the lines between performer and spectator. Live from NCMA begins as an artist lecture on Peder & Hendrik’s seven-year collaborative relationship before dissolving into an improvised audio-visual collaboration between the artists and audience. Through the use of digital and analog cameras, projectors, amplifiers, voice, and instruments, this event highlights the space between traditional performance and unrehearsed experimentation.

Free