Press Releases

NC Children’s Theatre of Charlotte Touring Company returns to Roanoke Island Festival Park with Commedia Princess and the Pea June 15, 16, 17 at 10:30 a.m. in the Indoor Theatre.

The North Carolina Symphony will give a free outdoor concert Saturday, June 18, at 7:00 p.m. in Riverwalk Crossing Park in Jacksonville.  Symphony Associate Conductor David Glover will lead the orchestra in “Concerts in Your Community: Favorite Light Classics.”

Spend this Fourth of July with the State Capitol. The Capitol is hosting a free, fun-filled family event that has become a Raleigh tradition. For the sixth year, a naturalization ceremony for new citizens will take place at noon on the Capitol's south grounds.

Tryon Palace's Jonkonnu interpretive performance group will hold free workshops for all ages interested in joining the troupe. Workshops will be held in the Waystation Auditorium on Tuesdays, from 1-3 p.m., June 21 to Aug. 9.

Roanoke Island Festival Park recently learned it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence.

After more than 30 years in storage, four small hand-crafted dioramas from the famous Blockade Runner Museum have come home to Carolina Beach thanks to a partnership between the Friends of Fort Fisher, Inc., Town of Carolina Beach and Fort Fisher State Historic Site.

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has been given a new work by Cuban artist Yoan Capote to be installed in its 164-acre Museum Park. The sculpture, titled Open Mind (Barricades), is made from metal crowd-control barricades and is designed to resemble a brain if viewed from above.

Want to become a scientist for the day? Researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences invite you to come learn about, and take part in, the importance of transcription in the study of natural science specimens.

Hessian soldier John Reed fought for the British in the Revolutionary War but deserted his mercenary role to join the German community in Cabarrus County in 1782. Reed Gold Mine will present "From Mercenary to Miner" Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to examine his life and early years before the 1799 discovery of gold on his farm.

Two television production crews discovered the charm and authenticity of Historic Halifax State Historic Site while filming last fall and this spring. Now viewers across the nation can see the venue that was a leader in the move to American independence with the April 1776 Halifax Resolves.