Press Releases

Reed Gold Mine will offer "Women at Reed Gold Mine" tours every Saturday in March to highlight how women lived inside and outside the homestead.

The North Carolina Symphony, led by guest conductor Andrew Grams, will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony on Friday, Feb. 26, and Saturday, Feb. 27.

Tryon Palace will offer four behind-the-scenes tours in March at the costume shop and through the gardens. 

Special tours and other programs highlight influence of women on history in March.

Watch the fanged but friendly giant turtle in “Destroy All Planets,” on the big screen at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on First Friday, March 4.

The powerful voice of acclaimed gospel singer Mary D. Williams will ring out at the State Capitol in honor of Black History Month Saturday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. Williams will bring the audience on a journey with the "Song and Narrative of the Black South" program and trace the progression from the sung slave narrative to 20th century gospel and Civil Rights protest music.

The Outer Banks Community Quilt Show will open on Friday, March 4, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m.in the Art Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park.

The North Carolina Zoo’s Corinne Kendall presents “Africa’s Greatest Killer? Understanding Human-Hippopotamus Conflict,” at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m.

Discover the amazing women who lived, worked, and studied at Palmer Memorial Institute through "Women's Work," a women's history focus tour presented by the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum during Women's History Month.