The late Dr. Gene Cohen was known as the go-to expert on the mature brain and its lifelong capacity for learning and creativity. In a national three-year study, he found that older adults participating in professionally conducted arts programs used less medication, had fewer visits to the doctor, experienced an elevated mood, showed an increase in the level of [...]
Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware, organized by Old Salem Museums & Gardens, showcases nearly 200 objects made by Piedmont Potters which will be on view at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh through Sunday, September 1. “For many years the Moravians who settled in what is now Forsyth County were credited with producing all of the [...]
“…on the first day of January… all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” — signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862. The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, one of the most significant [...]
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh is presenting a three-part exhibit series titled North Carolina and the Civil War. Part two of the Civil War Exhibit series, North Carolina and the Civil War: The Raging Storm, 1863, opened November 4 at the North Carolina Museum of History [...]
The N.C. Museum of History Foundation presented its first Philanthropy Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions by individuals and organizations, during a November 13 event at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Julia Jones Daniels and Frank A. Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh received individual Philanthropy Awards, and the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation received the corporate Philanthropy Award. “Our first [...]
When 43 members of the Sisterhood of Miss North Carolina gathered in Raleigh for the 75th anniversary of the Miss North Carolina pageant, it was a celebration of achievement as well as comeliness. Newly crowned Arlie Honeycutt joins the Sisterhood of 57 Miss North Carolinas duringthe 75th anniversary celebration. Lenn Long Photography The eldest among them, and still stunning, was [...]
By: Dr. Jim Clark, English Professor Emeritus, NCSU Writings from Life – Dr. Jim Clark, widely known for his scholarship in folklore and literature, is shown above, standing with Winnie Apperson, Springmoor librarian, and five members of his writing workshop, who are seated, left to right: Barbara Hunsley, Phyllis Johnson, Elmer Johnson, Dorothy Rutledge, and Kitty Munn. A sampling [...]
Henry Mason, North Carolina Revelers orchestra bandleader, knows all about Big Bands. His 19-member band is well known in both the Triangle and the Triad where they play gigs frequently. The Revelers played for the Rex Hospital Foundation Gala, the Seymour Johnson Air Show, several other balls and fundraisers, and recently for the “Big Band Weekend” at Asheville’s Grove [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
