2010 Calendar of Events

May through October - Pickin' and Poetry on the Porch. Come gather on the front porch of the historic Old Kentucky Home for some great local music and poetry. Noon - 2 pm on the first and third Friday's of each month. FREE!

This years schedule features:

Pickin':

May 7: Brooke and George Buckner
June 4: Buddy Davis
July 2: Don Humphries
Aug 6: Don Lewis
Sept 3: Carol Rifkin/Paul's Creek Band
Oct 1: Roger Howell & Friends (The Parhams)

Pickin' events are held on the first Friday of each month - Noon to 2 pm.

Poetry:

May 21:  Keith Flynn
June 18: Annette Clapsaddle
July 16: Laura Hope-Gill
Aug 20: Deb Foerst
Sept 17: Thomas Rain Crowe
Oct 15: Sebastian Matthews

Poetry events are held on the third Friday of each month - Noon to 1 pm.

 

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial and the North Carolina Arts Council present a summer series of events called “2nd Saturdays” which feature local artists, crafters and demonstrators.

June 12th – “Come Gather ‘Round the Table:” Boardinghouse Food-ways.
Museum interpretive staff focuses on the culture of meals service at a turn-of-the-century boardinghouse. Culinary artists and vendors will set up a small “farmers market” in the back yard of the historic Old Kentucky Home featuring local farm produce, plants and hand-made items for sale.

July 10th – “FABRICating the Past.”
Our interpretive focus will be on the evolution of textile manufacturing from pre-industrial era to the highly-mechanized age of water/steam powered textile mills and the mass consumption of ready made goods by the early 20th century. We’ll feature some of the clothing and textiles from the museums collection on this day. Visit with contemporary textile artists, weavers, and spinners who will be on hand to demonstrate and sell their wares.

August 14th – “Paper, Pen and Paint:” The Art of Creative Expression.
Museum staff will focus on Thomas Wolfe’s artistic medium of the drama and narrative prose as his preferred means of creative expression. Meet local artists whose own medium for creative expression include photography, painting, water coloring and more.

For more information about these 2nd Saturdays events visit http://ncdcr.gov/2ndsaturdays.asp