[Durham INC] Fw: upcoming African American Cultural Celebration

[Melissa Rooney]

We went to this last year and my kids (4 and 6 YO at the time) LOVED IT, particularly the Two Bells who performed at this event.

Hope some of you can make it this year :)
Melissa


--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Grant, Emily <emily.grant at ncdcr.gov> wrote:
From: Grant, Emily <emily.grant at ncdcr.gov>
Subject: upcoming African American Cultural Celebration
To: "Grant, Emily" <emily.grant at ncdcr.gov>
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 3:30 PM






 

 

 

 

 

 







Hey all, 

Mark your
calendars for THIS SATURDAY, January 31st for the NC Museum of
History’s annual African American Cultural Celebration. Check out our
website www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
for a detailed schedule of events.  Help us spread the word. Hope to see
you there!! 

Emily 

NEWS RELEASE 

Press
Contacts:                                                                               
For Immediate Release 

Susan Friday Lamb,
919-807-7943                                            
              

Emily Grant,
919-807-7979 

MUSEUM PRESENTS EIGHTH ANNUAL 

AFRICAN
AMERICAN
CULTURAL CELEBRATION 

 Usher
in Black History Month one day early during one of the year’s largest
events at the N.C. Museum of History in
 Raleigh . The Eighth
Annual African American Cultural
Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 31, from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will have
something for all ages: musical performances, dance, storytelling, craft
demonstrations, and more. Blues guitarist Boo Hanks, sweetgrass basketmaker
Kisha Rawlinson, and children’s authors Miles and William Rabun will join
more than 70 presenters and exhibitors for this family event. Admission and parking are free. Stay for lunch and purchase food from vendors
on Bicentennial
 Plaza , directly outside the museum. 

“The
celebration features a variety of presentations, so visitors have many firsthand
opportunities to explore African American history and present-day culture,”
says Emily Grant, youth programs coordinator. “New presentations this
year include scenes from Burning Coal Theatre Company’s new play, “1960,”
and vignettes from Greensboro modern dance group Cyrus Art Production’s
commissioned work, “Greensboro Then and Now.” Special guest Sana
Butler, a Newsweek correspondent
and author, will discuss her book, Sugar of
the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves, about an
unprecedented quest to find the last surviving children of slaves.  

 A
sampling of activities follows. For a schedule of performance times, go to ncmuseumofhistory.org. 

● Music and dance take
the stage with performers such as jazz saxophonist Ron Baxter, the trombone
shout band Mangum and Company, and the Gospel Jubilators. At noon, watch a
Jonkonnu procession with masked dancers in colorful costumes who will
drum and sing. The procession resembles part of Jonkonnu celebrations observed
by enslaved African Americans living in eastern
 North Carolina in the 1800s.   

● Individuals
will highlight historical topics and literary milestones. For example, author
Jaki Shelton Green, recently named Piedmont poet laureate, will read excerpts
of her poems, and legendary harness horseman Charles “Red Eye”
Williams will discuss his experiences.  

● Watch craft demonstrations by white oak basketmaker Neal
Thomas, wood- carver Frank Barrow, doll maker Marilyn Griffin, furniture maker
Jerome Bias and others. 

● Games
and crafts combine learning with fun. Play traditional African games, make a
cowrie shell necklace, join a quilting bee. Make a puppet before catching a
presentation by storyteller and puppeteer Akbar Imhotep.  

 ●
Staff members from historic sites across North
  Carolina will share fascinating facts. Talk with
representatives from the Latta House Foundation, Somerset Place State Historic
Site, W.E.B. DuBois Community Development Corp., and other sites. 

Mark
your calendar for the African American Cultural Celebration. This event
is supported by the Museum of
 History Associates and the United Arts Council of
Raleigh and Wake County ,
who in turn receives support from the N.C. Arts Council with funding from the
state of North Carolina 
and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation
deserves great art. 

For more information, call 919-807-7900 or access ncmuseumofhistory.org.  

   

# # # 

The N.C. Museum of
History’s hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is part of
the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an
agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. The department’s Web
site is www.ncculture.com. 

   

   



 




      
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