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May 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Home School Day: From Hearthfire to the Campfire

Friday, May 3, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tryon Palace Kitchen Gardens

Friday, May 3, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Tickets Available at NC History Center Front Desk
Tour begins at the Main Palace Gate on Pollock Street

"The Mystery of the Lost Colony" by Rodney Kemp

Saturday, May 4th at 2:00pm

Cullman Performance Hall in the North Carolina History Center

Tryon's Tales for Tots: Let's Get Growing

Wednesday, May 8, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

"A Visual Feast" Opening Reception During Downtown New Bern ArtWalk

Friday, May 10, 5-8 p.m.

Duffy Gallery, N.C. History Center

North Carolina Travel Writer to Hold Book Signing at Tryon Palace

Saturday, May 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tryon Palace Museum Store, NC History Center

Tour the Conservation Lab

Wednesday, May 15, 11 a.m. until noon

Tryon Palace Conservation Lab; Tickets and shuttle located at NC History Center

African-American Lecture: Shaping a Culture: African American Cooks and the Making of Southern Food

Thursday, May 16, 7:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tryon Palace Kitchen Gardens

Friday, May 17, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Tickets Available at NC History Center Front Desk
Tour begins at the Main Palace Gate on Pollock Street

Exclusive screening of Elvin Ross's "Kunta Kinteh Island"

Sunday, May 26, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall and Mattocks Hall

In Honor and Remembrance

Monday, May 27, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tryon Palace Kitchen Gardens

Friday, May 31, 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Tickets Available at NC History Center Front Desk
Tour begins at the Main Palace Gate on Pollock Street

Voci Allegre Vocal Ensemble Presents "New Bern: Milestones in Music Locations"

Friday, May 31, 6 p.m.

Cullman Performance Hall, North Carolina History Center

June 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

5th Annual East Carolina Pottery Festival

Saturday, June 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bate Commons (Mattocks Hall as rain location), North Carolina History Center

North Carolina Symphony at Tryon Palace

Sunday, June 2, Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tryon Palace South Lawn, New Bern, NC

2nd Saturday: Jane Austen in June

Saturday, June 8th, 9:00am - 5:00pm

The Governor's Palace; North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall; Stanly House; Stanly House Garden; Commission House Rear Parlor

The Regency Era in Eastern North Carolina

Saturday, June 8th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Stanly House

Crafting and Gaming in the Regency Era

Saturday, June 8th, 10:00am - 2:00pm

Stanly House Garden

Dancing in the Regency - Dance Classes

Saturday, June 8th, 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m.

Commission House Rear Parlor

"All about Tea" Tour and Tea

Saturday, June 8th, 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. & 2:15 p.m.

The Governor's Palace

"Women, Wildness, and Gardens: Jane Austen's Picturesque" with Guest Speaker: Dr. Inger S. B. Brodey

Saturday, June 8th, 3:30 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

"War of 1812: A Nation Forged By War"

Saturday, June 8th 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Mattocks Hall, North Carolina History Center

Fresh from the Past: Movie Night Featuring Fried Green Tomatoes

Tuesday, June 11, Showing: 7:00pm, Seating 6:30pm

Tryon Palace Waystation, directly across the street from Palace front gate

Tryon's Tales for Tots: Working for the Governor

Wednesday, June 12, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

History Summer Day Camp: Colonial Days

Monday, June 17 - Friday, June 21, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

African-American Lecture: Sunday Family Dinner: Who Made the Potato Salad? Guest Speaker: EJ Stewart and Antuan Hawkins

Thursday, June 20, 7:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

July 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

The Glorious Fourth

Thursday, July 4
Fife & Drum performance and reading of the Declaration of Independence: 11:00 a.m.
Special Activities: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
FREE Garden Admission: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tryon's Tales for Tots: A Revolutionary Tale

Wednesday, July 10, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

2nd Saturdays: Fresh from the Past

Saturday, July 13, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Tryon Palace

African-American Lecture: Southern Discomfort: A Tour through early African American Foodways with Guest Speaker: Michael W. Twitty

Thursday, July 18, 7:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

History Summer Day Camp: Civil War Days

Monday, July 22 - Friday, July 26, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

August 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Jonkonnu Performance at Palace Gate

Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m.

Palace Front Gate (corner of Pollock and George Street)
Waystation Auditorium (foul weather location)

2nd Saturdays: Celebrate the Old North State

Saturday, August 10, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Tryon Palace

Tryon's Tales for Tots: Learning a Trade

Wednesday, August 14, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

Stanly-Spaight Duel

Saturday, August 31, 4:00 p.m.

Tryon Palace South Lawn

September 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Fresh from the Past: Movie Night Presents Who's Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Tuesday, Sept. 10, Showing: 7:00pm, Seating 6:30pm

Tryon Palace Waystation, directly across the street from Palace front gate

Tryon's Tales for Tots: Life on the Water

Wednesday, September 11, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

African-American Lecture: Gullah Cuisine in African American Foodway with Guest Speaker: Charlotte Jenkins

Thursday, September 19, 7:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

Fall Family Day

Saturday, September 28, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Tryon Palace Teacher's Day

Saturday, September 28, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

October 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Tryon's Tales for Tots: School Days

Wednesday, October 9, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

MUM'S the Word!

Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12

Gardens open 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

November 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Tryon's Tales for Tots: A Civil War Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 13, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

Defending New Bern: 300 Years of Stewardship

Monday, November 11, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

African American Lecture Series: "High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America"

Thursday, November 21, 7:00 p.m.

North Carolina History Center, Cullman Performance Hall

Tryon Palace is closed in honor of Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 28

December 2013

Events (Click on titles for details.)

Dates & Times

Locations

Fresh from the Past: Movie Night Presents "Chocolat"

Tuesday, Dec. 10, Showing: 7:00pm, Seating 6:30pm

Tryon Palace Waystation, directly across the street from Palace front gate

Tryon's Tales for Tots: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Wednesday, December 11, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

North Carolina History Center, Education Classroom

Christmas Candlelight

Saturday, December 14, 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Christmas Candlelight

Saturday, December 21, 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Tryon Palace is closed in honor of the Christmas Holidays.

Tuesday, December 24 - Thursday, December 26

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