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    Tryon Palace Communications & Marketing

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  • TRYON PALACE - SOUTH LAWN SUMMER CONCERT
    “CRAVEN COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND”
    SUNDAY, MAY 23 – FREE!
    NEW BERN, NC --- Music will fill the air as the Tryon Palace South Lawn Summer Concert season kicks off with the Craven Community Concert Band on Sunday, May 23. The entrances on Pollock, Eden and Metcalf Street will open to the public at 5 p.m. allowing visitors plenty of time to tour the gardens and enjoy a picnic on the South Lawn before the concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating, but asked to leave pets and alcoholic beverages at home. more

  • “The State of Classical Music in Europe around the Time of New Bern’s Founding”
    Dr. Kevin Moll, East Carolina University School of Music
    Thursday, May 27 – 7 p.m. Free!
    NEW BERN, NC --- Dr. Kevin Moll will present a free lecture focusing on the state of art and music during the period of New Bern’s founding at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 27. This period of music is often referred to by historians as the later Baroque style. more

  • New Bern Celebrates 300 years of Gardens!
    GARDEN LOVERS WEEKEND – April 9-11
    NEW BERN, NC --- Tryon Palace is celebrating the beauty of spring this weekend, April 9-11.  All 13 gardens are open free to visitors from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. 
    Garden lovers visiting North Carolina’s first capitol will discover thousands of tulips and other spring blooms. Visitors will also be treated to a music program in the formal Latham Garden. Free garden tours will be given on Friday and Saturday. more

  • African American Lecture:“New Bern and the Role of Freemen”
    Thursday, April 15
    NEW BERN, NC --- Ann McColl, Attorney and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at UNC-Charlotte will present a lecture entitled, “New Bern and the Role of Freemen” on Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tryon Palace visitor center  auditorium. more

  • African American Lecture
    “African Americans in Civil War North Carolina and a Southern Woman’s Perspective of Reconstruction”
    Thursday, March 18
    7:00 p.m. - FREE - Visitor Center Auditorium
    Guest Speakers: Dr. Jeffrey Crow, Deputy Secretary, NC Department of Archives and History
    Terrell Armistead Crow and Mary Barden, co-authors of:  “Live Your Own Life: The Family Papers of Mary Bayard Clarke, 1854-1886 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the South)”
    NEW BERN, NC --- This presentation at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, delves into a variety of topics relating to African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction era.  Each of three speakers will present a brief talk followed by a panel discussion. more

  • Union City in the Midst of the Confederacy: New Bern Occupied
    Saturday – Sunday - Monday, March 13-15
    NEW BERN, NC --- In remembrance of the anniversary of the Battle of New Bern, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is presenting a Civil War weekend concentrating on the Union occupation of New Bern and the civilian aspect of the Civil War. more

  • First Sunday Afternoons from March 7 through October are FREE
    NEW BERN, NC --- Spend Sunday afternoons FREE in the Tryon Palace Gardens! Beginning on Sunday, March 7 the Gardens at Tryon Palace will be open to the public at no charge on the first Sunday afternoon of each month through October. more

  • LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL: “BLACK VOICES FROM THE PAST”
    with Dr. Reginald Watson
    Thursday, February 18 ~ 7 p.m. Free!
    NEW BERN, NC--- An exciting theatrical production entitled, “Black Voices from the Past” will be performed by dramatic arts students in the ECU Thespians program taught by Dr. Watson. The play, written by Dr. Watson, will take place in the Tryon Palace auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 18. more

  • The Palace, by George!
    February 20-22
    NEW BERN, NC --- President’s Day may have come and gone, but George Washington’s Birthday isn’t until February 22 and Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is celebrating the occasion.  In honor of the birthday of our nation’s first president, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is holding “The Palace, by George!”  For the weekend of February 20, 21, and 22, special events at the Palace will celebrate George Washington and the years of early statehood.     more

  • APPOINTMENT OF CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS - NANCY PACKER
    NEW BERN, NC ---"Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Packer as Curator of Collections," said Kay Williams, director. "Nancy brings a long-standing interest in the decorative arts and material culture of early America to Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens." more

  • Winter into Spring”  with Pam Beck
    Award-Winning Garden Writer, Author, Photographer
    Saturday, February 13 ~ 10 AM. FREE 
    New Bern, NC --- As the days warm and lengthen during spring, drab winter landscapes give way to the riot of spring bulbs, awakening grassy lawns, beloved small ornamental trees, and blooming shrubs. New shades of green, white, purple, pink and gold burst onto the scene in our gardens. This is a time of transition we anxiously anticipate all winter long. more

  • Free Day: “Building New Bern”
    Saturday, February 6 ~ 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    Underwriting provided by The Harold H. Bate Foundation  
    NEW BERN --- In keeping with the theme, “Building New Bern” families will find a lot of fun things to do at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Free Day will feature a variety of lawn games, craft projects and other activities to highlight New Bern’s colonial history. 

  • A Regency Twelfth Night Celebration To the Old Year Adieu, Great Joy to the New
    Wednesday, January 6
    NEW BERN --- Hundreds of years ago on twelfth night in England, revelers gathered in orchards where they sang to apple trees, drank to their health, poured hot cider over the trees’ roots and left cider-soaked bread in tree branches to feed the birds. Afterwards, they scared away evil spirits with a great shout and the firing of guns. more

  • “The Law Is Too Slow: Lynching in North Carolina, 1885-1906”
    Thursday, January 21
    Freddie Parker, Ph.D., North Carolina Central University
    NEW BERN --- Following Reconstruction, whites in the South attempted to “reclaim” the land for themselves. Part of that “redemption” included a reign of terror that involved the destruction of African American property and the murder of African American men. more

  • Garden Lecture
    “Kermit Was Wrong – It IS Easy to be Green (at least in the garden)” with Felder Rushing
    NEW BERN --- Felder Rushing, the Gardening Guru, will explain how historic gardening techniques that made a lot of sense back then, relate to modern-day gardening. Then he’ll add some fun new “green” additions for the twenty-first century. This free lecture takes place on Saturday, January 23 at 10 a.m. in the Tryon Palace visitor center auditorium on the corner of Pollock and George street. more

  • New Bern the Revolutionary Town: Marching to the Music of the Revolution
    Sunday, January 24 ~ 3 p.m. ~ FREE!
    (NEW BERN --- Musicians were an important part of the 18th-century military. Fifes and drums played from sunrise to sunset, and served as a primary mode of communication from commander to troops during battle. Tryon Palace has undertaken the exciting task of recreating a colonial fife and drum corps, which plays at numerous events throughout the year in New Bern and beyond. Come learn more about the music of the 18th century military, and experience it for yourself in this educational concert. Location: Tryon Palace Visitor Center Auditorium. more

  • Making History for All People
    NEW BERN, NC --- Developing in historic New Bern (NC), the North Carolina History Education Center is joining a town full of notable buildings and landmarks.  The burgeoning construction on the waterfront is the next giant step for Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens in its mission to teach North Carolina history.  The final segment of the project is scheduled for completion in mid-2010 during New Bern’s 300th anniversary. more

  • NEW BERN ACADEMY TAKES A RECESS
    NEW BERN, NC --- The New Bern Academy Museum will be closed through February 2010. As part of the transition toward the completion of the North Carolina History Education Center, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens has closed the New Bern Academy. This closure will allow for artifacts to be removed and replaced, and exhibits to be reworked. The anticipated reopening date is March 1, 2010. more

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