JOURNEY STORIES is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the North Carolina Humanities Council
SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS ~ (ALL FREE TO THE PUBLIC except noted ticketed events)
April 28 Influences & Development of American Quilt Patterns and their Role in Secret Signaling on the Underground Railroad
Time: 10:30 am Location: Pender County Public Library Presenter: Hattie Schmidt Sponsored by: Pender Arts Council
May 12 Discover Your Family’s Journey Story: Research Guide Workshop Time: 10:30 am Location: Pender County Public Library Presenter: June Swinson, library archivist and genealogist Sponsored by: Pender County Public Library (repeated on May 30th)
May 30 Discover Your Family’s Journey Story: Research Guide Workshop Time: 10:30 am Location: Pender County Public Library Presenter: June Swinson, archivist-genealogist Sponsor: Pender County Public Library
June 2 Steam Boat Journeys on the Black River: Illustrated in Historic Photographs Time: 10:30 am Location: Pender County Public Library Presenter: Anita Brown Sponsor: Friends of Pender County Library
June 9 Journeys to Van Eeden: Hopes Realized, Rescued Lives Time: 10:30 am Location: Pender County Public Library Presenters: Charles Riesz & Susan Taylor Block ~ authors & historians Sponsor: Friends of Pender County Library
June 23 Journey Stories Exhibit Opening Ceremony Time: 11:00 am Location: Pender County Public Library
Participants: Officials from the Smithsonian Institution, the North Carolina Humanities Council, federal, state & local officials, Pender Journey Stories Partners, volunteers, and you!
Wilmington Police Highland Pipe and Drum Band ~ sponsored by Pender Arts Council
June 23 Ticketed Event Storyteller-Musician Logie Meachum: “Migration, Memory, Music” Time: 12:30 pm Luncheon Location: Historic Burgaw Depot Sponsors: North Carolina Humanities Council, Pender Arts Council, Burgaw Depot Historic Preservation Foundation, Friends of Pender County Library, Pender County Historical Society
June 24 “Steel Drivin’ Man”- John Henry: Quest to Uncover the Real Story of an American Legend
Time: 2:00 pm Location: Historic Burgaw Depot Sponsor: Burgaw Depot Historic Preservation Foundation Presenter: Scott Reynolds Nelson - national award winning author & historian
June 30 Performance: Los Viajeros Mariachi Band Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm Location: Pender County Public Library Bring your folding chair Sponsor: Pender Arts Council
July 7 Classic Antique Car Display (Aug 4 in case of rain) Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Location: Pender County Public Library Sponsor: Friends of Pender County Library
July 21 James Burke’s Pioneering Railway Journeys: Civil War Journeys on the Historic Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road Time: 10:30 am Location: Historic Burgaw Depot Sponsor: North Carolina Humanities Council
July 21 Ticketed Event Samm-Art William’s Pender Journey Stories ~ Readers Theater Performance Written by Tony Award nominated, N.C. Literary Hall of Fame playwright Time: 7:30 pm Location: Historic Burgaw Depot Sponsor: Pender Arts Council (ticketed event) Tickets are available at Harrells Department Store , Rochelle Furniture Company, and the Pender County Public Library in Burgaw.
