This year's gathering features 13 of the top speakers from around the world to inform plant lovers, educators, researchers, nurseries and more about plants. The symposium's rare plant auction allows people to acquire plants that aren't readily available commercially. Registration for the symposium is available in person or online. Friday, June 16, 2023 – 9:00…
Get ready to groove, sing, and learn! Join storyteller Pat Lambe as she weaves imagery and songs to tell the story of Black emancipation and determination. This event is free and will be done outside at the Pope House Museum. In case of rain, the story hour will be done at the City of Raleigh Museum.
Celebrate Juneteenth at the North Carolina Museum of History. Meet members of the Battery B Second Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT) Light Artillery Reenactors, and discover the legacy of the USCT in the struggle for freedom and citizenship during the American Civil War. Admission is free.
Choices abound for spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn in a quick-changing, door-slamming, thought-provoking romp through the 1660’s Aphra Behn, former spy, will have fame and glory as England’s first female playwright if she can just finish her play by sunrise. But between her handsome patron King Charles II, free-spirited actress Nell Gwynne, and double agent William Scot…
