Calendar of Events
Community
Calendar
MARCH
High Point Museum and Historical
Park Closed Monday, March 29 to Monday, April 5 and will
reopen Tuesday, April 6.
Saturday, March 13
and Sunday, March 14 - Historical Park Closed
The Historical Park at
the High Point Museum will be closed in order for staff
to participate in 229th Anniversary Observance of the
Battle of Guilford Courthouse. For more information and
the calendar of events for the weekend visit their
Web site
Wednesday, March 17, 10 am
High Point Museum Guild Meeting
Carol Fountain of Asheboro will
discuss “Uwharrie and Its Inhabitants.”
Saturday, March 20, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, March 21, 1 pm to 4 pm
Blacksmithing Demonstration in the Historical Park
Come watch our costumed blacksmith in action as he
crafts various iron pieces. All ages welcome. FREE.
Drop-in.
Saturday
March 20, 2 pm to 3:30 pm
Looking
Back/Looking Forward: Four Women Speak - 3rd
floor Research Service Program Room - High Point Public
Library
Sponsored by
Heritage Research Center - To register call
(336)
883-3637 or
email
This program
celebrates Women’s History Month. Four prominent,
politically active, local women, Becky Smothers, Bernita
Sims, Judy Mendenhall, and Mary Jarrell, will reminisce
about women from their pasts who influenced their lives,
and who helped guide them down the paths they have
taken.
Wednesday,
March 24, 10 am to 11 am
PCC Training
Room - High Point Public Library
The Heritage
Research Center will introduce customers to the use of
the Guilford County Register of Deeds website. To
register call
(336) 883-3637 or
email
Saturday, March 27, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, March 28, 1 pm to 4 pm
Natural Egg Dyeing in the Historical Park
Get
ready for the Easter Bunny! We’ll provide eggs you can
dip in dyes made from plant material, like onionskins
and blueberries. All ages welcome. $1 per egg.
Free for members. Drop-in.
APRIL
Saturday, April 10, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, April 11, 1 pm to 4 pm
Blacksmithing Demonstration in the Historical Park
Come watch our costumed blacksmith in action as he
crafts various iron pieces. All ages welcome. FREE.
Drop-in.
Wednesday, April 14, 10 am
High Point Museum Guild Meeting
“Tracing Quaker Genealogy” Gwen Erickson, librarian and
archivist of the Friends Historical Collection at
Guilford College, will discuss records of Quaker
meetings in Randolph County, and manuscripts and
publications relating to families in Central North
Carolina dating back to 1680.
Saturday, April 17, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, April 18, 1 pm to 4 pm
Wool Carding & Spinning
Find out how the early Quaker settlers turned wool from
their sheep into warm clothes for the winter. Try your
hand at carding wool and then watch our costumed
interpreter spin it into thread. All ages welcome.
FREE. Drop-in.
Saturday, April 24, 3 pm
Railroads in the African-American Experience
Noted author, social scientist and rail historian, Dr.
Theodore Kornweibel will present a lecture on his new
book, “Railroads in the African American Experience.”
Sponsors of the event include the Greensboro NRHA
Chapter with the Greensboro and High Point Historical
museums and the Greensboro and High Point Public
libraries.
Saturday, April 24, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, April 25, 1 pm to 4 pm
Blacksmithing Demonstration in the Historical Park
Come watch our costumed blacksmith in action as he
crafts various iron pieces. All ages welcome. FREE.
Drop-in. |
