Looking to learn more about North Carolina and the Southern experience? Every week, Tales from the Old North State will feature events in and around the area that highlight the history and culture of N.C.
Conversations with River Writers: An Evening with Randall Kenan
What: Reading and Discussion
When: Jan. 28, 6 p.m.
Where: Friday Center
UNC-CH english professor Randall Kenan will read part of his critically acclaimed book “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead”, a collection of short stories set in Tim’s Creek. The presentation is part of the Friday Center’s River Writers Series, which features authors who have explored the impact of North Carolina rivers on their work.
Tickets: $20 per session or free with a student ID
Making a Way out of No Way: Black Women in the Old South
What: Lecture
When: Jan. 30, 4:30 p.m.
Where: Graham Memorial 039
Indiana University history professor Amrita Chakrabarti Myers will examine the social, economic and political roles of black women in the antebellum South. In this lecture Myers will specifically look at how black women in Charleston, S.C. designed their own type of freedom despite having the least amount of formal power in society.
She will also share her more recent research on Julia Chinn, a black woman who was U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson’s common-law spouse for 20 years.
Martha Redbone Roots Project
What: Performance
When: Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
Where: The ArtsCenter in Carrboro
Martha Redbone draws upon her own history to create her take on bluegrass music, adding Native American elements, Appalachian folk, Piedmont blues and Brooklyn funk into the mix. On her latest album, The Garden of Love, Redbone sets William Blake’s poems to original old-time string band music for a distinctly Appalachian sound.
Tickets: $16 advance, $12 friends advance, $20 day of show
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