Laura Micham, Merle Hoffman Director of the Sally Bingham Center for Women's History & Culture at Duke University, will speak at the Burwell School Historic Site on "The Future is Female, and So Was the Past." This is free admission and is part of a series honoring 'the Year of the Woman'.
On Sunday, March 15, Mike Wiley will present his play “Blood Done Sign My Name” as part of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church’s Faith & Arts series. This is his adaptation of Timothy Tyson’s book of the same name. In it he plays all the characters and brings to life the events surrounding the 1970 murder … Continued
This event has been postponed. Please check back for updates on when it will resume. Discover the history, character and charm of Hillsborough through the historical markers on Churton Street. Join guide Barney Caton as he strolls down Churton Street explaining the real stories behind the historical markers and the story they tell of Hillsborough's … Continued
This event has been postponed. Please check back for updates on when it will resume. Discover the history, character and charm of Hillsborough through the historical markers on Churton Street. Join guide Barney Caton as he strolls down Churton Street explaining the real stories behind the historical markers and the story they tell of Hillsborough's … Continued
This event has been postponed. Please check back for updates on when it will resume. Discover the history, character and charm of Hillsborough through the historical markers on Churton Street. Join guide Barney Caton as he strolls down Churton Street explaining the real stories behind the historical markers and the story they tell of Hillsborough's … Continued
This event has been postponed. Please check back for updates on when it will resume. Discover the history, character and charm of Hillsborough through the historical markers on Churton Street. Join guide Barney Caton as he strolls down Churton Street explaining the real stories behind the historical markers and the story they tell of Hillsborough's … Continued
The History of Baseball in NC, featuring Chris Holaday is a virtual zoom program presented by the Burwell School Historic Site. Please visit the link to register for this free program. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KnBvipwQPyTopqjb7E6Gg Once upon a time, long before college basketball and football became so popular, baseball was king in North Carolina. Black or white, rich … Continued
This special virtual guest speaker program held by the Burwell School and presented by Laura Micham of Duke's Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History will focus on the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection at Duke, which contains material documenting 500 years of women at work. The Baskin collection has a significant amount of material relating to … Continued
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough will host a free online talk with award-winning history writer and storyteller Randell Jones on the lives and stories of several remarkable North Carolina women. Content will be available for viewing on the Alliance’s website any time between August 8 and 23.
Please join us online for a panel discussion on the life and times of the Burwell Family. Following the release of our three short videos on Robert, Anna and their children, we will discuss their creation with writer Carrie Currie, then explore additional aspects of the Burwells with panelists Brooks Graebner, Sylvia Hoffert and Steve … Continued