Noir at the Bar Brings Acclaimed Crime Writers to Downtown Hillsborough on April 9 HILLSBOROUGH, NC (April 2026) — Visitors and locals alike are invited to experience an evening of bold storytelling and Southern atmosphere as Noir at the Bar returns to Yonder: Southern Cocktails and Brew (114 W King Street) on Wednesday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. … Continued
Join Hillsborough's 2025-27 Poet Laureate Amal Kassir for a poetry workshop open to all ages. Amal is a Syrian American poet born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She has performed … Continued
A celebration of the creativity of those with the lived experience of incarceration, featuring visual art and poetry by the men at Orange Correctional Center. Reception during the Last Friday Art Walk, Friday, June 26, 6-9 pm. Friends and Family Celebration, which is open to the general public, will be held Saturday, June 27, 1:30-4 … Continued
A celebration of the creativity of those with the lived experience of incarceration, featuring visual art and poetry by the men at Orange Correctional Center. Reception during the Last Friday Art Walk, Friday, June 26, 6-9 pm. Friends and Family Celebration, which is open to the general public, will be held Saturday, June 27, 1:30-4 … Continued
The Burwell School of Hillsborough was in operation from 1837 to 1857. It educated the girls of wealthy white families, including the Camerons, the Easleys, and the Mangums. The site was worked by dozens of people of color, both free and enslaved. The most famous among them was Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, who went on to … Continued