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 … 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 and taught in 13 countries and cities all over the world. She is the founder of House of Amal, a global writing community that sits … 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 … 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 … 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