Lunch and Learn

Upcoming Programs for Winter 2012:

  • Our 2012 Lunch & Learn series opens with Marjorie Hudson, author, essayist and poet, with the North Carolina Humanities Council, will offer the story of the first black man to be published while still a slave.  George Moses Horton:  Uncovering and Celebrating Lost Black History tells the fascinating story of this remarkable man as uncovered by Marjorie’s research.
  • A very special Lunch & Learn will be held on the actual 150th anniversary of the Battle of New Bern – March 14, 2012 – with our popular speaker Skip Riddle presenting an unusual story about the participants in the battle.  The Battle of New Bern: Who Would Have Thought That?…a Journey Through Time will show you what a poet, song writer, governor, professor, mercenary, 3 flags and a cannon have in common.  All of Skip’s programs are delightful and this one will pique your curiosity.
  • At the Thursday, May 24, Lunch & Learn: Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General, Suzy Barile will be presenting the story of  the controversial courtship, engagement and marriage between Ella Swain, youngest daughter of University of North Carolina’s  President David L. Swain, and Union General Smith D. Atkins in 1865. Barile is the great-great granddaughter of Atkins and Swain.

Please call the Historical Society at 638-8558 to make your reservation. Prices are $15 for members; $17 for non-members. Lunch and Learn programs begin at 11:30 am and are held at The Chelsea Restaurant, corner of Broad and Middle Streets, New Bern.

Sorry you missed it!

  • Wednesday, September 14  our own Historical Society historian John Leys is presenting New Bern and the American Revolution.
  • The Wednesday, November 9 Lunch & Learn is a fascinating program about Whistler’s mother, including her experiences during the Civil War! William McNeill comes to us by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council. His program is entitled Outside the Frame: The Astonishing Life of Whistler’s Mother. Mr. McNeill was recently featured in Our State magazine with this very popular program.