Join us for a sweet-smelling essential oils workshop with Julie Watters. Space is limited to 12 so reserve your spot by emailing Denise Finley at bhaeducation@outlook.com or calling the Welcome Center at (252)728-5225.
Join us for a gender-friendly pine-needle basket workshop with instructor Sandy Malone. Bring your enthusiasm and a bag lunch. Space is limited to 10 so reserve your spot by emailing Denise Finley at bhaeducation@outlook.com or calling the Welcome Center at (252)728-5225.
Instructor Pat Tester will teach you the ancient textile art of drawing fibers out to make yarn at this workshop. Space is limited to 6 so reserve your spot by calling the BHA at (252) 728-5225, emailing Denise Finley at bhaeducation@outlook.com, or stopping by the Welcome Center.
Save the date for June 1, 2019 when Peachtree Bluff, the fictional town in Kristy Woodson Harvey’s internationally-bestselling Peachtree Bluff series, will be taking over Beaufort! Harvey's newest novel, The Southern Side of Paradise, will be released in May. To celebrate, the Beaufort Historic Site has teamed up with Kristy to offer several fun events. These will include Harvey-narrated bus tours, a book talk and luncheon, a beautiful farm-to-table dinner catered by Scarborough Fare, and an exclusive VIP cocktail party at the Front Street home of Jerri Sutton. Call the Welcome Center at (252)728-5225 for more information.
Learn Beaufort’s Black History atop a Double Decker Bus As part of the Beaufort Historic Site’s Living History Series, Beaufort native, Curtis Oden will narrate a special English Double Decker Bus Tour about black history in Beaufort, N.C. This informative historic bus tour will cover over 25 sites and will take off from the Beaufort Historic Site at 130 Turner St. on June 7, June 14, July 13, and July 24 at 11 a.m. The tour will last about an hour and will cost $15 per person. The bus will be driven through the streets of downtown Beaufort while Oden points out historic sites such as churches, stores, and residents that have been influential in shaping black history in Beaufort. One of the very first black-owned stores in the town was a shoe shop that sat next to the Josiah Bell House on Turner St. “It was one of the very first black-owned shoe shops and it was run by Mr. Adam Wright and also my great grandfather, Collins Oden, and then later my great uncle Curtis Oden was the one who ran it,” Oden said. Oden’s relatives were not the only black-owned businesses in the area. Just down […]
Join us for a wheel spinning workshop with leader Pat Tester. Requires hand spinning workshop attendance (Tuesday, May 21). Limited to 6 spots so please reserve your space by calling the Welcome Center at (252)728-5225.
Learn Beaufort’s Black History atop a Double Decker Bus As part of the Beaufort Historic Site’s Living History Series, Beaufort native, Curtis Oden will narrate a special English Double Decker Bus Tour about black history in Beaufort, N.C. This informative historic bus tour will cover over 25 sites and will take off from the Beaufort Historic Site at 130 Turner St. on June 7, June 14, July 13, and July 24 at 11 a.m. The tour will last about an hour and will cost $15 per person. The bus will be driven through the streets of downtown Beaufort while Oden points out historic sites such as churches, stores, and residents that have been influential in shaping black history in Beaufort. One of the very first black-owned stores in the town was a shoe shop that sat next to the Josiah Bell House on Turner St. “It was one of the very first black-owned shoe shops and it was run by Mr. Adam Wright and also my great grandfather, Collins Oden, and then later my great uncle Curtis Oden was the one who ran it,” Oden said. Oden’s relatives were not the only black-owned businesses in the area. Just down […]