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December 2022
Coffee with the Curator
Shelby, NC 28152 United States + Google Map
Do you enjoy local history? Join us at the Dover Library on the campus of Gardner-Webb University on Wednesday, December 21, at 10:30 AM for a special Coffee with the Curator. Learn about the process for digitizing negatives used to create the Cleveland County in Focus exhibit with a demonstration by Dr. Natalie Bishop and Zach Dressel. Click here to register!
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The Jagged Path: The African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance Opening Reception
Please join us for a drop-in reception on Wednesday, February 8, 4 pm - 6 pm, for refreshments and an opportunity to walk through our new exhibition The Jagged Path: The African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance with Curator Zach Dressel. Registration is not required but recommended. Click here to register! About the exhibition: The Jagged Path: The African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance is an exhibit…
Find out more »March 2023
Remembering Earl: A Benefit Concert and Encore After Party
The Earl Scruggs Center is excited to announce a benefit concert on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. This show will be held at Shelby High School’s Malcolm Brown Auditorium, followed by an Encore After Party at the Earl Scruggs Center. TICKETS: To purchase general admission tickets and VIP packages, click here. Contact the Earl Scruggs Center for general information about the event and for ticketing assistance. 704-487-6233 103 South Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC For information…
Find out more »Remembering Earl Benefit Instrument Raffle
You have two chances to win an instrument! Raffle tickets will be entered into a drawing for an Epiphone guitar autographed by Remembering Earl artists Dan Tyminski Band and the Po’ Ramblin Boys AND a drawing for a Gibson G-45 (Guitar Only). All proceeds benefit the Earl Scruggs Center’s educational programming, exhibits, and events. Special thanks to Gibson Gives for the generous instrument donation! Tickets can be purchased in Guest Services, by calling 704-487-6233, at the Remembering…
Find out more »SOLD OUT – Guitar School
Do you know of a young musician who is interested in learning guitar? Learners between the ages of 8-15 are encouraged to sign up for a six-session Guitar School with instructor Justin Harper. Participants must commit to all sessions and are encouraged to bring an instrument. Students will need to bring a notebook and pencil, so they can take notes and keep the materials that Justin will provide during each session. Class size is limited and registration ends on…
Find out more »Coffee with the Curator
Grab your coffee and join us Wednesday, March 15, at 10:30 AM for Coffee with the Curator in our Great Hall! For the start of a new season of Coffee with the Curator, join Earl Scruggs Center Assistant Director and Curator Zach Dressel for a first look at the Cleveland County Historical Collection’s most recent acquisition, the Shelby Star archives. Bring along your favorite memories of the longest running newspaper in Cleveland County history to share alongside former Shelby…
Find out more »Center Stage Concert Series: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Thursday, March 23 6:00 PM $30 Click here to purchase tickets to Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. Limited season passes are available. - Click here to purchase season passes to Center Stage Concert Series 2023. - A Center Stage Concert Series season pass includes a ticket to each show, a drink ticket for each show, and a commemorative concert poster. Add preferred seating to your season pass for access to the best seats in the house. Limited numbers…
Find out more »African American Storytelling featuring North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers
Saturday, March 25 2:00PM - 3:30PM FREE Family Friendly Event Click here to reserve your spot! The North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers, Inc., NCABS, promotes and perpetuates the art of Black Storytelling, an art form that embodies the history and cultures of Africans and African Americans, especially those in North Carolina. NCABS preserves, protects, and passes on the historical truths, folklore, legends, myths, and fables important to African American traditions. NCABS members represent the entire…
Find out more »April 2023
Center Stage Concert Series: Bill & The Belles
Thursday, April 13 6:00 PM $25 Click here to purchase tickets to Bill & The Belles Cash bar will be available. About Bill & The Belles: Happy Again isn’t exactly happy. But the delightfully deadpan new album from roots mainstays Bill and the Belles is full of life, humor, and tongue-in-cheek explorations of love and loss. Out May 21, 2021 on Ditty Boom Records (distribution and promotion by Free Dirt Service Co.),…
Find out more »Coffee with the Curator
Interested in historic textile production? Join Zach Dressel (Earl Scruggs Center) and Dr. Natalie Bishop (Gardner Webb) as they take a look into how textiles were made at the time of the founding of Cleveland County. Dr. Bishop will demonstrate early textile making techniques and Dressel will exhibit pieces from the Cleveland County Historical Collection from the 18th and 19th centuries including quilts, blankets and clothing alongside the tools that would have been used to make them. Grab your coffee…
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