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(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Wendell artist Ann Harwell has been sewing together little pieces of fabric for over 40 years. Her formal education was in Early Childhood Education in the early ‘70s, and she enjoyed teaching preschool with all the wonderful geometric objects: tangrams, pattern blocks, geoboards and insect kaleidoscopes. Visions of wonderful quilts soon began… Read More >

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Forty years after anthropologist Margaret Mead and author James Baldwin met to have a “Rap on Race,” WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences bring their conversation into the 21st century. In “(W)rap on Race: Where Do We Go from Here?” guest speakers will reflect on… Read More >

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Didn’t get enough Shark Week? Still ticked you tuned in to watch Michael Phelps “race” a great white? You can still satisfy your shark cravings when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences shows the original “Jaws” on the big screen, Final Friday, August 25, 5:30-9 p.m. Plus, you can explore the… Read More >

RALEIGH, N.C. — The largely barren islands reaching north from Antarctica are actually the birthplace of many modern species of marine life — and perhaps will be the first place impacted by invading species that accompany climate change, according to a study by researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Yale University…. Read More >

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Enter the medieval fantasy world of knights, castles and well-trained hawks as the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences explores the 1985 film “Ladyhawke” on Final Friday, July 28, 5:30-9 p.m. “Ladyhawke” (PG-13) stars Matthew Broderick as petty thief Philippe “The Mouse” Gaston, who escapes from prison in the medieval French city… Read More >