October Mondays Colonial Living History Days. Fourth grade students will be given hands-on experiences with games, chores and domestic skills of the colonial era with an opportunity to make and take home their own handiwork. Supply fee charged. Reservations required. For more information, call 252-482-2637.
November Walking Tours featuring Edenton’s diverse architectural styles. Fee charged. For more information, call 252-482-2637. Every Wednesday.
November 22 Kickoff of the international publication of "The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers" by the University of North Carolina Press. Historic Edenton will host this literary event, which will celebrate the remarkable life and accomplishments of the escaped slave, abolitionist and writer Harriet Jacobs (1813–97), who for seven long years, hid here in Edenton from her white master. The book’s editor, Dr. Jean Faggan Yellin, will be an honored guest at this invitation-only event featuring literary readings, Civil War colored troops reenactors, and discussions about Harriet Jacobs and Dr. Yellin’s years of research on Jacobs, author of the famed autobiography “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”.
December 12 Courthouse Caroling. Join us for community Christmas caroling in the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse. Refreshments afterwards. 6 p.m.
December 12-13 Iredell House Groaning Board. Eighteenth century style Christmas decorations, music, & a holiday dessert groaning board. Tables are so heavily laden with food you can almost hear the boards “groan.” 1-5 p.m.
December 15 Period Christmas Decorations Workshop. Learn how to use natural materials to decorate for the holidays. Make your own to take home. Fee charged. Reservations required. For more information/to register, call Judy Chilcoat at 252-482-2637. 9 a.m.-noon session or 1-4 p.m. session.
December 16-18 Period Christmas Decorations Workshop (student groups). Make and take home a period decoration made from natural materials. Fee charged. Reservations required. For more information or to register, call Judy Chilcoat at 252-482-2637.