For statewide events lists, visit the HPO Facebook events list, Preservation North Carolina events list, or a March - May  2015 calendar of events and workshop and conference list courtesy of the Federation of NC Historical Societies.

2015 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation training schedule is now available Visit this page for registration details and pricing. Please contact Cindy Bienvenue at cbienvenue@achp.gov if you have any questions.

2015 National Center for Preservation Technology and Training workshop and event list is available here. 

March 11 Rescheduled Local Commission Training,Conference Room #10035, Cary Town Hall, 316 N. Academy Street, 6:30 PM. This training is open to other commission members and staff. For more information or to register, contact Anna Readling by email at anna.readling@townofcary.org or by calling 919-469-4084.

March 18-20 NC Main Street Conference, Morganton, NC. View the complete agenda and register here.  

March 19 Rescheduled Regional Local Commission Training, Greensboro Historical Museum Auditorium, 130 Summit Avenue,9:00 AM - 3:30 PM. The training will follow the same agenda as the originally planned event. Click here for the agenda. You must register online here. Please contact Stefan-leih Geary by phone at 336-412-6300 or by email at stefan.geary@greensboro-nc.gov if you have any questions.

March 20 "The Ties that Bind: Exploring Place Memory," UNCG Graduate Symposium, Gatewood Studio Arts Building, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Register by March 9 to take advantage of the $25 early bird rate. Click here for more information about the program or contact Professor Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll by email at jrleimen@uncg.edu.

March 23 March Nonprofit Huddle, Wake County Commons Building, 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh, 6:00 - 8:00 PM The theme of this workshop for staff and boards of new or struggling non-profits is "Nonprofit Fairy Tales, " myths and misconceptions regarding nonprofits. The workshop is free of charge, but registration (deadline March 13) is required. For more information and to register, contact Bettie Murchison by phone at 919-714-3854 or by email at bettiemurchison@gmail.com.   

March 24 - 26 Section 106: An Introduction, Atlanta. Learn the basics of project review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Discuss recent changes in regulations and procedures, with an emphasis on coordination with the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws. Seminar held in cooperation with the National Preservation Institute and the Georgia Department of Transportation. Details and registration information are available here.

March 30 - April 2 National Main Streets Conference, Atlanta, GA.  With the  theme "TEAM Main Street: Teamwork and Entrepreneurship across Main Street,"  the conference will focus on bringing partners together to foster new ideas for building economic, financial, and business development successes. For the latest news and information, sign up for conference email alerts here.  

April 13 Harry Rosenblatt Memorial Speakers' Series, "Heritage at Work for All Generations: Project Snapshots of Preserving Places that Matter," 5:30 PM at Shepard-Pruden Library, Edenton. Reid Thomas, HPO restoration specialist, will be the speaker. For more information call 252-482-4112.

April 13-16 Mid-Century Modern Structures: Materials and Preservation 2015 Symposium, Drury Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, MO. Focusing primarily on the history, use, and preservation of materials found in Mid-Century Modern architecture, the three-day symposium will provide in-depth understanding of the complex issues associated with the preservation of these structures. Special emphasis will be on modern architectural metals, but presentations on other materials, such as concrete and curtain wall structures, will be included. The call for papers/posters and registration information can be found at this page.

April 15-18 National Council on Public History Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. This year's conference is organized around the theme of "History on the Edge" and will offer a program of sessions, tours, working groups, keynote addresses, and workshops. Visit this page for more information and to read the full conference program.

April 17-18 Edenton Pilgrimage of Historic Homes, with presentations about the "Oldest Dated House in North Carolina" by dendrochronologist Michael Worthington, at the Edenton Council Chambers. Presentations are at 1 PM on Friday and 11 AM on Saturday. Click here for more information.

April 25 Historic Preservation Trades Fair, Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro. Crafters from North Carolina and the Southeast region will have booths, demonstrations, and displays about historic preservation. Home owners, woodworkers, construction firms - anyone with an interest in preserving buildings is encouraged to participate. Check the website for updated information.  

May 14-16 Building Foundations: Building A New Culture For Building Craft Education and Industry, Savannah, GA. The Savannah Technical College Center for Traditional Craft in partnership with the Preservation Trades Network and the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) USA, will host the 5th International Trades Education Symposium (ITES). For details, see ptn.org.  

June 17-19 National Rosenwald Schools Conference: Sharing the Past → Shaping the Future, Durham, NC. Riding the wave of the wildly successful 2012 Centennial Rosenwald Schools conference in Tuskegee, AL, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is partnering with the NC Department of Cultural Resources, Preservation Durham, the Conservation Trust of North Carolina, and others to sponsor a second national Rosenwald schools conference that will feature thirty educational sessions, poster sessions, field sessions at area schools, and other thematic tours. For more information in the coming months, see this page. Click here to sign up to receive conference updates by email.

June 17 - 20 National Underground Railroad Conference, "Into the Light: Striving for Freedom," Hilton Head Island, SC. For more information about this conference organized by the National Park Service, contact Diane Miller, National Program Manager, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, 402-661-1588, diane_miller@nps.gov or Sheri Jackson, Southeast Regional Coordinator, 404-507-5635, sheri_jackson@nps.gov. See this page for more.

September 16-18 Save the Date! 2015 Annual Preservation North Carolina Conference, Salisbury. Keynote speakers are Don Rypkema and Tom Mayes. Go ahead and book your hotel room now. Click here for details

October 8 - 10 2nd Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference, North Charleston, SC. The conference's mission is to convene attendees from around the United States and abroad to exchange ideas and resources and to share perspectives and solutions for preserving extant African American slave dwellings for future generations. For more details go to this page.  

Adventures in Preservation is a non-profit that offers trips to heritage sites around the world to teach participants conservation and preservation skills while helping conserve historic sites. Please see the schedule on their website for trips in 2015, including one in Virginia that features archaeology and preservation. Visit the organization's website for more.