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Community Events                HOME PAGE North Carolina Music Have you ever marveled at the beautiful homes in Historic Salisbury?  Now is your chance to get an up-close view of the architecture inside and out of many Salisbury homes.  Today, Salisbury contains 10 historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  Rowan County is proud to be the home of some of North Carilona's finest examples of early American architecture. During the weekend of October 11th & 12th, experience the treasured architecture of the 33rd Annual Historic Salisbury Tour of Homes.  Also enjoy Bank Street Sidewalk Cafe, Trolley Rides, Civil War Encampment, Musicians & Arts.  Come be a part of one of the Southeast's finest home tours. For ticket information, please visit www.historicsalisbury.org or call 704-636-0103.  All proceeds benefit the work of Historic Salisbury Foundation Inc.  The foundation is a private non-profit organization that has saved over 100 properties through their neighborhood revitalization program. FOOD & FESTIVALS North Carolinians enjoy eating and cooking so much that they hold festivals in honor of their favorite delicacies, such as apples and watermelons, seafood and turkey, even pickles and collard greens. Pork is a basic fare, and Tar Heel cooks can prepare it in many delicious ways: sausage biscuits with grits, country ham with red eye gravy, livermush (in a sandwich or with eggs) and of course barbecue, or, as it is commonly spelled, BBQ. BBQ is chopped pork slowly cooked so the hickory flavor is just right. But the key ingredient is the sauce, and the debate over which kind is best is intense and heated. Eastern Carolina BBQ features a vinegar-based sauce, while western North Carolinians use a tomato-based sauce.  The city of Lexington — which features a Western variation — is considered the BBQ capital of the state. In North Carolina, you'll find BBQ any way you like it, on a bun or as an entrée and served up with coleslaw, hushpuppies and baked beans. On the Atlantic coast near the South Carolina line, there’s a fishing village called Calabash. It lends its name to a style of cooking known all along the Carolina coast, a laid-back, fill-the-stomach, easygoing manner of cooking and eating. From lean-to oyster shacks to fancy gourmet-style restaurants, the fresh oysters, clams, crabs, scallops and shrimp are generally fried to be called Calabash, but certain connoisseurs tell us seafood can be steamed or shucked and gobbled down raw with drawn butter, or broiled lightly and eaten with a squeeze of lemon juice. As a local states, “Calabash is a style of eating fresh seafood where you are – right here – however you like it.” ............................................................. www.humanemyth.org http://www.racehighrock.com/   www.harlemschoolofthearts.org Salisbury, NC Events Spencer, NC Events China Grove, NC Events