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Cancellations and Postponements around the State

Due to the approach of Hurricane Florence, the following closings and events have been cancelled or postponed. We’ll try to keep this list updated throughout the week. **Updated 9/13/18, 7:45 am**

LITERARY EVENTS

Albemarle / OBX NCWN Regional Meeting: Saturday, September 15 (Cancelled)

Burwell School Historic Site (Hillsborough): Thursday, September 13 (Closed through Tuesday, September 18)

CenterFest (Durham): September 15-16 (Cancelled)

Chapel Hill Public Library Events: September 12-16 (Cancelled)

North Carolina Poet Laureate Installation Ceremony: Wednesday, September 19 (Postponed)

North Carolina Center for Nonprofits 2018 Conference, RTP: September 12-14 (Cancelled)

North Carolina Poetry Society Annual Meeting: Saturday, September 15, Southern Pines (Postponed)

Pittsboro Writers’ Morning Out: Saturday, September 15 (Cancelled)

Quail Ridge Books & Music: Wednesday, September 12 (PM Event Cancelled) / Thursday, September 13 (PM Close / Event Cancelled); Friday, September 14 (Closed)

Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, Southern Pines: Closed through the weekend

Words Awake 3: September 14-15, Winston-Salem (Postponed)

Write-In and Women’s Writing Intensive, LaVenson Press Studios, Hillsborough: Saturday, September 15 (Rescheduled for October 20)

 

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Barton College: Tuesday, September 11, 12:00 pm (All Classes Cancelled)

Chowan University: Tuesday, September 11, 5:00 pm (All Classes Cancelled)

Davidson College: TBD

Duke University: Wednesday, September 12, 5:00 pm (All Classes Cancelled)

East Carolina University: Tuesday, September 11, 12:00 pm (All Classes Cancelled)

Elon College: Thursday, September 13, 8:00 am (All Classes Cancelled)

High Point University: Friday, September 14, 8:00 am (All Classes Cancelled)

Methodist University: Tuesday, September 11, 8:00 am (All Classes Cancelled)

North Carolina Wesleyn: TBD

Meredith College: TBD

North Carolina Central University: Tuesday, September 11, 5:00 pm (Reduced Operations) / Wednesday, September 12, 8:00 am (Suspended Operations)

North Carolina State University: Wednesday, September 12, 5:00 pm

University of Mount Olive: Tuesday, September 11, 8:00 am

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Tuesday, September 11, 5:00 pm (Reduced Operations) / Wednesday, September 12, 5:00 pm (suspended operations)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte: TBD

University of North Carolina at Pembroke: Wednesday, September 12, 8:00 am (All Classes Cancelled)

University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Tuesday, September 11, 8:00 am (Mandatory Evacuation)

Wake County Technical College: Wednesday, September 12, 2:00 pm (Closed)

Wake Forest University: TBD

Have an update for us? E-mail our Communications Director, Charles Fiore, at Charles@ncwriters.org.