Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

02/08/2025

A Legacy of Tradition: Hounds on the Grounds at Weymouth!

For over a century, the thrill of the hunt has echoed through Weymouth, dating back to 1914 when James and Jackson Boyd founded the Moore County Hounds. These historic photos capture the elegance, camaraderie, and timeless tradition of the hunt—where hounds and horsemen alike have roamed these very grounds in pursuit of adventure.

One week from today, experience the pageantry firsthand at Hounds on the Grounds! Watch the hounds work, meet the riders, and celebrate Weymouth’s rich equestrian history in the heart of Southern Pines. Grab tickets to the Hunt brunch on our website!!

Can you spot which street the hounds are walking up on the last photo?!

02/08/2025

A Legacy of Tradition: Hounds on the Grounds at Weymouth!

For over a century, the thrill of the hunt has echoed through Weymouth, dating back to 1914 when James and Jackson Boyd founded the Moore County Hounds. These historic photos capture the elegance, camaraderie, and timeless tradition of the hunt—where hounds and horsemen alike have roamed these very grounds in pursuit of adventure.

One week from today, experience the pageantry firsthand at Hounds on the Grounds! Watch the hounds work, meet the riders, and celebrate Weymouth’s rich equestrian history in the heart of Southern Pines.

Can you spot which street the hounds are walking up on the last photo?!

02/06/2025

Special guests from the Moore County Historical Association were enthralled by Marion Deerhake and her book, "Jane Pratt: North Carolina’s First Congresswoman". It's a must read for anyone curious about the role of the first women in NC Government. Learn which towns in Moore County were once considered to be the new home for the United Nations. Thank you to The Country Bookshop for their partnership.

02/05/2025

Most people don’t realize how many of their favorite books are written in our Writers in Residence Program. We happen to know that parts of this new book from Meagan Church were penned within our walls with a little help from our resident ghosts!

Are you ready? I’ve been sitting on this beauty for a while, but I’m ready to share it with you now. Here is the cover of THE MAD WIFE, a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build—and the lies we live…

They called it hysteria. She called it survival.

Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of exhausting expectations, she keeps her husband happy, her household running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after she gives birth to her second child, Lulu’s carefully crafted life begins to unravel.

When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman’s constant smile. As her fixation on Bitsy deepens, Lulu is drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the cracks in her own life. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew—and soon, others begin questioning her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of discovering a reality too terrifying to accept?

In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife weaves domestic drama with psychological suspense, so poignant and immersive, you won’t want to put it down.

THE MAD WIFE releases November 4, but you can preorder now from your favorite bookseller.

02/05/2025

Do not miss this opportunity to hear the award winning North Carolina A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir with special guest Mary D. Williams on Sunday, February 16 at the Southern Pines Land and Housing Trust Auditorium.

The University Choir at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been nominated for the 2025 Best Choir Award at the third annual Goat NC Awards, presented by Families Against Senseless Killings (FASK). This award ceremony celebrates individuals and groups in the Greensboro com...

02/03/2025

Thank you to Sono Auros for their breathtaking performance at Weymouth Center yesterday! Their artistry filled the Boyd House with a beautiful sound, and we are grateful to have gotten to hear it!

Thank you all who attended this event!

02/03/2025

You have until February 28th to send in your entries to the 2025 Moore County Writers' Competition. Let's see your best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry! Details in the comments.

02/03/2025

Congratulations to past Live From the Great Room performers, Akropolis Reed Quintet for winning the Best Instrumental Composition awarded to Pascal Le Boeuf for Strands, performed by Le Boeuf with the Acropolis Reed Quintet and Christian Euman at the Grammys!

02/02/2025

Don’t miss Grace Ludtke and Sono Auros tomorrow at 2pm Chamber Sessions in the Great Room.

Etude de concert "Au Matin" by Marcel Tournierwww.graceludtke.comMarcel Tournier (1879-1951) taught at the Paris Conservatoire for 36 years between 1912 an 1...

01/31/2025

These are some of the faces that make up the Dirt Gardeners of Weymouth! These people maintain the gardens and grounds of Weymouth Center, and we wouldn’t be who we are without their volunteer efforts.

Thank you to our wonderful Dirt Gardners! 🌱

01/31/2025

Signs of spring are popping up all around the grounds! These happy daffodils are springing up thanks to the efforts of the Dirt Gardeners and others who participated in the Daffodil Planting event in November. Come out this weekend, enjoy this mild weather, and see what else is in bloom.

01/31/2025

Congratulations to our three Weymouth Writeaway Hurricane Helene Scholarship winners: Tessa Fontaine (full scholarship), Patricia Furnish (partial scholarship), and Mark West (partial scholarship)!

01/30/2025

Another wonderful weekend in the Sandhills!

01/28/2025

The Boyd House will be closed to the public today, Tuesday, January 28th through Thursday, January 30th for a private event.

We will be open our regular hours (10am - 4pm) on Friday January 31st!

01/26/2025

We found many diamonds this evening and Lady Whistledown has proclaimed that this was an event to remember! Mallarme Chamber Players

01/22/2025

The Boyd House will be closed today, but we have to recommend stopping by the grounds if you’re able to get here safely! The snow is gorgeous!