The North Carolina Museum of History will host a lecture by John Franklin Kasson from UNC-Chapel Hill. Kasson will highlight child star Shirley Temple’s huge popularity and its paradoxes in the context of the Great Depression. This lecture is sponsored by the Museum of History Associates and the National Humanities Center. A reception follows the program, and the related exhibit In Search of a New Deal will open at 6 pm. To register, call 919-807-7847.