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Community Calendar: 11/21/07

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

Special Events

Potluck Dinner & Open-Mic – 30th Annual. 5pm, Thanksgiving Day at The Cave. 452 1/2 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill. www.caverntavern.com.

Country’s Largest Vegetarian Thanksgiving – Hosted by the Triangle Vegetarian Society. Thanksgiving Day, 12:30-4pm at Café Parizade, 2200 W Main St, Durham (Erwin Square). For tickets, menu, and raffle info, visit www.trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving07.

Local Fashion Show – Clothing & large-scale art installations by local designers: The Merch, Sladesign, Mini Cassettes & Sarah Mclane Clothing, plus DJ & live music. Fri, Nov 23, 9pm. Free. Donations given to the Greenspace Fund of Carrboro. Cat’s Cradle, 300 E Main St, Carrboro. 967-9053, www.catscradle.com.

Be Well! Be Fit! – Peer Connections will meet Thu, Nov 29, 5:30-7pm, at the Carrboro Fire Dept. Topic: Physical Activities to do at Home. Please RSVP by calling Ellen at 942-5602 or email peerconnections@yahoo.com.

SHAC Benefit Show – Music fundraiser event with Mary Johnson, Miriam Chicurel, & Shannon O’Connor. Fri, Nov 30 at 7:45pm. The ArtsCenter, 300 E Main St, Carrboro. Tickets: $14 at the door or $12 in advance at CD Alley or Jennifer_lee@med.unc.edu. Proceeds go to UNC Student Health Action Coalition. www.med.unc.edu/shac/.

Advent Lutheran Church – 20th Anniversary Celebration. Special worship service with refreshments and fellowship afterwards. All are welcome. Sun, Dec 2, 10:25am. Advent Lutheran Church, 230 Erwin Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-7690.

Kids

Toddler Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Thursday at 4pm. Nov 29: Native American stories. All toddlers are invited to this free program. For more info, call 969-3006.

The Amazing Castle – Hands-on exhibit welcomes children to step back in time & experience life in a medieval castle. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org. Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. $4 ages 2+; memberships available.

Express Yourself! – Art program for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Allows children & adults to explore their own creative paths through open-ended weekly art projects; registration requested. Saturdays, 10:45-11:15 & 11:30am-noon. $2. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org.

Volunteers

Meals on Wheels – Seeks volunteers to deliver meals and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. For more info, call 942-2948.

Goathouse Cat Refuge – Seeks volunteers to help with rescued cats & kittens. For more info, call Bonny at 545-2825 or email her at brooze@embarqmail.com.
Artist-In-Residence Programs – Classroom teachers of Chatham County are invited to host an artist-in-residence in their classrooms during the 08-09 school year. Interested teachers should contact Daryl Walker by Dec 12 at 967-3716, dfwalker99@hotmail.com. For more info, visit www.chathamarts.org – Programs – AIE.

Classes

Creative Journal Writing Workshop – With author Tony Peacock. Sat, Dec 1, 1-4pm, Central Carolina Community College, Pittsboro Campus. To register, contact Molly Matlock at 542-0394, molly.matlock@chathamarts.org. Open to writers of all skill levels.

Contact Improv Workshops – Learn the basics of contact improv. Sundays, 12:30-2pm at the Balanced Movement Studio; $12. Call Erika at 384-6092 to register. Remaining dates are Dec 2 and 9. All classes will focus on the fundamentals but each class will be different.

Meditation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism – Wednesdays, 7:30-9pm, through Dec 19. Piedmont KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, 35 Perkins Dr, Chapel Hill (off Weaver Dairy Rd across from Timberlyne Shopping Center). All are welcome! www.piedmontktc.org, 933-2138.

Botanical Illustration Open Studio – Fruits & Berries. Learn innovative layering techniques and exquisite dry-brush details involved in historical & contemporary botanical art. 4 Tuesdays beginning Nov 27, 1-4:30pm, at the NC Botanical Garden. $125. To register call 962-0522 or visit www.ncbg.unc.edu.

Lectures

How does your car fit you? – Safety program for senior drivers. Sat, Dec 1, 8:30am-1pm, at the Seymour Center. 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill. To make an appointment, call 968-2087.

Health

Diabetes Awareness – The UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont will hold a series of lectures throughout the month of November to observe American Diabetes Month. Free and open to the public. For more info, call 966-5500 or visit www.uncwellness.com.

Museums

Planetarium & Digital Theater Shows – Science LIVE Demos. Ongoing. Morehead Planetarium, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Info hotline 549-6863, office 962-1236, tickets 843-7997. Thu-Sat 10am-5pm, 6:30-9:15pm. Tickets $5.25; $4.25 seniors, students & children. For more info, visit www.moreheadplanetarium.org.

Wilson Library – A Nursery of Patriotism: The University at War, 1861-1945. Exhibit on war’s historic impact on UNC-Chapel Hill. In the Manuscripts Dept (4th floor) at Wilson Library, UNC Campus, through Feb. www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/universityatwar.html.

Theater

The Little Prince – By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Rick Cummins & John Scoullar; PlayMakers Repertory Co. Nov 28-Dec 16. 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org. UNC Campus: Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 120 Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill.

Playwrights Roundtable Staged Reading – New shorts by the works Playwrights Roundtable, ArtsCenter Stage’s play development playwrights lab. Sun, Dec 2, 3pm. $5 donation. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org.

Dance

Ballroom – Dancing. 4th & 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, $2. 933-8982. Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-2070.

Contact Improvisation – Improvised contact with 1 or more dancers, no partner necessary; beginners welcome. Sundays, 2-4pm, $5. 967-5321, carolinacontact.ods.org. Balanced Movement Studio, 304 W Weaver St, Carrboro. 942-0240, www.balanced-movement.com.

Comedy

Comedy Open-Mic with Mal Ice – 4th Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm. The Cave, 452 1/2 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 968-9308, www.caverntavern.com.

Best Show Ever – All-star showcase featuring a rotating lineup of DSI’s finest improv teams. Saturdays, 9:30pm. $12, students $10. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

Documentary Films

iSalud!/Health! – An examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all. The curious case of Cuba, what the BBC calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems.’ Sun, Dec 2, at 5pm. Free and open to the public. CHICLE, 101 E Weaver St, Carrboro, 3rd floor. 933-0398, www.chi-cle.com.

Literary Discussion/Open Mic

George Taber – To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, & the Battle for the Wine Bottle. Sat, Nov 24, 1-5pm. Chapel Hill Wine Company, 2809 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-1884.

Sabrina Gschwandtner – Knit Knit. Sat, Dec 1, 3pm. Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 942-1740, www.internationalistbooks.org.

Open Mic – For poetry, music & short fiction. Tuesdays at 7pm, Market Street Books & Maps, Southern Village, 610 Market St, Chapel Hill. 933-5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com.

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