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Community Calendar: 12/20/07

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Staff

Special Events

The Eno River State Park will host several events this holiday season. The first is a Christmas Hike at Occoneechee Mountain scheduled for Saturday, December 22 at 1 p.m. Visitors to the park also will be able to bird watch on Saturday, December 29 at 9 a.m. And on Tuesday, January 1 at 2 p.m., the Eno River Association hosts a New Year’s Day Hike at the Eno River State Park. Call 383-1686 for more information and to RSVP.

Umstead State Park will host “A Walk in a Ranger’s Shoes,” a 1.5-mile hike with a ranger who will discuss natural processes and park management. The hike is Saturday, January 12 at 3 p.m. Reservations are required; call 571-4170. And on Sunday, January 20 at 2 p.m., Umstead State Park will host “Basic Land Navigation,” and will teach skills in using a map and compass.

The Carolina Mountain Dulcimer Players meet Thursday, December 20, at the Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill at 7 p.m. Beginners and experts welcome. For more information and directions, contact Shirley Ray at ShirleyRay@aol.com or 919-929-5359.

Kids

Toddler Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Thursday at 4pm. Dec 20: Celebrate a musical holiday with Miz Moon and her trombone! All toddlers are invited to this free program. For more info, call 969-3006.

Preschool Story Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Saturday at 10:30am. All preschoolers are invited to this free program. For more info, call 969-3006.

ComedySportz 4 Kidz – Games & improv for the 12 & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. $10, students $8, kids under 5 $5. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

Express Yourself! – Art program for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Weekly art projects for children & adults to explore their own creative paths through; 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.

Health

Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer – A bi-weekly support group. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month, 3:30-5pm. Drop-in, no charge. Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, Chapel Hill. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org.

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

Audition – The Gallery Players are holding auditions for men ages 17+ for The Secret Garden. No prepared monologues, headshots, or experience necessary. Bring comfortable shoes and one prepared song. Mon, Dec 17, 7pm, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter. 320 E Davis St, Burlington. For more info, call 336-227-0060 or visit www.galleryplayersonline.com.

Dance

Havana Nights – Cuban Salsa. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Mansion 462, 462 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, 967-7913, www.mansion462.net.

Salsa/Mambo – 3rd Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. $7, 358-4201, salsa_4u2@yahoo.com. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Rd, Durham (Hillsborough).

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

Contra Dance – Presented by the Carolina Song & Dance Assoc with live music by The Donnybrook Lads. Newcomers workshop at 7:30pm, dance begins at 8. Bring clean soft-soled shoes, $8 donation requested. Fri, Dec 21, at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro. For more info, call 967-9948.

Studio A Dancers present a dance theater performance of “The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles” , adapted from the book by Julie Andrews Edwards. Performances Saturday Jan. 19 at 2pm and 6pm. East Chapel Hill High Auditorium. Tickets $5.00 available at Dancentre (967-4100/www.dancentre.net) and at the door. The performance will be narrated and is appropriate for young audiences.

Comedy

New Year’s Eve Comedy Explosion – 5pm: ComedySportz® for Kidz; 7:30pm: ComedySportz ®; 10pm: New Year’s Eve Party with DSIWitness News & Cajones. Mon, Dec 31, 5pm. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro, 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

Literary Discussion/Open Mic

Leslie James Pickering – Mad Bomber Melville. Sat, Dec 15, 6pm. Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, 942-1740, www.internationalistbooks.org.

Marvin Hunt – Looking For Hamlet. Tue, Dec 18, 7pm. McIntyre’s Fine Books, 2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, 542-3030, www.fearringtonvillage.com/mcintyres.asp.

A Being More Intense: British Romantic Writers in the Rare Book Collection – Through Dec 31. UNC Campus: Wilson Library, 201 South Rd, Chapel Hill.

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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