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Community Calendar: 04/03/08

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Staff

Special Events

Really Really Free Market — Sat, April 5th, 2:30-5:00pm, Carrboro Town Commons. First Saturday of every month. Contact vdaro@email.unc.edu or 428-1611.

First Sunday — Apr 6th, 12-4pm. A monthly celebration on historic Hillsboro Street in downtown Pittsboro. The Haw River String Band performs 1-3 pm. Vendors, local galleries and shops are open. Food and wine tasting, local plants and produce. Call 919-260-9725 or go to pittsboroshops.com. Outside events subject to weather.

Flea market — Group Flea Market from 8am to 1pm on Saturday, April 5th at the Hillsborough Suntrust Bank at 260 South Churton Street in Hillsborough. Sponsored by Orange-Hillsborough Relay for Life. For more information, contact Dawn Berry at dberry18@nc.rr.com or 730-6361.

Sixth Annual Carrboro CD and Record Show — Sunday, April 6, noon-6pm, Carrboro Century Center (2nd floor). 40 tables of new & used CDs, vinyl records and memorabilia. Free.

Bingo Night — Hosted by Team Eurosport, a relay for life team. April 11th at the Big Barn Convention Center, Hillsborough. Doors open at 6:00 pm; Games start at 6:30. 20 games. Cost for all games is $20. Food and drink available. All proceeds to the American

Cancer Society. Contact 640-6123 or 640-6220 for details.

Outdoor activities

Niche Gardens guided garden walks — Saturdays through June, 10am. Discussions on spring planting, garden maintenance, design & gardening for wildlife with bird and butterfly gardens. Special emphasis on drought-tolerant plants. Free, rain or shine. Niche Gardens, 1111 Dawson Rd, Chapel Hill. 967-0078 or www.nichegardens.com for info.

Guided Tours — of the N.C. Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections, every Saturday at 10 am. Led by trained volunteer tour guides and Botanical Garden curators. Meet your tour guide in front of the Totten Center. Free.

Kids

The Art of Storytelling — Wednesday, Apr 9. Ackland Museum, 3pm. Event for elementary school students will introduce them to the art of storytelling through the power of music and dance.

Toddler Time — At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Thursday at 4pm. For more info, call 969-3006. Preschool Story Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Saturday at 10:30am. On April 3, Ms. Libby will share silly stories. All preschoolers are invited to this free program. 969-3006.

ComedySportz 4 Kidz — Games & improv for the 12 & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. $10, students $8, kids under 5 $5. DSI Comedy Theater, Carr Mill Mall, 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; 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

NC Botanical Garden — Nature Tales: Storytime in the Garden, Thursdays, beginning April 3, 10 11 a.m. Children 3 to 5 years old are invited to attend a storytime in the garden. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free.

Volunteers

RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program — seeks volunteers to match other volunteers with opportunities for public service. 968-2056.
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.

English as a Second Language Conversation Club — seeks volunteers to talk with groups of international students Fridays from 11:30am-1:30pm. University Methodist Church on Franklin Street. Call 967-1448 or email harwellja@bellsouth.net.

Health & Wellness

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, 111 Cloister Ct, Ste 220, Chapel Hill. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org.

The Compassionate Friends: Self-help support after the death of a child — Free and open to all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Evergreen United Methodist Church. 11098 Highway 15-501. Call Julie Coleman at 967-3221 or visit www.chapelhilltcf.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 info visit moreheadplanetarium.org.

Dance

Contra Dance — presented by The Carolina Song & Dance Association with a live caller and music by the Fabulous Shamrocks. Century Center. 967-9948 or www.csda-dance.org for info.

Swing Dancing — Saturday April 12, Dave & Lola Youngman at the Carrboro Century Center, 8-11:00pm, $5 to $11, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro. No partner needed; lesson at 7:30pm included. Visit TriangleSwingDance.org.

Havana Nights —Cuban Salsa. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Mansion 462, 462 W Franklin St, 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.

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

Carrboro DanceJam —Free-style dance to an eclective mix of music. Every first Friday beginning Apr 4. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W Weaver St, upstairs. Smoke & alcohol free. Call 968-8776 for more info.

Lectures, Discussions & Open Mics

“Notes on the History of Fiction” — Lecture by author E.L. Doctorow. Thursday, Apr 3, 6:30 p.m. Hanes Art Center. Franklin. Free.

Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture ­— by Julianne Malveaux, 15th president of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro. Tuesday, April 8, 7pm. Reception follows.

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

“What’s the Big Idea? Genetics, Ethics, and Human Health” — lecture series at the Friday Center. Lectures Apr 3, 10, 17 and 24. Call 962-2643 or visit fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep for more information and online registration.

Films

Morristown: In the Air and Sun — Apr 13, 4-6pm. Discussion facilitated by Dani Martínez-Moore, NC Justice Center Fed-Ex Global Center, 301 Pittsboro St. UNC campus. All the programs are free and open to the public. Parking available. For more information, www. CHI-CLE.com, or call 919-933-0398.

Other

VITA — a free tax assistance program for low-to-middle-income clients runs through Apr. For info and enrollment requirements, co.orange.nc.us/aging/VITA.asp.

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