Special Events
Fair Trade Expo — Oct. 25, 1 to 3pm. The Carrboro Cybrary brings you a Fair Trade Expo showcasing fair trade products available from local vendors. 918-7387, cybrary@co.orange.nc.us, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Fall Harvest Open House — Oct. 12, 2-4pm. At TABLE, Inc. a non-profit that helps feed local hungry children. Music by The Water Callers; food & drinks. 205 W. Weaver St., Carrboro. 636-4860, www.tablenc.org
Festival for Safe Passage — Oct. 18, 7pm. All proceeds go to Safe
Passage, an organization caring for children living at the Guatemala City garbage dump. Reception and silent auction begins at 7pm; show featuring Tres Chicas and Josh Lozoff at 8:30. Reception & auction: free; evening show: $20/ $10 children. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St., Carrboro. 929-2787. www.safepassagebenefit.com
Harmonic Convergence — Nov. 7, 8pm. Barbecue, books and bluegrass. Fearrington Village Barn. 542-0394, www.chathamarts.org $10-13
Jazz Brunch — Sundays, 11am-1pm. Breakfast for purchase, music for free. On the Weaver Street Market Lawn.
Quilting: A Thread Runs Through It — Oct 17-19, Fri. & Sat. 10 am to 6 pm, Sun. 10 am to 5 pm. Over 300 quilts, juried show, demonstrations, vendors, raffles, boutique, wearable art, junior quilts and charity benefits. American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, 324 Blackwell St., Durham. www.durhamorangequilters.com $5, kids under 12 free.
ReCYCLEry 8th Anniversary — Oct. 26, 2-6pm. Food, drinks, bike rides. Southern Rail Restaurant. www.recyclery.info. Suggested $8 donation.
Violence Vigil — Tuesday, Oct. 28, 5:30-7pm. The Coalition for Family Peace and Family Violence and Rape Crisis will observe its annual memorial on the steps of the Siler City Town Hall. 542-5445, fvrc.org
Faith
Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. Advent Holiday Boutique, Nov. 8, 9am-1pm. 230 Erwin Road. 968-7680. adventlutheranch.org
The Advocate — Wednesdays, 10am, playtime, bible study for kids. Noon: Eucharist. Sundays: Eucharist at Chapel Hill Kehillah, 5pm. www.ouradvocate.org
Buddhist Teachings and Meditation — Wed. 7-8:30pm. With ordained monk and resident teacher Kelsang Tilopa. The Kosala Mahayana Buddhist center teaches traditional Kadampa Buddhist practice. 711 West Rosemary Street. 619-5736, www.meditationinchapelhill.org
Discovering the Heart of Enlightenment: An Introduction to Buddhism — Wednesday nights, 7:30 to 9pm in September. Piedmont KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, 31 Perkins Drive off Weaver Dairy and MLK in Chapel Hill. 933-2138, www.piedmontktc.org.
Kids
Toddler Time — Thursdays at 4pm. Carrboro Branch Library. 969-3006
Preschool Story Time — Saturdays 10:30am. Carrboro Branch Library. 969-3006
Express Yourself! — Saturdays, 10:45-11:15am, 11:30am-noon. Art program for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Kidzu Children’s Museum 105 E. Franklin St., 933-1455 kidzuchildrensmuseum.org, $2
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. 942-2948
English as a Second Language Conversation Club — seeks volunteers to talk with groups of international students Fridays from noon-2pm. University Methodist Church on Franklin Street, 967-1448, harwellja AT bellsouth DOT net
Health & Wellness
Cancer support — weekly support free of charge for cancer patients and family. www.cornucopiahouse.org
The Compassionate Friends: Self-help support after the death of a child — Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Free and open to all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Evergreen United Methodist Church. 967-3221. chapelhilltcf.org
Lectures & Discussions
Social Inclusion and the New Rites of Passage: Addressing Isolation, Teasing, and Bullying — Oct.10, 7 pm. Lecture by Kim John Payne, M.Ed. Friday, Brown Room, High School Building, Emerson Waldorf School, 6211 New Jericho Rd, Chapel Hill. Suggested donation $10. Pre-register at events AT emersonwaldorf DOT org. For more information, see www.emersonwaldorf.org
Migration, Detainment and Current Policy in the Arizona/Sonora Borderlands: A look at today’s most highly traveled migration route from Latin America into the U.S. — Oct. 12, 5pm. Rebecca Crocker is a local Spanish translator and interpreter. This talk will discuss the development of organized crime along the border. 101 E Weaver St. Suite G-1, 3rd floor, Carrboro. 933-0398, www.chi-cle.com
Literary
The Bible Salesman — Oct. 16, 5pm reception 5:45 program. Clyde Edgerton reads from his latest novel. Wilson Libary, UNC Campus. 962-4207. http://library.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/edgerton.html
Nights in Rodanthe — Oct 9. at 7pm. The Movie/Book Club meets to discuss Nights in Rodanthe and the novel it was based on by Nicholas Sparks. See the movie, read the book or both and you are invited. 918-7387, cybrary AT co.orange.nc.us, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
The Inheritance of Loss — Oct 30., 7pm, the Contemporary Fiction Book Club meets to discuss The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. We always welcome new participants. 918-7387, cybrary AT co.orange.nc.us, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Politics
Orange County Democratic Women Monthly Meeting —
Oct. 16, 7:30-9:00pm. Meg Gray Wiehe, Policy Analyst with the N.C. Justice Center’s Budget and Tax Center, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive at 929-0547 with any questions.
Dance
Havana Nights — First and third Thursdays, 10pm. Cuban Salsa. Mansion 462, 462 W. Franklin St, 967-7913, www.mansion462.net
Salsa/Mambo — Third Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. Fred
Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. salsa_4u2@yahoo.com, 358-4201, $7
Ballroom — Fourth and Fifth Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, 968-2070. $2.
Carrboro DanceJam — First Fridays. Free-style dance. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W. Weaver St, upstairs. 968-8776.
Footnotes Tap Ensemble performs with the Seymour Center Tappers! — Nov. 1, 12pm. An afternoon of rhythm, music and tap. The Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. 968-2070. $5
Film
LIONESS — Oct. 9, 7pm. Free screening of the documentary. Documentary of female combat veterans from Iraq. More info at www.lionessthefilm.com. Open Eye Café, Carrboro.
Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town — Oct. 14, 7:30pm. Part of the 100-Mile Film Series: Sustainable Cinema at the General store Café. www.chathamarts.org
Community Cinema — Second Thursdays at 7pm. Films documenting social issues. Monthly screenings of Independent Lens episodes at Open Eye Cafe, followed by panel discussions.
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film — Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Double film feature exploring skin lightening in Mexican-American and South Asian cultures. Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC Campus. 962-9001, www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter
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