Special Events
Photo Night — Nov. 25, 7:30-9pm. Steve Jessmore of the Sun News in Myrtle Beach talks about photography and shares his work. Carroll Hall Room 33, UNC Campus.
Vegetarian Society Thanksgiving — Nov. 27, 12-5pm. Triangle Vegetarian Society holds Thanksgiving dinner at Café Parizäde. All food vegan. Reservation and information www.trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving08/
Community Day: Art In Action — Nov 28, 10am-4pm. Ackland hosts a day-long event for families with storytelling, dance, crafts for kids and more. 966-5736, www.ackland.org
Carriage Rides in Historic Pittsboro — Nov. 29, 1-4pm. Carriage rides through downtown, starting in the Capital Bank Parking Lot. Free. 260-9725, pittsboroshop.com
Natural Ornaments — Dec. 1, 2-4pm. A holiday get-together to make natural ornaments. Natural materials provided; participants can also bring their own native plant materials. Free; call to pre-register. NC Botanical Garden Totten Center. 962-0522, www.ncbg.unc.edu
“100 for under $100†— Dec. 1-31. ChathamArts Gallery exhibits new artists in a special Christmas show. 115 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro. 542-4144
How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Dec. 3, 4pm. Readings in both English and Latin. Cookies, cider and hot chocolate provided. Show up early to get a seat. 962-5060.
Cybrary Benefit — Dec. 4, 5-9pm. Ten Thousand Villages will donate 10 percent of the night’s proceeds to the Carrboro Cybrary. Eastgate Shopping Center. 929-8022
12th Annual William Lanier Hunt Campus Walk — Dec. 6, 2-4pm. Ken Moore will lead a winter walking tour of the UNC campus, highlighting the collection of broadleaf evergreens and recalling the stories of plants and people told by horticulturalist William Hunt. $8/$5 (members & students) 962-0522, www.ncbg.unc.edu
Christmas Tree Benefit — Dec.. 6. NC-grown Christmas trees and wreaths sold, proceeds benefit a Chatham County College Fund for Chatham students. Preorder trees at bynumfrontporch.googlepages.com
Holiday Faire — Dec. 6, 10am-4pm. Fun, games and gifts. Emerson Waldorf School, 6211 New Jericho Road, Chapel Hill. 967-1858, www.emersonwaldorf.org
St. Matthew’s Festival of the Society Tree — Dec. 6, 10am-5pm; Dec. 7 1-5pm. Handmade items for sale, carols and more. Proceeds benefit charity. www.stmatthewshillsborough.org
Benefit Tea and Raffle — Dec. 7, 3-5pm. For the Chapel Hill High School orchestra. Tickets $8, $5 students. Raffle tickets $2. 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill. www.chhsorchestra2008.wordpress.com
Corks for Kids NC — Dec. 7, 6:30pm. Champagne dinner at Acme Food & Beverage. $75/person, tax and gratuity. Group seating 4-8 people. Reservations 968-1884, corksforkidsnc.com
Sunday Afternoons at the Seymour Center — Dec. 7, 3pm. Carol Woods Jazz Combo presents Dixieland tunes with guest Foster Owen on banjo. Seymour Center, Chapel Hill.
Holiday 5k and Family Fun Run — Dec. 14, 2pm, registration at noon. Proceeds benefit community charity. T-shirts for 400 racers, face painting, refreshments and arts and crafts. Registration and information www.sv5k.com
Nightlight Arts & Crafts Fair — Dec. 21, 2-6pm. All artists invited to sell works. Submissions of description, website links and photos due Dec. 7. nightlightinfo@gmail.com, www.nightlightclub.com
Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro Street. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com
Film
Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas — 7pm, Dec. 9. Documentaries about artists Maud Gatewood and Mary Paulsen. The General Store Café. Dinner available. $3-5. www.chathamarts.org
Millworker — Nov. 25, 7pm. Documentary about the making of a stage play that was based on oral history interviews. Also showing is a short documentary about the Chatham Railroad. Adults $5, students $3. Buffet $10 General Store Café, 39 West St., Pittsboro.
Health & Wellness
Support group — The Orange County Rape Crisis Center will offer a support group to survivors of childhood sexual abuse in January. Contact groups [at] ocrcc [dot] org or call 968-4647 ext. 3002.
Lectures & Discussions
Artists’ Salon — Nov. 21, 6:30-9pm. “Art in Second Life†featuring speakers Janet Kagan and Larry Taylor. West End Theatre at The ArtsCenter. Presented by the Orange County Arts Center. RSVP 245-2335, arts [at] co.orange.nc.us
Working in the Congo for Doctors without Borders — Dec. 7, 5pm. Anna Freeman discusses her experiences in Rutshuru. This is a repeat of a presentation for those who missed it. 101 E. Weaver St, Suite G-1, 3rd floor. www.chi-cle.com
Literary
Twilight — Dec. 11, 7pm. The Movie/Book Club discusses the film and the Stephanie Meyer novel. Carrboro Cybrary. 918-7387, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Dance
Contra — Dec. 12,7:30-11pm. Triangle Country Dancers present the Morrison Brothers with caller Adina Gordon. Carrboro Century Center. $7-9, www.tcdancers.org
Contra — Dec. 19, 7:30pm. Music by the Donnybrook Lads. Carrboro Century Center. 967-9948. www.csda-dance.org, $8
Contra — Dec. 26, 7:30-11pm. Triangle Country Dancers present Bob Head, Mara Shea and others with caller David McMullen. $7-9. www.tcdancers.org
The Chocolate Factory — Jan. 17, 2 and 6pm. Studio A Dancers present an adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. East Chapel Hill High Auditorium. $5, tickets available www.dancecentre.net/blog
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
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 [at] yahoo [dot] com, 358-4201, $7
Triangle Stardusters Ballroom Dance — Second Saturdays, 8-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio. 24702 Garrett Road, Durham. $7 members, $12 guests. Couples and singles welcome. 942-7232
Health & Wellness
Cancer support — Weekly support free of charge for cancer patients and family. www.cornucopiahouse.org
WomanHeart — Fourth Thursdays, 12:30-2pm. The national coalition for Women with Heart Disease Support Group is free and open to any woman with any form of heart disease. 403 W. Weaver St. WH-ChapelHill [at] womenheart [dot] org