Special Events
Holiday Band Concert — Thursday, Dec 11, 7:30pm. Hanes Theatre. Concert features the CHHS 9th grade concert band, the symphonic band, and percussion ensemble. www.hanestheatre.org
Winter Choral Concert — Dec 12, 7:30pm. East Chapel Hill High School. Multiple choirs and ensembles featured. Tickets $5
Annual Holiday Pajama Party— Dec 12, 6-8pm. Ackland Art Museum will feature readings from classic stories. Children are encouraged to wear pajamas. Free.
Youth Concert — Dec. 13, 5pm. Piedmont Youth Orchestra presents string ensemble concert at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 Rosemary St. in Chapel Hill. Free. 942-5010
Holiday 5k and Family Fun Run — Dec. 14, 2pm, registration at noon. Proceeds benefit the Chapel Hill Service League. T-shirts for 400 racers, face painting, refreshments and arts and crafts. Registration and information www.sv5k.com
NC Boys Choir— Dec. 15, 7:30pm. Annual Christmas Concert. Duke University Chapel. $12/adults, $8 children under 12
Nightlight Arts & Crafts Fair — Dec. 21, 2-6pm All artists invited to sell works. nightlightinfo@gmail.com, www.nightlightclub.com
Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro St. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com
Holiday Shopping in Hillsborough— Holiday shopping and events. www.holidaysinhillsborough.com
Dance
NC Squares — Dec. 13, 8-11pm. Lesson at 7:30pm. Pleasant Green Community Center, Durham. $7/$5 students, www.ncsquares.com
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. $8, 967-9948. www.csda-dance.org
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. $2, 968-2070
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. $7, salsa_4u2@yahoo.com, 358-4201
Triangle Stardusters Ballroom Dance — Second Saturdays, 8-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio. 24702 Garrett Road, Durham. Couples and singles welcome. $7 members, $12 guests, 942-7232
Faith
Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. Dec 14, 5pm, Christmas Pageant. Dec 17, 5:45-6:45pm, Advent Service. Christmas Eve Worship, Dec 24, 7pm.
Buddhist Teachings and Meditation — Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm. With ordained monk and resident teacher Gen Kelsang Tilopa. The Kosala Mahayana Buddhist center teaches traditional Kadampa Buddhist practice. 711 W. Rosemary St. 619-5736, www.meditationinchapelhill.org
How to Meditate — Saturday, 10am-noon. Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism, 5412 Etta Burke Ct., Raleigh. www.kadampa-center.org
Tibetan Buddhist Altars, Prayers and Practices — Monday, 7pm. Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism, 5412 Etta Burke Ct., Raleigh. www.kadampa-center.org
Film
Community Cinema — Dec 11, 7pm. Free This month celebrates the font “Helvetica.†Open Eye Cafe.
Chatham Arts Sustainable Cinema — Fourth Tuesday at 7pm at The General Store Cafe, 39 West Street, Pittsboro. 542-0394, www.chathamarts.org
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
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@womenheart.org
Orange County Rape Crisis Support Group— A support group for survivors of childhood sexual abuse will begin in Jan. 2009. Group limited to eight participants. Screenings will take place through mid-December. 968-4647, groups@ocrcc.org
Kids
Toddler Time — Thursdays, 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. $2, 933-1455, kidzuchildrensmuseum.org
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
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao — Dec. 18, 7pm. The The Contemporary Fiction Book Club meets to discuss the 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner by Junot Diaz.Carrboro Cybrary. 918-7387, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Meet the Author Tea — Dec. 19, 3:30pm. Presenting Louise Hawes, author of Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand. A haunted re-imagining of classic fairy tales. Chapel Hill Public Library. 968-2780
Books Sandwiched— Meets first Wednesday of most months at 11am. Conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. 968-2780
Political
Annual Reading of The Bill Of Rights— Dec 15, noon. Peace and Justice Plaza, East Franklin and Henderson Streets. Remarks by Ellie Kinnaird in memory of Joe Herzenberg.
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 St. 967-1448, harwellja@bellsouth.net