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Community Calendar 12/18/08

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Staff

Special Events

Phil Blank Exhibit— Dec. 12-Jan. 6 at 7pm at Wootini

CH High School Holiday Chorus Concert— Dec. 18, 7:30pm. $6/adults, $3/students under 18. www.hanestheatre.org

Nightlight Arts & Crafts Fair — Dec. 21, 2-6pm All artists invited to sell works. nightlightinfo [AT] gmail.com, www.nightlightclub.com

Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro St. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com

Holidays in Hillsborough — “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 18, 6:30pm and 8:30pm. Michael Malone and Alan Gurganus will perform a special reading of Charles Dickens’ classic tale at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. The performance benefits the Burwell School Historic Site. Call 732-7451 for more information and reservations. www.holidaysinhillsborough.com

Dance

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

Salsa/Mambo — Third Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. $7, salsa_4u2 [AT] yahoo.com, 358-4201

Triangle Stardusters Ballroom Dance — Second Saturdays, 8-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio. 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. Couples and singles welcome. $7 members, $12 guests, 942-7232

Faith

Aldersgate United Methodist — Dec. 21 at 5pm. Christmas Moravian Love Feast, Christmas music and readings, authentic Moravian bread and handmade beeswax candles.

Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. Christmas Eve Worship, Dec. 24, 7pm. Christmas Day services 10:30am.

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 Court, Raleigh. www.kadampa-center.org

Tibetan Buddhist Altars, Prayers and Practices — Monday, 7pm. Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism, 5412 Etta Burke Court, Raleigh. www.kadampa-center.org

Film

Chatham Arts Sustainable Cinema — Fourth Tuesdays at 7pm. The General Store Cafe, 39 West St., 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 [AT] womenheart.org

Orange County Rape Crisis Support Group — A support group for survivors of childhood sexual abuse will begin in January 2009. Group limited to eight participants. Screenings will take place through mid-December. 968-4647, groups [AT] 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

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

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 [AT] bellsouth.net

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