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Community Calendar: 10/4/07

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Staff

Special Events

  • Annual Fish Fry Event – St. Paul A.M.E. Church will hold its annual Fish Fry on Oct 6, 11am-4pm, at 101 N Merritt Mill Rd, Chapel Hill. Tickets are $8 and may be purchased by calling 967-3961.
  • Octoberfest – Health booths, carnival games, music and more. Sat, Oct 6, 11am-4pm. Join United Voices of Efland Cheeks for a day of food, family fun and fellowship. Efland Cheeks Community School Park, just off Hwy 70 in Efland. For more info, call 245-2409.
  • Benefit for Safe Passage with Saludos Compay – Sat, Oct 6 at 8pm. $20. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org.
  • 35th Annual Festifall – Chapel Hill’s annual arts & crafts street fair returns to West Franklin St, Sunday, Oct 7, 1-6pm. Pottery, jewelry, live music, food vendors, kids’ activities and more. For more info, call the Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation Dept at 968-2784.
  • Oliver Rajamani Ensemble – Legendary Austin, TX act performs at the Bynum General Store, 950 Bynum Rd, Pittsboro. Fri, Oct 12, 7-9pm. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Enjoy crepes, coffee tasting, culture and history. All ages welcome! For more info, call 542-0394 or email molly.matlock@chathamarts.org.
  • CHICLE Cultural Program – A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America. Moving story of Siler City high school soccer team presented by Paul Cuadros. Free. Sunday, Oct 14 at 5pm. Chicle, 101 E Weaver St, 3rd floor, Carrboro. 933-0398, www.chi-cle.com.

Groups

  • PFLAG’s Monthly – Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays meets in Chapel Hill for confidential support, education & advocacy. First Thursday of every month, 7:30pm. www.pflagtriangle.org. United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, 942-3540, www.unitedchurch.org.

Volunteers

  • Family Violence Prevention Center – Seeks people hotline advocates, childcare providers, court advocates & community educators. Thursdays through Oct 6. Info: fvpcvolunteer@yahoo.com, 929-3872, www.fvpcoc.org.
  • Barbers Needed – Barbers, hair stylists & massage therapists needed for a one-day service blitz on Oct 25, 9am-3pm. Join social workers, dentists & doctors for Project Homeless Connect at the Hargraves Community Center, 216 N Roberson St, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the Partnership to End Homelessness in Orange County. For more info, contact Jamie Rohe at 969-5059.

Classes and Lectures

  • Aging 101 – An 8-part series for boomers and beyond. Upcoming sessions: Oct 8, Maximizing Independence at Home. Oct 15, Stumbling Blocks to Intergenerational Conversations. 7-8:30pm at the Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill. All sessions are free. For more info or to register, call 968-2080.
  • Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series – “Just Jewish Enough: Thinking Jewish in the Self-Portraits of Rafael Goldchain.” Thu, Oct 11 at 7:30pm. Free. ccsj.unc.edu. UNC Campus: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, 150 South Rd, Chapel Hill. 962-9001, www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter.
  • Introduction to Buddhism – 7:30-9pm, every Wednesday through Oct 17 at the Piedmont KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center. 35 Perkins Dr, off Weaver Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill (across from Timberlyne Shopping Center). Everyone is welcome. For more info, call 933-2138 or visit www.piedmontktc.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. $5.25; $4.25 seniors, students & children. www.moreheadplanetarium.org.
  • Open Drawing Session – Community members are invited to draw in the galleries. Opens with a brief consideration of a single work of art followed by time to draw in a pre-selected gallery. Free. Participants provide dry media (pencil, crayon, charcoal & paper). Stools & drop cloths available. 2nd Sat of every month at 10am. Ackland Art Museum, 101 S Columbia St, UNC Campus, Chapel Hill. www.ackland.org.

Theater

  • Romeo & Juliet – Shakespeare; PlayMakers Repertory Co. Through Oct 14. 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org. UNC Campus: Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 120 Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill.
  • Hedwig & the Angry Inch – A postpunk glamrock musical; performance by Hidden Voices. A discussion with members of the LGBTQ community, academic scholars & performers follows each show. Oct 12-14. $15, students $7. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org.

Dance

  • Contra – Bring clean, soft-soled shoes; no partner needed, lesson 7:30. First Saturday of every month, 8-11pm. $8. 932-6050, www.TCDancers.org. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, 918-7385.
  • Western Square Dance – Lesson & dancing; beginners welcome. Fri, Oct 12 at 8pm. Free. 542-3708. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Dr, Chapel Hill. 942-4964, www.binkleychurch.org.

Comedy

  • Stand-Up Comedy – Featuring DSI Company Members & special guests. 1st Thursdays, 8pm. $5, college students Free, To reserve a spot: standup@dsicomedytheater.com. DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N Greensboro St, Ste B-11, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

Literary Discussion/
Open Mic

  • Embodied Sexuality – Discussion. Thu, Oct 4 at 6:30pm. Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 942-1740, www.internationalistbooks.org.
  • Banned Books! – Displays, reading lists & a used book sale of banned literature. Through Oct 6. Carrboro Cybrary, Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro. 918-7387, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary.
  • Alex Grant & Contributors – Kakalak 2007: An Anthology of Carolina Poets. Sat, Oct 6 at 11am. McIntyre’s Fine Books, 2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro. 542-3030, www.fearringtonvillage.com/mcintyres.asp.

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