Special Events
Arts at the Meadow — Sept 13-14, 10am—5pm. Arts, crafts, music and kids activities. Meadowmont Village, Chapel Hill.
Asthma Walk — Sept. 27, 10am, registration 8am. NCSU Centennial Campus. 832-8326, www.asthmawalk.org
Benefit Concert — Sept. 13, 7pm. For Don Chandler, recently diagnosed with leukemia. Performing: Jewelsong, Joe Woodson, Stillhouse Bottom Band & friends. Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill. $15
Benefit Golf Tournament — Sept. 27, 2pm. Benefits children with disabilities. Preserve at Jordan Lake. 966-8494, www.thehonours.org/2008%20Tournament.html
Cedar Grove Bluegrass Festival — Sept. 27, noon to 6pm. Musical performances and refreshments. Rain or shine. Northern Human Services Center (in Cedar Grove. 245-2660. http://www.co.orange.nc.us/RecParks/music_festivals.asp
Emergency Preparedness Fair — Sept. 25, 10am-4pm. Information for coping with disasters. Lobby of NC Children’s Hospital.
Jazz Brunch — Sundays, 11am-1pm. Breakfast for purchase, music for free. On the Weaver Street Lawn.
Jordan Lake Arts & Music Festival — Oct. 4-5, Gates at 9am, music at 10am. Local music and arts festival in Apex. www.jordanlakeartsandmusic.org
Project Homeless Connect — Sept. 25, 10am to 5pm. Volunteers needed for many services. Hargraves Community Center. See www.co.orange.nc.us/housing/Componentsofthepartnershiptoendhomelessness.asp or contact mcosta@hiddenvoices.org or 923-2559.
Toys for Tots — Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Dollars donated will put books into the hands of local children. The UPS Store at Carrboro Plaza, 8-6:30pm weekdays, 10am-5pm Saturdays. www.toysfortotsliteracy.org
Urban Farm Tour — Sept 13. www.carrborogreenspace.org
Faith
Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. 230 Erwin Road. 968-7680. adventlutheranch.org
The Advocate — Oct. 3: Taize service (chant, prayer, silence). Wednesdays, 10am, playtime, bible study for kids. Noon: Eucharist. Sundays: Eucharist at Chapel Hill Kehillah, 5pm. www.ouradvocate.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.
Outdoor activities
Guided Tours — 10am, Saturdays. N.C. Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections.
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@bellsouth.net
Health & Wellness
Cancer support — weekly support free of charge for cancer patients and family. 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 & Open Mics
Open Mic — 7pm Tuesdays. Poetry, music & short fiction. Tuesdays. Market Street Books & Maps, Southern Village. 933-5111, marketstreetbooks.com
NC, Public Colleges, and Undocumented Students — Sept. 14, 5pm. Author Paul Cuadros discusses the immigration advocacy community and the anti-immigrant movement. , 101 E. Weaver St., Suite G-1, 3rd floor. www.chi-cle.com
Women in Business Teleconference — Sept. 15th or October 14th, Noon. Free Teleconference with Author Debra Condren. To register see www.uncwomeninbusiness.com or call Katie Naftel at 800-UNC-EXEC. Free.
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Revisiting the Shadow — Lecture Sept 26, 7:30pm. Workshop Sept. 27, 10am-4pm. C. G. Jung Society presents James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst. Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Dr., Chapel Hill. www.jungnc.org Lecture $15/5 students. , Workshop $48/15 students.
Literary
The Big Read — Sept. 13, 1pm. Music, refreshments, antique car show and address on Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. www.bigreadnc.org
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights — Sept. 22, 7pm. by Kenji Yoshino, Discussion with a panel of local experts. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., 918-7387, cybrary@co.orange.nc.us, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
Without Precedent: The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp — Sept 11. 5:45 p.m. Author Anna Hayes will read from her biography of the first woman chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. , Wilson Library, UNC campus, 962-4207.
Dance
Havana Nights — 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Cuban Salsa. Mansion 462, 462 W. Franklin St, 967-7913, www.mansion462.net.
Salsa/Mambo — 3rd Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. salsa_4u2@yahoo.com, 358-4201. $7
Ballroom — 4th & 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, 968-2070. $2.
Carrboro DanceJam — First Fridays. Free-style dancec. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W. Weaver St, upstairs. 968-8776.
Swing — Sept 13, 8-11pm. Too Much Fun at the Carrboro Century Center. No partner needed; lesson at 7:30pm included. TriangleSwingDance.org. $5 to $11.
Nutcracker Auditions — Sept. 27, 1-4:30pm. Ages 8-16, 1708 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. 932-2676. $10.
TYB and Friends Concert — Oct. 4, 8pm. Chapel Hill High. 932-2676. www.triangleyouthballet.org. $8-15.
Contra — Sept. 12. 7:30-11pm.. Laura Light and George Paul perform. Carrboro Century Center, $7-9. Sept. 13; 7:30-11 pm. Skylark performs. NCSU Student Ballroom. $5-9. TCDancers.org
Contra — Sept. 19 7:30pm. Carrboro Century, 967-9948, www.csda-dance.org. $8
Film
Grassroots Stages — Sept. 16th at 7:30 p.m. The fifth film in the “100-Mile Film Series: Sustainable Cinema†at the General Store and Café in Pittsboro. The film captures the music and people behind the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival in Trumansburg, NY. molly.matlock@chathamarts.org. $5.
Community Cinema — Second Thursdays at 7pm. Films documenting social issues. Monthly screenings of Independent Lens episodes at Open Eye Cafe, followed by panel discussions.