Special Events
“Are you Ready for the Green Economy? Town of Carrboro Green Jobs†— Sept. 27, 7am-noon. Green workers discus green jobs and changes in economy. Carrboro Farmers’ Market. 960-6720, 918-7319.
Asthma Walk — Sept. 27, 10am, registration 8am. NCSU Centennial Campus. 832-8326, www.asthmawalk.org
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.
Festifall Street Fair — Oct. 5 1-6pm. Arts & crafts, food, NPOs. 968-2784.
Jazz Brunch — Sundays, 11am-1pm. Breakfast for purchase, music for free. On the Weaver Street Market 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
Summer’s End golf Tournament — Oct. 1, 12pm registration, 1pm start. Play golf, raise money for Cancer Support at the Cornucopia Center. Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org, $85/person, $320/four.
“Quilting: A Thread Runs Through It,†— Oct 17 – 19, Fri. & Sat. 10 am to 6 pm, Sun. 10 am to 5 pm. Over 300 quilts, juried show, demonstrations, vendors, raffles, boutique, wearable art, junior quilts, and charity benefits. American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, 324 Blackwell St., Durham. www.durhamorangequilters.com $5, kids under 12 free.
ReCYCLEry 8th Anniversary — Oct. 26, 2-6pm. Food, drinks, bike rides. Southern Rail Restaurant. www.recyclery.info. Suggested $8 donation.
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
Buddhist Teachings and Meditation — Wed. 7-8:30pm. With ordained monk and resident teacher Kelsang Tilopa. The Kosala Mahayana Buddhist center teaches traditional Kadampa Buddhist practice. 711 West Rosemary Street. 619-5736, www.meditationinchapelhill.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. 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
Lectures & Discussions
Rising Energy Costs: What It Means to Me — Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 7pm. Energy history, conservation, transportation, development. Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. Register by Sept. 19, 245-2050.
Vote for Me: Campaign Buttons to Town Square Rallies — Sept. 25, 5pm. Gallery tour and political talk by journalist Rob Christensen. Wilson Library, UNC Campus. www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/campaigning.html
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
Evening to Honor Dan Patterson — Oct. 3, 7pm. Celebrate Dan Patterson’s 80th birthday and the Southern Folklife Collection. Speakers and film clps. Wilson Library. 962-4207, lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/patterson.html
Sweet Tea — Sept. 25, 1 p.m. UNC alumnus E. Patrick Johnson will discuss and read from his latest book, “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South.†Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC Campus. 962-9001, www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter
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. 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
Community Cinema — Second Thursdays at 7pm. Films documenting social issues. Monthly screenings of Independent Lens episodes at Open Eye Cafe, followed by panel discussions.
El Violin — Oct. 5, 5pm. An elderly violinist spies on military officials in 1970 rural Mexico. 101 E. Weaver, St. G-1, third floor. 933-0398, ww.chi-cle.com, free.
Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film — Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Double film feature exploring skin lightening in Mexican-American and South Asian cultures. Sonja Haynes Stone Center, UNC Campus. 962-9001, www.unc.edu/depts/stonecenter