Special Events
Latin American Film Festival — Nov. 2 to 21, at different locations in the Triangle and elsewhere. latinfilmfestivalnc.com
Seventh Annual Carrboro CD and Record Show — Nov.16, noon-6pm. 40 tables of new and used CDs, records and music memorabilia. Carrboro Century Center. 260-0661. Free
Lung Cancer Awareness Symposium — Nov. 17, 4pm. Lineberger Cancer Center hosts panel discussion in lung cancer. Pre-registration required. 843-0937, www.unclineberger.org/events/lca
Moms Networking — Nov. 17, 6:30-8:30pm. Workshop on developing an effective business plan. Presented by Carl Baumann and Hugh Morrison of SCORE. Chapel Hill Public Library downstairs meeting room. RSVP and info at denise AT momsnetworking DOT org, www.momsnetworking.org
Durham-Orange Quilter’s Guild — Nov. 17, 7:30pm. Hillsborough textile artist Hollis Chatelain will lecture on West African Textiles. Grace Church, 200 Sage Rd., Chapel Hill. 544-3285, www.durhamorangequilters.com
Davie Poplar DAR — Nov 19, 9:30am. Members will discuss genealogical topics of interest at the Horace Williams House. 932-9688
Little Prince Sneak Peek — Nov. 19, noon. Bring a lunch and meet the director and have a behind-the-scenes look at Playmakers Repertory company presentation of the Little Prince. Paul Green Theater, UNC Campus. 962-7529
Back County Crimes — Nov. 20-22, 8pm. Every small town has its secrets and the local doctor knows most of them. A community drama production nightly at Chatham Mills, 489 Hillsboro St. in Pittsboro. Tickets $8 available at Chatham Marketplace and at the door. Not recommended for children under 13. Dress warmly.
Bird Club — Nov. 24, 7:30pm. “Birding Alaska’s Remote Corners†speakers Lena Gallitano and Norm Budnitz. Refreshments at 7:15. Binkley Baptist Church, Chapel Hill.
Vegetarian Society Thanksgiving — Nov. 27, 12-5pm. Triangle Vegetarian Society holds Thanksgiving dinner at Café Parizäde. All food vegan. Reservation and information www.trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving08/
Holiday Faire — Dec. 6, 10am-4pm. Fun, games, and gifts. Emerson Waldorf School, 6211 New Jericho Road, Chapel Hill. 967-1858, www.emersonwaldorf.org
St. Matthew’s Festival of the Society Tree — Dec. 6, 10am-5pm; Dec. 7 1-5pm. Handmade items for sale, carols and more. Proceeds benefit charity. www.stmatthewshillsborough.org
Sunday Afternoons at the Seymour Center — Dec. 7, 3pm. Carol Woods Jazz Combo presents Dixieland tunes with guest Foster Owen on banjo. Seymour Center, Chapel Hill.
Holiday 5k and Family Fun Run — Dec. 14, 2pm, registration at noon. Proceeds benefit community charity. T-shirts for 400 racers, face painting, refreshments and arts and crafts. Registration and information www.sv5k.com
Nightlight Arts & Crafts Fair — Dec. 21, 2-6pm. All artists invited to sell works. Submissions of description, website links and photos due Dec. 7. nightlightinfo@gmail.com, www.nightlightclub.com
Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro Street. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com
Dance
Contra — Nov. 14, 7:30-11pm. Triangle Country Dancers present Contranella, Tom Calwell, Myra Hirschberg. Lesson at 7:30. Carrboro Century Center. $7-9. www.tcdancers.org
Contra — Nov. 15, 7:30-11pm. Triangle Country Dancers present David DiGiuseppe, Pete Campbell, Joy Greenwolfe. Talley Student Center, NCSU campus. Lesson at 7:30. $5-9. www.tcdancers.org
Contra — Dec. 19, 7:30pm. Music by the Donnybrook Lads. Carrboro Century Center. 967-9948. www.csda-dance.org $8
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. 968-2070. $2
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. salsa_4u2 AT yahoo DOT com, 358-4201, $7
Triangle Stardusters Ballroom Dance — Second Saturdays, 8-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio. 24702 Garrett Road, Durham. $7 members, $12 guests. Couples and singles welcome. 942-7232
Faith
Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. Advent Holiday Boutique, Nov. 8, 9am-1pm. 230 Erwin Road. 968-7680. adventlutheranch.org
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
Discovering Buddhism: How to Meditate — Mondays, 7pm. Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism, 5412 Etta Burke Ct., Raleigh. www.kadampa-center.org
Meditation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism: Shinay, Tonglen and Deity Practice — Wednesdays, 7:30-9pm. Through November. 968-9426, www.piedmonktc.org
Film
Trouble In The Water — Nov. 19, 7pm. A young African-American man deals with racial alienation from within his own community. Filmmakers Roger Edwards, Jr. and Jim McQuaid will be on hand for a Q&A session after the screening. Internationalist Books & Community Center. 405 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. 919-942-1740. www.troubleinthewater.com
Postville: When Cultures Collide — Nov. 23, 5-6:30pm. A look at what happens when 300 Hasidic Jews and 400 Mexican immigrants move into a pig-farming town of 1500. How immigration affects small-town America. Film and discussion. CHICLE, 101 E. Weaver St. Suite G-1, Third floor. 933-0398, www.chi-cle.com
Community Cinema — Second Thursdays at 7pm. Films documenting social issues. Monthly screenings of Independent Lens episodes at Open Eye Cafe, followed by panel discussions.
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 DOT 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. 933-1455, kidzuchildrensmuseum.org $2
Lectures & Discussions
The Empress, The Storyteller, and the Mughai Rococo — Nov. 14, 4pm. Prof. Michael Yonan speaks about the “millions room†at Schonbrunn Palace, a room decorated with Persian miniatures set into a rococo decorative ensemble and its sponsor Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780), the Habsburg dynasty’s first sovereign female ruler. Hanes Art Center, room 121.
I Called 911! Now What? — Nov. 16, 2pm. Coordinator of Durham EMS M. Kevin Wilson speaks. Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham. 542-6199.
Zaven Paré — Nov. 18, 5:30pm. New media artist Zaven Paré lectures and presents works in the Hanes Art Center Room 121. Paré works in many mediums including electronic puppetry, video projections and robotic art.
Literary
Keats and his circle reading Shakespeare — Nov. 20, 5:45pm. Dedication of John Keats’ Poems as the six-millionth book in UNC Library. Presentation and lecture. Wilson Library, UNC Campus. 962-4207
Travels with Herodotus — Nov. 20, 7pm. Carrboreaders Non-Fiction Book Club meets to discuss the book by Ryszard Kapuscinski. 918-7387, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary
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
Political
Election Analysis — Nov. 20, 7:30-9pm. Orange County Democratic Party and Democratic Women sponsor 2008 election analysis event. Speakers Hodding Carter III, Rob Christensen and Ferrell Guillory. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro. 929-0547
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 AT bellsouth DOT net