Author, journalist and cultural critic Farai Chideya will speak at UNC on Nov. 5. Chideya, who hosted the former National Public Radio program “News and Notes,†will discuss “Digital Drum or Digital Divide: Race, Responsibility and Representation in the New Media.†The free public talk will be at 7 p.m. in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room…
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Local school administrator wins award
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association of Education Office Professionals (CHCAEOP) held its annual Bosses’ Breakfast on Friday, Oct. 23 in the Lincoln Center boardroom. CHCAEOP is an organization that brings together office professionals from schools and the central office for professional growth and development. The group annually names a CHCAEOP Administrator of the Year. Assistant to…
McDougle students’ art on display
From Point to Point: Art Inspired by the Arctic and Antarctic will open this Sunday as the fourth show in a series called Global Perspectives. The show will be held at the Carrboro Branch Library and will feature sculptures, paintings, posters and photographs created by McDougle Middle School students, painter Nerys Levy and photographer Brooks…
Halloween carnival at East
The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America are hosting the first annual Fall Harvest Carnival on Oct. 31 from noon to 3 p.m. in the Cafe Commons and Black Box Theatre at East Chapel Hill High School. The carnival is geared toward elementary-aged children and younger. Tickets are $.25 each and booths will include…
First UNC Hospital School graduation
Most students who attend the UNC Hospital School do so for a brief period and then return to their home schools. No student had ever graduated at the school until last Friday. Ryan Frias was wrapping up his senior year at the Central Academy of Technology and Arts in Union County when he was involved…
Perry Deane Young on the‘peculiar obscenity’ of war
By Taylor Sisk, Staff Writer Old men lust after war; young men court it. It’s the same impulse born of opposite origins – that of those who needn’t fear having to actually encounter war and those who wish to. In that nexus lies what Perry Deane Young refers to as the “peculiar obscenity†of war….
Biz Beat: Books, banks and bytes
By Margot C. Lester, Columnist New Store Updates The south Orange County literati have reason to cheer. A new, independent bookstore, Flyleaf Books, will open in mid-November at Chapel Hill’s Midtown Market (752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; flyleafbooks.com). The shop is owned by Michael and Jamie Fiocco, Land Arnold and Sarah Carr. Jamie Fiocco,…
Endorsement Letter: Artist for Czajkowski
I am a liberal artist living in Chapel Hill and I want Matt Czajkowski for mayor.
Endorsement Letter: Support Sammy
This election day, I will regret not living in Carrboro because I will not be able to vote for Sammy Slade.
Endorsement Letter: Vote for Slade
I am writing to express my support for Sammy Slade as a candidate for Carrboro’s board of aldermen.
Endorsement Letter: Cook for aldermen
No one would serve Carrboro more ably, more responsibly or with more integrity and genuine desire to better the quality of life in Carrboro than Sharon Cook.
Endorsement Letter: Environmental choice
It is fitting that the Sierra Club’s announcement of its endorsements arrived on the same day as news that
Endorsement Letter: Economy is key
Since The Chapel Hill News published my column titled “Town out of touch with economic reality†on Sunday Oct. 11, many people have asked for whom I will vote.
Endorsement Letter: Vote Czajkowski
Matt Czajkowski offers the experience and wisdom that Chapel Hill needs in a mayor.