The award-winning musicians Pat Humphries and Sandy O of emma’s revolution will perform on Friday at a Standing on the Side of Love event in Chapel Hill to defeat Amendment One and support equal rights for all.
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Strawberry jamboree at the market
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will host the Strawberry Jamboree on Saturday starting at 7:30 a.m. with local chef Sheri Castle.
Meet the candidates
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host a “Meet the Candidates Reception†today (Thursday) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Seymour Center.
Haw River Festival
The Haw River Festival will be held Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. to celebrate 30 years of work protecting the river.
Free Shred-a-Thons
Orange County Solid Waste Management will sponsor two free Shred-A-Thons in cooperation with the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, the Chapel Hill Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Bus schedule adjustments
Chapel Hill Transit will implement some minor adjustments to the CL and F routes effective on Monday and to the FG route starting on May 12.
Welcome, Mr. President
The Southern Part of Heaven welcomed President Barack Obama on Tuesday as the president kicked off his tour of college campuses with a visit to UNC.
Case details emerge in Minton trial
HILLSBOROUGH – When investigator Tim Horne from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office began looking into the disappearance of Josh Bailey, he was doing it as a favor to a friend.
Dual language proposal still opposed
CHAPEL HILL – There were so many people signed up to speak at last week’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting that board Chair Mia Burroughs reduced comment time from three minutes to two minutes per person.
CH 2020 draft plan released
The newest draft of the Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive plan has been released for the public to read and comment on.
OC leaders rally against Amendment One
Elected officials of Orange County will gather on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Carrboro Town Hall to talk about the harms of Amendment One.
Discussion on social activism
The Town of Chapel Hill Justice in Action Committee and the Chapel Hill Public Library will hold a public discussion on civic engagement, civil disobedience and political protest at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Hargraves Center.
Amendment One: something we can agree on
It wasn’t until I took a job at Equality NC in 2011 that I became harshly aware that I had unwittingly surrounded myself with people who agreed with me all of my life.
Lessons learned in the classroom
Now that one of America’s foremost intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, has published a book on Occupy, I predict debates and discussions will spring up fast and furious on college campuses, matching the enthusiasm, perhaps, of what is happening in communities, including ours.
BIG CITY: Student loan bubble threatens us all
Graduates in the Class of 2012 can always say they saw the president of the United States give a commencement speech at Carolina.

