The Town of Chapel Hill’s Justice in Action Committee will host a community viewing and discussion of A Class Divided at 7 tonight (Thursday) in the Council Chamber at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. The event is the first in a series of outreach events designed to engage the community in open and frank conversations…
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Community Brief: Bynum concerts
The Bynum Friday night concert series means to keep the now-closed Bynum General Store a social and community hub. So every Friday they throw a party there. Performing this week are Bill and Libby Hicks from 7 to 9 p.m. Food and non-alcoholic drinks are for sale and wood art and paintings will be on…
Community Brief: Jaguar baseball
Carrboro High School is holding its Jaguar Baseball Camp for youths aged 10-12 on Monday, August 11 through Friday, August 15, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The cost is $95, and includes camp t-shirt, water bottle and Friday cook-out. This year’s camp will focus on teaching the basic fundamentals of baseball and teaching the…
Community Brief: Coaches needed
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is accepting volunteer coach applications for youth baseball and basketball programs. For information and an application, call 918-7364.
Community Brief: Youth leagues
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is sponsoring and co-sponsoring a number of sports opportunities for kids. Classes and leagues involve: Soccer C.L.A.S.S. (Children Learning Athletic Sports Skills) for kids and parents. Children age 4-6 and parents can learn the basic skills of soccer. Saturdays, 9 to 10 a.m. from September 6 to October 11….
Community Brief: Church lectures
The Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist, will present its 2008 Straley lecture series on Sundays in July and through August 10. The lectures start at noon with a lunch and end by 1:30 p.m. To register for childcare or for more information call 929-5983 or 942-5735. Speakers are members of the church that…
Community Brief: Femme Fest
From July 22 to 26 The Cave and Mansion 462 will host Femme Fest to benefit the Girls Rock Camp of NC and the Rape Crisis Center of Chapel Hill. Each venue will host two bands each night, all with female leads, and donate the proceeds.
Community Brief: International sale
Internationalist Books and Community Center will be holding a yard sale fundraiser on August 9 at 2408 Honeysuckle Road in Chapel Hill. The bookstore is accepting donations of books, clothes, furniture and other household goods and odds and ends at the store. Call 942-1740 first if you plan to donate large furniture. The sale starts…
Community Brief: Tents of Hope
The United Church of Chapel Hill will host Tim Nonn, national coordinator of Tents of Hope, an advocacy movement for the people of Darfur, Sudan. Tents of Hope are artistic tents created by congregations and other communities as focal points for learning about and helping war-torn Darfur. Tim Nonn will give a sermon, themed “We…
For the Record: Fair play
It’s a little difficult to swallow someone’s complaint that their side of the story hasn’t come out in the press when they’ve been studiously avoiding those trying to report the story. We do not know how or if the very disturbing events of late at Abbey Court will be resolved and we haven’t heard much…
For the Record: The passing of the torch
Jesse Helms is dead. And a new phase of the examination of his rise and career has begun. So far, he has been treated quite kindly, lauded even, for his long run in power. Curiously, though, he’s often referred to as the last of his kind. The Washington Post’s David Broder noted this in a…
Grading on a curve
Chris Fitzsimon The General Assembly session that began May 14 at noon and ended just before 5:00 in the afternoon July 18 is now being wrapped up, critiqued and evaluated. Pundits and partisans are assigning letter grades to lawmakers, providing detailed reviews of what passed the House and Senate and what didn’t and speculating about…
Jesse, my brother and the ‘pipsqueak rebellion’
Robert Dickson Like many folks in Eastern North Carolina, as a child I was usually in front of the television at 6:25 p.m. to watch Jesse Helms give his nightly diatribe on WRAL. My family and I were among those who considered it to be generally just snide, mean-spirited ramblings and not to be taken…
Controversia en Abbey Court: últimas noticias
• El Alcalde Mark Chilton dijo que Ken Lucas, el CEO de Tar Heel Companies, la cual es dueño de la mayorÃa de los departamentos de Abbey Court, le dijo que van a seguir remolcando a los carros que no tienen permisos para estacionarse en el estacionamiento. Le dijo a Chilton que está preocupado que…
Locally grown event to rock downtown Chapel Hill
Downtown Chapel Hill will host Locally Grown, an event celebrating downtown Chapel Hill and Orange County, on Fridays July 25 and Aug. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. Downtown visitors can support local business, eat local food and hear local music. Live music will rock down on the east side from 7 to 10:30 on…
