Chapel Hill Transit will operate on the Saturday service schedule on April 22 in observance of Good Friday.
Advisory committee seeks members
Chapel Hill is accepting applications for the Community Policing Advisory Committee.
Romeo and Juliet
The N.C. Shakespeare Festival will present Romeo and Juliet on Friday at 4 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the Orange County Main Library.
Earth Day event
There will be an Earth Day event Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at River Park in Hillsborough.
Healthy Kids Day
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA will host its annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Community celebration and picnic
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County will host a community celebration and picnic Saturday at Phoenix Place, Orange County’s newest green-built neighborhood.
Kid’s seedling event
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will give away farmer-grown tomato seedlings to kids Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Special-needs egg hunt
There will be an egg hunt for children with special needs and their siblings Saturday in the Learning Garden at the Chapel Hill Community Center.
Volunteer appreciation week
This week, Orange County’s Animal Services Department is celebrating volunteer appreciation week to recognize the many volunteers who help the department run smoothly on a daily basis.
Egg hunt
Chapel Hill’s Annual Community Egg Hunt will be Saturday at Homestead Community Park. Entertainment will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the egg hunt will start at 10:30 a.m.
Summer Glee
Community Chorus Project, a new Chapel Hill arts company, will partner with UNC this summer to create Summer Glee, a new performing-arts opportunity for young people.
Middle school bands honored
Phillips and Culbreth school bands and Smith and McDougle students won excellent and superior ratings at the Middle School Solo and Small Ensemble Music Performance Adjudication last month.
Students named teaching fellows
Kira Virginia Frescoln and Adam Douglas Glasser of CHS, Madeleine Joelle Abrams of CHHS and Jonathan James Howes of ECHHS are among the 2011 recipients of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarships.
BRMA to host literacy fair
The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program will partner with six national and local organizations to present the Orange County Literacy Fair on Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
CHHS to perform The Drowsy Chaperone
Chapel Hill High School will present The Drowsy Chaperone April 28-30 in Hanes Theatre at CHHS.