The Lumina Theatre at Southern Village is the venue for the Blue Sky Film Festival this weekend.
Free tax preparation
The Latino Credit Union is offering a free tax-preparation service through April 18 through its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
Creative Economy meeting
The launch of a new marketing campaign touting Chatham County as a cultural-arts destination is planned during a “Creative Economy Summit.â€
Eve Carson Scholarship awarded
UNC juniors Mark Clarke and Zach De La Rosa have been selected as the 2011 recipients of the Eve Carson Scholarship.
Workshop on conservation
Learn about local and regional conservation on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the meeting room of the Chapel Hill Community Center.
Cornucopia Cancer Support Center fundraiser
Cornucopia Cancer Support Center’s 12th annual A Chocolate Affaire is set for Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Carolina Club.
Free postage for military valentines
The UPS Store at Carrboro Plaza is providing free first-class postage for one-ounce valentines and letters to U.S. military personnel stationed overseas or to veterans in VA hospitals through Feb. 14.
Storytelling book published
How I Helped Build a Community Bridge, a booklet of essays from Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents, has been published by the Town of Chapel Hill Justice in Action Committee.
Heels win as they grow
No team sits idle.
They are either moving forward in their progress or slipping. The ideal scenario is to learn while winning, rather than struggling to find confidence and learn while losing.
Her day is far from done
When Anne Edwin was born on Jan. 28, 1911, William Taft was president of the United States, the town of Carrboro was little more than a textile mill and some railroad tracks and the Titanic was one year away from embarking on its fateful journey.
Board reiterates focus on local businesses
As Carrboro leaders ponder the town’s participation in a new Orange County economic-development collaboration, they’re underlining support for a focus on growing local businesses.
Fired workers receive unemployment benefits
Two Chapel Hill Public Works Department employees who were fired in October have been awarded unemployment benefits by the state Employment Security Commission.
Council retreat to focus on plan rewrite
The Chapel Hill Town Council goes into its annual retreat this weekend with a big decision looming on the potential for moving the town library.
Making tree friends in the winter
Participants in winter plant identification classes at Sarah P. Duke Gardens and the N.C. Botanical Garden are making friends with numerous trees that are easily recognized when they are bare and leafless.
Reading under the sea
Linda Saah, an outreach instructor with the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, shows Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students an American alligator at the school’s Read-a-thon Night.




