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Free valet parking

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership’s new East Franklin valet parking in open for business. Valet stands are located on both East and West Franklin Street with drop-off and pick-up at either stand.

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The Language of Summer

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Listen, it’s summer. We’ve all melted a bit. The dog pants more. The pace is a summer pace and the language is a summer language.

Keep an open ear and you’ll notice more stories than usual. With travel more likely to include some adventure, people are eager to share itineraries and, later, recollections.

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Pool Culture

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

The slap of a noodle. A long whistle blast. Splashing and laughter. The sounds of a neighborhood pool are the soundtrack to a summer in Carrboro.

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THE EATER: A Guide to Eating

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Mind over Mater; Core Sound

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Just Up the Road

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

When I was growing up in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough was the place we drove to on Sundays to eat fried chicken and biscuits at the Colonial Inn. Those were delicious meals – particularly to a kid brought up on TV dinners and fish sticks – but I never paused to consider what other wonderful things the town might have to offer.

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SPOTLIGHT: Drood

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

The Summer Youth Conservatory will present Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) July 22-25 in the Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC campus.

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SPOTLIGHT: Big Fish

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and the Town of Chapel Hill kicked off their Locally Grown Downtown Summer Series last Thursday night with a well-received evening with Southern Culture on the Skids and The Moaners, and this week the merriment continues with a taste of cinema.

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SPOTLIGHT: Eno Festival

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

IT REALLY IS A SWELL RIVER. The Eno isn’t the mightiest or the meanderingest. Lazy, yes, but only in spots. In others, it was long a steady force used to grind grain and, at times, has even generated a little electricity.

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In Season

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

It’s hard not to notice the frenzy on Saturday mornings at Carrboro Town Commons, in the parking lot of University Mall and up at the newly built pavilion off Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. These are peak times for local farmers’ markets.

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Squash lessons

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Smells of basil, garlic, onions and warming olive oil made for a drooling crowd gathered around the entrance to the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on June 16 for another installment of the Carrboro Culinary Series.

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LIT NOTES

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Word has it that Chapel Hill’s Nic Brown is headed to Colorado for a teaching gig in August; so before he goes, be sure to take the opportunity to hear him read from his new novel, Doubles, described by Publishers Weekly as “that rare sports novel with big heart and wide appeal.” Congratulations to Chapel Hill native Wells Tower for being named to the New Yorker’s list of “20 under 40” fiction writers worth watching.

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ART NOTES

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Call for Music Vids; Granneman appointed to national theater committee; Festifall artists call; Call for sculptures

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SPOTLIGHT: The Love Language

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Instead of conjuring visions of dusty book stacks and sticklers fussing with card catalogs, it’ll be all summer shimmer and dream-pop at The Love Language’s July 17 CD release party for their Merge debut, Libraries.

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GIMME FIVE

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Staff

Ashley Melzer writes the Gimme Five! column for The Carrboro Citizen’s MILL blog (carrborocitizen.com/mill/tag/gimme-five), in which she asks local bands five probing questions. Below is a selection of favorites from the column to date.

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Pollination on Jones Street

Posted on June 24, 2010June 24, 2010 by Staff

It’s National Pollinator Week and we pause to honor pollinators. We should do it every week; that’s how important they are.

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