Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 for the first of the season Jordan Lake Arts & Music Festival. Seventeen of North Carolina’s finest musicians and artists will be featured, including the Steep Canyon Rangers, The John Brown Quintet, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty, Big Fat Gap and The Urban Sophisticates….
Community Brief: Local book talk
McIntyre’s Fine Books in Fearrtington Village will host Dr. Lyle Estill to discuss his book Small is Possible: Life in a Local Economy. The book focuses on true stories of practical solutions to national and international problems from Chatham County. Estill is a president of Piedmont Biofuels and lives in Moncure, North Carolina.
Community Brief: Happy 20, WSM
Weaver Street Market will hold its 20th Anniversary Celebration July 19 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Village location. Live music and entertainment will be provided with birthday cake and balloons.
Community Brief: Tomato tasting
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will host its Annual Tomato Day July 26, starting at 8:30 a.m. under the gazebo. You can try different varieties of local tomatoes. Come early to make sure you get a taste!
Community Brief: Environmental meeting
The Carrboro town hall will host a community forum July 29 at 7 p.m. entitled “Environmental Issues in the 2008 Elections.†The event is sponsored by the Town Hall and OWASA precincts of the Orange County Democratic Party. Daniel Whittle, staff attorney at the North Carolina Office of the Environmental Defense Fund, will lead the…
Community Brief: NCBG August Events
The North Carolina Botanical Garden will host several events for the public in August. On August 2, enjoy a workshop, “Local Flora: Summer,†from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An instructor will give classroom lectures and lead explorations to teach about a variety of local habitats and the summer’s woody and herbaceous plants.
Water Watch: Wednesday, July 16
LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 1’ 2.25†below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 4’ 6.4†below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 5.25†Cane Creek Reservoir: 1.54â€
The art of nature
By Ken Moore Perhaps it’s really the nature of art! Art and nature were inseparable during the recent two-week Session 3 at Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina. Fifteen different studios — including glass blowing, metal sculpture, ceramics, photography, weaving and sketching — demonstrated that images and experiences of nature were dominant sources…
District reinstates some axed CHS advanced courses
by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Several weeks after school officials announced that about a dozen advanced placement and honors courses would not be offered at Carrboro High School next year, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials say they will make changes to offer several of those courses. Carrboro High students and parents said that Carrboro High…
Freshmen take on green tech
by Susan Dickson Staff Writer This summer, rising freshmen from schools across Orange County are taking advantage of a new approach to learning math and science, building solar cars and constructing model bridges as part of the Communities in Schools Green Awakening Project. For the project, Communities in Schools staff worked with Chapel Hill-Carrboro and…
Recently: Lessons from a little birdie
By Valarie Schwartz It’s not easy being green. Even growing blueberries as a measure of creating biodiversity in my yard turns out to have a downside. I planted two blueberry bushes three or four years ago and during the first few years, because they take time to get established, I freely shared the meager bounty…
Music Calendar: 07/10/08
Thursday July 10 ArtsCenter: 10 by 10 In The Triangle: An international festival of new, 10-minute plays. 8pm Local 506: Paper Route, Brooke Waggoner. 9:30pm Nightlight: The Men Who Control The Weather, Captain of Industry, Chiaroscuro. 9:30pm The Cave: The Club Is Open Festival feat. Rat Jackson, Maple Stave, Beloved Binge. 8pm Reservoir: Rockin’ Ammonia…
Bill could trigger search for new Orange County airport
by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The North Carolina House and Senate will need to work out differences for a bill that would allow the University of North Carolina and UNC Health Care to create an airport authority, but supporters anticipate that some form of the legislation will pass this session. The Senate passed its version…
Gullywashers have crews cleaning up trees and debris
A series of heavy weekend thunderstorms downed trees and clogged stormwater systems throughout southern Orange County. David Poythress, Carrboro’s streets superintendent, said public works crews for the town have been cleaning sand, gravel and plenty of sticks and other debris out of storm drains and culverts.
Study ties ending drinking to depression
UNC News Services Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer. But new research shows that stopping drinking — including at moderate levels — may lead to health problems including depression and a reduced capacity of the brain to produce…
