Thursday Sep 27 Blue Horn Lounge: The Second Experience. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Animal Collective, Tickley Feather. 8:30pm. $15 The Cave: Early: Aaron Berg. Late: The Delta Drift w/ Memphis. General Store Café: Jazz with The Second Third Thursday. 8pm Local 506: VHS or Beta, Walter Meego, Ex-Members. 9pm. $10 Nightlight: Alina Simone, Nathan Oliver, Adam…
Arts Calendar: 9/27/07
Carrboro Paintings & Sculpture by Luna Lee Ray & Joanne Andrews – Through Sept 30. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org Background Music for Birds – Mixed media paintings by Renee Seaman Treml. Through Sept 30. NC Crafts Gallery, 212 W Main St, Carrboro. Mon-Sat 10am-6 pm, Sun 1-4pm. 942-4048, www.nccraftsgallery.com Turned…
Community Calendar: 9/27/07
Farmers’ Markets Carrboro Farmers’ Market – Sat 7am-12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30-6:30pm through Oct 17. Carrboro Town Commons. 932-1641, www.carrborofarmersmarket.com. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315. Fearrington Village Farmers’ Market – Tue 4pm through Nov 20. 8 miles south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501, Fearrington Village, Chapel Hill. 542-4000,
Obituary – Virginia Fant Hamm
Virginia Fant Hamm, 87, of Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, NC, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Home in Pittsboro. Mrs. Hamm was a native of Pendleton, South Carolina and was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Charles W. Hamm, Sr. and three brothers Ernest S. Fant, Marshall…
Election season lurches to a start
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With Election Day just seven weeks away, the Carrboro municipal races shifted into high gear with the first in a series of election forums and a candidate for Carrboro mayor calling for Alderman Dan Coleman to step down. The first forum of the season was held at Carrboro Town Hall…
Residents say new store will worsen traffic
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Plans for a Harris Teeter and commercial center at the corner of Jones Ferry Road and Barnes Street took a tentative step forward Tuesday night, but not before several neighbors complained that the store would add traffic to an already dangerous intersection. At its meeting at Town Hall, the Carrboro…
A late-summer flower for the shade
 In a shooting star-like pose, the golden ray flowers point down from the greenish central cone of the green coneflower. By Ken Moore I had something totally different planned for this week until I visited the opening of the Botanical Garden’s 20th Anniversary “Sculpture in the Garden†show. If you have never visited this…
Not in the job description
 Photo by Jock Lauterer Carrboro High School band director Frank Jones, left, serves as a music holder for members of the Jaguar band during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner at Monday night’s football game with Cedar Ridge.
Rogers Road coalition pushes for change
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The newly formed Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism will hope to get the attention of the Assembly of Governments at the assembly’s meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the Southern Human Services Center (2501 Homestead Road). The coalition was formed to attempt to reverse the decision of the Orange…
Music fest gets ready for a landmark year
 By Cody Braun Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons The night before the Carrboro Music Festival ten years ago, Gerry Williams was scared. “Lots of professionals said we couldn’t do it,†the music festival’s creator and organizer says. Despite this advice, Williams went forward with the project, which he says has been a great success….
Tapping the boards
By Valarie Schwartz Robin Vail and I both did our parts for me to attend a Footnotes Tap Ensemble rehearsal before its upcoming show Saturday, but we could not know that someone would lock me out of the dance studio. With sore knuckles (from much fruitless banging on the door), I write this with assistance…
School board considers new budget process measures
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The school budget process could run a little more smoothly next year under changes proposed by school officials. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will consider changes to the annual budget process tonight (Thursday). The school board will present anticipated budget drivers and the budget process timeline to the Board…
Aldermen seek changes at day labor site
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Loitering, drinking, public unrination and crude and offensive comments to female passers-by have sparked a crackdown at a site on the corner of Jones Ferry Road and Davie Road routinely used by day laborers. Neighbors have long complained that the corner across Davie Road from the Kangaroo Express convenience store…
News brief: Chatham water restrictions intensify
The Chatham County Utilities Department has announced “danger level†water restrictions will take effect in northeastern Chatham County on Monday. Under the mandatory restrictions, nearly all uses of county water for lawns, grasses, groundcovers, landscaping, pools and car washes are banned until further notice. Water customers violating restrictions will not receive a warning before penalties…
News brief: Hispanic Heritage event
Century Hall will host an event for Hispanic Heritage Month on Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. Excerpts from David Riker’s film La Ciudad will be shown, followed by a bilingual discussion facilitated by advocates Estefania San Juan (El Pueblo) and Dr. Luke Smith (El Futuro). This event is co-sponsored by Carrboro Cybrary, Carrboro Recreation…