The Chapel Hill High School Orchestra Philharmonic Foundation will hold its third annual tea and silent auction on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. The Chapel Hill High Orchestra will perform classical and holiday music in addition to featured solos and ensembles. Tea and desserts will be available throughout the afternoon during…
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School brief: Upcoming high school concerts
Chapel Hill-Carrboro high school music groups will perform winter concerts over the next several weeks. • The Chapel Hill High School orchestra will perform a concert on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Hanes Auditorium at Chapel Hill High. The concert will feature the world premiere of “A Singular Continuity†by Michael Kosorok, who earned…
School brief: Emerson Waldorf to hold annual Holiday Faire
Emerson Waldorf School will hold its annual Holiday Faire on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair, which will be held on the school’s campus on New Jericho Road, will feature crafts, puppet shows, games, food, music and more. In addition, students, led by the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, will present a holiday pageant…
Carrboro High Basketball Schedules
Men’s Varsity Nov 30    at Bartlett Yancey 7:30pm Dec 4    Graham at Home 7:30pm Dec 7    at Cummings 7:30pm Dec 11    Orange High at Home 7:30pm Dec 14    at Durham School of the Arts Dec 27-29 Holiday Tournament in Clayton Jan 4    Raleigh Charter at Home 7:30pm Jan 8…
Fearrington Barn to be scene of wonder, amusement
The long tour of readings in support of his latest book, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, is behind him, but author Daniel Wallace is not putting his feet up — not yet anyway. This weekend, Wallace and a handful of co-conspirators have banded together for “A Feast of the Five Senses,†specifically a show…
New sign points to a great man
Three of Paul Green’s children, Byrd Green Cornwell, Betsy Green Moyer, Paul Green Jr., and his grandson, Paul Green III get their picture taken at the unveiling of the Paul Green historic marker just south of town on U.S. 15-501. By Valarie Schwartz PAUL GREEN 1894-1981 Playwright, teacher, & humanitarian. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, 1927. His…
Time to harvest a Carolina Bay wreath
Wreath of bay leaf branches woven into grape vine. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore Back in the mid 1970s, UNC botany professor Dr. C. Ritchie Bell got an idea while teaching an Economic Botany class. In addition to teaching, Dr. Bell liked to cook, and he discovered that the leaves of a native…
Raging Grannies are fearless activists
By Meghan Cooke Correspondent Sitting at a picnic table in front of Weaver Street Market, Lori Hoyt sipped on ice water and chatted about her grandchildren, church and friends. But this 73-year-old from Carrboro is not the average grandmother. She’s a Raging Granny. Hoyt, a retired social worker, is a member of the group of…
Music Calendar: 11/21/07
Wednesday Nov 21 Cat’s Cradle: Jon Shain, Kenny Roby, Jule Brown, Michael Holland, Big Medicine, Edsel 500. 7:30pm. $10 Nightlight: Film Extravaganza: Troma presents Aiden Dillard’s Meat Weed America. 9:30pm. $3 Thursday Nov 22 The Cave: 30th Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner & Open-Mic. 5pm
Community Briefs: 11/21/07
Pajama donation The North Carolina chapter of the Pajama Program recently donated more than 200 new sets of children’s pajamas to the Orange County Department of Social Services’ holiday programs. The department donated the pajamas to low-income, at-risk children in Orange County. The Pajama Program is a national not-for-profit organization that provides new pajamas and…
Film Festival ready for action
Photo courtesy of Carrboro Film Festival By Susan Dickson Staff Writer From the looks of Chapel Hill filmmaker Todd Tinkham’s latest project, you’d think he’s been in the movie-making business for decades. But Tinkham — whose short film will be shown in the second annual Carrboro Film Festival — has spent most of his life…
Fitch turns 100
 Four generations of the family have kept the locally owned, service-focused lumber and hardware store in Carrboro thriving. By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Doesn’t look 100, maybe more middle-aged, still sporting a kind of ‘70s look. But there’s a lot more to Fitch Lumber than the familiar mod logo on the front of the…
Patterns emerge on race and environment
National studies and federal action cause changes in how environmental justice issues are determined and addressed By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Editor’s note: This story is the second in a series that will examine issues related to environmental justice and to the fight of the Rogers and Eubanks roads community to be relieved of what…
Recently: Celebrating a reservoir amid a downpour
 By Valarie Schwartz Kevin Brice could have complained. It was Friday, the third of three days of rain we had in October. He stood in a recently completed open-sided shelter containing four large picnic tables (made of recycled plastic). A cold breeze blew the rain around him overlooking Cane Creek Reservoir and he looked…
Are we at ‘peak color’ yet?
By Ken Moore I believe we humans have lost the ability to step back and fully appreciate what we have around us. In the fall, folks look forward to the brilliant display of deciduous trees as the greens give way to an arsenal of other colors before the seasonal falling of leaves. And every year…