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Brief: Climate forum

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Staff

On October 4, cities across the United States will convene dialogues to discuss global warming causes, impacts and solutions. Chapel Hill’s event is coordinated by the Town of Chapel Hill, the Foundation for a Sustainable Community of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. The meeting is free…

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Brief: Sustainability session

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Foundation for a Sustainable Community, the Institute for Sustainable Development and the Town of Chapel Hill to present the October Seminar, a business workshop on Sustainability. The workshop will take place at the Chapel Hill Public Library on October 4th from 12-4 p.m. Workshop topics…

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The Mill: 9/27/07

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Staff

Loveless in Seattle They gave it a shot, but word out of Seattle is that “Lone Star Love” — a wild-west-post-civil-war musical inspired by The Merry Wives of Windsor and featuring The Red Clay Ramblers — is closing its run and won’t be headed to Broadway after all. According to Playbill, previews scheduled to start…

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Community Calendar: 9/27/07

Posted on September 27, 2007September 27, 2007 by Staff

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,

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A late-summer flower for the shade

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Staff

  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…

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Music fest gets ready for a landmark year

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Staff

  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….

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Tapping the boards

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

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…

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Tar Heels looking for an Oompa Loompa stretch

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

By Frank Heath Sports Columnist Watching this evolving young UNC football team week by week reminds me slightly of a scene from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, where Mike Teavee decides he is going to transport himself over the television airwaves to the (slight) protestations of Mr. Wonka. Each time Carolina’s red-shirt freshman quarterback T….

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Brief: Ready to BioBlitz?

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

From 6 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 to 6 a.m. the following day, local families will join scientists and natural historians for a BioBlitz – an inventory of animal and plant life – at Mason Farm Biological Reserve, part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC. The BioBlitz – a joint project of the…

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Brief: Farm tour

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s second annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour will be held September 22 and 23. The tour will visit 17 farms in the Triangle area from 1 to 5 p.m. both days. The farm tour kickoff will be held tonight (Thursday) at 6 at Whole Foods Market on Wade Avenue in Raleigh….

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Brief: Giant cookie nets dough

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

The record-breaking cookie events sponsored by Weaver Street Market and Immaculate Baking Company last weekend earned $2544 for the ArtsCenter — another possible record for a single bake sale item in support of the arts. Paul Borron won the drawing for Clyde Jones artwork donated for the event.

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Brief: Garden sculptures

Posted on September 20, 2007September 20, 2007 by Staff

The North Carolina Botanical Garden opened its 20th annual sculpture show Friday night amid a much-needed rain. The invitational show runs through Nov. 16 and will feature work by approximately 30 North Carolina artists. The sculptures come in a variety of media — from stone to stainless steel, concrete to clay, chain-sawed wood to recycled…

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The Mill: 8/20/07

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Staff

Odd thing, fly-overs. Seems to be a trend at Kenan now. Off and on for the past few years, we’ve had the F-15s roaring through town during the State-Carolina game. Last week, it was Apache helicopters swooping in just before kickoff for the Virginia game. In this town, such displays always engender debate. While the…

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Community Calendar: 9/20/07

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Staff

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,…

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Recently: Critters suffer too

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz  The drought has started making me droop. By the time you read this, maybe we will have had rain. Rain might save some withering plants, push the dirt around on our cars and settle the dust on the roads, but it comes too late for many things, and will be no more…

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