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ArtsCenter celebrates 35 years, looks forward

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Susan Dickson

Thirty-five years ago, Jacques Menache started a drawing class in the space above what is now Armadillo Grill in downtown Carrboro. The class was popular, and eventually grew into multiple classes, which moved to Carr Mill Mall to support the expansion.

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Improving clinical trials, speeding new cancer therapies focus of grant to area researchers

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Staff

Researchers from UNC, Duke and N.C. State have teamed up to find ways to design more powerful clinical trials for cancer treatments, effectively getting better and more personalized new therapies to cancer patients sooner.

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Senior center to host workshop series

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

The Central Orange Senior Center will host an informational series of workshops throughout the month of May. Workshops include: • Making the Decision to Stay at Home or Move: What are the Real Options? May 3; • Essential Legal Steps, May 10; • Long Term Care Financial Planning, May 17; and • What You Need…

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Carrboro to host teen talent show

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will host a teen talent show on May 28 at the Carrboro Century Center. Auditions will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on May 20 at the Century Center. Contestants must perform the same act at both the audition and the performance. Acts with inappropriate language, actions or…

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Philharmonia to perform concert

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Philharmonia, a nonprofit orchestra, will perform a concert on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Hall on the UNC campus. Cissy Yu, pianist winner of the Youth Concerto Competition, will be featured in the first movement of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto #1 and guest conductor Yoram Youngerman will lead the orchestra in…

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Volunteers needed for Jordan Lake cleanup

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

Volunteers are needed for the first Clean Jordan Lake event on May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clean Jordan Lake is a new nonprofit corporation founded to remove trash and prevent further trash accumulation on the lake’s shore. The cleanup will focus on the shoreline near the B. Everett Jordan Dam. The U.S….

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Women’s center to host family-law workshops

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

The Women’s Center will offer free family-law workshops every Tuesday in May. The workshops will be facilitated by licensed North Carolina attorneys and are open to women and men. Workshops will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Women’s Center at 210 Henderson St. Full descriptions and facilitator information can be found on…

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Really Terrible Orchestra concert

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

The Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle (RTOOT) will present its spring concert on May 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Hill Hall on Cameron Avenue on the UNC campus. RTOOT musicians range in age from single digits to past retirement and come from all over the Triangle area. The performance will feature composer Don Gillis’…

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Art project calls on locals for exhibition

Posted on April 22, 2010April 22, 2010 by Staff

In Carrboro, a town teeming with creative folks, the Town of Carrboro Arts Committee is offering another opportunity to showcase local art. But it’s no highbrow art exhibition – it’s a show open to all.

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Autism society schedules fundraiser, launches website

Posted on April 22, 2010April 22, 2010 by Staff

The Orange and Chatham chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNCOC) will hold a fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Spice Street in University Mall as part of National Autism Awareness Month.

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Haiku Holiday on Saturday

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

The North Carolina Haiku Society will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the society’s founding on Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Bolin Brook Farm.

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Philharmonia to perform concert

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Philharmonia, a nonprofit orchestra, will perform a concert on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Hall on the UNC campus.

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Photo contest

Posted on April 22, 2010April 22, 2010 by Staff

The Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, in partnership with the Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County, will host a photography competition as part of National Historic Preservation Month in May.

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Town celebrates Arbor Day

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

The Town of Carrboro recognized Arbor Day on Monday with a tree planting and presentation by Mayor Mark Chilton at Carrboro Elementary School.

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Volunteers needed for Jordan Lake cleanup

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

Volunteers are needed for the first Clean Jordan Lake event on May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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