The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department seeks volunteers to assist with its July 4 celebration. Volunteers are needed to help with tasks that include children’s activities, T-shirt and raffle ticket sales, providing information to festival goers, loading and unloading equipment at the stage, litter pick-up and recycling and hospitality. The event will run from 9:30…
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Rooftop movies and music
The Town of Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership in cooperation with 1360 WCHL will present the Locally Grown Rooftop Music and Movies Series in downtown Chapel Hill every Thursday night from June 18 to Aug. 20. This nine-week outdoor entertainment series will showcase local musicians and movies on the Wallace Plaza, an…
Juneteenth
The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill will host a lecture honoring Juneteenth on June 17 in the Horace Williams House at 610 E. Franklin St. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Preservation Society director Ernest Dollar will discuss the end of slavery in Orange County…
Chapel Hill Comics book signing
Chapel Hill Comics will have a signing for Ursula Vernon’s new book, Dragonbreath, June 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. In Dragonbreath, Vernon uses both comic panels and text to tell the story of Danny Dragonbreath, the only mythical dragon in a school for reptiles and amphibians. Oprah’s Book Club included Vernon’s previous book, Nurk:…
Community Calendar
Thursday, June 4 Sewage Sludge Talk — The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and the Center for Health and Environment and Justice will host a public meeting about the risks associated with spreading sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants on farmlands. 7-9pm, Cane Creek Baptist Church Activiity Center, 6901 Orange Grove Road, Hillsborough. (336) 525-2003,…
Math teacher funniest comic
DSI Comedy Theater crowned Raleigh high school math teacher John Betz Jr. “Carolina’s Funniest Comic†after a month-long competition. Mary Kate Wise was the runner-up. Over five weeks, 32 contestants performed in a single-elimination competition. Besides the title, Betz won $1,000 and a primetime slot at DSI Comedy Theater.
Carrboro High Class of 2009 Week
The Carrboro Board of Alderman has proclaimed the week of June 7-13 the “Carrboro High School Class of 2009 Week.†The 2009 class of 138 students will be the first to graduate from Carrboro High. Graduating Carrboro seniors have received more than $2.4 million in scholarships, and Mayor Mark Chilton noted this class’ achievement of…
Graduation Info
Graduations for all local high schools will be Saturday, June 13 at the Dean E. Smith Center on the campus of UNC, starting with East Chapel Hill at 9 a.m., followed by Chapel Hill High at 1 p.m. and Carrboro high at 5 p.m. All CHS, CHHS and ECHS graduating seniors are invited to Project…
UNC blood drive
The Carolina Blood Drive collected 976 units of blood that will help save lives throughout the area, said Caroline Allison of the American Red Cross Carolinas Region, which sponsors the drive with UNC. The number of donors attending was 928; there were at least 115 double red-cell donors. Last year, 966 units were collected. The…
Banners boost Walk Carrboro
The Walk Carrboro campaign developed by a group of local businesses led by Jesse Kalisher of Kalisher Gallery will be a lot more visible thanks to the town. The campaign has been supported by radio advertisements, maps, stickers and a website, and will now receive additional support from 29 “Walk Carrboro†banners installed downtown. The…
Farm to fork picnic planned
The W.C. Breeze Family Farm in Hurdle Mills will be the scene of this year’s Farm to Fork Picnic. The picnic, put together by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Orange County Cooperative Extension and Slow Food Triangle, is an annual celebration of local food and farms. The event is on Sunday, June 14 from…
Exhibit, program to share history of local black community
UNC News Services For 37 years, the Rogers Road community in Chapel Hill has been at the center of a public debate about the impact of the Orange County Landfill, which borders the neighborhood. An exhibit opening June 12 at the university will tell a deeper story, uncovering more than two centuries of the community’s…
Community Calendar
Friday, May 29 Book Sale — The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will sponsor a quarterly book sale. 4-7pm Friday, Friends members only (can join at the door), open to the public 9am-4pm Saturday and 1-4pm Sunday, Chapel Hill Public LIbrary Alumni Basketball Game — The Central Community Band Booster Club will present…
Burrito Bash
This month’s Burrito Bash fundraiser on Tuesday at the General Store in Pittsboro promises to be a drag. The event, hosted by the Chatham County Artists Guild and the Abundance Foundation, is calling on all local drag queens and kings to come out to support the Abundance Foundation’s efforts to increase awareness of sustainable energy…
Volunteers needed for July 4
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department seeks volunteers to assist with its July 4 celebration. Volunteers are needed to help with tasks that include children’s activities, T-shirt and raffle ticket sales, providing information to festival goers, loading and unloading equipment at the stage, litter pick-up and recycling and hospitality. The event will run from 9:30…