“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to even talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.†—Rumi— Eric Edwin Diener died unexpectedly on December 29, 2008, in Montgomery,…
Category: Community
Eyes on the prize, 1963
Paul and Silas bound in jail, Had no money for their bail, Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Aquatic Center Opens
Becky Campbell, right, coach of the East Chapel Hill High School swim team, instructs some of her team members at practice Monday in the new Homestead Aquatic Center, which opened last weekend. Monday was the team’s first chance to practice in the new facility, said Campbell, and the team was especially excited about it because…
Artwalk this Friday
The Second Friday Artwalk kicks off at 6 p.m. with plenty of openings and new shows. Among the shows are a collection of collages by Amanda Bushman at Fleet Feet and Jesse Kalisher’s photo essay on the farmers and residents in the White Cross area who are worried about the possibility that their community will…
Community Calendar 1/08/09
Special Events Power of the People: Environmental Justice in Orange County — Jan. 25, 2:30-5pm, free. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. Talk by Omega Wilson of the West End Revitalization Association, Inc. A celebratory dance performance will be given by East Baile Latino from East Chapel Hill High School. For more information, call …
Community Brief: MLK play
Bright Star Children’s Theater will present The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 4 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the Orange County Public Library on West Tryon Street in Hillsborough. The play will start with the civil rights movement and explore the life and work of King. The event is free and all…
Community Brief: MLK events
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the NAACP will sponsor its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally, march and worship service on Jan. 19 starting at 9 a.m. at the Franklin Street Post Office in Chapel Hill. This year’s theme is “Environmental Racism†and the keynote speaker will be Rev. Robert Campbell of the Rogers…
Community Brief: Lowery talk
Harvard University assistant professor of history Malinda Maynor Lowery will discuss “Indians, Southerners and Amercans: Race Tribe and Nation During Jim Crow†on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC. The talk will focus on the North Carolina Lumbee community, examining American Indian identity and federal policy during…
Community Brief: Conversations on race and politics
James A. Joseph, former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and professor of public policy at Duke University, will reflect on Barack Obama’s election as part of the “Light Up Your Winter†series on Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the United Church of Chapel Hill. The talk will be part of a series of conversations on…
Community Brief: Blood drive
The Orange County American Red Cross will hold a number of blood drives over the next several weeks. Locations are: • University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, Jan. 9 from 2:30 to 7 p.m.; • UNC Hospitals, Manning Drive, behind the hospital, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; • New Sharon…
The Eater
Welcome back After taking feasting season off to concentrate on the tasks at hand, The Eater returns and would like to first off welcome back all the students and others who spent the holidays elsewhere. Also deserving of a welcome back are the regulars at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market, who got back to work last…
Paperboys, 1954
Many a future journalists’ first job in journalism began humbly on the streets, selling or delivering the hometown afternoon paper. But in the ‘70s when newspapers began shifting to pre-dawn delivery, “boys†could no longer ride their neighborhoods, tossing rolled papers from their bicycles — and thus, a whole farm-team generation of future writers, photographers…
Community Calendar 12/31/08
Special Events Phil Blank Exhibit — Dec. 12-Jan. 6, 7pm. Wootini. Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro St. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com CCCC Registration — Jan. 6, 9am-7pm. Central Carolina Community College will hold open registration for spring semester classes at its campuses in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. cccc.edu
Recently: Giving above and beyond
Community brief: Horton handmade Christmas
Horton Middle School presented five handmade quilts, the result of the collective efforts of 320 students, to Chatham County Habitat for Humanity on Friday.