The General Store Café in Pittsboro will host the Claws & Hooves Burrito Bash on July 15. The bash benefits the Carnivore Preservation Trust and the Heads Up! Therapeutic Riding Program. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. A ticket gets you a burrito, chips and salsa, music by Regina Hexaphone and…
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July blood drives
The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold several blood drives throughout the month of July. Dates include: • July 16, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the UNC Student Union Great Hall; • July 16, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., in a bus in the parking lot behind UNC Hospitals off Manning Drive; • July…
Platelets urgently needed
UNC Hospitals is urgently seeking platelet donors. Because of two patients in critical condition, platelets are in high demand. Donation typically takes about two and a half hours. Donors are usually given snacks and shown a movie. The donated platelet supply is then administered to patients with cancer, liver disease and transplanted organs; premature babies;…
Here today, gone (and eaten) tomorrow
by Valarie Schwartz Staff Writer Word came on Monday that shelves at local food pantries were bare. John Dorward, associate director of the Inter-Faith Council (IFC), gladly reported that its food pantry in Carrboro remains in good shape for this time of year. “I’m happy not to have to show you empty shelves,†he said…
Community Calendar
Special Events Computer classes — free computer classes: Internet, Email, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, NC Live. Registration required. Wednesdays, through Aug. 6, 7pm Century Center 918-7387 cybrary@co.orange.nc.us The Music Man — Summer Youth Conservatory presents the musical. July 24-27. Thu-Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm. Tickets and information at 962-7529 or playmakersrep.org
Recently: No beef with this beef
By Valarie Schwartz Even with 90 pages left to read, this column acknowledges the affect of Michael Pollen’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma on yet another previously unconscious grocery shopper. That I started shopping in health food stores in the early 1980s and have supported farmers’ markets in money and words and have been a longtime Weaver…
Community Calendar: 06/26/08
Special Events Computer classes — free computer classes: Internet, Email, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, NC Live. Registration required. Wednesdays, through Aug. 6, 7pm Century Center 918-7387 cybrary@co.orange.nc.us African Roots of Banjo and Fiddle in Southern Traditional Music — June 26, 4-6 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center, 150 South Road, free and open to the public. Singer…
Noticia en Breve: Verano en la naturaleza
Hay muchas oportunidades para disfrutar de la naturaleza cerca de donde uno vive. Por ejemplo, hay el parque Wilson en Carrboro que contiene canchas para el tenis y aceso a caminatas por el riachuelo Bolin. La sombra de los arboles mantiene una temperatura agradable, pero es necesario llevar el agua. En Chapel Hill hay caminatas…
July 4 festivities
In Carrboro, the Fourth of July, our Independence Day, is an all-day party. Parade events kick off at 9:30 a.m. with music by Tim Stambaugh & Friends on the Weaver Street Lawn. Designing and decorating booths including face painting, hat making, bike decoration and registration for costume contests start at 10:00. Contest winners are chosen…
Dispute Settlement Center founder honored
Panzanella Restaurant was the scene of a well-attended party celebrating Andy Sachs’ founding of the Public Disputes Program at the Dispute Settlement Center. Sachs, who set up the program 20 years ago, was toasted by clients, elected officials, and DSC staff, board and volunteers for his contributions to the community. The program provides consensus building,…
Community Brief: Community dentist
Dr. Edgar Mauricio Castellanos has joined Carrboro Community Health Center. Castellanos, a dentist, will begin accepting dental appointments immediately. For more information or to make an appointment, call 933-9087.
Community Brief: Pumping Iron film
The Orange County Arts Commission and Carrboro Recreation and Parks will present the film Pumping Iron, a documentary of the life of Arnold Schwartzenegger, on Saturday at the Carrboro Century Center as the 2008 American Summer Movie. The film depicts how young Schwartzenegger focused his mind, built up his body and became a politician, and…
Community Brief: Fiddle program
UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will sponsor a program on the influence of African musical traditions on fiddle and banjo music in the southeastern United States at the Stone Center today (Thursday) from 4 to 6 p.m. Cece Conway, a…
Community Brief: Compassion award
Piedmont Health Services received the Compassionate Friends Award on Tuesday at their Lloyd Street offices in Carrboro. Deborah England, an employee of Piedmont Health Services, nominated her employer because of the support she received after the death of her son. Piedmont Health Services was recognized for going above and beyond customary workplace policies and practices…
Community Brief: Cybrary book election
The Carrboro Cybrary is asking patrons to vote for their favorite books in preparation for the general election in November. Readers are invited to vote for their favorite fiction, non-fiction and political books of the 21st century, as well as their favorite books of all time. The Cybrary will choose two of the winners to…