The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will present a panel discussion on memories of the library from 1958 to present. The discussion is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 20. The program is a retrospective as the library celebrates its 50-year anniversary and continues to expand. Speakers including Jane Dyer, Molly Cameron,…
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Community Brief: Clydefest
The 7th annual Clydefest takes place Saturday, April 26 at the Bynum Ball Park. Clydefest is a festival sponsored by ChathamArts and the Village of Bynum and includes live music and fun for kids. The festival is held to honor Clyde Jones, a famous self-taught folk artist making his home in Bynum. The event includes…
Community Brief: Healthy kid fest
The YMCA on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd will host the Healthy Kids Day and Family Fest on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free festival will educate parents about local services while the kids enjoy such entertainment as face painting and games. The festival features live music, a moon bounce…
Community Brief: Book launch
Chapel Hill resident Irma Tejada and Carrboro resident Chris Kanoy launched their book A Weekend in the Paris of the Piedmont today at Carrboro Elementary School. At the launch, Mayor Mark Chilton read part of the book to Carrboro Elementary’s third-grade students. In addition, Tejada and Kanoy discussed how their love affair with Carrboro led…
Community Brief: Nutrition talk
Nutrition educator Margaret Nahum of North Carolina State University will speak at the next meeting of Peer Connections: Be Well! Feel Fit! on Thursday April 24 at the Carrboro Town Hall, 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 942-5602 or email peerconnections@gmail.com.
Our friend, the morel
Here at The Citizen, we often extol the value of a good walk in the woods. Occasionally the rewards offered by such an endeavor are pleasing to the palate as well, evidenced, we hope, by the lovely bowl of morels pictured at right.
Water Watch: Wednesday, April 16
LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 0’ 1.25†below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 7’ 5.5†below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant: 2.94†Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.70â€
Recently: Long-haired music from a short-haired man
By Valarie Schwartz If you think that all classical music was written by long-haired men who are long-dead, think again. Ari Picker is writing a symphony, and he’s very much alive — with close-cropped hair. Picker, 26, grew up in Bynum, took no music lessons as a child and only started playing instruments (piano and…
Community Calendar: 04/10/08
Special Events Ackland Art After Dark — See a variety of artwork, listen to jazz, commune with art lovers. Fri Apr 19, 9pm. Ackland Art Museum. Bingo Night — Hosted by Team Eurosport, a Relay For Life team. April 11th at the Big Barn Convention Center, Hillsborough. Doors open at 6:00 pm; Games start at…
Recently: Natives grow natives in the garden
By Valarie Schwartz The rain Tuesday morning didn’t deter Jeff and Cheryl Prather. It had kept them inside on Monday, but they had a freshly painted bench to park and no doubt a list of other things to accomplish in their native woodland garden that will be one of 10 gardens featured on the Chapel…
Community Brief: Real men
The Advocates for Children Committee of Healthy Carolinians of Orange County and the Hillsborough Exchange Club will hold a special event on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., to raise awareness about shaken baby syndrome in recognition of child abuse prevention month. In order to combat the problem, the Advocates for Children Committee of…
Community Calendar: 04/03/08
Special Events Really Really Free Market — Sat, April 5th, 2:30-5:00pm, Carrboro Town Commons. First Saturday of every month. Contact vdaro@email.unc.edu or 428-1611. First Sunday — Apr 6th, 12-4pm. A monthly celebration on historic Hillsboro Street in downtown Pittsboro. The Haw River String Band performs 1-3 pm. Vendors, local galleries and shops are open. Food…
Carrboro Stories: A Few Moments with Beulah
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Beulah Hobby eloped. You see, she’d been busy all summer and hadn’t yet told her mother about that boy, Bryant Hackney. She’d forever kept busy; so busy, in fact, through high school – what with being captain of the basketball team and all – that she’d had no time to…
St. Paul AME planning major project — and a move
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Rogers Road neighborhood could see major changes over the next several years, with the possible addition of a church, affordable housing, recreation areas and an elementary school. St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church has purchased more than 20 acres of land on the corner of Rogers and Purefoy roads…
Community Calendar: 03/27/08
Special Events UNC Friends of the Library Book Sale — Thu, Mar 27, 5-8pm: Friends of the Library preview; Fri, Mar 28, 9am-8pm: Public sale; Sat, Mar 29, 9am to noon: $3 per bag. American Legion Building, 1714 Legion Rd, Chapel Hill. Benefit the University Library Endowment. 962-4207 or www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/BookSale.html for more info. Fishy Fourth…