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Community Brief: Library book sale

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

The Friends of the Library will hold a book sale from Thursday, March 27 to Saturday, March 29. Thousands of books in all categories will be available, but particularly in art, history, biography and fiction, along with classical music CDs. Pre-K through 12th-grade teachers with identification are entitled to a 50 percent discount. Proceeds will…

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Community Brief: Musical art

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Wilson Library will hold a panel discussion and live music performance as it opens its new exhibit, “Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns and Ron Liberti,” a show dedicated to poster art produced for the local music scene. The event is at 5:45 p.m. Monday, March 17 in Wilson Library. The two artists…

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Community Brief: N.C. Fund premiere

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

The premiere screening of the documentary Change Comes Knocking: The Story of the N.C. Fund will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 at Union Auditorium on the UNC campus. The showing will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers and professors. The documentary tells the story of the anti-poverty North Carolina Fund established…

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Community Brief: Music benefit

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

Cat’s Cradle will host a benefit for the Woods Charter School Music Department on Friday, March 14. Playing are Hobex, Great Big Gone and Lynn Blakey & Ecki Heins. Doors open at 8 and admission is $10.

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Water Watch: Wednesday, March 12

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Staff

LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 0‘ .25” below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 12‘ 1.25” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  3.53” Cane Creek Reservoir: 2.99”

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Don’t Miss the Spring Ephemerals

Posted on March 10, 2008March 10, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore Some of our most beautiful woodland flowers are called spring ephemerals because their visible presence is fleetingly brief. They emerge from the forest floor in the chilly late winter to take advantage of the full sunlight that’s absent once the forest canopy is in full leaf. By mid-April, some of these early…

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Recently: Toe tappin’ and water drippin’

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz Timing being everything, the folks down in Bynum have hit the bull’s eye with a recent fundraising plan. Everybody, it seems, needs rain barrels these days. Luke Barrow, who, with his wife, Bonnie, has lived in three houses in Bynum over the past eight years, found a place in Idaho selling food…

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Community Brief: Police dog dies of cancer

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department on Monday announced that police dog KC died of cancer on Friday. According to the department, KC began experiencing difficulty breathing early Friday and was found to be in the late stages of cancer. He was seven years old and had been the partner of Officer Gabe Shin for the…

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Community Brief: Send a Kid to Camp benefit concert

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Down Yonder Farm will host their annual Send A Kid To Camp benefit on Saturday, March 22. Performers include blues singer and guitarist Harvey Dalton Arnold, performance artist Tiffany Okafor, country singer/songwriter Wil Mills and the Rhonda Robichaux band. Admission to the event is free and donations will go toward sending local kids to…

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Community Brief: Local art auction benefit

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

The Fearrington Barn will host an art auction to raise money for the Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center on Sunday, March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m. Local art will be auctioned and music, drinks and food will be available. Tickets are $20 and can be bought at Second Bloom, Chatham Arts, Blue Birds…

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Community Calendar: 03/06/08

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Special Events Annual Orange County Egg Hunt for children ages 2-10. Sat, Mar 15, Homestead community Park, 100 Northern Park Dr, Chapel Hill. Children’s entertainment begins at 9:30am and the 20,000-egg hunt begins at 10:30am. Games and a meet-and-greet with the Easter Bunny will follow. Sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation…

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Practice your voting

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro’s Erica Eisdorfer has long been known in book circles around here and not just because she’s managed the Bullshead Book Shop on campus for so many years. Her name got a little wider circulation this week after Amazon.com named her new work, The Wet Nurse’s Tale, one of the top ten finalists in the…

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Thrift store finds

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

What: Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs, The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart and Cool Water by the Sons of the Pioneers (all LPs). Where: Club Nova Thrift Shop, Main Street Carrboro Cost: Couple bucks each

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Ride with us

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

Nice weather for a bike ride, and The Citizen is getting in on the act with a series of short films of town and local bike paths shot from the handlebar viewpoint. Visit www.carrborocitizen.com/mill to keep up with the series.

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Water Watch: Wednesday, March 5

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Staff

LAKE LEVELS University Lake: 1‘ .5” below full Cane Creek Reservoir: 14‘ 9.5” below full PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant:  1.65” Cane Creek Reservoir: 1.83”

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