
{"id":17800,"date":"2011-04-28T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=17800"},"modified":"2011-04-28T13:10:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:10:45","slug":"a-centennial-carrboro-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/04\/28\/a-centennial-carrboro-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Centennial Carrboro Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although Carrboro Day always falls on the first Sunday in May, this Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s celebration is not your average Carrboro Day. <\/p>\n<p>That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our birthday \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 100th. And in addition to the usual festivities and some special centennial goings-on, The ArtsCenter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Street Fair will be held simultaneously.<br \/>\nAttendees can learn a little about Carrboro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 100-year history from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Board Room. <\/p>\n<p>Outside on the Town Commons, the street fair will showcase The ArtsCenter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wide range of programs, featuring caricature drawing, hands-on pottery-making for children, improv acts, musical performances and more. <\/p>\n<p>The Carrboro Community Garden Club\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Plant Exchange, from 1 to 5 p.m., will offer celebrants the opportunity to bring a plant from their yards or homes and exchange it for a club member\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plant. Club members will be available to share gardening advice, identify plants and provide information on exotic invasive species.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration also will feature a library book and bake sale, a Boy Scout hot dog sale and Carrboro Police Department displays from 1 to 5 p.m. OWASA will provide conservation information, also from 1 to 5 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Live music on the Town Commons, with performances by The Village Band, the Triangle Jazz Band, Club Boheme and Cool John Ferguson, will run from 1 to 5 p.m. The music continues at 6 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center with a performance by the Nomads. <\/p>\n<p>Continuing with town tradition, poetry readings will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Town Hall Board Room. <\/p>\n<p>In case of rain, outdoor activities will be moved to the Carrboro Century Center. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboroday.com\/\">carrboroday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Staff Reports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Carrboro Day always falls on the first Sunday in May, this Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s celebration is not your average Carrboro Day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17800"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17829,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17800\/revisions\/17829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}