
{"id":6455,"date":"2009-07-16T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=6455"},"modified":"2009-07-16T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:24:00","slug":"big-city-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/07\/16\/big-city-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Big City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how director\/producer Donald Whittier of Banzai Entertainment answered when asked whether the film crew setting up next to Cliff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Meat Market was working on a biopic about Cliff Collins.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been around the corner of Main and Greensboro streets this week, you may have noticed a camera crew setting up shots and a fellow in a tie with an ID tag around his neck hanging out in various spots. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Charlotte actor Mark Scarboro, who plays Jackman, the title character in Whittier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new film.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBecky Stafford, who is helping Whittier out on the production, said the crew plans to film in spots all over town. A scene at Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s was filmed last weekend. Other locations will include Southern Rail and Open Eye Caf\u00c3\u00a9, Stafford said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locally grown<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Downtown Partnership is hoping to test out its recently approved beer garden at the next Locally Grown concert, which is Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. at the James C. Wallace parking deck.<\/p>\n<p>Just before its summer recess, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved of having a roped-off area where concert goers could enjoy a cold one at the monthly concert series.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s show is being presented by Music Makers Relief Foundation and features Big Ron Hunter and Boo Hanks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memories<\/strong><br \/>\nDelightful as it was to host the Bolshoi, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re wondering how long the posters are going to stay in place. A lot of spots have moved on, window display-wise, but there are still a few celebratory placards around the downtown, including a couple of forlorn looking spots in the empty storefronts at the old Schoolkids and the long-abandoned southeast corner of Columbia and Franklin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how director\/producer Donald Whittier of Banzai Entertainment answered when asked whether the film crew setting up next to Cliff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Meat Market was working on a biopic about Cliff Collins. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been around the corner of Main and Greensboro streets this week, you may have noticed a camera crew setting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455","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=6455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6456,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455\/revisions\/6456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}