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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 Friday — March 28, downtown Pittsboro. Art, food and a free movie. Local shops and galleries stay open late. Starts at 6 pm with this month’s movie “Psycho” starting at dusk. in the Capital Bank Parking lot. Sponsored by The Pittsboro Merchants Association. 260-9725 or pittsboroshops.com for info. Outside events subject to the weather.

Sixth Annual Carrboro CD and Record Show — Sunday, April 6, noon-6pm, Carrboro Century Center (2nd floor). 40 tables of new & used CDs, vinyl records and memorabilia. Free.

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 6:30. 20 games. Cost for all games is $20. Food and drink available. All proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Contact 640-6123 or 640-6220 for details.

Outdoor activities

Niche Gardens guided garden walks — Saturdays through June, 10am. Discussions on spring planting, garden maintenance, design & gardening for wildlife with bird and butterfly gardens. Special emphasis on drought-tolerant plants. Free, rain or shine. Niche Gardens, 1111 Dawson Rd, Chapel Hill. 967-0078 or www.nichegardens.com for info.

Guided Tours — of the N.C. Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections, every Saturday at 10 am. Led by trained volunteer tour guides and Botanical Garden curators. Meet your tour guide in front of the Totten Center. Free.

Kids

Kids Concert — Free performance by kids’ band Baron Von Rumblebuss. 4:30 p.m. at Chatham Marketplace. Special kid-friendly items will be offered on the Co-op’s hot bar. Opening performance by the Children’s Community Chorus, led by Mr. Jimmie Magoo.

Toddler Time — At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Thursday at 4pm. For more info, call 969-3006. Preschool Story Time – At the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Saturday at 10:30am. On April 3, Ms. Libby will share silly stories. All preschoolers are invited to this free program. 969-3006.

ComedySportz 4 Kidz — Games & improv for the 12 & under crowd. Saturdays, 5pm. $10, students $8, kids under 5 $5. DSI Comedy Theater, Carr Mill Mall, 338-8150 www.dsicomedytheater.com

Express Yourself! — Art program for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Weekly art projects for children & adults to explore their own creative paths; registration requested. Saturdays, 10:45-11:15 & 11:30am-noon. $2. Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. 933-1455, www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org

NC Botanical Garden — Nature Tales: Storytime in the Garden, Thursdays, beginning, April 3, 10 11 a.m. Children 3 to 5 years old are invited to attend a storytime in the garden, followed by a short activity. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free.

Volunteers

RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program — seeks volunteers to match other volunteers with opportunities for public service. 968-2056.

Meals on Wheels — seeks volunteers to deliver meals and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. For more info, call 942-2948.

English as a Second Language Conversation Club — seeks volunteers to talk with groups of international students Fridays from 11:30am-1:30pm. University Methodist Church on Franklin Street. Call 967-1448 or email harwellja@bellsouth.net.

Health & Wellness

Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer — A bi-weekly support group. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month, 3:30-5pm. Drop-in, no charge. Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 111 Cloister Ct, Ste 220, Chapel Hill. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org.

The Compassionate Friends: Self-help support after the death of a child — Free and open to all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Evergreen United Methodist Church. 11098 Highway 15-501. Call Julie Coleman at 967-3221 or visit www.chapelhilltcf.org

Museums

Planetarium & Digital Theater Shows — Science LIVE Demos. Ongoing. Morehead Planetarium, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill. Info hotline 549-6863, office 962-1236, tickets 843-7997. Thu-Sat 10am-5pm, 6:30-9:15pm. Tickets $5.25; $4.25 seniors, students & children. For info visit moreheadplanetarium.org.

Dance

Contra Dance — presented by The Carolina Song & Dance Association with a live caller and music by the Fabulous Shamrocks. Friday, Mar 21. 7:30pm workshop, 8pm dance. Century Center. $8 donation requested. 967-9948 or www.csda-dance.org for info.

Havana Nights —Cuban Salsa. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Mansion 462, 462 W Franklin St, 967-7913, www.mansion462.net.

Salsa/Mambo —3rd Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. $7, 358-4201, salsa_4u2@yahoo.com. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Rd, Durham.

Ballroom — 4th & 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, $2. 933-8982. Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill, 968-2070.

Carrboro DanceJam —Free-style dance to an eclective mix of music. Every first Friday beginning Apr 4. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W Weaver St, upstairs. Smoke & alcohol free. Call 968-8776 for more info.

Lectures, Discussions & Open Mics

“Notes on the History of Fiction” — Lecture by author E.L. Doctorow. Thursday, March 27, 6:30 p.m. Hanes Art Center. Franklin. Free.

Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture — by Julianne Malveaux, 15th president of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro. Tuesday, April 8, 7pm. Reception follows.

Civil War Symposium — in honor of Alan Stephenson, Saturday, March 29, 111 Carroll Hall UNC. Free. All-day public symposium on the Civil War, with topics ranging from the British view of Robert E. Lee to recent Hollywood renditions to secession and the slaves’ revenge.

“A War of Disabilities” — Author Ronald Glasser, doctor and authority on warfare injuries, speaks on health care for veterans, healing for both physical and mental trauma from the Iraq War. 7pm, March 30, Church of Reconciliation, 110 North Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill

Open Mic —For poetry, music & short fiction. Tuesdays at 7pm, Market Street Books & Maps, 610 Market St, Southern Village. 933-5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com

Films

Chicle — showing The Borders Trilogy (US 2002, English and Spanish with English subtitles) and Letters from the Other Side (US 2006, English and Spanish with English subtitles), cosponsored by Student Action for Farmworkers. Sunday, March 30, 5pm, 101 E Weaver St. Suite G-1, 3rd floor 933-0398, chi-cle.com

Other

VITA — a free tax assistance program for low-to-middle-income clients runs through Apr. For info and enrollment requirements, co.orange.nc.us/aging/VITA.asp.