Head over to Fullsteam Brewery at 726 Rigsbee St. in Durham this Saturday for Slow Food Triangle’s third annual Traditional Southern New Year’s Day. The celebration of regional culinary traditions, local farmers and artisan food producers will take place from 4 to 7 p.m., with a meal featuring collard greens, cornbread, hoppin’ john, sweet potato pie and more served at 5. Vegetarian options will be available.
Admission is $15 for Slow Food members, $18 for non-members and free for children 10 and younger. Event proceeds will benefit a new healthy snack program at Club Boulevard Elementary School in Durham.
Attendees are kindly asked to bring their own plates, and to consider carpooling, to minimize waste and ease parking.
Year: 2010
Meandering through winter
Sparking conversations about silence
Don’t let frightful weather get you down, here are a few delightful places to find yourself this week when not toasting by the fire with your loved ones. Happy holidays!
Swinging times in Orange County
Here’s a short video of the performance featured on the front of today’s Carrboro Citizen of Jennifer Curtis, Margaret Dyer and Dexter Romweber playing at a house show on Dec. 11.

Small Wonders at FRANK
There’s nothing big featured at FRANK Gallery this month. The gallery drew the line at 20 inches for its featured show, Small Wonders, which runs through Jan. 9.
SPOTLIGHT: A Trekky Christmas
Trekky Records will welcome a very special guest to its Dec. 16 Christmas at the Cradle show – legendary local jangle/power-pop band The dB’s. The lads will join an impressive array of North Carolina performers for this fifth-annual gala to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, an event that’s already well established as a Yuletide classic.
A show dedicated to the importance of trees with a book to match opens during the 2ndFriday Artwalk with an event at The ArtsCenter on Dec. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. The book and show by the Paintbrush Forest collective – a mix of 30 local emerging and established artists – will raise funds for the Haw River Assembly. The project was funded by the Orange County Arts Commission.
Holiday Trolley Tour Friday Dec 10th
Eastgate, Womancraft and FRANK Gallery have teamed up to run a holiday trolley between the Franklin Street gallery and Eastgate Shopping Center, the home of Womancraft, on Dec. 10 during openings and meet-the-artist events at both locations. Four loops this evening, along with refreshments at each stop, are planned, starting at Eastgate at 6 p.m.