PDF version of The Citizen now up for 1/14/10. Here’s the link: http://www.ibiblio.org/carrborocitizen/print/citizen011410.pdf
Year: 2010
Hey baby, it’s cold outside– but even I, a born Floridian who whines so much about the cold I annoy myself, know that’s no excuse for missing shows. See you out there!
Mon – 1/11
- Movie Night: Take the Money and Run @ The Pinhook
Wed – 1/13
- Jemina Pearl / The Ettes @ Local 506 -Pearl’s record sports additional performances by Thurston Moore, Iggy Pop, Dave Sitek, and Derek Stanton and the tune “Sheena is a punk rocker” was featured on Gossip Girl (J Humphrey Designs FTW). So, I mean, if we’re talking cultural currency… omgzstfubffsrsly. – $10
- The Tim Stambaugh Show @ The Cave – $5 Â Â
- Jill Andrews / Amelia’s Mechanics @ The Pour House – When the supremely wonderful Everybodyfields broke up, I was terrified, horrified, and utterly wrecked with paranoia that when it came to taking it solo Sam Quinn was going to turn out totally insane and Jill Andrews was going to be a massive bore. THANK GOD, Jill (so far, at least) proved me wrong. SO COMPLETELY WRONG. I have been listening to her new EP since it landed in my mail box way back in October. So far, after about a million listens (if my iTunes count is to be believed), I have realized at least two true things: 1- Jill Andrews hates (perhaps LOATHES) refrains and 2- I LUV Jill Andrews…but really I already knew that. Come on out to the show (I don’t want to stand alone). – $8 adv / $10 at the door
- Zappa Plays Zappa @ Lincoln Theatre – $29 adv / $35 day of the show
Thurs – 1/14
- Tomahawks / Bellman Barker / Dylan Sneed @ The Nightlight – $5
- Wood Ear / Ben Davis and the Jetts / Filthybird @ The Pinhook
Fri – 1/15
- The Old Ceremony / Dexter Romweber Duo @ Cat’s Cradle – $10
- Sierra Hull & Highway 111 / David Olney with Sergio Webb @ Berkeley Café – Hull, a mentee of the lovely Allison Krauss, offers up a mean mandolin breakdown. $15
- Prison Books Collective Benefit – Radical Short Film Showing followed by Dance Party @ The Nightlight – Yep, you read that correctly.  Â
- The Moaners / Lonnie Walker / Liza Kate @ The Pinhook – Top nominee for local show you best not miss.
Sat – 1/16
- MOVITS / Juan Huevos @ Local 506 – umm… Swedish swinging hip-hop teams with local electro indie rap act? – $8 adv / $10 at the door
- Blair Crimmins and the Hookers @ The Cave – Bawdy 1920’s pulp wannabes play seemingly accessible, melodic tune-age – $5
- General Johnson & The Chairmen of the Board / The Executives @ Lincoln Theatre – If you’re into watching old white people dance, this is the show for you. – $10 adv / $12 day of the show
Sun – 1/17
- The James King Band / Lorraine Jordan & The Carolina Road Band: A Benefit to Help Save James’ Beloved Cat @ Berkeley Café – Allow me to quote from the press release on the Berkeley’s website (because I’m vaguely sure you wouldn’t believe me): “James King is a cat lover. Recently his cat was attacked by a coyote that came up into the yard. He and his wife rushed the cat to the emergency vet clinic in hopes of saving it’s life. When they arrived the cat had lost a lot of blood and gone into shock. The vet was ready to put it down but James and his wife asked them to please try to save it. Well it turned out to be a miracle cat and lived but had no way of going to the bathroom on its own. A special operation was performed and it worked. The vet bill grew to $5,600. James and his wife have put everything they had saved into saving this cat. They have all of the bill paid except $2,240. If this is not paid the vet hospital said it would have to keep the cat. Also, if a new owner did not come in and adopt the cat they would keep it 10 days and then put it down. So this bill has to be paid.†Right. - $15 (though larger donations are welcome)
Other places we need to be? Cough it up (but not in like a germy, mucus sort of way– that’s gross).
This week’s weather
My it is cold this morning — all of 13 degrees at Horace William Airport.
For the rest of the week, we seem to heading back to normal temps.
Via the NWS:
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind between 5 and 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Scattered flurries after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind around 7 mph becoming northwest.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. North wind between 8 and 13 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. North wind between 6 and 9 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Calm wind becoming west between 4 and 7 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.
Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Enjoy the weather
This morning is the warmest it’s going to be all day.
If you need some advice on how not to wind up with frozen pipes here’s a story from this week’s paper.
Here’s the link:Â http://www.ibiblio.org/carrborocitizen/print/citizen010710.pdf
Welcome to the New Year and with any luck a hundred new reasons to get out of your house and into the mix.
Thurs – 1/7
- “Paper or Receipts” New Work by David Winton Art Show @ The Nightlight $FREE! (and show up early for ping pong!)
Fri – 1/8
- Erie Choir / Audubon Park / Butterflies @ Local 506 $8
- Old Bricks @ The Cave – If their myspace is any indication (and lord, I hope it is), old bricks makes raw, resolute folk music with an edge. It’s an impercise definition, but it’s a lot of promise delivered in a few streaming songs– which makes for a good bet that checking them out at the old tavern may be an incredible way to break into the new year. $5
- The Rosebuds / Megafaun / Lonnie Walker @ The Pour House – Word is that tickets are darn close to sold out for this triple bill of the area’s best and most promising indie rollickers. Don’t waste time, just on the Megafun train, just $10 adv / $13 at the door.
Sat – 1/9
- Transportation / North Elementary / The Library / Adam Price and Matt McMichaels @ Local 506 $6
- Midtown Dickens / Humple Tripe / Malcom Rollick @ The Nightlight
- The Bros Marler @ The Cave – Ummm… allegedly they sound like, “the beatles went drinking with led zepplin, got into django rheinharts car that bob dylan stole and had a huge car pile up with so many vehicles that all that was heard was the mystical harmony of this perfectly bad situation; while on the street corner was a whino playing a harmonica, hovered over a can fire with a homeless barber shop quartet intermittently swapping stories of love, loss, good times, and better days,” but I don’t know what the hell that means. $5
- The Rosebuds / Megafaun / Hammer No More The Fingers @ The Pour House – This show is sold out online, but a few tickets are apparently still available at Schoolkids Records. $10 adv / $13 at the door
Sun – 1/10
- The Blind Boys of Alabama / Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ UNC’s Memorial Hall
Anywhere else we need to be?
The folks at the Orange Water and Sewer Authority have compiled an extensive list of frozen pipe tips. As follows:
PROTECTING WATER PIPES FROM FREEZING
Let one or more cold water faucets drip slowly to keep water moving and reduce the potential for freezing. A slow drip from a faucet is better than major water loss and property damage from frozen (burst) pipes.
If you have water pipes or hoses in unheated areas (such as a crawlspace, attic, basement, utility room/shed or outdoors), insulating the pipes is prudent, especially if they are cold water pipes. For example, pipes that hold water for a sprinkler fire protection system may need to be insulated if they are in an unheated attic.
Pipes in an unheated area can be protected by wrapping them with electrical heating tape (available at supply stores). However, heating tape should be installed first if pipes are insulated.
If you have pipes inside or close to an exterior wall (such as pipes that supply water to a sink), you can help keep the pipes warm by opening the cabinet if there is one under the sink.
Remove and drain hoses from outdoor spigots. If there is a cut off valve specifically for an outdoor spigot, turn the valve to the off position, open the spigot and drain any water remaining in the spigot and pipe “downstream†of the shut-off valve.
If you have water pipes in an unheated area such as a shed or garage and there is a shut-off valve for those pipes, turn off the valve and drain the water from the pipes by opening the faucet/spigot.
Identify and mark the location of shut-off valves in your plumbing system so you can turn off the water before and during a repair if water freezes in a pipe and the pipe then bursts.
For more information on shut-off valves, please see Shut-off valves can save water, time and dollars on the Maintenance page of OWASA’s Customer Care website section.
If your house or business has an unheated basement or crawlspace including water pipes, you may close some of the foundation vents to help keep out cold air. HOWEVER, IF THE BASEMENT OR CRAWLSPACE HAS A FURNACE THAT USES NATURAL GAS OR HEATING OIL, AND/OR A WATER HEATER THAT USES NATURAL GAS, PLEASE CHECK WITH THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED OR MAINTAINS THEM ABOUT THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF AIR. It is necessary to resolve any safety questions before closing all foundation vents.
IF A HOME OR BUSINESS IS OR WILL BE WITHOUT HEAT WHILE VACANT, DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE, etc., you can do the following to drain water out of the pipes and fixtures to protect them from freezing:
1. If your plumbing system has a shut-off valve, use it to turn the water OFF. The shut-off valve may be in the basement, crawlspace, or a utility room. Houses, etc. built on concrete stabs with no crawlspace or basement may have a shut-off valve in a closet near the front of the building.If your plumbing system does not have a shut-off valve, you can have OWASA shut off the water at our meter for a fee, or a plumber can do so. Turning off the water at the meter without the proper tool can damage the meter assembly, so shutting off water at the OWASA meter should be done by someone who can do so properly.
2. Post a large reminder or notice that the water is OFF in a very visible place, such as the foyer, living room, main hallway, kitchen, etc. so that you and others who enter the house/building later can know that the water is off.
3. Open all faucets and spigots, including those in showers and bathtubs, to drain water out of the pipes to the extent practical.
The water will slowly drain out from the lowest faucets, which may be an outside spigot, in the basement near a laundry washer-dryer area, or in a bathtub in a house which was built on a concrete slab without a basement.
PLEASE NOTE: The water heater may also be drained of water if its power/fuel source is off, but it is very important to know how to do so safely and to prevent damage to heating elements. If you are not familiar with this procedure, we suggest not draining the heater or getting professional assistance.
4. Leave the faucets and spigots open to drain while the water is OFF. Some water will stay in these pipes and may freeze, but draining the plumbing system will reduce the potential for freezing and damage.
5. Remove the hoses from the spigots or faucets that supply water to your clothes washer and open these faucets. (NOTE: Before you remove the hoses, put a bucket or similar container in place to catch the water that will drain from these spigots.)
6. Flush all toilets at least twice to drain as much water out of the toilet tanks and bowls as YOU can.
7. When the heat is restored, and you are ready to turn to the water back on:
· close the faucets and spigots at tubs, sinks, showers, etc.
· reconnect the clothes washer hoses to the correct faucets, and
· then turn the water back ON by opening the shut-off valve for the plumbing system or arrange to have water turned on at the OWASA meter. Water should then begin flowing to refill the toilets.
· If any water pipes have been damaged, they will leak and could cause property damage, so listen carefully for flowing water after the toilet tanks fill. (Filling a toilet tank may take about 60 seconds.)
· If you hear water flowing after the toilets are full, shut the water OFF and look thoroughly to find any water leaks/damage. If you find leak(s), have them repaired by a licensed plumber or other qualified person.
For more information: OWASA Public Affairs, 919-537-4267 or webmaster@owasa.org.
Details on the annual rally, march and worship service from our local branch of the NAACP:
CHAPEL HILL – CARRBORO NAACP BRANCH SPONSORS M.L. KING, JR. DAY RALLY, MARCH AND WORSHIP SERVICE
The Chapel Hill – Carrboro Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will sponsor its annual Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Day Rally, March and Worship Service on Monday, January 18, 2010.
The rally will start at 9:00 a.m. at the Peace and Justice Plaza (Franklin Street Post Office and Court Building) in Chapel Hill. Speakers will include representatives of the local NAACP and the UNC-CH branches. The keynote speaker will be Rev. Robert Campbell, President of the Rogers-Eubank Roads Neighborhood Association. The rally will be followed by a March down Franklin Street at 9:30 a.m.
The March will end at First Baptist Church, 106 N. Roberson Street, where a worship service will start at 10:30 a.m. The keynote speaker for the worship service will be Timothy Tyson, Ph.D. Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Dr. Tyson also serves as a Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture at Duke Divinity School, and holds appointments in the Department of History at Duke University and in the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina. He received his B.A. from Emory University in 1987 and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1994.
Tyson’s book, Blood Done Sign My Name, won the Southern Book Award for Nonfiction, the Grawemeyer Award from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the Christopher Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Jeb Stuart, a Hollywood screenwriter and director, best known for “The Fugitive†and “Die Hard,†has completed a feature film based on Blood Done Sign My Name, which will be released in February 2010.
Tyson’s latest publication, “Ghosts of 1898: Wilmington’s Race Riot and the Rise of White Supremacy,†a special 16-page section of the Raleigh News & Observer, was distributed to 700,000 North Carolina households and won an Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
Cold, cold, cold
Long about 4 p.m. it’s expected be all the way up to 34 degrees.
Farmers’ Market open on Saturday
Just a reminder that there will be a Saturday market at Carrboro Town Commons from 9 a.m. to noon. What’s there? Here’s the list:
New Items this Week: sorrel, rutabagas, creasy greens, totsoi, dill, cilantro, turnips, beets, beet greens, carrots, cauliflower, celery, sweet potatoes, broccoli, lettuce, chard, radishes, mustard greens, turnip greens, shiitake mushrooms, green tomatoes, sorrel, acorn squash, butternut squash, greenhouse tomatoes, beans, bell peppers, new potatoes, arugula, onions, wheat flour, garlic, salad mixes (spicy and non), collards, fresh herbs, kale, pecans, dried flowers, meats like goat, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, buffalo, and various specialty meats like liverwurst, bologna, hotdogs, etc, cow’s and goat’s milk cheeses, eggs, breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes.
That ought to hold ya.