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Community Calendar: 03/06/08

Special Events

Annual Orange County Egg Hunt for children ages 2-10. Sat, Mar 15, Homestead community Park, 100 Northern Park Dr, Chapel Hill. Children’s entertainment begins at 9:30am and the 20,000-egg hunt begins at 10:30am. Games and a meet-and-greet with the Easter Bunny will follow. Sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department. Call 968-2787×208 for more info.

Lunchbox Concert Series — Thursdays through Mar 6. Bring lunch to the Century Center and hear live music from noon to 1pm. Free coffee provided by Open Eye Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm for more info.

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Arts Calendar: 03/06/08

Carrboro

El Sur Come South — Pedro Lash with Los Artistas & local sonideros; Center Gallery. Kardelen (Snow Drop) — Works by Pelin Yazar Canez, Orhan Alpaslan, Asuman Dogan, Atanur Dogan and Nihal Kececi to celebrate International Women’s Month; East End Gallery. The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org

Mixed media by Chief — a tribute to the artist’s new daughter. Showing through Mar. The Beehive Salon. 102 E Weaver St. 932-4483, thebeehive-salon.com

Collaborative works by Tori Ralston and Community Independent School students. Showing through Apr 1. Century Center. 100 N Greensboro St. 918-7385, townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm

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Music Calendar: 03/06/08

Thursday March 6

Blue Horn Lounge: Mark Wells & Jill Christensen. 10pm
Cat’s Cradle: Matt Costa with Jonathan Rice. 9:30pm. $12
Cave: Early: Brandon Herndon & John Pardue. Late: Moontaxi.
Local 506: Say Hi, The Big Sleep, The Nothing Noise. 9pm. $8
Mansion 462: The cliff Wallace Group. 8pm

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Community Calendar: 02/28/08

Special Events

North Carolina Environment Justice Network Quarterly Summit Meeting — will be held at the Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love Church on Saturday, March 1 from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. with speakers discussing landfill issues, water and sewage issues and the concerns of Smithfield Foods workers.

1st Annual Collectors Fair hosted by the Town of Carrboro and the N.C. Recreation and Parks Department. Sat, Feb 23, 9am-3pm. Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St. Colectible items such as coins, stamps, trading cards, comic books, dolls, toys & more will be on hand. Vendor booths available for $25-$35. Call Brendan Moore at 918-7392 or bmoore@townofcarrboro.org for more info.

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Community Calendar: 02/21/08

Special Events

1st Annual Collectors Fair hosted by the Town of Carrboro and the N.C. Recreation and Parks Department. Sat, Feb 23, 9am-3pm. Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St. Collectible items such as coins, stamps, trading cards, comic books, dolls, toys & more will be on hand. Vendor booths available for $25-$35. Call Brendan Moore at 918-7392 or bmoore@townofcarrboro.org for more info.

Lunchbox Concert Series — Thursdays through Mar 6. Bring lunch to the Century Center and hear live music from noon to 1pm. Free coffee provided by Open Eye Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm for more info.

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Music Calendar: 02/21/08

Thursday Feb 21

  • Blue Bayou Club: Delta Drift. 8:30pm
  • Blue Horn Lounge: Bill West. 10pm
  • Cat’s Cradle: Melissa Ferrick Trio. 9pm. $16
  • The Cave: Early: 3 Feet Up. Late: Sol Driven Train.
  • General Store Café: Tony Galiani Band. 8pm
  • Local 506: International Pop Overthrow Festival: Down By Avalon; The Love Willows; Love Jones; Airspace; Midnite Sun; We Know, Plato; Brett Harris; SNMNMNM. 7:30pm. $8
  • Nightlight: Love Language (Solo), Heads on Sticks, Monologue Bombs. 9pm. $5
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Arts Calendar: 02/21/08

Carrboro
Because We’re Still Here (and Moving): Mapping a World of Black History in Our Own Backyard — photography exhibit & interactive installation, Center Gallery. Acrylic paintings by DiGiulio, East Gallery. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

Mixed media by Chief — a tribute to the artists’ new daughter. The Beehive Salon, 102 E. Weaver St. 932-4483, thebeehive-salon.com.

Under the Big Blue Sky — works by self-taught artist Valerie Tan. Showing through Feb. Century Center. 100 N Greensboro St. 918-7385, townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm.

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Community Calendar: 02/14/08

Special Events
Lunchbox Concert Series — Thursdays, Feb 14-Mar 6. Bring lunch to the Century Center and hear live music from noon to 1pm. Free coffee provided by Open Eye Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm for more info.

Old Time Dixieland music by The Decatur Street Band. Sun, Feb 17, 3pm. Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill. Call 968-2070 for more info.

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Music Calendar: 02/14/08

Thursday Feb 14

  • Blue Bayou Club: Lucy Summer & Bo Lankenau. 8:30pm
  • Blue Horn Lounge: Paleface. 10pm
  • Cat’s Cradle: Young Neil and the Damage Done, Heart of Glass. 9pm. $8
  • The Cave: Early: Davis Stillson. Late: Dirty Little Heaters, The Pneurotics, Virgo 9. $5
  • General Store Café: Club Boheme. 8pm
  • Local 506: Tripp, Jason Adamo, Luego, Jeff Crawford. 9:30pm. Price TBA.
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Arts & Music

Arts Calendar: 02/14/08

Carrboro
Because We’re Still Here (and Moving): Mapping a World of Black History in Our Own Backyard — photography exhibit & interactive installation, Center Gallery. Acrylic paintings by DiGiulio, East Gallery. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

Mixed media by Chief — a tribute to the artists’ new daughter. The Beehive Salon, 102 E. Weaver St. 932-4483, thebeehive-salon.com.

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Written in stone

A few markers were chiseled blocks of granite with names and dates. They were much newer, closer to the road, and seeing them you at least had a name to connect with the depression in the undergrowth. But further into the place, deeper into woods that had grown up since those markers were placed, there were only stones here and there and it took a while before you could see that there were rows of stones. Some were very small, just the size of a hand and barely poking out of the vinca minor that covered the forest floor. Some were several inches tall, prominent compared to the others, and a couple bore marks of human effort to alter their shape. Lichens and moss were on the stones in patches and downed limbs, stumps and the undulations of the land made it difficult to see at first that the lines of stones stretched for a ways and then, looking deeper, it became apparent that there were multiple rows, and then the awful moment came when the thought sinks in that each stone stood for a person and each person brought to this place had lived and died a slave.

One of dozens of stones  in a slave cemetery near Smith Level Road. This stone, one of the larger ones among the dozens visible, was one of the few that had been worked before being placed as a headstone.

There is history that makes its way almost naturally into the public knowledge, history that’s likely lost for good and then there is the history emerging.