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Arts & Music

Music Calendar: 03/27/08

Thursday March 27

Blue Horn Lounge: John Craige 10pm
Cat’s Cradle: Badfish, Scotty Don’t, High And Mighties. 8pm. $18
The Cave: EARLY: Shame Train LATE: Atlantic Crossing, $5
General Store Café: Jazz with Bo Lankenau 8pm
Local 506: The Moaners, Bellafew, Bibis Ellison. 9pm
Nightlight: Remora, M Coast, Diplomat, Keith John Adams. 9:30pm. $6
Reservoir: Thunderlip, Young Livers, Worn In Red

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Arts & Music

Arts Calendar: 03/13/08

Carrboro

El Sur Comes 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;. The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org

Kardelen: Turkish-American Artists Celebrate International Women’s Month — Paintings by Pelin Yazar Canez and Orhan Alpaslan. March 9 – 30, 2008 East End Gallery at The Artscenter. Reception: Friday, March 14, 2008, 6 – 9pm.

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Arts & Music

Music Calendar: 03/13/08

Thursday March 13

Blue Horn Lounge: Paleface. 10pm
The Cave: Early: Davis Stillson. Late: Town Mountain, $5
General Store Café: Club Boheme. 8pm
Local 506: Pulsoptional, Phon, Craig Hilton. 9pm. $6

Friday March 14

Blue Horn Lounge: Hwyl. 10pm
Cat’s Cradle: Hobex, Great Big Gone, Lynn Blakey & Ecki Heins. 7:30pm. $10
The Cave: Early: New River Rock Skippers. Late: Joe Romeo & The Orange County Volunteers.
General Store Café: Gravy Boys. 8:30pm
Local 506: Fan-tan, Max Indian, The Love Language. 10pm. $6

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Arts & Music

Practice your voting

Carrboro’s Erica Eisdorfer has long been known in book circles around here and not just because she’s managed the Bullshead Book Shop on campus for so many years.Her name got a little wider circulation this week after Amazon.com named her new work, The Wet Nurse’s Tale, one of the top ten finalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

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Community

Thrift store finds

What: Harry Belafonte Sings Five Early Songs, The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart and Cool Water by the Sons of the Pioneers (all LPs).

Where: Club Nova Thrift Shop, Main Street Carrboro

Cost: Couple bucks each

Club Nova is having a sale on jackets and sweaters, but a look at the records found many in decent shape. The Newhart album features a cut for President’s Day: “Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue.”

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Community Miscellany

Ride with us

Nice weather for a bike ride, and The Citizen is getting in on the act with a series of short films of town and local bike paths shot from the handlebar viewpoint. Visit www.ibiblio.org/carrborocitizen/mill to keep up with the series.

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Community

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 & Music

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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Arts & Music

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

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

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.