Family to Family is a series of 12 weekly classes structured to help family members understand and support a loved one with a serious mental illness.
Category: Community
Schools open a bit more crowded than anticipated
Across Carrboro and Chapel Hill, nearly 12,000 students will strap on their backpacks and kiss summer goodbye, heading back today for the start of the 2011-12 school year.
Program to commemorate landmark civil rights case
A 50th anniversary commemoration program will be held on Monday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center to recognize the Vickers v. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools landmark civil rights case.
Meeting on proposed Boys and Girls Club
There will be a public forum Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Pine Knolls Community Building at 107 Johnson St. to discuss a proposal to build a Boys and Girls Club facility on Johnson Street.
Peace and Justice ceremony
The Town of Chapel Hill will recognize unique individuals who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to social justice at a Peace and Justice Celebration.
Public lecture on disaster co-location
Orange County Animal Services will host “Co-locating: Keeping People and Their Pets Together During a Disaster,†a lecture by Darshan Patel and Sarah Fallin, on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Sharing Ramadan
People of all faiths are invited to a dinner celebrating Ramadan on Saturday.
Artists’ Salon Aug. 19
The next Orange County Arts Commission Artists’ Salon will be held this Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the West End Theater at The ArtsCenter.
Cooking with apples event
Marilyn Markel will visit the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. to demonstrate new and unique ways to incorporate apples into your cooking at home.
Northeast District Park opens
The official grand opening of Northeast District Park, a 66-acre park located at 5408 Big Woods Road off Jack Bennett Road in northeast Chatham County, will be held on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Second annual local foods dinner
Carrboro United Methodist Church will serve a dinner made with locally grown and produced foods on Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 200 Hillsborough Road.
Boys & Girls Club fundraiser
The Boys & Girls Club of Eastern Piedmont will host Dancing with the Stars of Carolina at the Carolina Inn on Aug. 27 beginning at 6 p.m. to raise money for the first Boys & Girls Club in Chapel Hill.
Meals on Wheels receives grant
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels received a grant of $25,000 from the Walmart State Giving Foundation.
Getting the green business thing down
RECENTLY . . . So, you think you’ve got the whole “green†thing covered.
Carrboro poetry anthology
The Carrboro Arts Committee has sponsored the publication of the Carrboro 100th Birthday Poetry Anthology.