Herbalist Kim Calhoun will lead a medicinal- and edible-plant walk on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. along the Lower Haw River State Natural Area Trail. Participants will walk from the Bynum pedestrian bridge to the trail, learning about some of the edible, drinkable and medicinal plants growing in yards, fields, forest floors and canopies…
Category: Community
ArtsCenter launches $350k campaign
Over the past 35 years, The ArtsCenter has become a mainstay in Carrboro, offering programs, services and classes that can’t be found elsewhere in the area.
IFC hosting discussion on shelter
The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service will host two community discussion sessions on the proposed new Community House on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and other IFC projects.
Good Friday, Easter Sunday closings
The following changes to office and service hours will be in effect this weekend in observance of the Good Friday and Easter holidays …
Easter Egg Hunts
Carrboro United Methodist Church will host an Easter egg hunt on Saturday at 4 p.m. on the church grounds.
The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill will hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Horace Williams House. Greenleaf Vineyard Church will host an urban Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. on Sunday on top of the Wallace Parking Deck in downtown Chapel Hill.
Atheist finds support in social group
Dustin Hill doesn’t lie, cheat, steal or worship the devil. But because Hill is an atheist, people sometimes assume he does.
Easter events this week
Grab your Easter baskets –organizations throughout the area are hosting Easter egg hunts and other events this week in celebration of the approaching Easter holiday. Egg hunts start this weekend and continue through Easter Sunday.
Lakes to open for recreation
University Lake and the Cane Creek Reservoir will reopen for boating, fishing, picnicking, sunbathing and other recreation at 7 a.m. on Saturday.
Prescription drug talk
Robin Zook, a registered pharmacist and former researcher at UNC, will give a talk on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications at a meeting of the Chapel Hill chapter of the Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees on Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Seymour Senior Center on Homestead Road.
Schizophrenia symposium
The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health will host the 17th annual STEP Symposium, “Putting It Together: Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Schizophrenia†on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Drive in Chapel Hill.
Strowd Roses grants
Strowd Roses is accepting applications for grants to be awarded in May 2010 to tax-exempt organizations for projects that improve the quality of life for residents of Chapel Hill or Carrboro.
Student film event
ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema Series will present college students’ short films from around the state on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Barn at Fearrington Village.
Aveda to offer free haircuts
The Aveda Institute Chapel Hill will provide complimentary haircuts, makeup applications, express facials, polish changes and stress relieving treatments on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. to raise awareness for its Earth Month fundraising activities.
Walk the labyrinth
Carrboro United Methodist Church invites the public to experience a labyrinth at the church during Holy Week, March 29 to April 3.
Youth orchestra concert
The Mellarme Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert at the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library’s next Beyond the Book Series program at 4 p.m. on April 3 at the Chapel Hill Public Library.