Chapel Hill-based musical director and singing coach Richard Wall will present two free performances, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and April 11 at 2 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Reception Hall at 300 E. Rosemary St.
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Scout leader honored
Boy Scout leader Terry Hackett received the Silver Beaver Award from the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America earlier this month.
Her own terms
Ashley Osment confronts cancer and the merits of positive thinking.
Gazebo to be dedicated in memory of Rebecca Clark
A gazebo at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery on the corner of Country Club and South roads will be dedicated to the memory of the late Rebecca Clark during a ceremony to be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24. Clark, a longtime advocate for civil rights and on behalf of university workers, died Jan….
Street Scene turns 25
Street Scene Teen Center in downtown will celebrate its 25th year in operation with a special event this Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring photography, art, music and more from its 25 years of history. Food and refreshments will be available at the free event, which is open to all teens and everyone still…
From Kansas to Carrboro
In time for the windy season, Century Center Cinema is presenting the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz on Friday, March 26 at Carrboro’s Century Center. Musician Jeff Hart and friends will open the evening with rootsy versions of the classic Oz songs. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with live music starting at 7 and…
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. Registration is $25; an optional lunch is $10. Pre-registration is…
High school art students exhibit for a cause
Latisha Catchatoorian Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons Jack Watson, an art teacher at Chapel Hill High School, had an idea. Take the events of Haiti and turn them into inspiration for a class art project. Then take that art project and turn it into a fundraiser for the earthquake-ravaged country. At least $800 has been…
Rabies clinic
A low-cost rabies vaccination clinic offered by the Orange County Animal Services Department is set for March 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Animal Services Center on Eubanks Road. The vaccination fee is $5, which must be paid in cash. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. Animals that…
Africa Week
The Organization of African Students’ Interests and Solidarity at UNC will host its 30th annual Africa Week March 15-20. This year’s Africa Week theme, titled “Diamond in the Rough,†will highlight the beauty of Africa, with emphasis on both the issues that plague Africa and the different ethnic and cultural traditions that surround the continent….
Symposium features women civil rights veterans
Three women civil rights veterans will speak, and one will screen her film about the “desegregation and resegregation of U.S. public schools,†in two events March 16 at the university. Constance Curry, producer of the film The Intolerable Burden, will screen and discuss her project at noon in Toy Lounge on the fourth floor of…
Project to encourage community bonding
Individuals with disabilities and their allies in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, UNC and the Triangle are being invited to participate in a special art and social networking project by artist Park McArthur. The project, Presence Is Progress, is being organized and sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill’s Public Arts Office. Presence Is Progress was conceived…
NCBG plant sale opens
Thanks to warmer weather this weekend, the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s daily plant sale will open for the season on Saturday. The opening will feature the hardiest spring plants. The garden’s selection of native perennials, ferns and woody plants will continue to expand as the weather warms. Hours for the sale are 9 a.m. to…
Eve Carson memorial garden to be dedicated
UNC will dedicate the new Eve Marie Carson Garden on March 4 at 4 p.m. Named for Carolina’s former student body president, the garden is located on Polk Place, off Cameron Avenue behind the Campus Y. A tribute to Carson, the garden also is intended as a place of honor for all Carolina students, past…
Congregations examine issues in mental health
Taylor Sisk Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — Like society at large, faith communities often struggle with the complexities of mental illness – how to know, how to help, what to say. Recognizing the need for better insight, a multi-congregational organization called Faith Connections on Mental Illness convened a forum at Binkley Baptist Church this past…