Carrboro’s Recreation and Parks’ Jam Session Series presents Square Dance Jam on Friday, Dec. 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. Join the Square Heels Square Dance Club for an evening of fun and laughter. All visitors will be invited to dance; no experience necessary. Wear comfy shoes. Admission is $3…
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Blood drive
Dates and times for blood drives in December are: Walnut Grove United Methodist Church: Sunday, Dec 6 from noon to 4:30 p.m., 7215 Walnut Grove Church Road, Hillsborough Cedar Ridge High School: Saturday, Dec 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 1125 New Grady Brown School Road UNC Wellness Center: Tuesday, Dec 15 from 2…
Free parking on Saturdays
Every Saturday in December, parking will be free at meters and municipal parking lots until 5 p.m. Normal parking fees will apply after 5 p.m. at the Wallace Deck, 150 E. Rosemary St., and the Rosemary/Columbia parking lot (formerly Lot 2), 100 E. Rosemary St. Look for bags on the meters that say “Happy Holidays…
Shuttle for Harvest Feast
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will provide a free shuttle to the seventh annual Harvest Feast, this Sunday at the Raleigh Convention Center. The shuttle will depart from the Friday Center Park and Ride on Friday Center Drive, off of Raleigh Road, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and from the Raleigh Convention Center at 2…
From Jaguars to Lions: CHS football players mentor Frank Porter Graham kids
By MEGAN BALLARD Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons Carrboro —Jaguars lending a “paw†to lions is not something you hear about every day. But that’s what’s happening in Carrboro schools. Fourteen football players at Carrboro High School, the Jaguars, are mentoring fifth-grade Lions from Frank Porter Graham Elementary School. The program was started this year…
Recently: Living legends
By Valarie Schwartz, columnist Some vibrancy may have faded, but the radiance of graduation day still shines on the faces of Carolina Living Legends. To qualify as a Carolina Living Legend, one must have graduated from UNC 50 or more years ago. Some 250 such folks gaily gathered Nov. 16 at the William and Ida…
New business group launches Buy Local Week
By ALISON SHAY Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons Just in time for the holiday shopping season, a new organization will launch an effort to help build the business community and encourage Carrboro’s residents to shop locally. Buy Local Week, Dec. 5-12, will mark the first project by Carrboro’s LocalMotive. “The goal of [Buy Local Week]…
Town closings for Thanksgiving holidays
Carrboro The town will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. There will be no garbage collection on these days. Thursday’s garbage will be collected one day early; Friday’s garbage will be collected two days early.
Varsity Theater to reopen Nov. 27
Franklin Street’s Varsity Theatre, located at 123 E. Franklin St., will reopen on Friday, Nov. 27. New owners Paul and Susan Shareshian selected The Wizard of Oz for the opening weekend. The Varsity will have showings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 1, 3:10, 5:20 and 7:30 p.m. Opening week, the Varsity also will have…
Dual language cookbook submissions
Saludamos of Sustain Foundation is accepting recipes from residents of Carrboro and Chapel Hill to be compiled in a dual language cookbook. The cookbooks will feature healthy recipes in English and Spanish from Hispanic women who are part of the program, other community members, local chefs and local farmers. The cookbook, called Sabores de la…
Artists sought for community projects
Selected artists and artist teams residing in Orange, Durham, Chatham or Wake counties with ties to Chapel Hill or Carrboro are sought to create temporary or more permanent artwork that engages specific communities in Chapel Hill and/ or Carrboro. The artist-led project(s) will take place in Chapel Hill or Carrboro during the spring of 2010…
Volunteer coaching positions
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is accepting volunteer coach applications for the 2009 Youth Baseball Program and the Youth Girls Volleyball Program. Coaches must exhibit the ability to organize practices and communicate effectively with players (ages 6-15 for baseball and 10-13 for volleyball), parents and recreation department staff. Coaches also must exhibit the ability…
Turnaround at Abbey Court
By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Once the grounds for protests, conflicts and general distrust between residents and owners, Abbey Court Apartments in Carrboro is now home to a thriving after-school program and budding trust for a community. In July of last year, the mostly Hispanic residents of Abbey Court were at odds with management over…
Arts and craft open house
There will be an arts and craft open house sponsored by the Carrboro Civic Club this Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. the event will include breakfast and lunch, a bake sale, homemade arts and crafts and a raffle. The Carrboro Civic Club is located at 10 Bim St. For more information, call 942-1618.
100 Mile Films
ChathamArts’ 100 Mile Film Series presents the documentary Love Lived on Death Row by local filmmaker Linda Booker on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Fearrington Village Barn in Pittsboro. Booker will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A. A theatrical reading of “For Strong Women,†a poem by award-winning author Marge Piercy,…