Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller has been selected as one of 54 recipients of the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship for 2010. The fellowship is given by the German Marshall Fund of the United States to emerging leaders and involves a 24-day traveling program in which fellows explore political, economic and social institutions and issues facing the…
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Hamm award
The Heisman Trophy Trust announced today that soccer legend and UNC alum Mia Hamm will be the fourth recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian Award. The award will be presented to Hamm at the 75th annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Dinner on Dec. 14 in New York City.
Recently: Radio station powered by volunteers
By Valarie Schwartz, columnist With a Chapel Hill-located antenna and a reservoir of volunteer sweat, Carrboro has hosted WCOM, its own nonprofit 100-watt radio station for five years. At 103.5 on the dial, the low-power FM station has proven the power of grit and gumption, providing 24/7 programming without an ounce of corporate control or…
Justice in Action panel to discuss racism
The Justice in Action Committee invites residents to attend a discussion of “What Would It Take to Heal the Wounds of Racism in Chapel Hill?†The event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hargraves Center, 216 N. Roberson St. This event is intended to help the community identify…
Poet laureate applications
The Carrboro Arts Committee is accepting applications for poet laureate for the Town of Carrboro. Guidelines and instructions are at carrboro.com/poetlaureateapplication.html The deadline is Nov. 22. Applicants must have been a resident of Carrboro for at least one year. The term is for two years.
Global Entrepreneur Week at UNC
Entrepreneur Ping Fu will share her personal journey from a Chinese prison to a Research Triangle Park technology company at UNC on Nov. 19. Her address, “The Story of an Entrepreneur,†is part of the celebration of Global Entrepreneur Week (Nov. 15-21) hosted by the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative (CEI). The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m….
Artist auction to help troops
Starting this Thursday, the first photograph of President Obama acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photography Department, valued at $3,000, is up for auction on eBay GivingWorks, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to wounded soldiers and their families. Auction details are online at kalisher.com. The auction will end at midnight…
Indian dance form
Kalasrishti School of Performing Arts will present Bharatnatyam this Sunday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. at the Carrboro Branch Library. Bharatnatyam is an Indian classical dance form, with its origins in South India. The event will be in McDougle Middle School. Admission is free. For more information, call Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department at 918-7364…
The animals of Lake Crabtree
Learn about predators and prey by looking and touching taxidermy animals on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 10:30 a.m. as part of the Lollipop Series at the Carrboro Century Center. Learn specific adaptations to explain how some animals survive in a world of predators, habitat destruction and deforestation. Admission is $3. For more information, call Carrboro…
Elizabeth Edwards to be guest DJ
Chapel Hill resident Edwards, the wife of former-Sen. John Edwards and bestselling author of a memoir, Resilience, will guest DJ Saturday, Nov. 14 from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on WCOM’s “The Placeholder Show.†WCOM airs on 103.5 FM in Carrboro and Chapel Hill and streams worldwide on the Internet at wcomfm.org.
Animal Services holiday events
During November and December, the Animal Services Department features tours, activities and special outreach events designed to raise awareness of adoption and lost-pet recovery during the holiday season. Â Orange County Animal Services also will be participating in the Hillsborough Parade on Saturday, Dec. 5 and the Chapel Hill Carrboro Parade on Saturday, Dec. 12. Other…
Outer Banks lecture
Dr. Orrin H. Pilkey, professor emeritus in the department of Earth sciences at Duke, will lecture on the future of the Outer Banks in his talk, “The Rising Sea: Is Coastal North Carolina Doomed?†on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. at the Robert Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. The public…
Garden Co-op sponsors grow-down
Carolina Garden Co-op is a group of students at UNC that runs an organic garden on the UNC campus. The group is sponsoring a Grow-Down this Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The event will be informal, family friendly and will feature tours of the garden, games, a bake sale, a cake walk, stepping-stone construction,…
Arbor Day celebration
To celebrate Arbor Day, the Town of Chapel Hill will hold a tree-planting ceremony Friday, Nov. 20 at Southern Community Park. During the ceremony, the town will receive a Tree City USA Award from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. Chapel Hill Town council members Jim Ward and Ed Harrison will be present to…
Ol’ Roy tells his story
By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Roy Williams, head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team, is a national figure, but one that North Carolinians call their own. That’s why it’s just perfect that Algonquin Books is the publisher of Williams’ first (and he says only) book, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court,…