Arts & Culture
This area has been known for decades for its thriving creative music scene. Many people travel from around the region – and sometimes around the world – to attend shows at the Cat's Cradle and other venues in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Less famous, but also doing us proud, are visual artists, dancers, actors, and filmmakers around the Triangle. In fact, Chapel Hill was home to the first Flicker festival, which now takes place in ten cities around the world!
At last night's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting a decision was put off regarding the Town Manager's recommendation to move forward and issue the voter-approved bond for the Library expansion. There were two major issues. First, the anticipated operating expenses for the expanded Library would result in a tax rate increase of $0.0113. This would add about $34 to the tax bill of a homeowner with an appraised house value of $300,000. Second, several Council members were concerned about moving forward until Orange County commits to a more equitable funding of the Library since 40% of the users and 40% of the circulation is by Orange County, non-CH residents.
A "tweet up" is like a meet up, but it gets twittered about more than blogged. ;-)
The Community Technology Forum will feature a panel of guests led by UNC journalism professor Paul Jones who is also the director of ibiblio, an information software program.
Other panelists include Carrboro Creative Coworking Founder Brian Russell and WCHL’s own Sales & Marketing Coordinator Molley Buckely.
So, if you are looking to meet the people you follow online in person, exchange ideas about the uses of Twitter, or just want to know what the Tweet everyone’s Twittering about it, drop in on the Carrboro Tweet Up. It’ll start at 6:30 p.m. February 19th at the Century Center in downtown Carrboro. Dallas has chosen the Twitter book and All A Twitter for recommended reading. People ages 16 and up and all Chapel Hillians are invited.
- WCHL: Cybrary To Hold Carrboro Tweet Up, 1/12/10
Hopefully we don't need to have read the book to enjoy the panel and discussion. :-)
Date:
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 1:30pm
The Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade is scheduled for Saturday, December
12, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until approximately 12:00 noon. Presented
by the Chapel Hill Jaycees, the parade this
year promises to be a celebration of our community spirit.
We encourage
all entries to have a holiday theme and awards will be given for Best
of Parade, Most Original, Best Holiday Theme, Most Creative, Best Scout
Troop. Our winners put a lot of thought and creativity in their entries
and that is what makes this holiday parade so special!
Location:
Franklin Street/Main Street
From Linda Convissor:
Saturday marks the end of the home
football season with Carolina kicking-off against the University of Miami
Hurricanes at 3:30 p.m.
Just prior to kickoff, four Marine
F/A-18 Hornet jets will fly over Kenan Stadium. The F/A-18s are
part of the VMFA-122 squadron known as
the 'Werewolves', and are based out of the Marine
Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina. One of the pilots
is UNC alumnus Captain Benjamin Apple, class of 2003.
Practice runs will be made on
Friday between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Of course, bad weather or aircraft
schedule changes could affect the flight plans for Friday and
Saturday.
The jets will be flying low and be
quite loud, so we wanted to give you advance warning.
Date:
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Kenan Stadium and surrounding area
Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
Reception at 5 p.m. | Program at 5:45 p.m.
Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Free and open to the public
Information: liza_terll (at) unc.edu or (919) 962-4207
In his book, Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980, author Devin Fegus returns to the era of Johnson, Nixon, Carter, and Helms and challenges us to see familiar political developments through a new lens. He will speak about his book and research Monday, Nov. 2 at 5:45 p.m. at UNC's Wilson Library. The program is free and open to the public. A reception will begin at 5 pm.
Fergus is assistant professor of modern United States and African American history at Vanderbilt University. He was a 2007 Fellow of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC's Wilson Special Collections Library and his book draws upon research conducted there.
His talk is part of the Southern Historical Collection Book Series and is presented in conjunction with the exhibit We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present, on view in Wilson Library thorugh Feb. 5, 2010.
Date:
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 12:00pm
Location:
Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
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