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!
The Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission invites you to preview the artwork planned for the Lot 5 Downtown
Economic Development Project.
Chapel
Hill Public Arts
Commission
Lot 5 Artwork
Community Meeting
5:00 to 6:00
pm
Monday, January
28,
2008
The Chapel Hill Public Library,
Downstairs Meeting
Room
During the community meeting,
highly acclaimed public environmental artist Mikyoung Kim will present the Arts Master
Plan and a preliminary art piece for Lot 5.
This condominium, retail and parking complex, at the intersections of West Franklin, Church and West Rosemary Streets, is a
private development project by Ram Development Company. Ram has committed
one percent of this project budget to the artwork.
Kim’s master plan identifies two
areas for artwork. She will work within the main plaza of Lot 5, and a second artist will be
selected in early February to create art along Rosemary
Street. Both projects will highlight the
processes of nature through the use of water and light.
For more
information about the project, please visit these
websites:
·
Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission (http://www.chapelhillarts.org/programs_percent_curr_5.php)
·
Mikyoung
Kim
(http://www.mikyoungkim.com)
·
Ram Development
Company
(http://www.ramrealestate.com)
·
Town of Chapel Hill, Downtown
Economic Development Initiative (http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/projects/dedi)
Date:
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
HE WAS A POEM: A GATHERING IN THE
TRADITION
Monday Jan. 21 * 7 p.m.
The Stone Center Robert and Sallie Brown
Gallery and Museum
The program will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. through music and poetry, with performances by:
KIM
ARRINGTON, a Durham-based singer and spoken word artist
RON BAXTER, a local
jazz musician
DONOVAN LIVINGSTON, a UNC junior and spoken word
artist
MICHAEL SIMANGA and LITA HOOPER, Atlanta-based poets and authors
BRADLEY SIMMONS, director of the Duke University Djembe
Ensemble
Refreshments will be served. The program is free and open to the
public.
Limited free parking available; please call the Stone Center at
962-9001 for more information.
Sponsors: The Sonja Haynes Stone
Center for Black Culture and History, and the University
Library
Date:
Monday, January 21, 2008 - 2:00pm
Location:
UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center - Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum
Through
Women's Eyes, By Women's Hands
LEAP DAY 2008 -- Purchase
Your Tickets Now!
One
Special Day...Three Special Events....
You
are cordially invited to the 24th annual
Through Women's Eyes, By Women's Hands
Crafts Artisans Show which will be
held on Friday, February 29, 2008 at the
Sheraton
Hotel, 1 Europa Drive in Chapel Hill.
This
all-day event will celebrate the work and
vision of North Carolinan women artisans,
and will include a Luncheon and Cocktail
party to benefit the programs and services
of The Women's Center.
Local
Olympian, Joan Nesbit Mabe, will be the
featured Luncheon speaker. Work by local
craftswomen will be on sale all day and
evening. Purchase your mother's day, wedding
and graduation gifts here! Sales will continue
during a NEW evening cocktail party.
Schedule:
Friday, February 29, 2008
Luncheon: 12 - 1pm
NEW! Cocktail Party: 5-7pm
Craft Art for Sale: 10:30am-2:30pm and
5-7pm
Luncheon Keynote Speaker:
Olympic
runner and local resident, Joan Nesbit
Mabe, will be the keynote speaker
at the luncheon. Joan is a three time
NCAA All-American in cross country, indoor
track, and outdoor track; a member of
the 1996 Olympic team; the current US
masters record holder in the 1,500m and
indoor mile; and a world record holder
for 45-49 age group in the indoor mile.
With all of these athletic accomplishments,
she still states that her greatest lifetime
achievements are her three daughters.
Joan dedicates her time to her community
of Chapel Hill by coaching "See Jane
Run" - a group for mothers who run;
The Chapel Hill Carrboro Pacers - a youth
running group for ages 7-15; and The Carrboro
Athletics Club - an elite training group
for men and women.
Proceeds from Through Women's Eyes,
By Women's Hands supports the work
of The Women's Center.
Date:
Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:30am to 2:00pm
Location:
Sheraton Hotel, Europa Drive
Progressives,
Let us count the tipping points that we face next year: political,
economic, social, climate - just for starters. The questions are: Which
way will they tip and who will do the tipping?
There is nothing mechanical about these critical tipping points.
They are mostly contests of vision, combined with sheer energy and
will, that determine who will make policy decisions, and what those
decisions will be.
As the Progressives Democrats of NC (PDNC), we have tried to be the
link between the issues and advocacy groups that matter to real people,
and the political process that can enact real reforms.
To be effective, we need to be charged up, diverse and united, and have a smart plan.
The Orange County Chapter is the host of the 2007 Annual Meeting of
the Progressive Democrats of NC and invites all to come to the concert
on Friday evening and the meeting and Democratic Lt. Governor
Candidates forum on Saturday. Membership is NOT required; however,
non-members cannot vote.
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF NC -- MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!
On Friday, 23 Nov 2007, Internationalist Books & Community Center will host Buy Nothing Day. Popular media call the Friday after Thanksgiving "Black Friday" because retail sales are huge. In response, many community centers have offered a Buy Nothing Day alternative. Instead of hoping to find happiness in materialism, they hope to remind people that some amazing things can be free (or shared, or passed on): skills, knowledges, friendship, conversation, food, etc.
Internationalist Books will sell nothing on Friday, but we will be open for open workshops and skillshares, 11am-4pm. On the front patio, we will have a table of nicely used clothes for trade/giveaway/additional donations. From 12noon-5pm, we will host a potluck. Please stop by the store and bring used clothing, food, family, friends, and yourself.
At 4pm, we will officially dedicate our Lending Library to long-time activist and supporter Lisa Garmon. We share wonderful memories of her, and she indelibly changed the lives of many in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and UNC. Please join us for our dedication to her life, her work, and her honor.
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