Events
One week from now, Chapel Hill may have already hired it's new top executive. The Town Council is literally speeding through the process of selecting a new town manager.
Today the candidates will be touring Chapel Hill, on Tuesday and Wednesday they will be interviewed by the search committee and individual Council members, on Wednesday they will make presentations and tale questions at a public forum at Town Hall. Then on Friday and Saturday the Council has scheduled 12 hours of meetings to decide and make an offer to one lucky white guy. (I just noticed that the Council search committee is all men as well, hmm...)
While there is certainly a big gap to fill in our current manager's shoes, we have two very capable assistant town managers who can easily keep things afloat. I don't see the point of rushing this process just to get someone fully in place before our current manager leaves in September. It seems more important to me do it right than to do it fast.
Readers, writers and lovers of the written word, please join us at the 2nd Annual Carrboro Book Fair! Participating organizations include AK Press, Mineshaft Magazine, Parcell Press, Garrett County Press, Feral House, Daniel 13, Carolina Wren Press, John F. Blair, Crimethinc, SURGE, The People's Channel and others.
Readers will include:
11 AM: Bill Powers, author of the new novel "Love Is Strong As Death" and father of William Powers, below.
12 PM: Hannah Gill, author of "Going to Carolina del Norte: Narrating Mexican Migrant Experiences"
1 PM: Kim Arrington, founder of Greased Scalp Press and author of "The Lapis Dwellers"
2 PM: William Powers, author of the new book "Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization." Long the obscure “Tibet of South America,†Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid
worker.
3 PM: Ebony Golden, of Betty's Daughter Literary Press
4 PM David Carr
Storytelling sessions and child care for young ones from 11am to 2pm.
The Orange County Democratic Women will host a screening of the documentary "Running in Heels" at 7:30 p.m. June 1.
State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, Orange County Commissioner Alice Gordon and other notables will be in attendance for a discussion of the challenges facing women running for office. The screening will be held in the SunTrust boardroom at the Meadowmont Exchange Building. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Katrina Ryan at 967-9623.
- heraldsun.com: FedEx gives $5M to UNC project
Actually, I'm confused. Running in Heels was a Women Against Bush effort in 2004. "Running in High Heels" is a film about women running for office. Anyway, it's more like Running in Birkenstocks round these parts. ;-)
Hey Orange County Friends!
I just signed up to host a Positive Agenda House Party with MoveOn (and co-host, Erika Simon) and wanted to invite y'all too. It's going to be a really fun, useful event. We're going to be talking about what we progressives most want to fight for, to help MoveOn come up with their new positive agenda. And it should be a great way to meet other progressives in the community.
Here are the details of my event:
Where Do We Go From Here?
119 Justice St.
(Justice & Barclay, off MLK Blvd.)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Thursday, 25 May 2006, food at 6:30, focus at 7:00 PM
I think now is a really important time for progressives to start talking about what we stand for, not just what we're against. This house party sounds like a great start. Hope you can make it.
To sign up for this event, click here:
http://political.moveon.org/event/positiveagenda/8765
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John Bonitz
Silk Hope, NC
I love walking around in downtown Hillsborough, but as long as these things keep starting at 9 am on Saturday mornings, I guess I'll have to keep reading about them in paper.
[The Walkable Hillsborough Coalition] is planning for this year's Walkable Hillsborough Day, which will be held June 3...
This year's theme may be the Churton Street Corridor Plan that includes pedestrian and bikeable ways from I-40 to N.C. 57. WaHC member Holly Reid said three walks are being considered for this year, including the Margaret Lane Cemetery and Turnip Patch Park loop, Historic Cameron Park and the Nature Trail and the West End Park Trail by Ben Johnson Dam...
All walks begin and end at the courthouse, with a start time of 9 a.m.
- News of Orange: Walkability of town focus of annual event, 5/11/06
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