Local & Virtual Events Calendar

121 Hanes Art Center

 

Samuel Fosso will also be speaking at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham as part of the Click! Photography Festival. You can find more
information about that event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/click-photography-festival-presents-a-conversation-with-samuel-fosso-tickets-360510716257

 

Working between photography, self-portraiture, and performance, the work of Franco-Cameroonian photographer Samuel Fosso occupies a central position in the international contemporary art world.

 

From his early works in the 70s, creation of alternate identities that challenged representational conventions, Samuel Fosso has given autofiction and self-portraiture a new dimension, one that is all at once political and historical, fictional and intimate. Embodying key historical figures and social archetypes has become for him not only a way of existing in the world, but also a clear demonstration of the
power of photography to construct myths, and a way to question what is at stake in accepted codes of representation and identity.

 

Samuel Fosso lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic and Paris, France. He has had solo exhibitions at the Menil Collection in Houston, the Walther Collection in Neu-Ulm and New York, the Maison européeenne de la photographie in Paris, the National Portrait
Gallery in London, LagosPhoto Festival in Lagos, and the Institute Francais in Dakar. His work is in the collections of the MNAM in Paris, Tate in London, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, MoMA, the Guggenheim, Studio Museum Harlem and the Met in New York, LACMA in Los Angeles, and the NCMA and Ackland Museum.

 

This event is part of the Click! Photography Festival and is also co-sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art.

 

An endowment established in 1983 through the generosity of Nancy and Robin Hanes supports the Art Department’s Visiting Artist Series. This important program brings both established and emerging artists to campus to discuss their work in public lectures and to offer individual critiques to our M.F.A. students.  The Hanes Visiting Artist series greatly enriches both our academic programs and our outreach to the wider community.  All lectures are free and open to the public.

 

A weeknight or daytime permit is now required after 5:00 pm on weekdays. There is no permit required from 5:00 pm Friday through 7:30 am Monday. A $1.00 one-night pass is available in selected lots. More information can be found HERE.

 

Artist website: https://samuelfosso.com/

Departmental website: art.unc.edu

Contact: Sabine Gruffat, gruffat@email.unc.edu

 

Image: Samuel Fosso, Cameroonian, born 1962, Untitled, from the series 70s Life Styles, 1973-78, printed 2010, gelatin silver print on Archival paper, 19 11/16 × 19 11/16 in. (50 × 50 cm). Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Reception: October 4, 5:30-7:30 pm, with a Gallery talk starting at 6:00 pm

 

 As a visual artist, Julio Lugo Rivas has a particular taste for zooming in, zooming out, focusing and blurring subjects, objects or scenes from everyday life. Starting from social, political and economic criteria, he delves into the relationship of living beings with their environments to present diverse readings that invite contemplation and reflection. Lugo Rivas uses the scientific method as part of the creative process both in the conceptualization the development of his artistic research.

 

Julio Lugo Rivas began his formal studies in art at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Ponce, Puerto Rico.  Concurrently, Lugo Rivas pursued a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (2002) and is a co-owner/proprietor of his own pharmacy in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. The microscope, the digital camera and painting are part of his tools for the development of projects, each linked by the intimate relationship with living nature and its environment. He has presented his work across Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin-Ibero America, including the National Exhibition of Puerto Rico, the Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (MUSA), the gallery of the Universidad Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at Area, Lugar de Proyectos in Caguas, Puerto Rico. In 2013, he was selected by the Ponce Art Museum and the FIArt Foundation from 19 finalists for the Saltando Muros (Jumping Walls) Photographic Project. This project was presented in several museums, traveling within Ibero-America through 2015.

Admission: Free

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm

 

A weeknight or daytime permit is now required after 5:00 pm on weekdays. There is no permit needed from 5:00 pm Friday through 7:30 am Monday. A $1.00 one-night pass is available in selected lots. More information can be found at Weeknight Parking.

 

Artist website: https://www.lugorivas.com

website: art.unc.edu

 

For more information please contact Roxana Perez-Mendez, rpm@email.unc.edu   

Kol Haskalah is a Humanistic Jewish congregation. Join us for the Kol Nidre service. For Humanistic Jews, Yom Kippur offers the opportunity to ask forgiveness from ourselves and those we have wronged, and to vow to be active, involved, caring people in the coming year. The service is free; however we do ask you to RSVP at https://forms.gle/i4esHwWuv5huscie8.

The Niskor (We will remember) service provides an opportunity to share memories and honor our deceased loved ones.

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is considered the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. For Humanistic Jews, Yom Kippur is the culmination of the introspection begun on Rosh Hashanah. It is also a time for remembrance. Niskor is a special Humanistic Jewish memorial service and prayer to honor the deceased. It is most commonly said for a parent, child, sibling or spouse, but can also be recited for any relative or close friend.

RSVP for services requested, but not required, here: https://forms.gle/AguTmdj57WfvTpSU8

It’s back! This informal program allows visitors to drop in to our outdoor learning space and help Kidzu staff care for the garden. Water plants, place silk flowers in our dig plot, arrange the fairy garden, and more! Nature books and simple activities will also be available. Every Thursday, 9:30am-10:30am

Help us celebrate and embrace Hispanic Heritage Month through film and special snacks from Sep 15 to Oct 15. Special film dates are as follows: Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13. Films will kick off and be listed in our weekly Tuesday line up. Sep 20 – McFarland, USA; Sep 27- Stand and Deliver; Oct 4 – Tortilla Soup; Oct 11 – Cesar Chavez. 

To register or for more information, call 919-968-2070 or visit www.orangecountync.gov/OnlineRegistration.

Date: Thu, Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13; Time: 1 – 3:30 pm; Location: Seymour;Code: 343048-03; Register by: Thu, Sep 15; Fee: FREE

 

In Unity we have two major tools with which to experience the peace, joy, love, wellbeing and prosperity that is our Divine inheritance. Those tools are Meditation and Affirmative Prayer. With these two tools, we reconnect with the highest Spiritual Self within us and allow the radiant love of Pure Being to pour into our lives. With Affirmative Prayer in particular, we begin to access the creative realms of Infinite Possibility and call forth specific good into our experience.

To be able to see any situation from the highest possible perspective, and to call forth a blessing in any challenge, is a skill we can all learn. Affirmative Prayer allows us to embody our true nature as co-creator with Spirit and truly live the life of our dreams.

Offered Thursday evenings 7-9pm (ET), Oct. 6 – Nov. 3 (5 week course) by Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen

Cost: $85

$75 for UCP members

REGISTER HERE: https://ucp.breezechms.com/form/30568729764275884198

Once registered you will receive an email confirmation with the zoom link.

This is a Unity accredited class and may be taken for credit if desired. GO to https://www.unityworldwideministries.org/uwsi to register and pay for SEE credit with Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute (UWSI).

BIG WHUP BINGO on Friday, October 7, 6:30 – 9:30!

Many local businesses have donated fabulous prizes (all over $50), and just wait till you see the cakes waiting for you in their Silent Cake Auction from local restaurants and bakeries!

Reserve your ticket now so you don’t miss out. We’ll have a bar and snacks for purchase! So much WHUPpy fun!

Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-whup-bingo-night-tickets-414282388777

Tickets start at $30 for entry and 1 card per round. Want MORE local fun? Check out the other ticket tiers for more cards!
Join in for a night of laughter, prizes, and community while supporting our local radio station: WHUP FM!

Local businesses all donated great prizes like $50 gift certificates and local gift baskets—if you win, you won’t be disappointed!

 

Ravi Jain’s groundbreaking production combine English and American Sign Language for a fully integrated retelling for both hearing and Deaf audiences.

 

Tickets available for $25, $10 UNC-Chapel Hill student tickets available with valid UNC One Card. Additional discounts available.

PlantFest, hosted by the Orange County Master Gardeners, will include a big plant sale, children’s activities, gardening exhibits and demonstrations, food trucks and a silent auction. It will be at the new Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center, across from the DMV office in Hillsborough. Rain date: Oct. 15. 

We hope to see you there!

A Taste of Greece

 

Saturday Oct 8          11am – 7pm
Sunday Oct 9            11am – 7pm

 

Fabulous, authentic Greek food and scrumptious desserts for outdoor tented dining or take-out. Free admission. Greek grocery store will feature traditional Greek breads, olive oil, and more, plus our award-winning community cookbook The Grecian Plate (over 50,000 copies sold!). Vendors will offer hand-made jewelry, original art, crafts, Greek fisherman hats, Greek ceramics, linens and more. An Attic Treasures Sale will feature items for all budgets.  Tours of our Byzantine-style, domed church (12:30, 2:30, and 4:30 pm both days) featuring our beautiful new iconography!  The event will be held rain or shine. Visit www.TasteOfGreeceNC.org for details.

 

St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 

8306 NC Highway 751

Durham NC 27713

Phone:  919-484-1600

http://www.stbarbarachurchnc.org/

Discover local & diverse art makers – Festifall is an annual celebration that brings the community together around a diverse array of arts experiences over three Saturdays. Each Festifall Arts Market & More will feature: 20-30 unique artists, artisans, and craftspeople, gourmet hand food and drink vendors, experiential art offerings like dance groups, poetry, buskers, and more. Enjoy downtown Chapel Hill in a new and welcoming way. Connect with neighbors, browse items for sale, and support our local artists. 

Climate Reality Orange County (CROCC) and the Triad Electric Vehicle Association (TEVA) of North Carolina are co-sponsoring their first EV (electric vehicle) Rodeo on Saturday, October 8th from 3:30 – 6:00 pm at Carrboro Town Commons at 301 W. Main St. in downtown Carrboro. The public is invited to explore multiple electric vehicles including the Chevy Volt and Bolt, Kia EV6, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Prime, Teslas and more. Owners of these electric vehicles will share mileage ranges, charging options, costs, and will answer your questions about EV’s. Learn the difference between hybrid plug-ins and all electric vehicles. Diverse types of EVs including e-bikes, and e-motorcycles will also be present. Help your kids build their own vegetable automobile and participate in the race with other “veggie-mobiles”.

 

Join us to celebrate the culture, cuisine and literature of the African Diaspora! This special unity event will feature readings, song and spoken word related to or written by descendants of the African Diaspora.

A Taste of Greece

 

Saturday Oct 8          11am – 7pm
Sunday Oct 9            11am – 7pm

 

Fabulous, authentic Greek food and scrumptious desserts for outdoor tented dining or take-out. Free admission. Greek grocery store will feature traditional Greek breads, olive oil, and more, plus our award-winning community cookbook The Grecian Plate (over 50,000 copies sold!). Vendors will offer hand-made jewelry, original art, crafts, Greek fisherman hats, Greek ceramics, linens and more. An Attic Treasures Sale will feature items for all budgets.  Tours of our Byzantine-style, domed church (12:30, 2:30, and 4:30 pm both days) featuring our beautiful new iconography!  The event will be held rain or shine. Visit www.TasteOfGreeceNC.org for details.

 

St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 

8306 NC Highway 751

Durham NC 27713

Phone:  919-484-1600

http://www.stbarbarachurchnc.org/

Sunday, October 9th

1pm – 6pm

Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC

 

Join us for an afternoon of live music, featuring local Chapel Hill Artists, at the “On The Green Festival” presented by Southern Village & Dwarf Star Studios.

 

The event will take place on the green space in the heart of the Southern Village community.  Grab your lawn chairs and sit back and get ready to rock with The Gone Ghosts, Heat Preacher, The Yardarm, Georgia Moon & Country Cruel.

 

This show is totally free, but donations to the artists will be greatly appreciated.  See y’all there!!!

 

FEATURING:

 

:: The Gone Ghosts ::

 

The Gone Ghosts is an Alt-Country Americana/Rock band from Carrboro NC, formed by singer/guitarist and songwriter Dave Hedeman and bassist Dillon Partin from The Vagabond Union.  Joined by singer/guitarist Justin Bowlin and drummer Scott Jones.  The Gone Ghosts set out to create their version of American rock music with songs fueled by love, loss and heartache.

 

https://thegoneghosts.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5qdkPrXjdvcxETw14H0rLQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCymbLTIVJVvclPoqcN5H-Pw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegoneghosts/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGoneGhosts/

 

:: Heat Preacher ::

 

Coming out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Heat Preacher combines rock, soul, indie, and alternative influences to create their own brand of modern music.  They often work on ideas at the beginning of their rehearsals, and these loose improvisations set the foundations for the group’s songs in a few rehearsal’s time.  Heat Preacher has shared the stage with bands like Eyelids, Wild Fur, Reese McHenry, and Youth League.

 

https://heatpreacher.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5jY3vPzssyZwqZfekodqdt

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/heatpreacher

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatpreacherband/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatPreacherBand

 

:: The Yardarm ::

 

Twangy, fuzzy rock and roll from Durham, NC, reminiscent of Tom Petty and Neil Young with REM as the backing band.  The Yardarm combines the songwriting and singing talents of Jason Bales and JJ Westfield, with Palmer Smith on bass and John Cowan on drums.

 

https://sites.google.com/view/the-yardarm/home

Bandcamp: https://theyardarm.bandcamp.com/releases

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5f44nvTzXdiBfuFeWZs1SG

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theyardarm/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theyardarmnc

 

:: Georgia Moon ::

 

Born and raised in the Carolinas, Georgia Moon is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter.  Her music is a little folky, a little funky, a little fun.  It draws on childhood influences: The Band, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and the ever-pervasive blues.  It draws on places: the Mississippi Delta, the Appalachian mountains, and the point of heartbreak. Above all, it’s honest.

 

https://www.thegeorgiamoon.com/

Bandcamp: https://georgiamoon.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/00F1Uq2ei7PUVhnnPbTgqJ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegeorgiamoon/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeorgiamoon

 

:: Country Cruel ::

 

https://countrycruel.com/

Bandcamp: https://countrycruel.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/08ZCGct1NNWBiuFGNavuH4

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/countrycruel/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CountryCruel

 

PRESENTED BY:

 

Southern Village

https://www.southernvillage.com/

 

Dwarf Star Studios

https://www.dwarfstarstudios.com/

http://www.dwarfstarpresents.com/

 

Piano Trios, Scotch Airs, and more

 

Late-18th century London saw a surge in formal and semi-formal private concerts. These were important social events among the fashionable elite, and often featured celebrity performers and the latest works of prominent musicians. Our program opens with an aria from Chapel Hill’s own Florence Peacock, and includes fortepiano trios by Jan Ladislav Dussek and Joseph Haydn, as well as some favorite Scotch airs sung by Tamsin Simmill. John O’Brien will be playing his copy of a c. 1782 Walther piano owned by Mozart, and will be joined by violinist Leah Peroutka and cellist Stephanie Vial

 

Individual Tickets: $25

Available at the door and online: http://www.baroqueandbeyond.org/tickets

 

Presented By

Shannon Kennedy, Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s International Realty

Come celebrate 10 years of Empty Bowls with us on Sunday, October 9th from 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Town Commons in Carrboro. Gather your friends together and enjoy delicious soup, fresh baked bread and cookies while listening to live music from Orange County Lockdown and the Blind Roosters.

And staying true to the tradition of Empty Bowls, local artists have donated beautifully hand-crafted bowls for you to select from, all in support of TABLE’s mission to feed local children.

TABLE has been delivering food to children in Orange County since 2008 and during that time has provided over 2,450,000 healthy meals and snacks! Please join us to help feed local children!

Thank you to this year’s participating restaurants including Grata Diner, Venable Bistro, Weaver Street Market, Carolina Inn, Market and Moss, and Root Cellar.

And to our generous sponsors including Keena Healthcare, Chapel Hill Magazine, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Chapel Hill Eyecare, PNC, Animal Hospital of Carrboro and 97.9 The Hill WCHL/Chapelboro.com.

100% of proceeds feed local kids

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE!

Join the community writing organization the Redbud Writing Project for a class on the personal essay. Learn how to craft the personal essay—perhaps the most elemental of nonfiction forms. Use your life experiences to write compelling and revelatory first-person pieces that will engage readers. In this class you will read excerpts from authors such as Hua Hsu, Carmen Maria Machado, David Sedaris, Rosecrans Baldwin, and Tressie McMillian Cottom, as well as workshop a complete essay of your own. Topics of discussion will include how to choose a fruitful subject for an essay; how to strengthen your narrative arc; and how to balance your life experiences with broader thematic concerns.

Join the Redbud Writing Project for our Intro to Memoir class at Golden Fig Books in Durham. Have you ever wanted to tell your own story, but been unsure where to start? Do you long to write about your own life, but aren’t sure how to approach it? Through a series of writing exercises, discussions, readings, and workshops, this class will teach you how to tell true stories about yourself, your loved ones, and your experiences.

Join the Redbud Writing Project, the Triangle’s community writing program, for a class on how  to read like a writer.

The truest compliment one writer can pay another is envy, and the purest expression of envy is always theft. In this class, beginning writers will read short fiction from contemporary writers, including Rivka Galchen, Haruki Murakami, George Saunders, and Colson Whitehead, as well as some work from more canonical figures. Unlike English teachers, writers read books not so much in order to plumb their hidden meanings as to plunder their techniques. Just so, students in this course will learn to read with a piratical eye, searching always for the next new, glittering device that they can use in their own writing. Coursework will consist of short exercises as well as one complete story.

Let’s Talk Transition! – A PANEL DISCUSSION – with a panel of Self-Advocates, Parents, & Professionals

Join us for a candid panel discussion on the Transition From School experience for people with IDD, with Students, Families, Educators, and Professionals. We also want to hear from YOU!

  
Panel Moderated by Kenneth Kelty

 

Kenneth Kelty is a Disability Advocate at the CIDD. He completed the UP Program at Western Carolina and has been a NC LEND Trainee. He is a passionate advocate and motivational speaker on life with disabilities and received the SARTAC Fellowship Award which provides support for him to work on his podcast, “Exceeding expectations with Kenneth Kelty.”

Learning Objectives:

1. Awareness of the next steps in Transition after high school or college

2. Understand some of the typical challenges one might face during Transition

3. Learn what opportunities for people with IDD are out there after graduation

 

Event is FREE via Zoom

Register here:  https://tinyurl.com/2pbtp7ol

AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY TALK SERIES.

 

VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1.5 CREDIT HOURS – ARE AVAILABLE

 

Please direct any questions to Anna Gabriel Ward – anna.ward@cidd.unc.edu

 

 

 

 

NATIVE GARDENS

BY KAREN ZACARÍAS
DIRECTED BY PATRICK TORRES

A COMEDY THAT’S ANYTHING BUT NEIGHBORLY.

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors, but they do make for great comedy! An attorney on the rise and his very pregnant wife couldn’t feel more welcomed by their new neighbors. But soon, a friendly disagreement about the lay of the land quickly spirals into a war of taste, class, and entitlement.

STREAMING OF THIS PRODUCTION WILL BE AVAILABLE

It’s back! This informal program allows visitors to drop in to our outdoor learning space and help Kidzu staff care for the garden. Water plants, place silk flowers in our dig plot, arrange the fairy garden, and more! Nature books and simple activities will also be available. Every Thursday, 9:30am-10:30am

Oil abstracts and landscapes by Lolette Guthrie, photography & digital art by Eric Saunders, one-of-a-kind blown glass pieces by Pringle Teetor. In the gallery September 27 through October 23. 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough NC. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, September 30^th, 6-9pm. HGA is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, glass, jewelry, wood, pottery, and textiles. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12 – 4. For more information about the show visit www.HillsboroughGallery.com

Help us celebrate and embrace Hispanic Heritage Month through film and special snacks from Sep 15 to Oct 15. Special film dates are as follows: Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13. Films will kick off and be listed in our weekly Tuesday line up. Sep 20 – McFarland, USA; Sep 27- Stand and Deliver; Oct 4 – Tortilla Soup; Oct 11 – Cesar Chavez. 

To register or for more information, call 919-968-2070 or visit www.orangecountync.gov/OnlineRegistration.

Date: Thu, Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13; Time: 1 – 3:30 pm; Location: Seymour;Code: 343048-03; Register by: Thu, Sep 15; Fee: FREE

 

In Unity we have two major tools with which to experience the peace, joy, love, wellbeing and prosperity that is our Divine inheritance. Those tools are Meditation and Affirmative Prayer. With these two tools, we reconnect with the highest Spiritual Self within us and allow the radiant love of Pure Being to pour into our lives. With Affirmative Prayer in particular, we begin to access the creative realms of Infinite Possibility and call forth specific good into our experience.

To be able to see any situation from the highest possible perspective, and to call forth a blessing in any challenge, is a skill we can all learn. Affirmative Prayer allows us to embody our true nature as co-creator with Spirit and truly live the life of our dreams.

Offered Thursday evenings 7-9pm (ET), Oct. 6 – Nov. 3 (5 week course) by Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen

Cost: $85

$75 for UCP members

REGISTER HERE: https://ucp.breezechms.com/form/30568729764275884198

Once registered you will receive an email confirmation with the zoom link.

This is a Unity accredited class and may be taken for credit if desired. GO to https://www.unityworldwideministries.org/uwsi to register and pay for SEE credit with Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute (UWSI).

The 2022 Triangle Parade of Homes, known as the Triangle’s Largest Open House, is a self-guided tour showcasing new home construction with innovative designs, products, and technology. A variety of homes will be on Parade, meeting the needs of home buyers in assorted price ranges, from budget-conscious shoppers to those looking for a grand estate. Hosted by The Home Builders Associations (HBAs) of Raleigh-Wake (RW) County and Durham, Orange & Chatham (DOC) Counties.

Join us for “Acktoberfest,” an evening of art-inspired beer and cheese pairings, plus exhibition tours and still-life drawing stations, all in celebration of our current exhibition Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection at the Ackland Art Museum. 

Tasting boards designed by The Cheese Shop (Carrboro, NC) will feature a selection of cheeses with connections to the drawings on view. Both boards and a la carte cheeses to take home will be available for purchase. 

Local craft beers that pair well with the cheeses (and art!) will be available from Craftboro Brewing (Carrboro, NC) at a cash bar, with additional non-alcoholic offerings for sale.

Exhibition curator Dana Cowen will lead mini-tours of Drawn to Life throughout the evening, with a special look at the works that have been paired with the cheeses and beers.

At a still-life drawing station designed by University Florist (Chapel Hill, NC), try your hand at sketching from a gorgeous seasonal arrangement.

The admission is free. Food and drinks will be sold separately during the event by our vendor partners.

In our first show at Durham Central Park, we’ll explore stories of resilience and connection. You can expect unexpected companions, reflections on what it means to be well, and a chance to celebrate the odd and wonderful ways we found solace during the pandemic. Along the way we’ll try to navigate the limbo of life online and consider what it might cost to keep a promise to an old friend. 

 

Bring a comfortable chair or something to stretch out on and travel with us to surprising and enlightening places from the comfort of your own picnic blanket.

 

 

If the weather is good, meet us on the Great Lawn, the gorgeous grassy hillside between the Mount Merrill playground and the skate park.

If the weather is wet, we’ll shift to the Pavilion, with optional seating on the grass. Bring your weather gear!

Picnics and well-behaved dogs on leash are welcome at Durham Central Park. There are many local businesses in downtown Durham where you can enjoy food and drinks before or after the show. Please note, no alcohol, smoking, or vaping allowed.

 

Audio Under the Stars is a series of community listening events that brings people together to share audio stories reflecting the breadth and diversity of the human experience. Our events feature the kind of audio stories you might hear on public radio or narrative podcasts, but we bring the listening experience out of your earbuds and into a garden oasis where you can share the experience with those around you.

 

This project was supported by Duke Arts, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the Southern Documentary Funs and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

The South’s longest-running improvisational group begins its 40th-anniversary season with Funk of Your Soul and a new name. Known as Transactors since 1983, the company will now be called Actors Improv Theater.

Funk of Your Soul celebrates the dark side of the human psyche and features funky musical accompaniment by the stellar combo of saxophonist Scott Adair, drummer Rob Ladd, organist Grant Osborne, and guitarist and musical director Scott Sawyer. Completely improvised and based on audience suggestions, the show will explore obsessions, compulsions, taboos, regrets, fantasies, and dreams.

The cast for Funk of Your Soul includes company regulars Greg Hohn, Bart Hubbard, Juliet Kaplan, Dana Marks, Rachel Reyes, Steve Scott, and Jane Allen Wilson along with guest players Parker Bach, Hailey Brown, and Carolyn Cole.

Actors Improv Theater strives to continue the company’s legacy of exploration and excellence. And it will definitely keep its old motto: “If you laugh, we’re doing comedy. If you don’t, we’re doing drama.”

From Lincoln Center to Hargraves Community Center, community members will join in a light fellowship walk or bicycle ride of the town’s Black historical sites. Hear insightful storytelling and enjoy heartfelt singing as we commemorate the celebration.

The 2022 Triangle Parade of Homes, known as the Triangle’s Largest Open House, is a self-guided tour showcasing new home construction with innovative designs, products, and technology. A variety of homes will be on Parade, meeting the needs of home buyers in assorted price ranges, from budget-conscious shoppers to those looking for a grand estate. Hosted by The Home Builders Associations (HBAs) of Raleigh-Wake (RW) County and Durham, Orange & Chatham (DOC) Counties.

Discover local & diverse art makers – Festifall is an annual celebration that brings the community together around a diverse array of arts experiences over three Saturdays. Each Festifall Arts Market & More will feature: 20-30 unique artists, artisans, and craftspeople, gourmet hand food and drink vendors, experiential art offerings like dance groups, poetry, buskers, and more. Enjoy downtown Chapel Hill in a new and welcoming way. Connect with neighbors, browse items for sale, and support our local artists. 

Join us in celebrating 15 years of Transplanting Traditions on October 15th! Celebrate culture from Burma; meet new leadership at the farm; enjoy cultural music, drinks and snacks; participate in our raffle and silent auction; and dine with us for a farm to table meal with traditional Karen and Burmese dishes and spirits for purchase from Fullsteam Brewery.

Where: Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, 2912B Jones Ferry Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

When: 4:30-6 PM Social Hour | 6-8 Farm to Table Dinner

An Africa fest 2022 headlining performance of Ethio-Jazz songs, presented in partnership with Carolina’s African Studies Center.

 

Tickets available for $15. $10 UNC-Chapel Hill student tickets available with valid UNC One Card. Additional discounts available.

On Sunday, October 16, from noon to 5pm, stroll the streets of Trinity Park for the 2022 Home Tour: “Home Renovations: Fresh Ideas in an Historic Neighborhood.” Come out and enjoy the day, the houses and the people. This is our first tour in four years!  In addition to baking bread, adopting puppies, and learning to zoom, many neighbors found the inspiration and motivation during quarantine to tackle their big renovation projects. This year’s Tour theme is renovation, featuring 10 homes, originally built between 1906 to 1999, that have been significantly updated over the past several years, with beautiful results.  Come see how a wide variety of folks adapt to and evolve in this place, bringing new life to enduring, history-filled structures, and learn the stories behind each one.  Don’t miss the long-time home of Mutt Evans, beloved Mayor of Durham from 1950 to 1963, and don’t miss this chance to see the contemporary Wheatland condominiums,
formerly home to the historic Erwin Apartments Beauty Salon. Tickets are $20 in advance and can be purchased at https://trinitypark.org/home-tour/. They will also be available for $25 at the Trinity Park gazebo on October 16.  Proceeds will benefit Families Moving Forward and the Trinity Park Foundation.

The 2022 Triangle Parade of Homes, known as the Triangle’s Largest Open House, is a self-guided tour showcasing new home construction with innovative designs, products, and technology. A variety of homes will be on Parade, meeting the needs of home buyers in assorted price ranges, from budget-conscious shoppers to those looking for a grand estate. Hosted by The Home Builders Associations (HBAs) of Raleigh-Wake (RW) County and Durham, Orange & Chatham (DOC) Counties.

The Bazaar is back this fall and it’s going to be so fetch! Shop handmade crafts and creations from 30 talented local makers, enjoy awesome eats and drinks from No Bull Street Tacos, Safari Eatz, Yee Haw Doughnuts, Vegan Ice Cream Man, Craftboro Brewing Depot, and Carrboro Coffee Roasters, get body art and fairy hair from Sparkle Body Arts, and move to DJ Ras J and Selector B Steady’s global grooves.

The Bazaar is family-friendly (leashed dogs welcome) and free, and it’s all happening on the Carrboro Town Commons at 301 W. Main St. from 12-5 P.M. on Sunday September 18th, October 16th, and November 13th!

Engage all of your senses and learn about the art of cooking in North Carolina!  On October 16, the Orange County Historical Museum, in cooperation with the North Carolina Botanical Garden, will present a special program from 1-5 PM featuring two speakers, three food tastings, and a meet-and-greet tour of the Museum’s exhibit, “What’s Your Flavor?”  The event will begin at Eagle Lodge in downtown Hillsborough with presentations by Deena Class, a member and instructor with the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and A. Spring Council, Project Manager at Mama Dip’s Kitchen, and then travel up to the Museum where many of the artists whose work is on display will be available to talk about their work.  Each activity will include paired dishes to taste.

Registration is not required but strongly suggested.  Space is limited and event seating will be capped.  For further information and registration, visit www.orangehistorync.org or call 919-732-2201.

Join the Redbud Writing Project, a community writing organization, for a six-week class for writers of fiction, memoir, or poetry, where we will explore the prose poem – digging into the history, discussing how the prose poem has been defined and redefined, and playing with the possibilities presented by this form. We will look into what differentiates the prose poem from flash fiction/memoir and play around with the “hermit crab” form. We will read poets who have worked in this form, such as Gertrude Stein, Czeslaw Milosz, and Amy Lowell as well as more contemporary work. Participants can expect to generate a series of new poems and will workshop them individually or as a collection.

Local historian John Schelp will show vintage postcards of Durham from his collection and share some local history along the way – including connections with Chapel Hill.

You’re invited to Pittsboro’s first-ever Pay-What-You-Can Community Feast!

Join us on Sunday, October 16, at 5:00 pm for a Pay-What-You-Can Community Feast! Gather at The Plant under a fall sunset with friends new and old from the Chatham community. You’ll enjoy amazing food, swap stories, and be a part of building beloved community. Plus, you’ll get to practice the pay-what-you-can model — the core feature of The Quiltmaker Café, a new nonprofit, fast-casual restaurant coming to Pittsboro in Spring 2023.

We are requesting registrations to help us estimate attendance. To register, you may either select a free registration or register with a pay-what-you-can donation. Alternatively, you can make a pay-what-you-can contribution on the evening of the event. Net proceeds will benefit The Quiltmaker Café.

The meal will be served family-style and include kid-friendly options.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This event has been organized by a patchwork of incredible community partners, including:

• The Quiltmaker Café
• Abundance NC
• The Local Church
• Café Root Cellar
• Postal Fish Company
• Chatham Health Alliance
• Fair Game Beverage
• BMC Brewing
• Copeland Springs Farm
• Heart Song Farm
• Lilly Den Farm
• Carolina Cravings
• St. Bart’s Community Lunch
• The Chatham Chuckwagon
• Carolina Meadows
• Communities In Schools of Chatham County

and many more!

About The Quiltmaker Café

The Quiltmaker Café will be a nonprofit, fast-casual restaurant with a full menu, offering tasty meals and free-will pricing to guests. As a Pay-What-You-Can Café, we value:

1. Pay-What-You-Can Pricing: Healthy, dignified dining will be available to everyone who walks in our door. Guests may choose to donate time, money or produce.
2. Local, Seasonal Food: Part of honoring our guests involves purchasing and preparing healthy ingredients and supporting local farmers.
3. A Seat For Everyone: Food has the power to bring people together. Our guests will be invited to dine with us privately at their own table or at a community table. Sharing a meal builds healthy communities, and healthy communities make a better world.
4. Community: Healthy, prosperous communities support and celebrate every member. We envision a future in which love, acceptance, and collaboration exist between people of all races, faiths, and ways of living.

Reception: October 4, 5:30-7:30 pm, with a Gallery talk starting at 6:00 pm

 

 As a visual artist, Julio Lugo Rivas has a particular taste for zooming in, zooming out, focusing and blurring subjects, objects or scenes from everyday life. Starting from social, political and economic criteria, he delves into the relationship of living beings with their environments to present diverse readings that invite contemplation and reflection. Lugo Rivas uses the scientific method as part of the creative process both in the conceptualization the development of his artistic research.

 

Julio Lugo Rivas began his formal studies in art at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Ponce, Puerto Rico.  Concurrently, Lugo Rivas pursued a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (2002) and is a co-owner/proprietor of his own pharmacy in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. The microscope, the digital camera and painting are part of his tools for the development of projects, each linked by the intimate relationship with living nature and its environment. He has presented his work across Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin-Ibero America, including the National Exhibition of Puerto Rico, the Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (MUSA), the gallery of the Universidad Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at Area, Lugar de Proyectos in Caguas, Puerto Rico. In 2013, he was selected by the Ponce Art Museum and the FIArt Foundation from 19 finalists for the Saltando Muros (Jumping Walls) Photographic Project. This project was presented in several museums, traveling within Ibero-America through 2015.

Admission: Free

Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm

 

A weeknight or daytime permit is now required after 5:00 pm on weekdays. There is no permit needed from 5:00 pm Friday through 7:30 am Monday. A $1.00 one-night pass is available in selected lots. More information can be found at Weeknight Parking.

 

Artist website: https://www.lugorivas.com

website: art.unc.edu

 

For more information please contact Roxana Perez-Mendez, rpm@email.unc.edu   

Join the community writing organization the Redbud Writing Project for a class on the personal essay. Learn how to craft the personal essay—perhaps the most elemental of nonfiction forms. Use your life experiences to write compelling and revelatory first-person pieces that will engage readers. In this class you will read excerpts from authors such as Hua Hsu, Carmen Maria Machado, David Sedaris, Rosecrans Baldwin, and Tressie McMillian Cottom, as well as workshop a complete essay of your own. Topics of discussion will include how to choose a fruitful subject for an essay; how to strengthen your narrative arc; and how to balance your life experiences with broader thematic concerns.

Join the Redbud Writing Project for our Intro to Memoir class at Golden Fig Books in Durham. Have you ever wanted to tell your own story, but been unsure where to start? Do you long to write about your own life, but aren’t sure how to approach it? Through a series of writing exercises, discussions, readings, and workshops, this class will teach you how to tell true stories about yourself, your loved ones, and your experiences.

• Phillip  Woodard,  System Change Manager  NC  Developmental Disabilities Council
• Technology Specialist, Donnie  Best,  MA Special Education,  Instructor  Mack Kelleher   Technology Specialist

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Kodály: Dances of Galánta

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

 

• North Carolina Symphony
• Michelle Di Russo, conductor

Join the Redbud Writing Project, the Triangle’s community writing program, for a class on how  to read like a writer.

The truest compliment one writer can pay another is envy, and the purest expression of envy is always theft. In this class, beginning writers will read short fiction from contemporary writers, including Rivka Galchen, Haruki Murakami, George Saunders, and Colson Whitehead, as well as some work from more canonical figures. Unlike English teachers, writers read books not so much in order to plumb their hidden meanings as to plunder their techniques. Just so, students in this course will learn to read with a piratical eye, searching always for the next new, glittering device that they can use in their own writing. Coursework will consist of short exercises as well as one complete story.

It’s back! This informal program allows visitors to drop in to our outdoor learning space and help Kidzu staff care for the garden. Water plants, place silk flowers in our dig plot, arrange the fairy garden, and more! Nature books and simple activities will also be available. Every Thursday, 9:30am-10:30am

Help us celebrate and embrace Hispanic Heritage Month through film and special snacks from Sep 15 to Oct 15. Special film dates are as follows: Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13. Films will kick off and be listed in our weekly Tuesday line up. Sep 20 – McFarland, USA; Sep 27- Stand and Deliver; Oct 4 – Tortilla Soup; Oct 11 – Cesar Chavez. 

To register or for more information, call 919-968-2070 or visit www.orangecountync.gov/OnlineRegistration.

Date: Thu, Sep 22, 29; Oct 6, 13; Time: 1 – 3:30 pm; Location: Seymour;Code: 343048-03; Register by: Thu, Sep 15; Fee: FREE

 

In Unity we have two major tools with which to experience the peace, joy, love, wellbeing and prosperity that is our Divine inheritance. Those tools are Meditation and Affirmative Prayer. With these two tools, we reconnect with the highest Spiritual Self within us and allow the radiant love of Pure Being to pour into our lives. With Affirmative Prayer in particular, we begin to access the creative realms of Infinite Possibility and call forth specific good into our experience.

To be able to see any situation from the highest possible perspective, and to call forth a blessing in any challenge, is a skill we can all learn. Affirmative Prayer allows us to embody our true nature as co-creator with Spirit and truly live the life of our dreams.

Offered Thursday evenings 7-9pm (ET), Oct. 6 – Nov. 3 (5 week course) by Rev. Victoria Loveland-Coen

Cost: $85

$75 for UCP members

REGISTER HERE: https://ucp.breezechms.com/form/30568729764275884198

Once registered you will receive an email confirmation with the zoom link.

This is a Unity accredited class and may be taken for credit if desired. GO to https://www.unityworldwideministries.org/uwsi to register and pay for SEE credit with Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute (UWSI).

When you don’t know who you are, who do you trust? 

Claire wakes up every morning with no memory of herself, her doting husband or her perpetually-stoned son. But one day, a deranged man appears from underneath her bed, promising to tell her the truth about her life – and how she REALLY lost her memory.  What follows is a wild road trip involving long-lost relatives, oddball characters, painful secrets, and a foul-mouthed puppet. Join Claire on her journey to unravel the mystery of her life, in a funhouse world where nothing is as it seems.

Come see this poignant and brutal comedy that launched the career of Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Lindsay-Abaire. 

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Organization: Switchyard Theatre Company

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Location

Burning: Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk St., Raleigh NC 27604

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Thursday, 10/20, 7:30pm

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Friday, 10/21, 7:30pm

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Saturday, 10/22, 2:00pm

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Saturday, 10/22, 7:30pm

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Sunday, 10/23, 2:00pm

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Wednesday, 10/26, 7:30pm

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Thursday, 10/27, 7:30pm

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Friday, 10/28, 7:30pm

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Cost

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General admission: $25

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Seniors (65 ): $20

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Students: $10

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Website URLs

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Info: https://switchyardtheatrecompany.org/shows/fuddy-meers/

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Tickets: https://switchyard.ticketleap.com/fuddy-meers/

After a two-year hiatus, art lovers are anticipating the return of Alamance Artisans’ Extravaganza the weekend of October 22–23, 2022, at the Vailtree Event and Conference Center in Haw River. Twenty-one artists will showcase and sell unique and wide-ranging works, including paintings, pastels, pottery, jewelry, photography, sculpture, fiber, mixed media, and wood. The free indoor event offers unequaled gift solutions and irresistible artworks for one’s own home or office.

 

The Vailtree, 1567 Bakatsias Lane, Haw River, is conveniently located beside I-85/I-40 at exit #150, between Mebane and Graham. Browse the hundreds of art choices, enjoy artists’ demonstrations, and enter a raffle for distinctive artworks. Bring family and friends and experience a day of arts and crafts. CDC COVID guidelines observed. Saturday 10 am–6 pm, Sunday noon–5 pm.

 

Sleepy Fest is a celebration of local music, collaboration and community hosted by Carrboro-based indie label Sleepy Cat Records.

Held at Down Yonder Farm, a creative space in Hillsborough, NC, since 1978, Sleepy Fest features dozens of performers plus an art and makers market, spotlighting local artisans and small businesses.

Down Yonder Farm is a private residence in Northern Orange County with a long history of hosting music, arts, and community events. We are a short drive from Durham, Hillsborough, and Chapel Hill (see our location here).

Discover local & diverse art makers – Festifall is an annual celebration that brings the community together around a diverse array of arts experiences over three Saturdays. Each Festifall Arts Market & More will feature: 20-30 unique artists, artisans, and craftspeople, gourmet hand food and drink vendors, experiential art offerings like dance groups, poetry, buskers, and more. Enjoy downtown Chapel Hill in a new and welcoming way. Connect with neighbors, browse items for sale, and support our local artists. 

Paint it Forward! Join us for an event raising awareness and resources for PAWS4EVER. A portion of your ticket price will be donated to Paws4ever to help rescue cats and dogs in our area.

Sign up, send us a photo of your pet, and we’ll have it transferred onto a canvas! Our artist will lead you through step by step to create a colorful masterpiece of your pet! Paint ANY pet you want!

***********PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS******

1) Complete registration with payment to secure your seat by 10/19

2) EMAIL a photo with the ORIGINAL capture size of 2MB or LARGER photo of pet to ch@wineanddesign.com NO LATER THAN 10/19, These photos will be drawn onto your canvas by our artist.

Only one pet per canvas. Headshots with little background work best. Do NOT crop your own photo. Please send the original photo file (not downloaded from Facebook or Instagram).

3) Include the name on the reservation, pet name and class date with EACH PET PHOTO sent.

Event is BYOB, please plan to bring any beverages and snacks with you to this event. We provide cups and wine openers, but do not have ice.

*Cancellation policy as follows: Refunds will not be given in the event that a customer cancels their reservation. Cancellation after photo submissions will result in a transfer of credit (for that photograph only). If you do not submit your photo by the deadline, you will be rescheduled for the next month’s Pet Night, and no refund will be issued. If there is a threat of inclement weather or if the event has low attendance, it is subject to cancellation. If this is the case, you will be given a credit for another class of equal value. *Coupons not valid to Paint Your Pet or other specialty classes. 

Hosts: Wine & Design Chapel Hill and Paws4ever

Tickets: $60

Celebratory dinner and dancing featuring renowned local band Liquid Pleasure and special guest host Phil Ford. Join in saluting the contributions of the branch over the years and the role it continues to play in the creating a community where all can thrive.

NATIVE GARDENS

BY KAREN ZACARÍAS
DIRECTED BY PATRICK TORRES

A COMEDY THAT’S ANYTHING BUT NEIGHBORLY.

Good fences don’t always make good neighbors, but they do make for great comedy! An attorney on the rise and his very pregnant wife couldn’t feel more welcomed by their new neighbors. But soon, a friendly disagreement about the lay of the land quickly spirals into a war of taste, class, and entitlement.

STREAMING OF THIS PRODUCTION WILL BE AVAILABLE

After a two-year hiatus, art lovers are anticipating the return of Alamance Artisans’ Extravaganza the weekend of October 22–23, 2022, at the Vailtree Event and Conference Center in Haw River. Twenty-one artists will showcase and sell unique and wide-ranging works, including paintings, pastels, pottery, jewelry, photography, sculpture, fiber, mixed media, and wood. The free indoor event offers unequaled gift solutions and irresistible artworks for one’s own home or office.

 

The Vailtree, 1567 Bakatsias Lane, Haw River, is conveniently located beside I-85/I-40 at exit #150, between Mebane and Graham. Browse the hundreds of art choices, enjoy artists’ demonstrations, and enter a raffle for distinctive artworks. Bring family and friends and experience a day of arts and crafts. CDC COVID guidelines observed. Saturday 10 am–6 pm, Sunday noon–5 pm.

 

Oil abstracts and landscapes by Lolette Guthrie, photography & digital art by Eric Saunders, one-of-a-kind blown glass pieces by Pringle Teetor. In the gallery September 27 through October 23. 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough NC. Opening reception during Hillsborough’s Last Friday Art Walk, September 30^th, 6-9pm. HGA is owned by 21 local artists featuring painting, sculpture, photography, glass, jewelry, wood, pottery, and textiles. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12 – 4. For more information about the show visit www.HillsboroughGallery.com