**STORM UPDATE!** We may get a few inches of rain and heavy.wind. If so, we will be here, and open - pots and checkout in the big barn. But, PLEASE USE CAUTION DRIVING, wear your boots, and bring your umbrella! **** Ready for some bargains? Great pottery, all sizes and shapes at great prices. ONE DAY ONLY! Saturday, October 1st, 2022, 10am-5pm. Come find some treasures for yourself or for the perfect gift. Handmade, wood-fired pots made right here at the pottery by Mark Hewitt and his intern, Dalton Hughes Vases, tumblers, mugs, pitchers, plates and bowls and jars - a wide variety all marked down for one day only, and a tent of minor seconds (less than perfect pots.) Our open air barn/showroom makes for easy social distancing. A few of Mark’s signature ‘Big Pots’ will be on sale as well. Come enjoy a day in the country, bargains and all! Bring the family ~ we have swings! ~ Mark and Carol Hewitt

Kick off autumn with Calico Studio! Join us for artisan jewelry, gourmet specialty foods, one-of-a-kind home accessories, glass, wood, ceramics, and much more! Come for the vendors, but stay for the music and food! This fall we have some favorites onstage; including Rhonda Robichaux & Meaux, Fallow Ground, Leah Magner, and Reese McHenry. Join us in welcoming Thick as Thieves, and keep your fingers crossed for the return of the Carrboro High School Jazz Ensemble. And FOOD TRUCKS! Come out and enjoy the delectable delights of The Latin Effect's tacos, taquitos, enchiladas and Blu Tee Spoon's vegan burgers and comfort food! It's going to be our best Makers Market so far! 1141 Smith Level Road.

Nothing Like A Puffin celebrates the puffin, a truly amazing creature, which is completely unique and one-of-a kind. A ladder is nothing like a puffin. A house is nothing like a puffin. A newspaper is nothing like a puffin. . . . But wait! Who would have guessed? Could these things be more alike than you think? Young children will love following this mischievous puffin in an entertaining exercise in creative classification— and are guaranteed to start looking at everyday things in a whole new way. In The Stars Just Up the Street, illustrated by Christine Davenier, a grandpa’s memories of brilliant night skies inspire a little girl to take action in a tale for budding community organizers and star lovers alike. Sue's forthcoming picture book The Moon Moved In, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez (illustrator of the award-winning Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away, written by Meg Medina), will be published by Chronicle Books in 2023. Sue Soltis is the author of the picture books Nothing Like a Puffin, illustrated by Bob Kolar, and The Stars Just Up the Street, illustrated by Christine Davenier (both from Candlewick Press). Ever since she started writing poems in a Snoopy notebook at age 12, she’s been hooked on writing! She lives with her family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she’s trying to help all the little invertebrates in the yard by planting native plants, hosting mason bees, and composting—a subject found in her next picture book The Moon Moved In (forthcoming, 2023, Chronicle Books, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez)