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In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers—one white, one Black—living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America’s all-too-familiar racial reckoning. De’Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia—a move motivated by circumstance rather than choice. De’Andrea is heartbroken to leave her comfortable life in the Black oasis of Atlanta, and between her mother-in-law’s Alzheimer's diagnosis, her daughter starting kindergarten, and the overwhelming whiteness of Rolling Hills, she finds herself struggling to adjust to her new community. To ease the transition, her therapist proposes a challenge: make a white girlfriend. When Rebecca Myland learns about her new neighbors, the Whitmans, she's thrilled. As chair of the Parent Diversity Committee at her daughters’ school, she’s championed racial diversity in the community—and what could be better than a brand-new Black family? It’s serendipitous when her daughter, Isabella, and Nina become best friends on the first day of kindergarten. Now, Rebecca can put everything she’s learned about antiracism into practice—especially those oh-so-informative social media posts. And finally, the Parent Diversity Committee will have some… well, diversity. Following her therapist’s suggestion, De’Andrea reluctantly joins Rebecca’s committee. The painfully earnest white woman is so overly eager it makes De’Andrea wonder if Rebecca’s therapist told her to make a Black friend! But when Rolling Hill’s rising racial sentiments bring the two women together in common cause, they find it isn’t the only thing they have in common.... Christine Platt writes literature for children and adults that centers African diasporic experiences—past, present, and future. She holds Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in African and African American studies as well as a […]

Mark your calendars for the After Christmas Sale at New Horizons Downtown starting Tuesday, December 26 until Saturday, December 30. Save on Christmas items, winter accessories, like hats, scarves, and cashmere shawls, socks, and slippers to keep you warm & cozy for the rest of the season! All discounted sales final.

Join Chatham Outfitters in the store this week for some great end of year savings. All slippers and apparel (clothing, hats, gloves, socks, and undergarments) will be marked down 25% from now until New Years Eve! Happy New Year and don't forget to #GoPlayChatham!

Building a Better Boomer offers laugh-out-loud advice for the generation caught between ChatGPT and Betamax VHS. Here’s hilarious guidance on how baby boomers can better see, hear, eat, exercise, sleep, retire and remember—and maybe live long enough to still be around for the launch of the iPhone 211 Pro. This is the book for those born in the forties, fifties or sixties—or those explaining how TikTok works to anyone born in the forties, fifties or sixties And “this is the moment we need a book that is this funny,” says Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod. Neil Offen has been a humor columnist for four decades and in two countries.The author of more than a dozen books, he’s been a sports reporter, a newspaper and magazine editor, a radio newsman, written a funny comic strip and been published in a variety of formats, including pen, crayon, chalk and, once, under duress, his wife’s eyebrow pencil.He has interviewed Muhammad Ali, covered Apollo 11, ridden the Orient Express, and once met Cary Grant. Most importantly, he actually finished first in his age group in a recent 5K.

Jazz nights are continuing on Wednesdays so don't miss out on the chance to hear some great holiday jazz this month, sprinkled in alongside your classic favorites. Here are our upcoming performers 11/15- Tony Galiani 11/22- Steve Hobbs Trio 11/29- GLK Trio 12/6- Dave Quick 12/13- Lauren Meehan 12/20- Steve Hobbs Trio 12/27- Tony Galiani Band

It’s never too late to plan ahead for a special New Year’s Eve celebration! The Sycamore at Chatham Mills will be Open Sunday, 12/31 5-9pm Serving our Regular menu with Live Piano Music Come join us for a toast to 2024!

This year is nearly a wrap! Join Havoc Brewing on New Year's Eve as we say goodbye to 2023 and toast to the start of 2024! Geoff McBride will be performing from 7:30 - 10:30, we'll have a charcuterie board and then a champagne toast at midnight. 🥳🍾

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Ring in the New Year by gathering with our community and eating delicious desserts! This pay-what-you-can dessert party is open to all. Enjoy some treats, play a game or two, and gather with new and old friends. Registration is recommended, but not required (we don't want to run out of cookies!) Bring a friend!

The Chatham County Historical Association and Wren Memorial Library have partnered to sponsor monthly get-togethers to discuss and record Siler City history. We'll be there to listen and learn from you Siler City folks, as well as sharing what we know. The topic in January will be businesses on Chatham Street and Birch Street, but discussion of other topics is welcome! Let us know what you'd like to talk about in the months to come. Meetings will be on the first Friday of each month, from 10:30 to 11:30am at Wren Memorial Library. Light refreshments will be served. Join us on Friday, January 5 for our first meeting. The meetings are free and everyone is welcome.

Chatham Park is kicking off the new year with our January Open House this Saturday and Sunday (1/6-7)! From 1-5pm, explore innovative home designs and discover all that the Chatham Park lifestyle has to offer. 📍: Stop by the Information Center at 500 Vine Parkway to pick up a map!

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Jazz nights are continuing on Wednesdays so don't miss out on the chance to hear some great holiday jazz this month, sprinkled in alongside your classic favorites. Here are our upcoming performers 1/10 – Tony Galiani Jazz Quartet 1/17 – Lauren Meehan 1/24 – Combo Platter 1/31 – Dave Quick Jazz 2/7 – Lauren Meehan 2/14 – Piano Only – NO JAZZ 2/21 – Steve Hobbs Trio 2/28 – Dave Quick Jazz 3/6 – Lauren Meehan 3/13 – Tony Galiani Jazz Quartet 3/20 – Combo Platter 3/27 – Dave Quick Jazz

An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo age Americans hold marriage in such high esteem that we push people toward it, reward them for taking part in it, and fetishize its benefits to the point that we routinely ignore or excuse bad behavior and societal ills in the name of protecting and promoting it. Laws have been designed to encourage people to marry so that certain societal benefits could be achieved: the population would increase, women would have financial security, children would be cared for, and immigrants would have familial connections. The widely overlooked problem with this tradition is that individuals and society have relied on marriage to address or dismiss a range of injustices and inequities, from gender- and race-based discrimination, sexual violence, and predation to unequal financial treatment. Through revealing storytelling, Zug builds a compelling case that when marriage is touted as “the solution” to such problems, it absolves the government, and society, of the responsibility for directly addressing them. Marcia Zug is a family law professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and The Yale Law School. Her previous book, Buying A Bride, explored the history of mail order marriage in the United States. She lives in Columbia, SC with her husband and two daughters. Osamudia James joined the UNC School of Law faculty in 2021. Her writing and teaching interests include education law, race and the law, administrative law, and torts. James is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and popular press commentary exploring the interaction of law and identity in the context of public education. Her work has appeared in the NYU Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, and the Minnesota Law […]

Have you made your appointment yet? Just for January, Restorative IV Therapies is offering 2 Saturdays for you to come get a much-needed-IV infusion after the busy holidays!

Beloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as novels—deeply perceptive, funny, and tragic in equal measure—about crimes large and small. Jill McCorkle, author of the New York Times bestselling Life After Life and the widely acclaimed Hieroglyphics (“One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers” —Rebecca Makkai), brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a person’s life changes forever. Old Crimes delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close, even as the past continues to reverberate over time and across generations. And despite the characters’ yearnings for connection, they can’t seem to tell the whole truth. In “Low Tones,” a woman uses her hearing impairment as a way to guard herself from her husband’s commentary. In “Lineman,” a telephone lineman strains to connect to his family even as he feels pushed aside in a digital world. In “Confessional,” a young couple buys a confessional booth for fun, only to discover the cost of honesty. Profoundly moving and unforgettable, for fans of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Lily King, the stories in Old Crimes reveal why McCorkle has long been considered a master of the form, probing lives full of great intensity, longing and affection, and deep regret. Jill McCorkle has the distinction of having published her first two novels on the same day in 1984. Of these novels, the New York Times Book Review said: "one suspects the author of The Cheer Leader is a born novelist. With July 7th, she is also a full grown one." Since then she has published five other novels—most recently, Hieroglyphics—and four collections of short stories. Five of her books have been named New York Times notable books and four of her stories have […]

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