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featuring Eren Tasar, Associate Professor of History Learn about the deeper contexts behind issues too often reduced to sound bites. DETAILS Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a Carolina Alumni Membership discount Date and Time: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 4:30-6:00 PM Location: Flyleaf Books Registration is available at the door, or in advance online or by calling 919.962.1544 before 3pm on February 14th. DISCOUNTS Advance registrants can take advantage of our FLYLEAF SEASON PASS and receive a discount on the purchase of all eight lectures. Tuition for virtual viewing is free for K-12 teachers. If you are a current K-12 teacher, click here to register for virtual viewing of any Fall 2023 Humanities in Action lecture. Complimentary teacher registration closes two hours before the start of the event. Visit Carolina Alumni for information about membership-- all Carolina Alumni members receive a discount to Humanities in Action events. We thank Carolina Alumni for its generous support of this series.

Drink a pint while learning step-by-step how to paint this month's design by Hannah Grace Studios. All materials + 1 drink is included in ticket prices.

The perfect glove box book for every hungry North Carolina traveler. D. G. Martin is back with a fully updated edition of his beloved guide, North Carolina's Roadside Eateries, ready to help Tar Heels and visitors alike find the places locals love to eat. D.G. is your personal tour guide, and he takes you to more than 120 notable roadway haunts, including over 30 new restaurants, that aren't just great places to eat but fixtures of their communities as well. A trusted companion to thousands of North Carolinians, this book not only offers new and exciting ways to get a good meal but will also help folks learn about and appreciate the rich local history of the Tar Heel State. The book features locally owned and community favorites and covers a range of food tastes from BBQ and traditional southern fare to Mexican food and Laotian cuisine. It will introduce the restaurant owners and locals who make these places unique and includes current contact information, hours, and directions. It even recommends nearby points of interest to explore after eating. D.G. Martin was the host of PBS-North Carolina's long-running program Bookwatch, the state's premier literary series. A graduate of Davidson College and Yale Law School and a former Green Beret, Martin practiced law in Charlotte for twenty years before joining the University of North Carolina, where he served as vice president for public affairs and chief legislative liaison. Since his retirement, he has served in interim leadership positions at UNC-Pembroke, North Carolina Central University, Trust for Public Land, Triangle Land Conservancy, and North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust Fund and as president of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund.

GRAND OPENING Schedule: Fryeday April 5 5:00-9:00 Ribbon Cutting & Reception Saturday April 6 12:00-6:00 Music: Dmitri Resnik 12:00-3:00 Glenn Jones 3:00-5:00 Sunday April 7 11:00-4:00 “Tea & Biscuits” Come join us for a drop in Sunday Social then go and enjoy Dowtown Pittsboro’s First Sunday Vendor Market *All weekend ~ Raffle to benefit Chatham Arts Council and Drawing for Frye Studios Gift Certificate

We have so many new followers - welcome to all! 💛 in case you don’t know, once a month we host sessions @greenway_health_center in North Raleigh. Come get a much needed nutritional IV to feel replenished and hydrated! To make an appointment or if you have any questions, just message us! 😘

GRAND OPENING Schedule: Saturday April 6 12:00-6:00 Music: Dmitri Resnik 12:00-3:00 Glenn Jones 3:00-5:00 Sunday April 7 11:00-4:00 “Tea & Biscuits” Come join us for a drop in Sunday Social then go and enjoy Dowtown Pittsboro’s First Sunday Vendor Market *All weekend ~ Raffle to benefit Chatham Arts Council and Drawing for Frye Studios Gift Certificate

Craving a spring refresh? 🏡 Our April Open House is taking place from 1-5pm this Saturday and Sunday (4/6-7) and it's the perfect time discover your dream home. Whether you're drawn to stunning designs crafted by top builders or captivated by the picturesque scenery of Chatham Park, our community offers the ideal setting to embrace new beginnings. 📍: Stop by our Information Center at 500 Vine Parkway to pick up a map!

GRAND OPENING Schedule: Sunday April 7 11:00-4:00 “Tea & Biscuits” Come join us for a drop in Sunday Social then go and enjoy Dowtown Pittsboro’s First Sunday Vendor Market *All weekend ~ Raffle to benefit Chatham Arts Council and Drawing for Frye Studios Gift Certificate

Reclamation and Finders and Seekers Emporium will be participating in the Pittsboro Business Association's town wide First Sunday market along with Marigold Pittsboro, Little Boho Valley and The Plant. 12-4pm! You don't want to miss this!

Stop by the Smelt Gallery at BMC Brewing in The Plant as you visit First Sunday and the Spring Market.

We're gearing up for our inaugural First Sunday reception at Show of Hands Gallery on April 7 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm (the Gallery will be open from 12-4) and hope you'll join us. Our Featured Artist will be potter Colleen Black Semelka, an artist with decades of experience producing beautiful Raku pieces. Please come by to see her work and enjoy music and refreshments! The unique photographs of Bobby Izquierdo are also hanging in the Gallery from our Grand Opening Celebration and Bobby will be with us as well. Musical accompaniment during the afternoon will be provided by the talented and always personable Michael Novak. We hope to see you next Sunday! Michele and Lee

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The Quiltmaker Cafe food truck will be at the Red Moose Brewery parking lot on Tuesday, April 9, from noon to 2 pm.

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut Zippers North Carolina has always produced extraordinary music of every description. But the indie-rock boom of the late 1980s and early ‘90s brought the state most fully into the public consciousness, while the subsequent post-Grunge free-for-all bestowed its greatest commercial successes. In addition to the creation of legacy label Merge Records and a slate of excellent indie bands like Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, and Polvo, this was the decade when other North Carolina artists broke Billboard’s Top 200 and sold millions of records―several million of which were issued by another indie label based in Carrboro, Chapel Hill’s smaller next-door neighbor. It’s time to take a closer look at exactly what happened. A Really Strange and Wonderful Time features a representative cross-section of what was being created in and around Chapel Hill between 1989 and 1999. In addition to the aforementioned indie bands, it documents―through firsthand accounts―other local notables like Ben Folds Five, Dillon Fence, Flat Duo Jets, Small, Southern Culture on the Skids, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Veldt, and Whiskeytown. At the same time, it describes the nurturing infrastructure which engendered and encouraged this marvelous diversity. In essence, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time is proof of the genius of community. Tom Maxwell is a writer and musician. A product of the fertile Chapel Hill music scene, he was a member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers from 1994-1999. Tom’s song “Hell” peaked at Number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, propelling the band to multi-platinum status. His songs have appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, a Super Bowl commercial, an Academy Award-nominated documentary, and the Tony Award-winning Broadway soundtrack. As a writer, […]

Have plants? Need plants? Swap at the Plant Exchange at Perch Coworking.

Guests may attend Humanities in Action lectures IN PERSON or VIRTUALLY. Cost: $20; $15 with a Carolina Alumni Membership discount Date and Time: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | 4:30-6:00 PM Location: Flyleaf Books Registration is available at the door, or in advance online or by calling 919.962.1544 before 3pm on February 14th. DISCOUNTS Advance registrants can take advantage of our FLYLEAF SEASON PASS and receive a discount on the purchase of all eight lectures. Tuition for virtual viewing is free for K-12 teachers. If you are a current K-12 teacher, click here to register for virtual viewing of any Fall 2023 Humanities in Action lecture. Complimentary teacher registration closes two hours before the start of the event. Visit Carolina Alumni for information about membership-- all Carolina Alumni members receive a discount to Humanities in Action events. We thank Carolina Alumni for its generous support of this series.

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 4/10 - Combo Platter 4/17 - Lauren Meehan 4/24 - Dave Quick Jazz

Check out our new comedy night featuring Benjamin Malone, Erin Doncaster & Jermaine Callando!

A sweeping history of the power of Indigenous North America from ancient cities to fights for sovereignty that continue today, from an award-winning historian. In this magisterial history, Kathleen DuVal tells the story of Native nations, from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to the present, reframing North American history with Indigenous power and sovereignty at its center. Before and during European colonization, Indigenous North Americans built diverse civilizations and lived in history, adapting to a changing world in ways that reverberated globally. As DuVal explains, no civilization came to a halt when a few wandering explorers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the world in size, but following a period of climate change and instability DuVal shows how numerous smaller nations emerged from previously centralized civilizations, moving away from rather than toward urbanization. From this urban past, patterns of egalitarian government structures, diplomacy, and complex economies spread across North America. So, when Europeans arrived in the sixteenth century, they encountered societies they did not understand, having developed differently from their own, and whose power they often underestimated. For centuries after these first encounters, Indigenous people maintained an upper hand and used Europeans in pursuit of their own interests. In Native Nations, we see how Mohawks closely controlled trade with the Dutch--and influenced global markets--and how Quapaws manipulated French colonists. Power dynamics shifted after the American Revolution, but Indigenous people continued to control the majority of the continent. Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa forged new alliances and encouraged a controversial new definition of Native identity to attempt to wall off U.S. ambitions. The Cherokees created new institutions to assert their sovereignty on the global stage, and the Kiowas used their preponderance of power in […]