For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1947 North Carolina following a young female seamstress who uncovers dangerous truths about the Big Tobacco empire ruling the American South. Shedding light on the hidden history of women’s activism during the post-war period, at its heart, The Tobacco Wives is a deeply human, emotionally satisfying, and dramatic novel about the power of female connection and the importance of seeking truth.

Chatham County celebs, Mark Hewitt and Jabu Graybeal join Big Night In for the Arts, a fundraising collaboration of WRAL TV and four Triangle-based arts organizations, including Chatham Arts Council! Aired on WRAL TV on MARCH 10 at 7PM, watch & enjoy performances by tap dancer, Jabu Graybeal, jazz great Nnenna Freelon, musician Ben Folds, NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, folk band Hiss Golden Messenger and a behind the scenes tour and demo by potter Mark Hewitt Donations during the show can be made to any or all of the participating local arts organizations. Don't miss this EXCITING, CAPTIVATING, FUN EVENING ~ THURSDAY ~ 7PM on WRAL ~ See you there!

BONUS: Bring your favorite alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage and Get ready to pop a pinch of magic into your drinks with St. Patrick's Day Brew Glitter® Collection. Trademarked Brew Glitter® St. Patrick's Day set is the perfect compliment to any beverage. FDA compliant Brew Glitter® is the perfect compliment for cocktails, beer, spirits, wine, champagne, tea, ice coffee, soda, lemonade & any other alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage you can think of! Hands-on class for creating custom and charming home decor. Join an instructor-led workshop to paint a door hanger. This workshop will help you take your home decor to the next level and have fun while creating it! Sign yourself up for a scheduled workshop or reserve a group event! Dixie Belle Paint - Choose your own colors!! 20" Wood Cut Out with etched lines to make painting easy!!

The American South has become a nexus of film production in the United States. By 2016, more major features were being shot in Georgia than in California. Commissioned by the High Museum in Atlanta as part of their Picturing the South series, Alex Harris explored cinematic representations of the South by visiting and photographing the making of over 40 independent fiction films across the region. Using a documentary approach to capture scenes that unfolded on or around the set, Harris’ images tell the story of a new South while also hinting at more universal aspects of life – the ways in which we are all actors in our own lives, creating our sets, practicing our lines, refining our characters, playing ourselves. These photographs also tell a story about our increasingly visual culture and explore the rapidly evolving world of independent filmmaking, one that is little known to audiences outside the film festival circuit.

Bring a friend and enjoy a fun night of painting. All supplies included. Beginner friendly.

ONE DAY ONLY! A barn/showroom full of beautiful new pottery dinner plates, cereal/salad bowls and more! We've been hunkered down for so long and we've missed you! Saturday is predicted to be a delightful 77° and we are celebrating with a ONE DAY Sale! Over the winter Mark made a batch of dinner plates, side pates, cereal & serving bowls, and lovely tumblers. He glazed them with his Chandler Rock glaze, made from a granite he gathered last fall at an old kiln site near Edgefield, South Carolina, and fired them in his large gas kiln. The results are beautiful. We've been using a few of the plates and bowls in the house, and we love them. The depth of color and subtle textures of the glaze is so enchanting, while the link to Thomas Chandler and the 19th century Edgefield tradition add layers of intrigue and reflection. We can't wait to share this luminous soft blue/green tableware with you! Together with a selection of lovely pots from the last firing - pitchers, jars, tall vases, planters, slab dishes. and more - we have a barn full of pottery we know you will enjoy! There will be some bargains as well, including discounts on a few of the larger pieces. We hope you can come out on Saturday and enjoy a perfect springtime outing in the country, and a grand reunion of old friends!

The first class is to get you started into the world of resin. Since resin can be tricky and it's not a cheap product, its best to learn and try avoiding expensive mistakes. Learn how to use two-part resin with the easy, proven methods of an artist with resin experience. You will be amazed with how you can use resin as a quick and simple way to make unique items. By the end of this class, you will feel confident you have the skills and knowledge to make your own distinctive resin goodies to add to your collection, give to others or even sell!

Bling Artist, Lynn Woods, believes every girl deserves to sparkle and to feel special. With fun and unique gifts, she makes sure that every woman can stand out from the crowd and let her light shine. Lynn's website: https://backtothesouth.com/

Come and learn to paint a gnome of your own! All supplies included.

The Regency Vows series continues with a witty, charming, and joyful novel following a seasoned debutante and a rakish theater owner as they navigate a complicated marriage of convenience. Lady Emily Turner has been a debutante for six seasons now and should have long settled into a suitable marriage. However, due to her father’s large debts, her only suitor is the persistent and odious owner of her father’s favorite gambling house. Meanwhile, Lord Julian Belfry, the second son of a marquess, has scandalized society as an actor and owner of a theater—the kind of establishment where men take their mistresses, but not their wives. When their lives intersect at a house party, Lord Julian hatches a plan to benefit them both. With a marriage of convenience, Emily will use her society connections to promote the theater to a more respectable clientele and Julian will take her out from under the shadows of her father’s unsavory associates. But they soon realize they have very different plans for their marriage—Julian wants Emily to remain a society wife, while Emily discovers an interest in the theater. But when a fleeing actress, murderous kitten, and meddlesome friends enter the fray, Emily and Julian will have to confront the fact that their marriage of convenience comes with rather inconvenient feelings

A recently separated woman fills a huge terrarium with endangered flowers to establish a small world only she can control in an attempt to heal her broken heart. A competitive swimmer negotiates over which days she will fulfill her wifely duties, and which days she will keep for herself. A peach farmer wonders if her orchard will survive a drought. And generations of a family in South Carolina struggle with fidelity and their cruel past, some clinging to old ways and others painfully carving new paths. In these haunting stories, Megan Mayhew Bergman portrays women who wrestle with problematic inheritances: a modern glass house on a treacherous California cliff, a water-starved ranch, and an abandoned plantation on a river near Charleston. Bergman’s provocative prose asks the questions: what are we leaving behind for our descendants to hold, and what price will they pay for our mistakes?