Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus by Vietri Founder & CEO Susan Gravely In celebration of VIETRI’s fortieth anniversary, and with gratitude for the Italian friends who have welcomed her into their lives, their homes, and to their tables, Susan Gravely, VIETRI Founder and CEO, has written a memoir and a cookbook. The book showcases over 50 recipes straight from the kitchens of Susan’s dearest Italian friends. These delicious, treasured family recipes highlight the best dishes from regions all across Italy, and they are accompanied by Susan’s charming, poignant, and hilarious memories with each friend. The book also includes glimpses into these friends’ beautiful Italian homes and gardens, and it offers tips for how to entertain with effortlessly elegant Italian style. The final chapter features Susan’s own home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a look into her own family traditions and special holiday recipes. Author Frances Mayes, a longtime friend of the Gravely family, has written the foreword for the book in addition to being included in her own chapter within the book. Susan says she feels “incredibly lucky to have spent years in this favorite country of mine, and Italy’s spirit continues to enchant me. Its enthusiasm, passion, style, and romance live in its people, and, through my work, I have met many incredible Italians and enjoyed many homecooked meals! To be invited into people’s homes, to share a meal, to celebrate life’s big and small moments together... These memories are some of the most cherished in my life. This has been the happiest and most unexpected result of creating VIETRI, and for this I am profoundly grateful.” Susan Gravely is the Founder and the CEO of VIETRI, Inc., a lifestyle brand of Italian artisan-crafted dinnerware and home and garden accessories. VIETRI was founded in 1983 by […]

Friday Night Concerts + Movies Each Friday night (except July) we’ll feature a live concert or movie on the Phil H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn). Food + beverage available for purchase. No outside alcohol is allowed to be brought inside the venue. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Friday Concerts All concerts start at 7 pm (unless otherwise indicated below). Event lawn opens one hour before concert start time. Beach Music Series June 23 Holiday Band (6pm) June 30 Jim Quick & Coastline (6pm) Fall Music Series August 11 Cravin’ Melon with special guest: Big Time Shine August 25 Megan Doss with special guest: Jordan Pickett September 8 Ace Party Band with special guest: School of Rock September 22 Tim Hair with Indian Outlaw featuring special guest: Petty Thieves October 13 Cat 5 with special guest: The Will McBride Group October 27 Tuesday’s Gone with special guest: Circle City Rockers 6pm for Friday night concerts (7pm-8:30pm) Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Food, beer + wine available for purchase. Location: MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn) near 51 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC 27312

Roar, fellow runners! Get ready to unleash your wild side and embark on an exhilarating virtual adventure with our 4th annual Tiger Day 5k Virtual Race! Lace up your sneakers, because it's time to sprint, jog, or walk your way to victory while supporting an important cause. 📅 Date: YOU PICK, but International Tiger Day on July 29th sounds great to us...🐯 ⏰ Time: Anytime that suits you! 🌍 Location: Wherever you are! This race is virtual, so you can participate from anywhere in the world. 🌟 Race Details: The Tiger Day 5k Virtual Race is an opportunity for all running enthusiasts to come together and celebrate the majestic beauty of tigers while raising awareness about their conservation. All proceeds go toward the cats of Carolina Tiger Rescue. 🎯 How to Participate: 1️⃣ Register for the virtual race by visiting our official website https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Pittsboro/TigerDay5K. 2️⃣ Choose your favorite running route. It could be through a local park, your neighborhood, or even on a treadmill if that's more convenient. 3️⃣ On the race day, track your run using a running app, smartwatch, or fitness tracker. Don't forget to capture some exciting photos or videos along the way! 4️⃣ Share your race experience on social media using the hashtag #TigerDay5k and tag our official page to connect with fellow participants. 📢 Spread the Word: Invite your family, friends, and colleagues to join this thrilling virtual race and help us create a massive wave of support for tiger conservation. Share this post, tag your friends who love running, and let's make this event a roaring success! 🏆 Get Ready to Roar! Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to combine your passion for running with a noble cause. Register today and mark your calendars for an unforgettable Tiger Day 5k Virtual Race. Together, […]

Workshop for menders and makers coming very soon! Flyleaf bookseller RC will be leading a BYOM (bring your own mendables) session at the store on Tuesday, June 27 from 6-8 pm. Drop in any time to get assistance with your mending projects, learn tips & tricks for maintaining your clothing, and practice sustainable fashion🪡 See ya there!

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 06/28- Tony Galiani

In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult—and the complicated and unexpected pain of leaving the only home she’d ever known. On January 5, 1975, the world was supposed to end. Under strict instructions from the Family leader, seven-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, grabbed her favorite toy, and waited with the rest of her community for salvation—a spaceship that would take them to live on Venus. But the spaceship never came. Guinevere did not understand her family was a cult. She spent most of her days on a compound in Kansas, living with dozens of other children who worked in the sorghum fields and roved freely through the surrounding pastures, eating mulberries and tending to farm animals. But there was a dark side to this bucolic existence: When selected girls in her community turned twelve or thirteen, they were “given” to older men on the compound as wives in training. Turner was part of the Lyman Family, a cult spearheaded by Mel Lyman, a self-proclaimed world savior, committed to isolation from a world he declared had lost its way. When Guinevere caught the attention of Jessie, the woman everyone in the Family called the queen, her status was elevated and suddenly she was traveling in the inner-circle caravan between communities in Los Angeles, Boston, and Martha’s Vineyard. Before long, Guinevere’s world as she had known it ended. Her mother, from whom she had been separated since age three, left the Family with a disgraced member, and Guinevere and her four-year-old sister were forced to go with her. Traveling outside the bounds of her cloistered existence, Guinevere was thrust into public school for the first time, a stranger in a strange world with homemade […]

Hi, friends! Flyleaf Books will be tabling at Carrboro’s Pride Food Truck Rodeo and Dance Party on Friday evening, 6/30. We’ll bring our Read with Pride posters, as large a selection of queer books as we can fit in our car, and stickers, pride tees, flags, pins, and other merch! And we’ll probably be dancing, too. Come see us and stock up on gay books ‘n’ things. Can’t wait to celebrate!

Friday Night Concerts + Movies Each Friday night (except July) we’ll feature a live concert or movie on the Phil H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn). Food + beverage available for purchase. No outside alcohol is allowed to be brought inside the venue. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Friday Concerts All concerts start at 7 pm (unless otherwise indicated below). Event lawn opens one hour before concert start time. Beach Music Series June 30 Jim Quick & Coastline (6pm) Fall Music Series August 11 Cravin’ Melon with special guest: Big Time Shine August 25 Megan Doss with special guest: Jordan Pickett September 8 Ace Party Band with special guest: School of Rock September 22 Tim Hair with Indian Outlaw featuring special guest: Petty Thieves October 13 Cat 5 with special guest: The Will McBride Group October 27 Tuesday’s Gone with special guest: Circle City Rockers 6pm for Friday night concerts (7pm-8:30pm) Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Food, beer + wine available for purchase. Location: MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn) near 51 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC 27312

SUMMER SALE! Save on all purchases made in Pittsboro, or shop online at www.french-nc.com and use the code SUMMER2023! Sale runs July 1 to 15.

If you're looking for that perfect leather gift to give to someone (or yourself), look for Ric's Leather at the Red White and Blue BBQ at Raging Bull Harley Davidson, 300 Muldee Street in Durham, NC.

Thanks to all who came out to the Spring Kiln Opening! Mark is back making pots, and Saturday 12 - 5pm he will be making a large planter in the workshop, and the barn/showroom will be open for a Pop Up Sale! Come by to watch and/or shop! AND the online store is now full of new pots!

The Chatham Historical Museum will be open from 1-3 pm on July 2, before Summer Fest starts. Come downtown early, get an easy parking space, and enjoy the air conditioning in the museum while you learn about Chatham County's history!

Annabelle Stein - Fiber Artist, is one of the Featured Artists at Liquidambar Gallery and Gifts. Reception July 4, 2-4pm. Everyone is invited!!! Also: Martha Danek - Gourd Sculpture Selden Lamoureux - Clay Sculpture Sarah Graham - Abstract Painting Kitty Mecham - Copper Electroplated Jewelry John Mecham - Photography

If you're looking for that perfect leather gift to give to someone (or yourself), look for Ric's Leather at Summer Fest. He's just one of the PBA members who will be contributing to making the event fabulous!

💒 Planning your big day? Don't miss the Chatham County Wedding Showcase! Grab your free passes on our Eventbrite link below or in our bio and discover amazing vendors offering samples, discounts, and exclusive deals. Get inspired and make your wedding dreams come true! #ChathamCountyWeddingShowcase #WeddingInspiration #DreamWedding #39WestCatering Eventbrite Link: https://ForestHall-July.eventbrite.com

The Hurston-Wright Award Finalist makes her long-awaited return with this electrifying saga—as moving and indelible as The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The Turner House, and The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois—that explores three generations of a family trying to overcome trials and trauma and free themselves from the darkness of the past. Lottie Rebecca Lee is spoken into the world in Fayetteville, North Carolina by a Black nurse who declares, “Lord Jesus, if that ain’t the blackest little baby born this side of heaven.” Later, Lottie will prove that she is the ancestors’ promise to unearth the Mississippi and Ghanaian atrocities that have tormented Benjamin Lee, her grandfather who was born during the Great Depression in Mississippi’s red clay tobacco fields, and Benjamin Junior, his son and Lottie Rebecca’s father, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where the post Korean War GI Bill promises prosperity. These two generations of men are haunted by the Mother-Spirit who did not survive enslavement’s post-traumatic stress violence. Trinity is the riveting story of the daughter-spirit born to stitch love back into the scattered wombs of her Black mothers and call love back into the fishing blues songs of her Black male kin. Lottie Rebecca Lee is the Divine spirited daughter born to set everything back up right again, in this daringly original novel. Zelda Lockhart is Director at Her Story Garden Studios: Inspiring Black Women to Self-Define, Heal, and Liberate Through Our Stories & Nature. Lockhart holds a PhD in Expressive Art Therapies, an MA in Literature, and a certificate in film from the New York Film Academy. Her books include HarperCollins 2023 release Trinity (a novel), HarperCollins 2021 release Mama Bear: One Black Mother’s Fight for Her Child’s Life and Her Own by Shirley Smith with Zelda Lockhart, Diamond Doris: The True […]