Chatham County's Ag Fest is coming up on Saturday, March 23 from 10 to 3 at the County Agriculture and Conference Center. Look for Chatham County Historical Association volunteers there -- out back by the smokehouse. We'll be sharing some Chatham history and hoping to hear what you know about Chatham's story. Volunteers will also be keeping the Chatham Historical Museum open in the courthouse in Pittsboro, so plan to stop by before or after you visit Ag Fest for a tour of the museum and courthouse. We'll be open from 10 - 3.

Easter Egg Hunt and More This is a pay-what-you-can event. Attendees are asked to contribute/donate what they can in support of the creation of a PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN restaurant being planned for the Pittsboro-area by the non-profit Quiltmaker Cafe. There will be many activities besides the egg hunt. Hay ride around the farm (this is a great opportunity to see the farm as it starts to bloom). Egg races Egg coloring Egg toss (if you dare) Sack races Wiffle ball Easter story trail You may even see some EASTER bunnies hopping around!!! Egg Hunt Times: 12:30 / 1:30 / 2:30 / 3:30 Please arrive 15 minutes early Make your reservation at https://huckleberrytrailfarm.com

The event will be at Postal Fish Company. Postal has teamed with amazing oyster purveyors from Shuckleford Banks Shellfish, Ghost Fleet Oyster Company, and Changing Tide Oysters. There will be an incredible menu of raw oysters, cooked offerings, beer selections from Ballad Brewing, and perfectly selected wine pairings from 3 wine distributors for an afternoon of culinary delight! (See full menu below). Please note, this is a "social" and "wine & beer tasting" - there will not be full glasses of alcohol served. Cost is $80 (all inclusive) per person and seating is limited. To reserve a space, call Postal at 919-704-8612 or email them at (b.love@postalfishcompany.com) to make a reservation request. All reservations will be first-come first-served until sold out. Please note, credit card information is required to hold the reservation. Please also indicate which seating you would like to attend. We look forward to sharing this fun event with you all again!

Interested in Dixie Bell products but don't know where to start? Join us Sun March 24 from 2-4 for a demonstration and class to learn all about Dixie Bell paints and the techniques used to refinish gorgeous furniture and crafting projects. This is a complimentary event, but requires signup ahead of time. DM, email (info@findersandseekers.com), or call 919-533-6530 us to sign up!

Join bmc brewing and Kingston 99 Kitchen for a 4 course Jamaican dinner with bourbon, beer, or wine pairings!

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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland “Bewitching and seductive.” —Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You “A treasure: a writer who understands the magic and mysteries of the human soul." —Chris Bohjalian, author of Hour of the Witch “This book is a cold, clear, perfect lake." —Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. But her gift is selective—she doesn’t, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family. As her “pictures” foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful truth: she may glimpse the future, but she can seldom change it. Nor can Lizzie change the feelings that come when a young man named Louis, visiting Belhaven for the harvest, begins to court her. Why have the adults around her not revealed that the touch of a hand can change everything? After following Louis to Glasgow, though, she learns the limits of his devotion. Faced with a seemingly impossible choice, she makes a terrible mistake. But her second sight may allow her a second chance. Luminous and transporting, The Road from Belhaven once again displays “the marvelous control of a writer who conjures equally well the tangible, sensory world . . . and the mysteries, stranger and wilder, that flicker at the border of that world.” —The Boston Globe Margot Livesey was born and grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands. She is the author of a collection of stories and nine other novels, […]

The Pittsboro Business Association would like to invite all its members, as well as those interested in joining the Association, to attend the upcoming Spring membership meeting. The event will take place on March 26 from 5:30-7:30pm at BMC Brewing located at The Plant in Pittsboro. Hors d'oeuvres will be served by Kingston 99 Kitchen. This is a great opportunity to socialize and connect with other business owners in your community. We hope to see you 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 3/27 – Dave Quick Jazz

Featuring Robert Buxton, pianist Join Carolina Public Humanities for an evening of music and conversation on the Flyleaf Stage. Pianist Robert Buxton brings music from the past to life today as a performer and public speaker. He offers a unique lecture-recital combination to retirement communities, association meetings, private events, schools, and universities. He makes piano music accessible and enjoyable to everyone by explaining the history of each piece, what to listen for, and through stories, humor, and personal anecdotes. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in New York (Symphony Space, the YIVO institute, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Spanish Consulate, and Steinway Hall), Europe (Scuola di Musica in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy, the Maison Erard in Amsterdam) and in Japan, (Sakata, Kyoto, and Tokyo). His interviews and recordings have been featured on major classical radio stations in New York City and Kyoto. Robert has been on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at East Carolina University. He studied under Vladimir Viardo at the University of North Texas (M.M. and D.M.A. degrees) and with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music (B.M. degree). His doctoral dissertation involved the philosophy of Henri Bergson as a mode of interpreting nostalgia in the piano music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and he continues to write about music in a personal idiom. Robert is passionate about less well-known repertoire of all eras and new music, particularly U.S. composers William Grant Still, Charles Ives, Florence Price, and Roy Harris. He often includes southern gospel improvisations at concerts. Also a composer and arranger, he frequently performs his own transcriptions of Mahalia Jackson’s gospel recordings, an elegiac piano sonata, “Freedom Summer—Mississippi 1964,” short pieces based on Jack Kerouac’s Haikus, free arrangements of medieval […]

Join me in painting this pretty ‘Sunflower Barn’ while showing support for BMC Brewing. Your $35 ticket includes everything needed to leave with your very own masterpiece. I will guide you step by step and your canvas will be pre-drawn for you. So you do not have to be an artist and beginners are welcome! PLEASE NOTE: Arrive 20 mins early to grab a drink, food and get prepped to paint. We begin painting at 6:00.

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In her revelatory memoir Devout: A Memoir of Doubt, Anna Gazmarian seeks to bridge the gap between science and spirituality by telling the story of how her Evangelical upbringing in North Carolina provided an inadequate framework to understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith. When Anna is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, she is faced with a conundrum: while the diagnosis provides clarity about her manic and depressive episodes, growing up in an Evangelical community means that her diagnosis is regarded as an affliction of the spirit rather than a medical condition. Over ten years, we follow Anna on her journey to re-frame her understanding of mental health to expand the limits of what her religious faith can offer The Wet Wound is Maddie Norris's debut essay collection, inspired by the grief she experienced in the wake of her father's death from cancer when she was seventeen. Norris uses a medical lens to examine the anguish that followed and likens mourning to wound care. These linked essays examine grief from different angles, resulting in a multilayered exploration of why, contrary to popular belief, keeping wounds open is the best way to care for them physically and emotionally. Norris approaches the narrative through various topics--the investigation of body preservation, the history of skin grafts, and a deep dive into physical pain--all of them related to how she carries this fundamental loss. By centering on the importance of mourning (a long-term practice frowned upon in Western culture), the essays unsettle conventional wisdom as the text pushes against the stereotypical notion of "letting go" and "moving on." The Wet Wound: An Elegy in Essays thus unpacks the question: What happens when, instead of following steps […]

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.