The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities. This entertaining book charts the journey of the cassette from its invention in the early 1960s to its Walkman-led domination in the 1980s to decline at the birth of compact discs to resurgence among independent music makers. Scorned by the record industry for "killing music," the cassette tape rippled through scenes corporations couldn't control. For so many, tapes meant freedom—to create, to invent, to connect. Marc Masters introduces readers to the tape artists who thrive underground; concert tapers who trade bootlegs; mixtape makers who send messages with cassettes; tape hunters who rescue forgotten sounds; and today's labels, which reject streaming and sell music on cassette. Their stories celebrate the cassette tape as dangerous, vital, and radical. Marc Masters is a music journalist whose work has appeared on NPR and in the Washington Post, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Bandcamp Daily. He is author of No Wave. Philadelphia-based artist Rosali Middleman makes songs that take their time in revealing their full power. What might first appear to be restrained, introspective compositions will stretch slowly outward, snagging your attention with a subtly sideways guitar lead or an exceptionally raw lyric you didn’t catch the first time around. In whatever form it takes, Rosali’s softly glowing music is malleable and deceptively fluid, able to appear patient and refined or at the edge of unraveling depending on how closely you chose to look.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with ease and elegance! Introducing The Sycamore’s “Heat and Serve” Thanksgiving Dinner. Enjoy a delightful feast featuring Brown Sugar Brined Turkey, Chestnut Rye Stuffing, Collard Greens, and more. Complete your meal with a scrumptious Pumpkin Pie or Chocolate Cherry Pecan Pie. Price: $55 per person—- Add a Bottle of Wine for $25 Place your orders by 11/16/23, and pickup your feast on 11/22/23 (Thanksgiving Eve) between 10 am – 3 pm. Your package will include simple heating instructions for a stress-free holiday. No substitutions or modifications, so you can savor the flavors as intended. Reserve your Thanksgiving dinner today!

The Chatham Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to the State of Chatham 2023 presentation, a comprehensive look with the latest data analyzing the well-being of Chatham County across social, economic, and environmental indicators. Admission includes breakfast catered by 39 West.

Join Quiltmaker Cafe for another Pay-What-You-Can Food Truck night! Come out for some great food and company!

Join us on Wednesdays on the Philip H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn) for self-care sessions. Sunset Yoga hosted by Yoga Garden PBO on select Wednesdays in August, September and October. Specific times listed below. Sign-up required. October 25 (5:30 – 6:30 pm) Sign-up here

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 10/25- Lauren Meehan 11/1- Dave Quick Trio 11/8- Lauren Meehan 11/15- Tony Galiani 11/22- Steve Hobbs Trio 11/29- GLK Trio

Central Carolina Community College will host a part-time job fair for teachers on Thursday, Oct. 26. A virtual session will be held from 2-4 p.m. In-person session will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic & Conference Center in Sanford. For more information, contact: (919) 718-7089 or [email protected].

A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a forward by Henry Louis Gates Jr. In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death. The novel, The Bondwoman’s Narrative, was first published in 2002 to great acclaim, but the author’s identity remained unknown. Over a decade later, Professor Gregg Hecimovich unraveled the mystery of the author’s name and, in The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, he finally tells her story. In this remarkable biography, Hecimovich identifies the novelist as Hannah Bond “Crafts.” She was not only the first known Black woman to compose a novel but also an extraordinarily gifted artist who honed her literary skills in direct opposition to a system designed to deny her every measure of humanity. After escaping to New York, the author forged a new identity—as Hannah Crafts—to make sense of a life fractured by slavery. Hecimovich establishes the case for authorship of The Bondwoman’s Narrative by examining the lives of Hannah Crafts’s friends and contemporaries, including the five enslaved women whose experiences form part of her narrative. By drawing on the lives of those she knew in slavery, Crafts summoned into her fiction people otherwise stolen from history. At once a detective story, a literary chase, and a cultural history, The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts discovers a tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and violence set against the backdrop of America’s slide into Civil War. Gregg Hecimovich is Hutchins Family Fellow at Harvard University and professor of English at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He received […]

Reclamation and The Plant invite you to another fun night market, October 27th, 4-9pm. With local vendors, food and beverages, face painting, a band, even a dance party under the new disco ball! This is a family fun event, come one come all!

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. Fall Music Series October 27 Tuesday’s Gone with special guest: Circle City Rockers 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

If you're looking for that perfect leather gift to give to someone (or yourself), look for Ric's Leather at the Pittsboro Street Fair.

SAVE THE DATE! Join New Horizons Downtown at the Dansko Footwear trunk show on Saturday, October 28! 🎉 ➡️ Enjoy special pricing on all #danskofootwear ➡️ Receive a free gift with purchase ➡️ Enter to win a free pair of Dansko ➡️ Refreshments provided.

Are you, your family and your friends ready to make some memories and have some fall fun, Huckleberry style? Fall Festival starts September 30 and runs every Saturday and Sunday through October 30. We are open from 10 to 6 on Saturday and 1 to 6 on Sunday. Our last ticket is sold one hour before closing. One admission price gives you access to all the fun. We sell our pumpkins, fall decorations, refreshments, and merchandise separately to keep our admission prices low. We have a corn maze, a real pumpkin patch (cut your own pumpkin right off the vine while they last!), a cotton patch, and lots of old-timey games and activities including a mini Field of Dreams. We sell pumpkins of all sizes as well as corn stalks, gourds, and hay bales. We are conveniently located on Hwy 64 between Pittsboro and Siler City, just 30 minutes from Cary, Apex, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Greensboro. It’s an easy drive over a shimmering lake and rushing river, through beautiful rolling country and past farmland complete with horses, cows, and red barns. What to Bring Farm-friendly clothes; closed toe shoes suggested Weather appropriate attire A sense of adventure and fun A camera so you capture the prettiest country view ever!

Are you, your family and your friends ready to make some memories and have some fall fun, Huckleberry style? It's your last chance to enjoy the farm this year! Fall Festival starts September 30 and runs every Saturday and Sunday through October 30. We are open from 10 to 6 on Saturday and 1 to 6 on Sunday. Our last ticket is sold one hour before closing. One admission price gives you access to all the fun. We sell our pumpkins, fall decorations, refreshments, and merchandise separately to keep our admission prices low. We have a corn maze, a real pumpkin patch (cut your own pumpkin right off the vine while they last!), a cotton patch, and lots of old-timey games and activities including a mini Field of Dreams. We sell pumpkins of all sizes as well as corn stalks, gourds, and hay bales. We are conveniently located on Hwy 64 between Pittsboro and Siler City, just 30 minutes from Cary, Apex, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Greensboro. It’s an easy drive over a shimmering lake and rushing river, through beautiful rolling country and past farmland complete with horses, cows, and red barns. What to Bring Farm-friendly clothes; closed toe shoes suggested Weather appropriate attire A sense of adventure and fun A camera so you capture the prettiest country view ever! Weekend events schedule

Our annual Halloween bash! Come in on your way to that great Halloween party and show us your costume! Anyone in costume this weekend will get a FREE MEAD TASTING! $12 value (And, no, that t-shirt that says, "This is my Costume!" does NOT count!)

What spirits lurk in downtown Pittsboro? Experience an out of the ordinary historical walking tour! Walk in the footsteps of those who came before us to see the town and its buildings and sites in a whole new way. Experience the wonder of our shared history through the exploration of “Spirits of Pittsboro Past.” Participants will be led through a one-mile tour of downtown Pittsboro, visiting historical sites and learning local folklore while encountering “spirits” along the way. We will tour sites such as the Masonic Lodge, St Bartholomew's Church and cemetery, and more. Participants are invited to conclude the tour with light refreshments and a house tour of Pittsboro's oldest surviving structure, the Patrick St. Lawrence, or "Yellow House," as guests of current owners Ray and Janet Carney. Tours will be held on Saturday, October 14 and Saturday, October 28. Tickets are $20. This fundraiser will support educational programs of the Chatham Historical Museum. Tickets are on sale now! Payment by cash or check only.

Are you, your family and your friends ready to make some memories and have some fall fun, Huckleberry style? Huck’s night time events on the farm are a treat, and sometimes a trick, for everyone. This event is perfect for your entire family. No ghosts, no goblins. Nothing scary, except being in the middle of a dark corn field with your friends. Find all 10 stations, win a prize!!! Reservations are required; $12/person. Purchase tickets from the Huckleberry Trail Farms website.

Join us Sunday afternoon in our back parking lot for Trunk or Treat from 1:30-3:00pm! It's going to be a beautiful day for fun and fellowship! We have lots of trunks, lots of candy, games, balloon animals from UBI the Clown, and sweet treats from Taste and See Cotten Candy!

This event is sponsored by Flyleaf Books. It's grown-up book fair time again, but this time, it's SPOOKY! Join us at Dingo Dog taproom for a nostalgic trip back to the glory days of the school book fair, and wear a Halloween Costume for maximum fun. Come browse a top notch selection of books and other neat merch, and order a beer or seasonal drink while you do! It’s the book fair of your childhood, but better. See you there!