Live Jazz on Wednesdays at The Sycamore–Dave Quick

The Sycamore at Chatham Mills 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC, United States

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 10/4- Dave Quick 10/11- GLK Trio 10/18- Steve Hobbs Trio 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

Ben Fountain presents DEVIL MAKES THREE, with Kendra Greene at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk comes a brilliant and propulsive new novel about greed, power, and American complicity set in Haiti. Haiti, 1991. When a violent coup d’état leads to the fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, American expat Matt Amaker is forced to abandon his idyllic, beachfront scuba business. With the rise of a brutal military dictatorship and an international embargo threatening to destroy even the country’s most powerful players, some are looking to gain an advantage in the chaos–and others are just looking to make it through another day. Desperate for money—and survival—Matt teams up with his best friend and business partner Alix Variel, the adventurous only son of a socially prominent Haitian family. They set their sights on legendary shipwrecks that have been rumored to contain priceless treasures off a remote section of Haiti’s southern coast. Their ambition and exploration of these disastrous wrecks come with a cascade of ill-fated incidents—one that involves Misha, Alix’s erudite sister, who stumbles onto an arms-trafficking ring masquerading as a U.S. government humanitarian aid office, and rookie CIA case officer Audrey O’Donnell, who finds herself doing clandestine work on an assignment that proves to be more difficult and dubious than she could have possibly imagined. Devil Makes Three’s depiction of blood politics, the machinations of power, and a country in the midst of upheaval is urgently and insistently resonant. This new novel is sure to cement Ben Fountain’s reputation as one of the twenty-first century’s boldest and most perceptive writers. Ben Fountain’s work has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize for Fiction, and a Whiting Writers Award, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. […]

Jazz at Mosaic

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC

Jazz Nights are select Thursdays from 7-9 pm on the Philip H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons. Lawn opens at 6 pm. October Jazz Night Thursday, October 5 Triangle Jazz Orchestra

Triangle Parade of Homes at Chatham Park

The Triangle Parade of Homes returns starting September 30th-October 1st for three back-to-back weekends - including October 6-8, 13-15. This year, Chatham Park is featuring 13 beautiful homes from 12-5pm! 🏠 Stop by our Information Center to pick up a map! See Chatham Park's 2023 Parade map at https://bit.ly/3PK6sv8 📍 500 Vine Parkway, Pittsboro, NC

Quiltmaker Cafe Annual Fundraiser

Huckleberry Trail Farm 143 Pleasant Hill Church Road, Siler City, NC, United States

Ticket sales are open!! Join us for our Fall Fundraiser at Huckleberry Trail Farm! We will have great food, drinks and games for the whole family! Get tickets at the link below.

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers presents THE VICE PRESIDENT’S BLACK WIFE with Claude Clegg at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Award-winning historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wife of Richard Mentor Johnson, owner of Blue Spring Farm, veteran of the War of 1812, and US vice president under Martin Van Buren. Johnson never freed Chinn, but during his frequent absences from his estate, he delegated to her the management of his property, including Choctaw Academy, a boarding school for Indigenous men and boys on the grounds of the estate. This meant that Chinn, although enslaved herself, oversaw Blue Spring's slave labor force and had substantial control over economic, social, financial, and personal affairs within the couple's world. Chinn's relationship with Johnson was unlikely to have been consensual since she was never manumitted. What makes Chinn's life exceptional is the power that Johnson invested in her, the opportunities the couple's relationship afforded her and her daughters, and their community's tacit acceptance of the family—up to a point. When the family left their farm, they faced steep limits: pews at the rear of the church, burial in separate graveyards, exclusion from town dances, and more. Johnson's relationship with Chinn ruined his political career and Myers compellingly demonstrates that it wasn't interracial sex that led to his downfall but his refusal to keep it—and Julia Chinn—behind closed doors. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers is the Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of history and gender studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Claude Clegg is currently the chair of the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also holds the Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professorship in AAAD and the UNC Department of History. Professor Clegg’s research and teaching focus on African American history, US and southern history, presidential history, and the history of American social movements. He is […]

Movies at Mosaic: TBD (Drive-In Movie)

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC

Friday 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. All movies start at 8:30 pm (unless otherwise indicated below). Event lawn opens one hour before movie start time. October 6 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Drive-In Movie) October 20 Hocus Pocus 2 (Drive-In Movie) Location: MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn) near 51 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC 27312

Ric’s Leather at the Calico Market

Join Ric's Leather at the Calico Makers Market for artisan jewelry, gourmet specialty foods, one-of-a-kind home accessories, glass, wood, ceramics, and much more! Come for the vendors, but stay for the music and food! It's going to be our best Makers Market so far! 1141 Smith Level Road.

Fall Festival at Huckleberry Trail Farm

Huckleberry Trail Farm 143 Pleasant Hill Church Road, Siler City, NC, United States

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!

Fall Festival at Huckleberry Trail Farm – Feed the Hungry Weekend

Huckleberry Trail Farm 143 Pleasant Hill Church Road, Siler City, NC, United States

Bring a can of Piggly Wiggly brand food this weekend and receive $1 off the price of admission! 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! Weekend events schedule

OFFSITE EVENT! Sandra Gutierrez presents LATINÍSIMO – book signing and recipe tasting at the Lantern Restaurant

This event is hosted by Flyleaf Books. Tasting Tickets are $10, and each person must have a ticket to attend. Event tickets are non-refundable. Scroll down to order your Tasting Ticket, or a ticket bundle consisting of a Tasting Ticket plus a copy of Latinísimo. You will collect your book at the event, where you will have the opportunity to meet Sandra and get it signed. If the event is cancelled we will do our best to ensure that your book will be signed. An encyclopedic cookbook celebrating Latin American home cooking—the first to cover the day-to-day home cooking of all twenty-one nations—by one of the most respected authorities on the subject. In this monumental work, culinary expert Sandra A. Gutierrez shares more than three hundred everyday dishes—plus countless variations—that home cooks everywhere will want to replicate. Divided by ingredient—Beans, Corn, Yuca, Quinoa, and almost two dozen more—and featuring an extensive pantry section that establishes the fundamentals of Latin American cooking, Latinísimo brings together real recipes from home cooks in Argentina, Brazil, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. From Tortillas de Nixtamal (Fresh Masa Tortillas), Arroz con Pollo (Chicken and Rice), and Arepas Clásicas (Classic Arepas) to Solterito (Lima Bean, Corn, and Tomato Salad), Sopa Seca con Albahaca à la Chinchana (One-Pot Spaghetti with Achiote and Basil), and Pastel de Tres Leches (Tres Leches Cake), these are recipes that reflect the incredible breadth and richness of the culinary traditions of the region. Sweeping in its scope, and filled with history and stories, Latinísimo is an utterly essential resource for every kitchen. Sandra A. Gutierrez is a journalist, food writer and historian, professional cooking instructor, and author of four cookbooks. She has […]

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Reagan Day Dinner

The Chatham County Republican Party is hosting the annual Reagan Day dinner on October 7 at Governors Club. This year our keynote speaker is Han von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation, speaking about vote integrity. You can reserve a sponsorship or buy your tickets at https://secure.winred.com/ccgop-ec60b911/reagan2023 Seating will be limited so get your tickets now. All proceeds stay locally with the Chatham County Republican Party.

Ric’s Leather at First Sunday

Ric's Leather 575 Chapel Ridge Drive, Pittsboro, NC

If you're looking for that perfect leather gift to give to someone (or yourself), look for Ric's Leather in downtown Pittsboro in the booth near the circle.

This week at BMC Brewing

BMC Brewing 213 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC, United States

Check out the events at BMC Brewing!

J. Myrick Howard presents BUYING TIME FOR HERITAGE PROPERTIES, with Carl R. Nold at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

What does it take to save endangered historic properties? This practical guide builds on decades of historic preservation experience to provide readers with legal, financial, political, and technical tools and strategies to be more effective preservationists. Myrick Howard makes clear that large sums of money are not necessarily needed to save endangered historic properties, but knowledge and passion are essential. This book shows how preservation-minded neighbors and organizations can succeed with only modest resources and rather than clash with developers, can become developers themselves for community benefit. Howard draws on case studies from forty-five years of successful work leading Preservation North Carolina, with lessons that are applicable coast to coast This richly illustrated, fully revised and redesigned second edition includes detailed projects to renovate vacant houses in working-class neighborhoods; reflections on addressing racial equity through preservation; an expanded section on using preservation easements; and summaries of revolving fund programs around the country. Buying Time for Heritage is an indispensable resource for those looking to save the special places of our collective past. J. Myrick Howard is past president of Preservation North Carolina, a statewide, nonprofit historic preservation organization and a national leader in the field. Carl R. Nold is a nationally-recognized leader for not-for-profit cultural organizations. In addition to serving on the Preservation North Carolina board, Carl is vice chairman of the board of the Frances Perkins Center in Maine, serves on the board of North Carolina Opera, and as a trustee of the new Legacy Fund for Boston preservation foundation. He is also an advisor for Gibson House Museum in Boston.

Member Meeting October 2023

The Sycamore at Chatham Mills 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC, United States

Join us at The Sycamore at Chatham Mills! 8:30 am, guests welcome. Our Speaker will be Mike Stewart, with East Wind Consulting. Mike is an Active Shooter Training Instructor and offers preincident planning for businesses and organizations. "You cannot prepare for something you do not believe will ever happen."

Wellness Wednesdays at Mosaic–Yoga

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC

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 11 (5:30 – 6:30 pm) Sign-up here October 25 (5:30 – 6:30 pm) Sign-up here

Live Jazz on Wednesdays at The Sycamore–GLK Trio

The Sycamore at Chatham Mills 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC, United States

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 10/11- GLK Trio 10/18- Steve Hobbs Trio 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

Parade of Homes Limo Tour

Join An Acquired Style and local realtors for a bus tour of this year's Parade of Homes! RSVP required.

Triangle Parade of Homes at Chatham Park

The Triangle Parade of Homes returns starting September 30th-October 1st for three back-to-back weekends - including October 6-8, 13-15. This year, Chatham Park is featuring 13 beautiful homes from 12-5pm! 🏠 Stop by our Information Center to pick up a map! See Chatham Park's 2023 Parade map at https://bit.ly/3PK6sv8 📍 500 Vine Parkway, Pittsboro, NC