The first Saturday of August is National Mead Day celebrated by the American Mead Makers Association and meaderies across the country! And we’re celebrating too! For the occasion, we’ve got some fun things in store for you! - The release of our very first “session mead”. A lower alcohol, very drinkable mead on tap by the glass. Our first one is a (currently unnamed) lime and ginger “Mule”. We’ve got ideas for some other flavors yet to come too! Come out and try it! - Mead making demo at 4 pm. Join Ben to see how to make a small batch of mead at home. (And consider signing up for our Beginning Mead Making Class on Oct 19th!) - Tours of the meadery at 1, 3 and 5 pm. See how it’s done on a bigger scale. - And sample some local NC meads from other mead makers! We’re sharing the love with our NC neighbors and featuring some of their yummy meads too! Come out and join us for a great day all about our favorite drink! (If you are looking for our Mini Renaissance Faire that we used to do on Mead Day, it's now called Mead Fest and will be on Sept 28th!)

Who doesn’t love a good painting party? And when you include mead, it just makes it that much more fun! We’re teaming up with Picasso Paint’s Andrea Ward to paint a lovely “Midnight Sunflower”! Paint a wonderful painting (YOU CAN DO THIS!!), have a glass of mead, and enjoy a great time at the meadery!

Jennifer Scott &/or Eric Rifkin from Halle Acquisitions, the development called Pittsboro Place on Industrial Drive, will be the speakers.

The speaker for the August all-member meeting will be Jennifer Scott &/or Eric Rifkin of Halle Acquisitions, talking about their development, Pittsboro Place on Industrial Drive.

It's the Pittsboro Roadhouse's 7th birthday and they're having $7 specials all day long. Stop by and wish them well.

It's time for another Women's Wine Wednesday at FireClay Cellars! Enjoy meeting and chatting with other local women this Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30. Light snacks will be available and as always, Wine!!! ? #ladiesnightout #chathamcountync #ncwine #womenandwine #drinklocal

Restorative Yoga class on Friday, August 23.

It's time for our Summer Kiln Opening! Choose from hundreds of colorful pots from bud vases and barrel mugs, to stunning dinner plates, cereal bowls, pitchers, jars, and handsome slab platters to Mark's Signature massive big pots ~ planters, sentinels, jars and vases! Yummy refreshments and on Sunday afternoon you can scoop your own Homeland Creamery ice cream cones!

It's time for our Summer Kiln Opening! Choose from hundreds of colorful pots from bud vases and barrel mugs, to stunning dinner plates, cereal bowls, pitchers, jars, and handsome slab platters to Mark's Signature massive big pots ~ planters, sentinels, jars and vases! Yummy refreshments and on Sunday afternoon you can scoop your own Homeland Creamery ice cream cones!

Galloway Ridge will also be hosting a series of informative Alzheimer's Research sessions that are open to the general public from June-August. Please contact Sarah Haskins at shaskins@gallowayridge.com for questions or for more information. New directions for therapies? The Immune Response in the Brain and It's Relationship to Alzheimer's Disease with Dr. Carol Colton Thursday, August 29, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Sarah Haskins Marketing and Sales Coordinator Galloway Ridge 3000 Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, NC 27312 P. 919-545-2647 F. 919-545-2219

It's time for our Summer Kiln Opening! Choose from hundreds of colorful pots from bud vases and barrel mugs, to stunning dinner plates, cereal bowls, pitchers, jars, and handsome slab platters to Mark's Signature massive big pots ~ planters, sentinels, jars and vases! Yummy refreshments and on Sunday afternoon you can scoop your own Homeland Creamery ice cream cones!

Join our Fourth Grade Field Trip Volunteer Team! Chatham Historical Museum Volunteers are getting ready to kick off our seventh year of the Fourth Grade Field Trip. Every school year, fourth-grade students from Chatham public, private, and charter schools come to the Historic Chatham County Courthouse to learn about Chatham history, government, and civics. The Field Trips happen on Thursday mornings from 8:30 to noon. It takes 10 volunteers to carry out each Field Trip. Help us share Chatham County history with these young folks! We’ll be training new volunteers and "refreshing" returning volunteers on Thursday, September 5th from 10:30 to noon in the Historic Courthouse at 9 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Join us for a sacred session to understand the power of sound vibration healing. The power of gong and singing bowl vibrations deeply affects our mind, body and soul. It penetrates and stimulates every cell of our being - allowing us to reach a state of deep relaxation. The vibrations help with reducing stress and remove all blockages in the mind. The gong sound fully harmonizes and restores balance in our body as well as increases all regenerative processes. During profound peaceful states of the mind, which are typically achieved during meditative phases, the body’s natural healing process is profoundly supported. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. The sound and resulting vibrations generated by the gongs and Himalayan singing bowls stimulate the theta brain frequencies that are commonly associated with deeper states of meditation. Heart and respiratory rates slow down, creating a favorable healing effect upon the body’s entire system. Are you... Tired? Worried? Stressed? GONG IT OUT! Looking for a way to relax & reconnect? Bathe in VIBRATIONS Struggling to remove emotional blockages? Feeling out of balance? SING with Tibetan & Crystal Bowls Time to explore groundbreaking & yet ancient ways to relieve stress & regain balance, leading to personal EMPOWERMENT, TRANSFORMATION & HEALTHY well-being. Join in welcoming facilitator Jarek Luk: Meditation led me to the realization that the club scene had the energy characteristics of very low vibrations. Vibrations, that despite the high visible energy, ultimately were resulting in bringing people down. I then started to ask for guidance on how I could help people increase their vibrations rather than lower them. I wanted to do more. I felt the need to do something that would not only make me feel fulfilled but also help others.

Andy Foshee, from the local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), will be the speaker.