Sally Greene and Paul Jones present THE EDWARD TALES and SOMETHING WONDERFUL at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Visit the Flyleaf Books event page to order your book, and please indicate in the comments if you’d like 1-2 seats held for you at the event! Flyleaf will offer seating for up to 50 in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. Masks recommended. Join us for an evening celebrating the literary legacy of Elizabeth Spencer through the appreciative lens of Sally Greene, along with a poetry reading by Paul Jones from his latest work, Something Wonderful. The Edward Tales is a focused character study on the most fascinating, mercurial figure who appeared several times in Spencer’s work, Edward Glenn. Sally Greene brings together the four narratives in which Edward figures: the play For Lease or Sale (1989) and three short stories, “The Runaways” (1994), “Master of Shongalo” (1996), and “Return Trip” (2009). The collection allows readers to observe Spencer’s evolving style while offering glimpses of the moral reasoning that lies at the heart of all her work. Greene’s critical introduction helpfully places these narratives within the context of Spencer’s entire body of writing. The Edward Tales confirms Spencer’s place as one of our most beloved and accomplished writers. Paul Jones’ latest collection of poetry, Something Wonderful, in the words of Jaki Shelton Green, ‘embodies a vast, intimate terrain. These poems listen back through lenses of nature, variations of joy, sorrow, mischief, surrender, death, and a few constellations of mystery in between. Paul Jones perches the reader in limbs that were empty choir lofts. From this vantagepoint of his lyrical universe we experience the space between dreams, new worlds created by old words spoken, odes to tubers, donuts, and the magical everydayness of where poetry lives and is sustained. Something Wonderful offers poetics that are accessible, language that stirs memory, and imagery that overflows cups […]

VRC, Ltd. on WCHL

VRC, Ltd. sponsors "On the Porch" with Randy Voller every Sunday morning at 11 am on WCHL. We are booking guests now and record on Fridays in the studio between 2 pm and 4 pm. If you want to jump on the porch and chat or have a suggestion, please let us know. How to Tune In Broadcasting from The Trinsic Aura Studios at University Place in Chapel Hill, there are so many ways you can tune in to your hometown radio station: Listen on your radio on 97.9 FM or 1360 AM Click https://listen.streamon.fm/wchl to stream live from Chapelboro.com Use your favorite streaming service on your phone or computer Tell your smart speaker to “Play WCHL”

Bastille Day Sale at French Connections

French Connections 178 Hillsborough Street, Pittsboro, NC

Use the code "BastilleDay2022" to take 15% off your purchase now through July 17th! Since Oct 2000, French Connections has been bringing you an eclectic variety of fabrics, antiques, table linens, art, and crafts from France, Mexico, and about 20 African countries. We’re proud supporters of sustainable, ethically-traded products of the highest quality, directly sourced from artists, artisans, and small manufacturers, from around the globe. Whether you shop online or in our Pittsboro, NC store, we promise to do our best to answer your questions and satisfy your needs.

Kwame Mbalia presents THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2) at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars. Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light years, even. Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring Axum Empire is still fractured. The kingdom once gave their technology away free of charge, to better humankind. Now, having been missing for over a decade, they’re returning to the planet where their galaxy-spanning civilization began—Earth. But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth’s atmosphere is a mess of junked shuttles and satellites. This is especially true of Debris Town, an orbital flotilla where poor spacefarers—left to rot by the Intergalactic Union that rose up in Axum’s place—have taken to piracy to survive. Yared is set to speak at the opening of the Royal Trials, a competition of the best exo pilots in the Sol System. But on the day of his speech, the pirates launch an attack! The siege sets off a chain of events that will lead Yared into the depths of Old Earth—and the jaws of a cruel betrayal. There’s more to the pirates—and Debris Town—than anyone saw coming.

Terry Roberts presents THE SKY CLUB at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Jo Salter, a mathematical prodigy from the mountains of North Carolina, remakes herself from a bank teller to a nightclub owner and bootlegger when the Great Depression upturns her life. “When I’m dead and buried . . . you get the hell out of here . . . Make a life somewhere else . . . a life that I can’t even imagine.” Jo Salter, a woman from the North Carolina mountains, sets about constructing a new life for herself in Asheville in the wake of her mother’s death. A life that no one—including her mother—could have imagined. Jo has a gift. She is a mathematical prodigy—a woman who sees and thinks in numbers. She secures a job as a teller at Central Bank & Trust, where she recreates herself as a modern woman and rises through the professional ranks. While working at the bank, Jo becomes fascinated by Levi Arrowood, the dark and mysterious manager of the Sky Club, an infamous speakeasy and jazz club on the mountainside above town. When the Great Depression brings Central Bank & Trust down in a seismic crash, Jo is forced to find a new home and job. She finds both at the Sky Club, where she strikes a partnership with the alluring Arrowood as she is drawn deeper into a glamorous and precarious life of bootlegging, jazz, and love. The Sky Club is the story of money, greed, and life after the crash from the eyes of one remarkable woman as she creates her own imagined life. Terry Roberts' direct ancestors have lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina since the time of the Revolutionary War. Many of them farmed in the Big Pine section of Madison County, a place that to this day is much as it's portrayed in The […]

Alison B. Hart presents THE WORK WIFE, with Lauren Le Blanc at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Three fierce women. A Hollywood party. One explosive secret. Zanne Klein never planned to be a personal assistant to Hollywood royalty Ted and Holly Stabler. But a decade in, at thirty-eight, that's exactly how she spends her days, earning six figures to make sure the movie mogul and his family have everything they could ever dream of, and more. However, today is no ordinary day at the Stabler estate. Tonight, everyone who's anyone will be there for the Hollywood event of the season, and if the party’s a success, that chief-of-staff job Zanne's been chasing may soon be hers. Which means she can buy a house, give her girlfriend the life she deserves, pay off her student loans. Nothing's going to get in Zanne’s way—not disgruntled staff, not a nosy reporter, not even a runaway hostess. But when Ted’s former business partner, Phoebe Lee, unexpectedly shows up right before go-time, Zanne suddenly has a catastrophe unfolding before her—one with explosive consequences. As the truth comes out and Zanne realizes how deeply entangled she's become in the Stablers' world, she must decide if the sacrifices she's made for the job are worth the moral price she has to pay. Told over the course of a single day and from three fierce perspectives, The Work Wife is a richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, privilege, and what happens when the brightest of stars aren't allowed to shine. Alison B. Hart's writing has appeared in Joyland Magazine, Literary Hub, The Missouri Review, The Millions, The Offing, and The Florida Review. She is the co-founder of the long-running reading series at Pete's Candy Store and received her MFA from The New School. She grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in North Carolina with her family. The Work Wife is her first […]

Coastal Wine and Dine at The Sycamore at Chatham Mills

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

We're pleased to present a special dining event on Wednesday, July 27th. Our Coastal Wine and Dine will feature a menu hand selected by our chef to highlight tastes of the sea, and only available on that night. Amuse: Champagne pour, Shrimp toast with uni and avocado First Course Choice Of: Tuna Niçoise lettuce cup Shrimp and grits Lamb-stuffed calamari with couscous Scallop ceviche with corn pudding and peach salsa Main Course Choice Of: Grilled half lobster with “Paella” style risotto, Red pepper emulsion and Prosciutto crisps +$20 Sauteed scallops with truffled cream corn, wild rice Herb crusted grouper, Maque choux, fingerling potatoes Whole grilled Snapper for 2 stuffed with herbs, spicy peanut relish, coconut rice and citrus-cumin carrots Intermezzo: Watermelon, tequila, mint granita Dessert Choice of: Lemon pudding cake, macerated berries, meringue Smores pot de crème, graham cracker crumble, house made marshmallows $100 per person, with wine pairings $135 📅Mark your calendars and grab a reservation now. Reservations are limited and will be available from 4-8:30PM. TO RESERVE, PLEASE E-MAIL info@thesycamoreatchathammills.com OR CALL (919) 704-8731

$100 – $135

Guild Apartment Homes Sneak Peak

Get ready for a Sip And See sneak peek and our first GIVEAWAY! Giveaway details below. Winner will be announced at the Sip And See so make sure you’re there! Giveaway instructions: ✨Follow us on Instagram ✨Tag 3 friends in the comments below ✨You’re tagged friends must follow @theguildatmosaic as well! Good luck! — at The Guild Apartment Homes.

Serena Kaylor presents LONG STORY SHORT, with Sarah Grunder Ruiz at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

In Serena Kaylor's sparkling debut, a homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life—and love—can’t be lived by the (text)book. Growing up homeschooled in Berkeley, California, Beatrice Quinn has always dreamed of discovering new mathematical challenges at Oxford University. She always thought the hardest part would be getting in, not convincing her parents to let her go. But while math has always made sense to Beatrice, making friends is a problem she hasn’t been able to solve. Before her parents will send her halfway across the world, she has to prove she won’t spend the next four years hiding in the library. The compromise: the Connecticut Shakespearean Summer Academy and a detailed list of teenage milestones to check off. If Beatrice wants to live out her Oxford dream, she has to survive six weeks in the role of “normal teenager” first. Unfortunately, hearts and hormones don't follow any equations. When she's adopted by a group of eclectic theater kids, and immediately makes an enemy of the popular—and annoyingly gorgeous—British son of the camp’s founders, Beatrice quickly learns that relationships are trickier than calculus. With her future on the line, this girl genius stumbles through illicit parties, double dog dares, and more than her fair share of Shakespeare. But before the final curtain falls, will Beatrice realize there’s more to life than what she can find in the pages of a book? Serena Kaylor likes to write about that first flush of summer love, whispered conversations at midnight, and endings happy enough to make your toes curl. She grew up running wild as a changeling through North Carolina swamps, and as an adult, has wandered from libraries into medicine. When she’s not writing, she can be found experimenting in her kitchen, […]

CANCELLED J. Brent Morris presents DISMAL FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF THE MAROONS OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

The massive and foreboding Great Dismal Swamp sprawls over 2,000 square miles and spills over parts of Virginia and North Carolina. From the early seventeenth century, the nearly impassable Dismal frustrated settlement. However, what may have been an impediment to the expansion of slave society became an essential sanctuary for many of those who sought to escape it. In the depths of the Dismal, thousands of maroons—people who had emancipated themselves from enslavement and settled beyond the reach of enslavers—established new lives of freedom in a landscape deemed worthless and inaccessible by whites. Dismal Freedom unearths the stories of these maroons, their lives, and their struggles for liberation. Drawing from newly discovered primary sources and archeological evidence that suggests far more extensive maroon settlement than historians have previously imagined, award-winning author J. Brent Morris uncovers one of the most exciting yet neglected stories of American history. This is the story of resilient, proud, and determined people who made the Great Dismal Swamp their free home and sanctuary and who played an outsized role in undermining slavery through the Civil War.

Tiger Day 5K from Carolina Tiger Rescue

Carolina Tiger Rescue 1940 Hanks Chapel Road, Pittsboro, NC

Have you registered for our 3rd annual Tiger Day 5k yet?? We are so excited to celebrate International Tiger Day with you all for the 3rd summer in a row, and this year is extra special since we're kicking off the week-long event on July 29th with an in-person celebration! We are also giving you the opportunity to bid on your favorite cat (not just tiger!!) at the Sanctuary to become your honorary teammate! 🐯All proceeds from the $35 registration fee benefit the animals who call the Sanctuary home! 🐯Recruit your friends and family and form a team! Teams have the change to win prizes! 🐯You'll still be able to run the 5k on your own between July 29th and August 5, but this time we're hosting a kickoff event on the 29th at The Plant in Pittsboro. 🐯You can be a SPONSOR! We'd love to have you or your business sponsor this fantastic event. Sponsor information is included on our race website. If you would like to register for the event or become a sponsor, visit our race website and be sure to pass all of the information along to your friends and family!

$35.00

IN-PERSON: Natalie Lloyd presents HUMMINGBIRD at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl who—armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair—refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure. Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as “fragile” just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she’s thrilled when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary. Olive can’t wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she’s always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever fitting in. Then Olive hears whispers about a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It’ll be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true. When it becomes clear that she can’t solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all . . . Natalie Lloyd lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She collects old books, listens to bluegrass music, and loves exploring quirky mountain towns with her dog, Biscuit. She is the author of A Snicker of Magic and The Key to Extraordinary.

Music at Mosaic

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC

MOSAIC at Chatham Park is hosting free concerts on every other Friday through the summer, except for July. Join us for free live music, food, fun and first looks! Aug 5 Your Mama’s New Boyfriend Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Waves Shave Ice, Ta Contendo Aug 19 Sweet Potato Pie Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Maple View Ice Cream Sept 2 Beggar’s Banquet Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Waves Shave Ice, Ta Contendo Sept 16 Cat5 Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Maple View Ice Cream Oct 7 Legacy Motown Revue Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Waves Shave Ice, Ta Contendo Oct 8 (Sat) TBA (10am-2pm Parade of Homes Day) Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Maple View Ice Cream Oct 21 Trial By Fire + She Bop Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Maple View Ice Cream, Cousins Maine Lobster Event lawn opens: 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

New Horizons Summer Clearance Sale

New Horizons Downtown 52 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro, NC, United States

It's that time again! Our Summer Clearance Sale is happening in both stores AND online (no coupon code needed)! • 40% OFF Sandals • 30% OFF Shorts & Skirts • 30% OFF Short Sleeved Shirts & Dresses • 20% OFF Gifts, Jewelry & Bags • 20% OFF Swimsuits & Hats • 20% OFF Socks • 20% OFF Camping Gear We also have a BUNCH of shoes and clothes at 50% OFF in both stores.

First Sunday, August 2022

Downtown Pittsboro 9 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro, NC, United States

Come out and enjoy a bit of Pittsboro's downtown charm. This family-friendly event is free to attend. Artisans, non-profits, and local businesses will be out and about as we enjoy some sweet treats. Just a few of the downtown businesses that are usually open on First Sunday: Pittsboro Toys French Connections Reclamation New Horizons Downtown Pittsboro Gallery of Arts Chatham County Historical Museum Welcome Center Studio 17 Deep River Mercantile The Beagle Circle City Books and Music M2 Graphics Carolina Cravings The Chocolate Cellar Oakmoss Screaming for Vintage Would you like to be a vendor at First Sunday? Please fill out an application.

IN-PERSON: Emma Skurnick presents BECOMING A LOCAL: LETTER FROM A SMALL TOWN at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

When Emma Skurnick first moved to Bynum, North Carolina she fell in love with a tiny town on the banks of the Haw River. In this place, the shopkeeper knew everyone by name, neighbors would help fix your car, and a glitter-covered giraffe could unexpectedly show up in your yard. Becoming a Local is a collection of stories about this beautiful, quirky spot on the map, with full-color watercolor paintings illustrating every page. Emma Skurnick was born in New York, went to school in California, and ended up – somehow – making art and teaching others to trust their creativity in the heart of North Carolina. Her roots are fully, deeply planted here.

PBA Member Meeting Aug 2022

Forest Hall 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC

The guest speaker will be Ryan Prather, who will talk about how a business can prepare for the worst (weather/business disruption) and how to navigate the physical recovery process when it happens. Join us this Wednesday, Aug. 10th, 9 am, at The Sycamore in Chatham Mills.

Movies at Mosaic

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro, NC

Each other Friday night (except July) we’ll feature a movie on the Phil Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn). Food + beverage available for purchase. No outside alcohol can be brought inside the venue. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Event lawn opens at 7 pm. Movies start at sundown. Aug 12 Spiderman: No Way Home Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Ta Contendo, Waves Shave Ice Aug 26 Luca Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Maple View Ice Cream Sept 9 Eternals Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Ta Contendo Sept 23 Turning Red Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Vintage Scoops Oct 14 Raya and the Last Dragon Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Vintage Scoops Oct 28 Lightyear Food + beverage by: BMC Brewing, Vintage Scoops, NC 27312

Huck’s Sunflower Fest

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

Visit Huckleberry Trail Farm for pick-your-own sunflowers ($1 each) and great photo opportunities! See the website for details.

The Creative Goat at the Central Carolina Wedding Showcase

Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center 1801 Nash Street, Sanford, NC

Join The Creative Goat at the Central Carolina Wedding Showcase next month! Get your tickets here. #chathamcountync #pittsboronc #mainstreetpittsboro #lovelocalPBO #wedding — at Dennis A. Wicker Civic and Conference Center.