First Sunday, Sept 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 LiquidAmbar Gallery and Gifts Reclamation New Horizons Downtown Pittsboro Gallery of Arts Chatham County Historical Museum Welcome Center Studio 17 Earth Tone Crystals 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. Many thanks to the downtown businesses that participated in September First Sunday:

Kris Whiteknack Trio at The Sycamore

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

Live Jazz Wednesdays🎵 We're excited to add dinner and lounge service on Wednesdays, featuring live jazz in the dining room from 6-9pm. Join us this Wednesday, September 7th for music from The Kris Whiteknack Trio. Make a Reservation here : https://rpb.li/x80

Non-profit Skill Building: How to Develop an Engaged Board of Directors–online

Central Carolina Community College 764 West St., Pittsboro, NC, United States

Most nonprofit organizations recognize the value of an effective board and may strive to develop and fortify powerful board members, but their strategies for board development are typically vague at best, and results are, therefore, illusive. This session will be a fast-paced, and intensive webinar. The training will be appropriate for a new or veteran board or staff member and will focus on understanding the Board's role in ongoing capacity-building to enhance your credibility, defining the three elements of a high performance Board, learning how proper planning can ensure raised revenue to advance your mission, and identifying how the Board can elevate the visibility and ensure sustainability. Speaker(s): John Curtis, Ph.D. Contact the Small Business Center at Central Carolina Community College.

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. 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

Reclamation’s Vintage and Artisan Market

SOCO South of the Courthouse, Pittsboro, NC

Please join us Sunday 9/11/22, 12-5pm for Reclamation's Vintage and Artisan Market. Beverages, Food Trucks and a curated selection of amazing vendors, vintage and artisans in the SOCO district. There is handicap parking available at the shop, please park in public parking areas around town and walk on down. See y'all soon!

Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy present INCLUSIVE TEACHING: STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING EQUITY IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - Signing Line at 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6:00 pm Scroll down 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. Award-winning teachers offer practical tips for addressing inequities in the college classroom and for making all students feel welcome and included. In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They begin with a framework describing why explicit attention to structure enhances inclusiveness in both course design and interactions with and between students. Inclusive Teaching then provides practical ways to include more voices in a series of contexts: when giving instructions for group work and class activities, holding office hours, communicating with students, and more. The authors finish with an opportunity for the reader to reflect on what evidence to include in a teaching dossier that demonstrates inclusive practices. The work of two highly regarded specialists who have delivered over a hundred workshops on inclusive pedagogy and who contribute frequently to public conversations on the topic, Inclusive Teaching distills state-of-the-art guidance on addressing privilege and implicit bias in the college classroom. It seeks to provide a framework for individuals and communities to ask, Who is being left behind and what can teachers do to add more structure? Kelly Hogan, PhD, is a STEM Teaching Professor in the Department of Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, is the Associate Dean of the Office of Instructional Innovation, and is Director of the University's Quality Enhancement Plan associated with SACSCOC accreditation. Viji Sathy, PhD, is a […]

PBA Member Meeting Sept 2022

Forest Hall 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC

We will use the meeting to catch up the membership with what's going on in PBA and the Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board. Find out what's going on and how you are supported and how you can support downtown Pittsboro. See you in the morning!

Nonprofit Skill Building – How to Develop a Successful Strategic Plan – Part 2 – Onlinepy

Central Carolina Community College 764 West St., Pittsboro, NC, United States

What do you need to know in order to successfully engage in strategic planning? Getting ready to tackle a new plan or update your existing plan requires thoughtful preparation. Planning is a formalized, creative and continuous process that involves a systematic and objective response to the challenges that result from growth, change and new opportunities. This webinar is the first step in creating your next strategic plan and will cover understanding the four different approaches to planning, the do’s and don’ts of a S.W.O.T. analysis, the role of the board, executives and staff in the planning process, the key elements of a strategic plan and the role of vision, mission, goals and objectives in successful planning, why planning fails and the essential steps to avoid the pitfalls, and techniques for putting a plan into action and assuring follow through. Speaker(s): John Curtis, PH.D. Contact the Small Business Center at Central Carolina Community College.

Kerry L. Malawista presents MEET THE MOON at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Thursday, September 15, 2022 - Signing Line at 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6:00 pm Scroll down 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. In 1970, 13-year-old Jody Moran wants pierced ears, a kiss from a boy, and more attention from her mother. It’s not fair. Seems like her mother is more worked up about the Apollo 13 astronauts, who may not make it back to earth safely. As it happens, the astronauts are spared a crash landing, but Jody is not, for three days after splashdown, her mother dies in a car accident. Now, Jody will never know if her mother really loved her. Jody’s father has taught them to believe in the “Power of Intention.” Announce what you want to the world to make it happen. But could the power of Jody’s jealousy and anger have caused Mom’s accident? To relieve her guilt and sadness, she devotes herself to mothering her three younger siblings and helping Dad, which quickly proves too much for her, just as persuading quirky Grandma Cupcakes to live with them proves too much for Grandma. That’s when Jody decides to find someone to marry her father, a new mom who will love her best. Jody reads high and low to learn about love, marriage, and death. Each first—bra, kiss, boyfriend—which makes her miss her mother, teaches her that death doesn’t happen just once. Kerry L. Malawista, PhD is a writer and psychoanalyst in Potomac, MD. She is co-chair of New Directions in Writing and founder of the recent project The Things They Carry – offering virtual writing workshops […]

Pittsboro Feed’s Annual Sale

We are having our yearly, one-day sale to give back to you! Almost all animal feeds will be $5 off (exclusions may apply). All orders must be picked up (no deliveries or rain checks) at the store on Saturday, September 17th, 2022. It’s not just horse feed! Savings on chicken feed, goat feed, sheep feed, cattle feed*, exotic animal feed, pig feed, deer feed* and many others! (the $5 off does not apply grains, Performance Feeds or all stock feed*). A huge thank you to Purina, Nutrena, Pro Elite, Triple Crown, Kalmbach Feeds, Tribute Equine Nutrition and many other brands to help us put on this event. When you come into the store, we will be offering a paper bag for anything that you can fit into it will be 10% off. There will also be a coupon available for 25% off one item at Pittsboro Pet Supply for Saturday, September 17th, 2022 when you make a purchase at the feed store. When you make a purchase at the feed store that day, you will be automatically entered in a drawing for 12 free bags of Purina animal feed! In the morning we will be serving doughnuts from Sandra's Bakery and ice cream in the afternoon!

Quiltmaker Cafe at PepperFest

The Plant at Lorax Lane 220 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, United States

Look for the bright purple tent at PepperFest at the Plant.

Chatham Chuckwagon at St. Bartholomew’s

This week your cooking hosts are the co-teams from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Pittsboro Presbyterian Church. Swedish meatballs with egg noodles. We look forward to seeing you come through. Thank you all who are picking up for others, it’s you who are helping us reach further. St. Bartholomew’s is just NW of the circle, go west on Hanks St. to the end at Rectory St. and you will see us.

Offsite Event: Lamar Giles presents THE GETAWAY at the Chapel Hill Public Library, Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world’s most famous resorts. He’s got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property’s main theme park. Life isn’t so great for the rest of the world, but when people come here to vacation, it’s to get away from all that. As things outside get worse, trouble starts seeping into Karloff. First, Jay’s friend Connie and her family disappear in the middle of the night and no one will talk about it. Then the richest and most powerful families start arriving, only... they aren’t leaving. Unknown to the employees, the resort has been selling shares in an end-of-the-world oasis. The best of the best at the end of days. And in order to deliver the top-notch customer service the wealthy clientele paid for, the employees will be at their total beck and call. Whether they like it or not. Yet Karloff Country didn’t count on Jay and his crew--and just how far they’ll go to find out the truth and save themselves. But what’s more dangerous: the monster you know in your home or the unknown nightmare outside the walls? Lamar Giles writes for teens and adults across multiple genres, with work appearing on numerous Best Of lists each and every year. He is the author of the acclaimed novels Fake ID, Endangered, Overturned, Spin, The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Not So Pure and Simple, and The Last Mirror on the Left as well as numerous pieces of short fiction. He is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and resides in Virginia with his wife.

WRITERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION, with Jill McCorkle, Stephanie Elizondo Griest,and Tim Tyson at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Writers for Democratic Action celebrate National Voter Registration Day with readings by Tim Tyson and Stephanie Elionzo Griest, moderated by Jill McCorkle. Jill McCorkle’s first two novels were released simultaneously when she was just out of college, and the New York Times called her “a born novelist.” Since then, she has published five other novels and four collections of short stories, and her work has appeared in Best American Short Stories several times, as well as The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Five of her books have been New York Times Notable books, and her novel, Life After Life, was a New York Times bestseller. Stephanie Elizondo Griest is a globetrotting author from the Texas/Mexico borderlands. Her five books include the memoirs Around the Bloc; Mexican Enough; and All the Agents & Saints. She has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, The Believer, and Oxford American. Among her honors are a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton and a Margolis Award for Social Justice Reporting. Currently Associate Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she has performed as a Moth storyteller. Tim Tyson is Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture at Duke Divinity School, and adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of The Blood of Emmett Till, a New York Times bestseller; Blood Done Sign My Name, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Southern Book Award for Nonfiction and the Grawemeyer Award in Religion, as well as the basis for a feature film; and Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power, winner of the James Rawley Prize for best book […]

Hands-on Video Marketing for Business

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

Let’s put fingers to keyboards and make some videos! Using video to market your business can help you stay visible in social media longer, get more exposure and engagement, and increase sales and traffic. In this hands-on seminar, you’ll make one video from a template and at least one video from scratch, all of which you’ll get to keep and use in your marketing immediately. Participants should bring a mobile device pre-loaded with behind-the-scenes photos/videos, product photos/videos, and logos. This class is free and offered by the Central Carolina Community College Small Business Center and will be taught at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford. Pre-registration is required.

Mike Duncan presents HERO OF TWO WORLDS with Lloyd Kramer at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist, and abolitionist. As a teenager, Lafayette ran away from France to join the American Revolution. Returning home a national hero, he helped launch the French Revolution, eventually spending five years locked in dungeon prisons. After his release, Lafayette sparred with Napoleon, joined an underground conspiracy to overthrow King Louis XVIII, and became an international symbol of liberty. Finally, as a revered elder statesman, he was instrumental in the overthrow of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Revolution of 1830. From enthusiastic youth to world-weary old age, from the pinnacle of glory to the depths of despair, Lafayette never stopped fighting for the rights of all mankind. His remarkable life is the story of where we come from, and an inspiration to defend the ideals he held dear. Mike Duncan is one of the most popular history podcasters in the world and author of the New York Times–bestselling books The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic and Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. His award-winning series, The History of Rome, remains a legendary landmark in the history of podcasting. Duncan’s ongoing series, Revolutions, explores the great political revolutions that have driven the course of modern history. Lloyd Kramer is is a Professor of History and Director of Carolina Public Humanities (CPH) at UNC, Chapel Hill. He received his PhD at Cornell University and served previously as Chair of the UNC-CH History Department. His research and teaching focus on European history, with particular attention to modern France and […]

Nonprofit Skill Building – How to Conduct Donor-Driven Fundraising – Part 3 – Online

Central Carolina Community College 764 West St., Pittsboro, NC, United States

Many nonprofit executives and board members are realizing that it is time for a new approach to fundraising that is sustainable. Traditional fundraising based on marketing your organization is NOT about the donor’s needs, values, interests or desires… it is not about them it is all about you. Donor-driven NOT organization-driven giving is the wave of the future that is here now. Nonprofits are hungry to find a new way to engage donors for a lifetime and this webinar will teach you how! In this webinar, you’ll discover how to identify the characteristics of a Culture of Philanthropy, how to develop a compelling Case for Support, how to find new dollars and new donors in your community, five steps to raising major gifts that work, and how to design and host highly successful Awareness events. Speaker(s): John Curtis, Ph.D. Contact the Small Business Center at Central Carolina Community College.

Michael Keenan Gutierrez presents THE SWILL, with Daniel Wallace at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC

Port Kydd, 1929. Joshua Rivers, his pregnant wife Lily, his criminal sister Olive, a geriatric dog Orla, and a cast of ne'er-do-wells eke out life in The Swill, a speakeasy passed down through the Rivers family. Outside, political and race wars rage in The Bonny, the rough Irish neighborhood where they have always lived. But when Olive's in trouble and asks her brother to help her pull a job--one with roots that reach way back into the Rivers family history--who will take the fall? Can The Swill shelter the family, as it always has, or is their luck gone for good? Michael Keenan Gutierrez is the author of The Trench Angel and earned degrees from UCLA, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of New Hampshire. His work has been published in The Guardian, The Delmarva Review, Contrary, The Collagist, Scarab, The Pisgah Review, Untoward, The Boiler, and Public Books. His screenplay, The Granite State, was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival and he has received fellowships from The University of Houston and the New York Public Library. He lives with his wife and son in Chapel Hill where he teaches writing at the University of North Carolina. Daniel Wallace is the author of six novels, including Extraordinary Adventures, 2017, and Big Fish, his first, which was adapted into a film and a Broadway musical, and translated into twenty-five languages. He’s published two children’s books, dozens of short stories and essays, and is an illustrator whose drawings have appeared in books, newspapers and magazines all over the world. His seventh book, This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew, will be published by Algonquin Books in April, 2023.

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. 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

Fall Festival at Huckleberry Trail Farm

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

2022 FALL FESTIVAL This year our farm will be open to the public every weekend beginning Saturday, September 24 through Sunday, October 30. We will also be holding our Home Teacher Work Day/ Home Schooler Day Oct 14 (more information below). Our hours are: Saturdays 10 am to 6 pm Sundays 1 pm to 6 pm We suggest you plan on at least two and a half to three hours to experience all the farm has to offer. Last admission is always 1 hour before we close, last hayride is always 30 minutes before we close, so come early to enjoy all the fun!