The ninth annual ChathamArts ClydeFEST celebrating legendary folk artist Clyde Jones promises a full day of fun and games, food and music. Festivities are set for Saturday April 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Clydeville at the Bynum Ballpark, just around…
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Shakori Hills music festival will celebrate Earth Day
This April 22 marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day! To celebrate, the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will be doing its part to reduce its footprint, to put the earth first, and to educate all festival attendees about how easy and…
Mediterranean fare and hot auction items heat up Chatham Together fundraiser
Shake off the winter doldrums and head for the Mediterranean at Chatham County Together’s winter celebration, which this year has something for everyone. Set for Jan. 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Briar Chapel Club House off U.S. 15-501 in north Chatham, …
ChathamArts’ Sustainable Cinema Series features comic sensations Rhett & Link’s documentary
ChathamArts’ Sustainable Cinema Series gets the new year off with humor and heart via a special Jan. 29 screening of the documentary ‘Looking for Ms. Locklear.’ Whacky Lillington, N.C. based filmmakers Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal have won wide a…
Chatham Artists Guild receives support for Seventeenth Annual Chatham Studio Tour
At the Opening Reception of the 2009 Chatham Studio Tour, Outgoing President Forrest Greenslade expressed appreciation to the Chatham Economic Development Corporation and the Carolina Meadows’ Community Grants Program for supporting this year’s event.
Chatham Studio Tour is a holiday tradition
Art-lovers are feeling a great void these days. Our North Carolina Museum of Art is closed while the world class collection is moved to the new 127,000-square-foot state of art facility. Dan Gottlieb, the museum’s Director of Planning and Design, is on…
Take a walk on the far side at the Carolina Brewery
What happens when you mix the minds of Andy Warhol and Gary Larson? You get something like the art of Chatham’s own Roger Person. You can walk through that special place that is Person’s brain at the October/November exhibit at the Pittsboro Caroli…
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival to unveil new dance tent
Drive out into the country, past Pittsboro on Henderson Tanyard Road, as you pass a nice horse pasture and just before you start seeing signs that say “festival” with arrows pointing down the drive, something else stands out just beyond those trees. Th…
A Walk in the Country art exhibit
The August/September Art Exhibit at the Carolina Brewery and Grill in Pittsboro is joyous exploration of today’s Chatham County country life. Phyllis Burns, Shannon Bueker and Cherie Westmoreland craft charming animals and pastoral scenes in clay and…
Chapel Hill Public Library celebrates 50 years
On Sunday, September 13th at 6pm, Fearrington will host in The Barn the celebration of The Chapel Hill Public Library’s 50th Anniversary. The event, Long Story Short, is a once-in-a-Carolina-lifetime lineup of Chapel Hill’s best writers alongside two s…