EMPOWERment, Inc.'s Free Homebuyers Class
Thinking about buying a house now, or in the future? EMPOWERment Inc. is offering a FREE Homebuyers Class! Saturday, March 11, 2022, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The class will be virtual.
Upon completion of the class, you will receive a certificate.
Call (919) 967-8779 to register for the class. Take this opportunity to educate yourself before purchasing your home
31st Annual Pauli Murray Awards
ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK: https://orangecountync.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wjq17xfmQ_G7KE9ZdNO5XQ
The Orange County Human Relations Commission is accepting nominations for the 31st Annual Pauli Murray Awards, which are presented annually to an Orange County youth, adult, and business that have served the community with distinction in the pursuit of equality, justice, and human rights for all citizens.
The Pauli Murray Awards are presented to those who embody the attributes and spirit of Pauli Murray by encouraging diversity in the workforce, promoting and participating in community activities related to social justice issues, or demonstrating positive roles in human relations.
Nomination forms are available online and the deadline is Friday, February 12, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST. Adult (over 18) and Youth (students in grades 6-12 or a college student 18 or younger) nominees must reside in Orange County. Business nominees must operate or conduct business within Orange County. For additional information, contact the Human Relations Commission at (919) 245-2487 or Human_Relations@orangecountync.gov
31a Entrega Anual de los Premios Pauli Murray
Para Registrar al Zoom: https://orangecountync.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wjq17xfmQ_G7KE9ZdNO5XQ
Carrboro Annual Kite Fly
Celebrate National Kite Flying Month by flying a kite! Kite flying is an ageless activity that can be enjoyed whether you are 2 or 90 years old! This welcome-to-spring event provides plenty of fun. Bring a kite and help fill the skies with color! A few kites will be available for those without one. This event will be cancelled if it is raining.
Hwy 54 West
Carrboro, NC 27510
For more information, visit http://www.carrbororec.org/275/Recreation-Parks-Cultural-Resources
Plastic-Free Eggstravaganza
Chapel Hill kids and families are invited to be a part of the Downtown Plastic-free Eggstravaganza.
This event takes all of the fun of an annual egg hunt, adds STEAM activities, subtracts the plastic, and moves the whole thing downtown. The egg hunts will employ re-usable wooden eggs, painted by UNC arts students and participants are asked to bring their own baskets
At the end of each hunt, egg hunters can swap their eggs for sweet treats and then enjoy a variety of egg-themed STEAM activities, games, arts, and crafts.
This event will take place at Carolina Square on West Franklin Street.
Inclusion Programs for People with Disabilities - Spring Fling Dance
Spring is in the air and it is time to celebrate!
Join us for the Spring Fling Dance with music and games. Freshen up with appetizers, desserts, and spring punch. Dress in your best spring attire! Sundresses, skirts, khakis and button downs are all welcome. You must register three days prior to the event.
Ages: 8+
Fee: $3.00 Per participant
**** PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. To register, please see more information at the link and email the program coordinator:
http://www.carrbororec.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=4815&month=3&year=2020&day=27&calType=0
Volleyball Drop-In
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department Drop-In programs allow participants the opportunity to play in an informal setting and to meet others of similar sporting interest. Groups are welcome to attend. Ages: 16+ (Experienced players 15&U are welcomed to attend w/ a parent)
Location: Grey Culbreth Middle School Gymnasium (located in back left of school)
Address: 225 Culbreth Rd. Carrboro, NC 27510
Contact: 919-918-7378
Price: $3.00 per participant
For more information, visit https://townofcarrboro.org/Calendar.aspxEID=4742&month=3&year=2020&day=17&calType=0
Toddler/Preschool Open Playtime
Parents and young children (5 & under) can come enjoy some unstructured playtime in the spacious Century Hall. There will be music to dance to, blocks, crawl tunnels, and other toys to play with and plenty of space. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and playmates. No registration required. It will be held at Carrboro Century Center at Century Hall.
Ages: 1-5
Fee: $3.00 per participant
For more details, visit the link below by clicking on More Details.
Bingo!
Bring a friend or just come join all the fun and you may win a prize. Try your luck, sharpen your mind, and see enjoy a small afternoon snack while you play ten games of bingo.
Must call (919) 918-7364 to register.
Event will take place at the Century Center in Carrboro: 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510
Volleyball Drop-In
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department Drop-In programs allow participants the opportunity to play in an informal setting and to meet others of similar sporting interest. Groups are welcome to attend. Ages: 16+ (Experienced players 15&U are welcomed to attend w/ a parent)
Location: Grey Culbreth Middle School Gymnasium (located in back left of school)
Address: 225 Culbreth Rd. Carrboro, NC 27510
Contact: 919-918-7378
Price: $3.00 per participant
For more information, visit https://townofcarrboro.org/Calendar.aspxEID=4742&month=3&year=2020&day=17&calType=0
Toddler/Preschool Open Playtime
Parents and young children (5 & under) can come enjoy some unstructured playtime in the spacious Century Hall. There will be music to dance to, blocks, crawl tunnels, and other toys to play with and plenty of space. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and playmates. No registration required. It will be held at Carrboro Century Center at Century Hall.
Ages: 1-5
Fee: $3.00 per participant
For more details, visit the link below by clicking on More Details.
The Future is Female - and so was the past!
Laura Micham, Merle Hoffman Director of the Sally Bingham Center for Women’s History & Culture at Duke University, will speak at the Burwell School Historic Site on “The Future is Female, and So Was the Past.”
This is free admission and is part of a series honoring ‘the Year of the Woman’.
It will take place at:
Burwell School Historic Site, 319 North Churton Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278 United States
For more information, visit this link: https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/the-future-is-female-and-so-was-the-past/
Senior Karaoke
This afternoon is guaranteed to be a wonderful time. Choose one of the many karaoke songs to sing with friends or solo! If you do not feel like you can sing, come sit back and watch. Snacks will be provided for all who participate!
Ages: 50+
Location: Covenant Place
Address: 103 Culbreth Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Contact: 919-918-7372
Volleyball Drop-In (Copy)
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department Drop-In programs allow participants the opportunity to play in an informal setting and to meet others of similar sporting interest. Groups are welcome to attend. Ages: 16+ (Experienced players 15&U are welcomed to attend w/ a parent)
Location: Grey Culbreth Middle School Gymnasium (located in back left of school)
Address: 225 Culbreth Rd. Carrboro, NC 27510
Contact: 919-918-7378
Price: $3.00 per participant
For more information, visit https://townofcarrboro.org/Calendar.aspxEID=4742&month=3&year=2020&day=17&calType=0
Toddler/Preschool Open Playtime
Parents and young children (5 & under) can come enjoy some unstructured playtime in the spacious Century Hall. There will be music to dance to, blocks, crawl tunnels, and other toys to play with and plenty of space. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and playmates. No registration required. It will be held at Carrboro Century Center at Century Hall.
Ages: 1-5
Fee: $3.00 per participant
For more details, visit the link below by clicking on More Details.
Creek Clean-Up
Come join our efforts to clean up a section of Morgan Creek watershed along the Roberson Place Pathway on the border of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. All members of the family are encouraged to attend!
Where: Gravel lot of South Green Development ...501 South Greensboro Street
Latin Dance Instruction
Come join Betto as he teaches popular Latin dances, such as Mambo, Salsa, Cha Cha, and Merengue. Experienced and non-experienced participants are encouraged to attend. No partner needed!
Instructor: Betto Herrera
Ages: 11+
Fee: $3.00 per person
For more information, visit this link:
http://www.carrbororec.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=4788&month=3&year=2020&day=6&calType=0
Volleyball Drop-In
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department Drop-In programs allow participants the opportunity to play in an informal setting and to meet others of similar sporting interest. Groups are welcome to attend. Ages: 16+ (Experienced players 15&U are welcomed to attend w/ a parent)
Location: Grey Culbreth Middle School Gymnasium (located in back left of school)
Address: 225 Culbreth Rd. Carrboro, NC 27510
Contact: 919-918-7378
Price: $3.00 per participant
For more information, visit https://townofcarrboro.org/Calendar.aspxEID=4742&month=3&year=2020&day=17&calType=0
Toddler/Preschool Open Playtime
Parents and young children (5 & under) can come enjoy some unstructured playtime in the spacious Century Hall. There will be music to dance to, blocks, crawl tunnels, and other toys to play with and plenty of space. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and playmates. No registration required. It will be held at Carrboro Century Center at Century Hall.
Ages: 1-5
Fee: $3.00 per participant
For more details, visit the link below by clicking on More Details.
Family Fun Sunday - Apple Chill Cloggers
The widely acclaimed Apple Chill Cloggers from Chapel Hill, NC are a non-profit folk dance troupe dedicated to the performance, preservation and proliferation of music and dance from the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The team was formed in 1975 to preserve, interpret, and teach the traditional style of Southern Appalachian mountain clogging. The Apple Chill Cloggers perform at festivals and in communities throughout North Carolina. Tickets are $3.00 each.
This event will take place at
Carrboro Century Center
100 North Greensboro Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Fire of Freedom
In celebration of Black History, the Friday Center for Continuing Education proudly presents a theatrical performance presented by acclaimed actor and playwright, Mike Wiley. His one-man play, Fire of Freedom, (based on the book by historian David Celcelski and adapted by playwright Howard L. Craft) offers a glimpse into the life of Abraham H. Galloway (1837-1870). Galloway was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Free Admission.
Dig Deeper With Us…A Garden Talk Series
Searching for ways to add more vegetables to your diet? Why not take advantage of our mild spring weather and grow your own. Staples like lettuce, spinach, broccoli and kale love the cooler weather. Add some new choices like kohlrabi, bok choy or Chinese cabbage and you will have a salad to be envied! Learn about soil preparation, seed varieties, germination strategies, frost control measures, natural insect control and more. Join us for this show & tell of tips and tricks for a successful spring vegetable garden.
Where: Hillsborough, North Carolina
Fee: Free for all ages!
When: Saturday, February 22nd from 2:00-3:00 pm.
For more information, please email Ocmgardeners@gmail.com or call 919-245-2061
African-American Poetry, Past & Present
Celebrate Black History Month with a poetry reading featuring Ashley Harris, a former youth-slam competitor and the author of If the Hero of Time was Black and Fred Joiner, a two-time winner of the Larry Neal Award for Poetry. Hosted by the Chapel Hill Public Library. Free Admission.
Voices for Equality: "Breach of Peace"
Admission is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages. Advance registration requested. Call 919-962-3000, 866-441-3683, or email conferencecenter@unc.edu.
In celebration of Black History, the Friday Center for Continuing Education proudly presents a theatrical performance presented by acclaimed actor and playwright, Mike Wiley. His one-man play, Breach of Peace, pays tribute to the 1961 Freedom Fighters Movement.
May 24, 1961 was the day 19-year-old Jean Thompson’s father had prepared her for her entire life. “My parents always talked about the injustice of segregation, but they were optimistic; they didn’t feel like it was going to last forever,” Thompson recalled. “They raised us to be ready. I remember my dad saying the day will come, and when it does, you should be ready.”
On that day, she boarded a Trailways bus in Montgomery, Alabama with 11 young Freedom Riders bound for New Orleans – and history. Within three months, approximately 300 other riders took up the mantle to desegregate buses, following the path of the first brave few. Mobs bloodily assaulted many. Others were arrested shining a light on a brutal, segregated South. Breach of Peace is based on true accounts of surviving participants of the Freedom Rides as well as many other individuals involved in the early struggle for African-American equality.
This solo-play and multi-media performance, is a living monument to those remarkable young men and women of various races, religions and backgrounds who rose to face the dangers of fighting for just and equal treatment for all. Breach of Peace offers a powerful lesson of freedom, equality, and the triumph of the human spirit.
I Heart Art - Presented by the Art Therapy Institute
Please join us for the Art Therapy Institute’s 10th Annual I HEART ART community fundraiser on Sunday afternoon (1-4PM), February 16th at the Great Room (at Top of the Hill) in Chapel Hill. We are excited to once again honor our community of supporters who continue to believe in and back the work that we do. Enjoy an afternoon of tasty catering by Top of the Hill, performances from emerging Indie/Folk band Love & Valor, a silent auction filled with art and goods donated from local artists and businesses, and art-making and inspiration in their many forms. Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will go directly to ATI programming.
This event is “pay what you can” - suggested donations are priced at $25.00.
For more information, visit their website at:
https://www.visitchapelhill.org/event/i-heart-art-2020/23300/
Chocolateworks @ Kidzu
Join us for an afternoon full of taste testing, gift making, and chocolate! We’ll make frozen hot chocolate and chocolate dip, decorate strawberries, and whip up more chocolatey surprises in this event you won’t want to miss! $15 per child + $5 drop off available, Ages 3-9, *Drop off must be potty independent; pre-registration is required.
Dates: February 13, 2020
Phone: (919) 933-1455
Time: 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Price: $15/child
201 S. Estes Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
For more information and events at the Children’s Museum, visit their website at https://www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org/
Pajama Story Time - Chapel Hill Public Library
Children put on their pajamas, grab a favorite stuffed friend, and come hear stories about going to bed. The last Wednesday of each month from 7-7:30pm in the Program Room. Families with children ages 2 and up are welcome.
For more information, events at the library, and opportunities, visit their website at https://chapelhillpubliclibrary.org/
Teen Valentine's Day Dance
The Corner Teen Center is hosting a Valentine’s Day Dance for all Chapel Hill – Carrboro Teens, ages 13-18. There will be a photo booth, arts and crafts, video games, and a DJ. There is no attendance or registration cost. Visit their website for more events, information, and opportunities.
https://www.townofchapelhill.org/students/teens-of-chapel-hill/teen-center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
With a history spanning more than six decades, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has changed the landscape of arts in America and beyond. Hewing to Alvin Ailey’s original mission, the company presents important works of the past while continuing to innovate. A valued longtime artistic partner to Carolina Performing Arts, the company has performed on the Memorial hall stage more than 20 times. Now, AAADT returns to perform a program featuring the work of women choreographers, created especially for Carolina Performing Arts Center.
114 East Cameron Ave
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Dates: February 11, 2020 - February 12, 2020
Recurring daily
Phone: (919) 843-3333
Time: 7:30 PM
Price: From $47
For ticket information, visit their website at https://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
Hillsborough Farmers Craft Market
The Hillsborough Farmers Market will be hosting its annual Valentine’s Craft Market- Stop by and pick up a gift handmade with love for your sweetie. Featuring handmade soaps, candles, treats, and more!
430 Waterstone Drive
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Dates: February 8, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM