Press Releases
Music Maker Relief Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!
The Music Maker Relief Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Culminates in a Homecoming Celebration in the NC Piedmont! Largest gathering of Music Maker artists to date features Ironing Board Sam, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, John Dee Holeman, Boo Hanks, Robert Lee Coleman, Little Freddie King, and many more! Music Maker Relief Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration will begin with a Homecoming Weekend […]
Nancy Stancill at McIntyre’s Books
Nancy Stancill will be at McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street in Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 2:00 pm, reading form her new novel Saving Texas. About the novel Saving Texas: Houston reporter Annie Price is looking for a career-defining story when she profiles Tom Marr, the state’s first secessionist candidate for governor. But the big Texas story comes […]
PhotoVision: Selections from a Decade of Collecting
Ackland’s latest exhibit, PhotoVision: Selections from a Decade of Collecting, will be on display from September 19, 2014 – January 4, 2015. The Ackland Art Museum holds the leading collection of photography in North Carolina, one that has both regional and national significance. The Museum’s broad and deep collection of approximately 2,000 photographs represents the entire history […]
“Into the Breach”
2013-14 Season: The Decade of Tomorrow: All The World’s Affair Into the Breach, World Premiere of a new play by Ian Bowater October 10-12 and 16-19, 2014 Directed by Gregor McElvogue ArtsCenter Stage opens its 2014-2015 season commemorating World War I with the world premiere of Into the Breach by Triangle playwright Ian Bowater running October […]
“Blue’s Homecoming”: Local Teenager Raises Funds to Bring a Chilean Street-dog to the U.S.
Andie McKinnon, a junior at Orange High School in Hillsborough visited her family’s foreign exchange student in Chile this summer. She was touched by the plight of “street dogs” in Chile and fell in love with a beautiful black lab mix that she named Blue. She returned to the U.S. where she started a GoFundMe account […]
Noel James, The ArtsCenter’s Interim Executive Director
The ArtsCenter Announces New Interim Executive Director Noel James! James brings joyful spirit, creativity and structure to The ArtsCenter On her first day as interim director of The ArtsCenter, Noel James will hit the ground running. Fortunately, she has the leadership experience and boundless energy needed to create forward motion. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 will […]
Free College Information Workshops
The Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department is offering two free College Information Workshops for high school students and their parents. Send Your Teens To College For Pennies On The Dollar! Learn what your high school student needs to focus on right now to get a competitive edge and increase chances for a scholarship; how to […]
Janet Sammons’ Art Exhibit: “Birds, Beasts, and More”
Janet Sammons’ exhibit, “Birds, Beasts, and More” is now on display at the Town of Carrboro’s Century Center and Town Hall. Fifty paintings will remain on exhibit between the two venues in which the acrylic artist showcases her love of nature. Painting subjects range from birds and animals to lovely landscapes and flowers to seascapes and still life. […]
Free Swift Creek Band Concert
Swift Creek Band will perform a free concert on September 23rd at 7 pm at the Arts Center at 300G East Main Street in Carrboro. The concert is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties and celebrates National Voter Registration Day. Swift Creek (www.swiftcreekmusic.com) describes its music as Americana […]
Paws4ever’s New Legacy Care Program
Paws4ever, a guaranteed adoption animal sanctuary and dog training center in Mebane, NC, is proud to announce the launch of Legacy Care, a unique program through which pet owners can ensure care for their animals when they are no longer able to provide it due to terminal illness, aging complications or death. Animals in the Legacy Care […]
