The Orange County Assembly of Governments meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The town boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough will meet with the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Here’s the agenda:

1) Sustainable economic development

a. Update on EDC strategic plan and overview of work plan for 2007-2008

b. Discussion of economic development throughout the county

2) Sustaining and maintaining affordable housing

3) Shearon Harris update

4) Future school site collaboration/placements/land-banking

You can find the full, 68-page version here (pdf).

This week in music March 28 through April 4
This week kicks off with a sold out Leo Kottke show at the ArtsCenter. Bet it was swell.
Irish Spring? Fresh on the heels of last week’s Solas show, the center’s Celtic Concert series concludes with Dervish on Thursday, March 29. The next night (that’s Friday, if you’ve already lost count), John Jorgenson promises to play the heck out of an acoustic guitar in that gypsy jazz style.

Please note that tickets are still around for Kid Koala’s show at the ArtsCenter.
At the Cat’s Cradle, the local highlight is the Saturday, March 31 release party for The Moaners’ new record, Blackwing Yalobusha. They’re joined by Spider Bags and Un Deux Trois. Big names from out of town headed to the Cradle this week are Ted Leo and the Pharmacists returning on Friday, March 30 and the original Sebadoh playing on Wednesday, April 4. Add to that a Hip Hop show on Thursday, March 29 featuring Virginia Beach’s Clipse with Durham’s Kaze and Free Bass 808; and the return of the Electric Six with Test Your Reflex and Night Kills the Day.

Over in the West End, the week at Local 506 starts with The Black Angels and Vietnam on Wednesday, followed by two CD release shows by Sons with Calico Haunts and Heather McIntyre on Thursday, March 29; and Eyes to Space on Friday. Saturday features Boxbomb, Barbarella and Slow Motion Crash.

Over at The Reservoir, there’s a Tuesday, April 3 show featuring Giant Squid, Grayceon and Tooth.

Down the street at The Cave, it’s a big weekend with Regina Hexaphone and Casados on Friday, Big Fat Gap playing Saturday and a three-band mashup on Sunday with Can Joann, Jaguar Club and The Manics.