Special Events

Aging in Stride 5K Run/Walk — Sept. 6, 10am. UNC Bell Tower. Benefits the Frail Elderly Fund which buys services or supplies for frail seniors who have exhausted all other resources. Come out to walk, run or volunteer. Pre-registration (‘til Aug. 27) Ages 55 and Under: $17, Ages 55+: $7, Late Registration: $22 all ages. Participants will receive a t-shirt and a chance to win prizes. Email kimharr@email.unc.edu or visit studentorgs.unc.edu/senate/ for an entry form.

Benefit Concert — for Don Chandler, recently diagnosed with leukemia. Performing: Jewelsong, Joe Woodson, Stillhouse Bottom Band & friends. Sept. 13, 7pm. Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill. $15

Emergency Preparedness Fair — 10am-4pm Sept. 25, lobby of NC Children’s Hospital. Information for coping with disasters.

Hi Mom! Film Festival — A diverse mix of styles and genres by inspired filmmakers from around the world. Each film in this year’s lineup asserts its own brand of cine-skill that will inspire, provoke, inform, amuse and other terms you learned in psych class. himomfilmfest.org Sept. 5-6

Jazz Brunch — Sundays from 11am-1pm on the Weaver Street Lawn. Breakfast for purchase, music for free.

Jordan Lake Arts & Music Festival — Oct. 4-5. Local music and arts festival in Apex. Gates at 9am, music at 10am. www.jordanlakeartsandmusic.org

Toys for Tots — The UPS Store at Carrboro Plaza announces the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Dollars donated will put books into the hands of local children. Visit 8-6:30pm weekdays, 10am-5pm Saturdays. www.toysfortotsliteracy.org
Volunteer Information Session — Sept. 10, 10-11:30am at the Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools offer information about volunteering to help students.
Urban Farm Tour — Sept 13. www.carrborogreenspace.org

Faith

Advent Lutheran — summer Sunday worship 10am. Fall schedule begins Sept. 7: 9am classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. 230 Erwin Road, Chapel Hill. 968-7680. adventlutheranch.org

The Advocate — Sept. 5, Oct. 3: Taize services (chant, prayer, silence). Wednesdays, 10am, playtime, bible study for kids. Noon: Eucharist. Sundays: Eucharist at Chapel Hill Kehillah, 5pm. www.ouradvocate.org
Discovering the Heart of Enlightenment: An Introduction to Buddhism — is offered on Wednesday nights, 7:30 to 9pm in September by Piedmont KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center at 31 Perkins Drive off Weaver Dairy and MLK in Chapel Hill. Call 933-2138 for information or visit www.piedmontktc.org.

Outdoor activities

Guided Tours — of the N.C. Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections, every Saturday at 10am. Free

Kids

Toddler Time — at the Carrboro Branch Library. Every Thursday at 4pm. 969-3006

Preschool Story Time — at the Carrboro Branch Library. Saturdays at 10:30am.

Express Yourself! — art program for ages 3-8 & their caregivers. Saturdays, 10:45-11:15am, 11:30am-noon. $2 Kidzu Children’s Museum 105 E. Franklin St., 933-1455 kidzuchildrensmuseum.org
Volunteers

RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program — seeks volunteers to match other volunteers with opportunities for public service. 968-2056

Meals on Wheels — seeks volunteers to deliver meals and/or bake simple desserts for recipients in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. 942-2948

English as a Second Language Conversation Club — seeks volunteers to talk with groups of international students Fridays from noon-2pm. University Methodist Church on Franklin Street, 967-1448, harwellja@bellsouth.net

Health & Wellness

Cancer support — weekly support free of charge for cancer patients and family. cornucopiahouse.org
The Compassionate Friends: Self-help support after the death of a child — free and open to all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Evergreen United Methodist Church. 967-3221. chapelhilltcf.org
Lectures, Discussions & Open Mics

Open Mic —poetry, music & short fiction. Tuesdays, 7pm, Market Street Books & Maps, Southern Village. 933-5111, marketstreetbooks.com

“Humanism and Ethics” — Informal information session of the North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture. Chapel Hill Public Library, 7-9pm, Sept. 9.

Military Recruitment, Your Future: Truth and Options — Sept 8, 7-9 pm, Carrboro Century Center. For all concerned parents, teachers, students and public officials. Guest speakers: Eugene Cherry, Iraq war veteran; Terri Johnson, former army recruit, Steve Woolford, Quaker House G.I. rights hotline counselor, plus The Dream Seller, a one act play. For more information contact HankElkins@mindspring.com.

NC, Public Colleges, and Undocumented Students — Paul Cuadros, author of A Home on the Field: How One Championship Soccer Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America, will talk about students he knows well and discuss the immigration advocacy community and the anti-immigrant movement. Sept. 14, 5pm, 101 E. Weaver St., Suite G-1, 3rd floor. www.chi-cle.com

Literary

Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights — Sept. 22, 7pm. by Kenji Yoshino, Discussion with a panel of local experts. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., 918-7387, cybrary@co.orange.nc.us, www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary

Without Precedent: The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp — Author Anna Hayes will read from her newly published biography of the first woman chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Sept 11. 5:45 p.m., Wilson Library, UNC campus, 962-4207 for info.

Dance

Havana Nights — Cuban Salsa. 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10pm. Mansion 462, 462 W. Franklin St, 967-7913, www.mansion462.net

Salsa/Mambo — 3rd Saturdays, lesson 8pm, dance 8:30-11pm. $7, 358-4201, salsa_4u2@yahoo.com. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, Durham

Ballroom — 4th & 5th Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, $2. 933-8982. Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, 968-2070

Carrboro DanceJam — Free-style dance to an eclectic mix of music. First Fridays. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W. Weaver St, upstairs. 968-8776

Triangle Youth Ballet — Nutcracker auditions, ages 8-16, 1-4:30pm, $10. TYB and Friends Concert 8pm, Chapel Hill High. Tickets $8-15. 932-2676. www.triangleyouthballet.org

Contra — Sept. 12. 7:30-11pm. Laura Light and George Paul perform. Carrboro Century Center, $7-9, Sept. 13; 7:30-11 pm. Skylark performs. NCSU Student Ballroom. $5-9. TCDancers.org

Contra — Sept. 19 7:30pm. Carrboro Century, 967-9948, www.csda-dance.org. $8

Film

Grassroots Stages — the fifth film in the “100-Mile Film Series: Sustainable Cinema,” Sept. 16th at 7:30 p.m. at the General Store and Café in Pittsboro. The film captures the music and people behind the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival in Trumansburg, NY. Suggested donation is $5. Info: molly.matlock@chathamarts.org

Community Cinema — monthly screenings of Independent Lens episodes at Open Eye Cafe, followed by panel discussions. Second Thursdays at 7pm. Films documenting social issues.