Special Events

Asthma Walk — Sept. 27, 10am, registration 8am. NCSU Centennial Campus. 832-8326, www.asthmawalk.org

Benefit Golf Tournament — Sept. 27, 2pm. Benefits children with disabilities. Preserve at Jordan Lake. 966-8494, www.thehonours.org/2008%20Tournament.html

Cedar Grove Bluegrass Festival — Sept. 27, noon to 6pm. Musical performances and refreshments. Rain or shine. Northern Human Services Center (in Cedar Grove. 245-2660. http://www.co.orange.nc.us/RecParks/music_festivals.asp

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

Festifall Street Fair — Oct. 5 1-6pm. Arts & crafts, food, NPOs. 968-2784.

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

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

Pet Food Drive — Sept. 19, 12pm. An event to collect pet food donations and raise awareness about pet hunger. Cash grab event, pizza and more. Carrboro Plaza Veterinary Clinic.

Project Homeless Connect — Sept. 25, 10am to 5pm. Volunteers needed for many services. Hargraves Community Center. See www.co.orange.nc.us/housing/Componentsofthepartnershiptoendhomelessness.asp or contact mcosta@hiddenvoices.org or 923-2559.

Summer’s End golf Tournament — Oct. 1, 12pm registration, 1pm start. Play golf, raise money for Cancer Support at the Cornucopia Center. Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club. 401-9333, www.cornucopiahouse.org, $85/person, $320/four.

SURGE Youth Leadership Awards — Sept. 18, 6-9pm. With Keynote Speaker Jim Neal. Carrboro Century Center. www.surgenetwork.org. Tickets $15-30
Faith

Advent Lutheran — 9am Bible study classes for all ages, 10:30am worship service. 230 Erwin Road. 968-7680. adventlutheranch.org

The Advocate — Oct. 3: Taize service (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 — Wednesday nights, 7:30 to 9pm in September. Piedmont KTC Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, 31 Perkins Drive off Weaver Dairy and MLK in Chapel Hill. 933-2138, www.piedmontktc.org.

Outdoor activities

Guided Tours — 10am, Saturdays. N.C. Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections.
Kids

Toddler Time — Thursdays at 4pm. Carrboro Branch Library. 969-3006

Preschool Story Time — Saturdays 10:30am. Carrboro Branch Library. 969-3006

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

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 — Third Mondays, 7-8:30pm. Free and open to all adults grieving the loss of a child or sibling. Evergreen United Methodist Church. 967-3221. chapelhilltcf.org

Lectures & Discussions

Birding Ecuador — Sept 22, 7:30pm. Photos and videos of over 500 bird and other species from Ecuador. Binkley Baptist Church, next to University Mall.

Rising Energy Costs: What It Means to Me — Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 7pm. Energy history, conservation, transportation, development. Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. Register by Sept. 19, 245-2050.

Rotary Peace Center: Visions & Practices — Sept. 21, 11am. Dr. James Peacock speaks, sponsored by the NC Ethical Society. The ArtsCenter, 300 East Main St. Free.

Vote for Me: Campaign Buttons to Town Square Rallies — Sept. 25, 5pm. Gallery tour and political talk by journalist Rob Christensen. Wilson Library, UNC Campus. www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/campaigning.html

What is NC Legislative Climate in Providing Rights to Immigrants? — Sept. 23, 7pm. State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird and Marty Rosenbluth address Orange County Bill of Rights Committee. OWASA Meeting Room, 400 Jones Ferry Road. 942-2535

Why Good People Do Bad Things: Revisiting the Shadow — Lecture Sept 26, 7:30pm. Workshop Sept. 27, 10am-4pm. C. G. Jung Society presents James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst. Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Dr., Chapel Hill. www.jungnc.org Lecture $15/5 students. Workshop $48/15 students.

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

Dance

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

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

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

Carrboro DanceJam — First Fridays. Free-style dancec. Balanced Movement Studio. 304 W. Weaver St, upstairs. 968-8776.

Swing — Sept 13, 8-11pm. Too Much Fun at the Carrboro Century Center. No partner needed; lesson at 7:30pm included. TriangleSwingDance.org. $5 to $11.

Nutcracker Auditions — Sept. 27, 1-4:30pm. Ages 8-16, 1708 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. 932-2676. $10.
TYB and Friends Concert Oct. 4, 8pm. Chapel Hill High. 932-2676. www.triangleyouthballet.org. $8-15.

Contra — 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

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

El Violin — Oct. 5, 5pm. An elderly violinist spies on military officials in 1970 rural Mexico. 101 E. Weaver, St. G-1, third floor. 933-0398, ww.chi-cle.com, free.