Intro: May daze
These are heady days in Carrboro, North Carolina. With a presidential primary that has relevance and associated events around town, a big anniversary for the Farmers’ Market and our annual celebration of the town, the first weekend in May is jammed and has folks worked up into quite a froth.
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10 Great Things About Carrboro
A random list of what we like about this little town
Downtown
Vibrant, bustling and kinda quirky — downtown Carrboro has not just survived the demise of the great American downtown, it’s defied it — thriving, expanding and becoming the envy of its neighbors. The formula employed is no secret — forward-thinking planning, a willingness to make […]
May Shows & Happenings
5/1
Songwriters Spotlight
The Cave
with Brandon Herndon, John Pardue, Taz Halloween, Jesse Wooten, Vince Williams 8:30pm
Acorn & Doom Bunny
Nightlight
$7, 9:30pm
Carrboro Day Philosophy
This is the philosophy behind Carrboro Day, as adopted by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on December 6, 1994.
As Carrboro grows in population and its boundaries expand, its citizens need opportunities to enlarge their circle of acquaintances as well as to feel part of the entire community. Expanding acquaintances and feeling part of Carrboro engenders […]
Carrboro Rocks
By Susan Willey Spalt
Essentially, the Piedmont is the roots of an ancient coastal mountain chain that is now worn down to low relief. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)
Under the gently sloping
Streets of Carrboro
Lies a secret:
The remains
of ancient mountains, once taller
Than the Himalayas
Slowly worn away
By time, until they are just
Carrboro rocks.
Pressure Boys Night 1
A great night. A lot of us old goofs around acting not so old.
Arts Calendar: 05/01/08
Carrboro
The ArtsCenter
Center Gallery: Community Photography Contest
East End Gallery
ELEMENTS, the fifth annual Community Art Project Through May 28
The Beehive Salon
Sincerely Yours—works depicting life in Chapel Hill by Washington Capps
Caffe Driade
Bridget Walsh—acrylic paintings
Carrboro Century Center
ELEMENTS—the fifth annual Community Art Project Through May 28
Carrboro Town Hall
ELEMENTS—the fifth annual Community Art Project Through May 28
Clay Centre Gallery
New […]
Music Spolight: Pressure Boys Reunion
This weekend, if you see a lot of long-lost locals, people who you used to see out and about decades ago but who long since headed for other parts or maybe just don’t get out as much, you can blame these mugs for drawing them out.
The Pressure Boys ruled local music in the late ‘80s […]
Music Spotlight: Polvo
Welcome to the New Dark Age II.
In another in the recent series of reunion gigs, Polvo is working out some new and old material for a Cradle show on May 10, some Eurofestival action and a mini-tour.
They called it quits 10 years ago. For this tour, veterans Dave Brylawski, Ash Bowie and Steve Popson are […]
Music Calendar: 05/01/08
The ArtsCenter
The Wilders (5/2) Children’s music by Justin Roberts, Chris Duarte w/ Hooverville (5/3) Red Stick Ramblers (5/17) Holly Near w/ emma’s revolution (5/18) Lise Uyanik & The Mobile City Band w/ The South Wing Band (5/24) The Biscuit Burners (5/30) David Dyer & The Crooked Smile (5/31)
Cat’s Cradle
The Pressure Boys, Sneaker, […]
Poetry
This year’s Carrboro Day poetry reading includes a new feature — the first annual readings by the winners of the town’s Youth Poetry Contest. Sponsored by Carrboro Recreation & Parks and coordinated by Carrboro’s Poet Laureate Neal McTighe, the contest had more than 50 entries from students in elementary, middle and high school.
The winners will […]
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