Events Calendar

Local Events Calendar

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The Chatham Scene

News and Events Around the County

• The Laurels of Chatham will have Family Night on February 16, 5:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. in the 400 Hall Day Room. The guest speaker will be Dr. Gary Winzelberg. who will be holding a discussion group about communication between families and physicians.

• Randolph County’s Alz-heimer’s Support Group Network, a support group for the Carolina Piedmont Alzheimer’s Association, will be meeting Tuesday, February 24 at 7 p.m. in the John Tote Room/Cross Roads Retirement Center, 1302 Old Cox Road, Asheboro. For further info, call David Schwartz, 336-629-7811, ext. 206.

• The Chatham Charter School Board will conduct its monthly business meeting on Friday, February 20^th at 8 a.m.. This meeting will be held at the school and is open to the public.

• Fearrington House will host the Triangle Wine Experience Dinner and Wine Tasting featuring Wasserman’s Selections of Champagne and Burgundy on Thursday, February 19^th at 7 p.m.

The event will benefit the Frankie Lemmon School and Develop-mental Center, a non-profit public school for children 3-6 with developmental disabilities. Call 919-420-0402.

• American Red Cross, Adult CPR classes Monday, 02-23-04, Infant & Child CPR, Tuesday, 02-24-04, and First Aid, Thursday, 02-26-04 at the Siler City Presbyterian Church. All classes are from 6 – 9:30 p.m. Pre-registration and payment is required. Call Patty M. Whitt at 336-629-2399 or 800-669-2399.

• The Southeast Chatham Citizen’s Advisory Council (SCCAC) will meet February 17 at 7 p.m. at Liberty Chapel Church. Residents, businesses, and organizations within the community are encouraged to participate.

• The Siler City Business & Professional Women’s Club will meet at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, February 12 at Bestfood Cafeteria Banquet Room. Membership is open to all women and employment is not a requirement. Guests are welcome.

• Chatham Marketplace is hosting a Post-Valentine’s Day Party at the General Store Café in Pittsboro, Sunday, February 15, 5 p.m. until. Learn more about the music, chocolates, silent auction, www.chathammarketplace.com.

• The potters of Seagrove are celebrating Winterfest on Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21. Shelves will be restocked, with many shops debuting new items. Various shops throughout the Seagrove area will be participating. More information is available at (336) 873-7887 or (336) 873-7300.

• Girl Scouts will be delivering their cookies starting February 13. The initial ordering period is over but they will be selling cookies at booth sales around the area until March 16.

• The organizing committee for V-Day Pittsboro 2004 announces a production of “The Vagina Monologues” as part of the V-Day Worldwide Campaign, Sunday, February 29, 8 p.m. at The Barn at Fearrington Village. For more information, call Kerstin Lindgren 919-444-9027. Proceeds will benefit Family Violence and Rape Crisis of Chatham County and the V-Day 2004 Spotlight Campaign.

• The work of Tamera Mulanix, metal sculptor of Pittsboro has been selected to exhibit her work in the art show, Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands, February 20-29 at the Sheraton, Chapel Hill Hotel. For more information, visit www.womenspace.org/artshow/2004 or call 919-968-4610.

• Fearrington Village will host a Folk Art Festival on February 22^nd and 23^rd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A variety of folk art will be available and several artists will be there to answer questions. All proceeds benefit the artists directly. The show is free and open to the public. Call 919-545-5704 for more information.

• The Winnie Davis Chapter #259, UDC, will meet Friday, February 13 at 11:30 a.m. at Best Food Cafeteria.

• RSVP Community Theatre and the George Washington Carver Community Enrichment Center will present a staged reading of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. on Friday, Febru-ary 20 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 per person with proceeds going to renew the Sunset Theatre, which can be cool this time of year, so dress warmly.

• Congressman Richard Burr will visit Siler City, Monday, February 23 to announce his candidacy for the United States Senate. He will be at Best Foods Cafeteria in Chatham Plaza Shopping Center from 1 – 1:30 p.m.

• Bynum Ruritan Club hosting a sit down or take out B.B.Q. dinner, Saturday, February 21^st, 4 p.m. until 7.

Contact Karen Webster, 542-6931 for location or any questions.

• The Fifth Annual Art in the Garden Show at Fearrington is currently accepting entries for their 2004 event. The Art Show will feature exterior art for the garden. Submissions should be in the form of slides or photographs and will be accepted until March 1^st. Send submissions to Frances LeRoy, Art in the Garden Show, 2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, NC 27312.