Events Calendar

Local Events Calendar

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The Chatham Scene

News and Events Around the County

• Annual Folk Art Show in the Barn at Fearrington, on February 19 & 20, featuring over 30 Southern folk artists and three live, and local music bands. Saludas Company at 12 noon; Brothers and Others at 2 pm; and Boys from Carolina at 4 pm. For information, call 919-545-2121 or http://www.fearringtonhouse.com

• The Chatham County Affordable Housing Coalition will be holding a free Home Buyers Education Seminar on Saturday, February 26, from 9 am to 4 pm at Pittsboro United Methodist Church. Childcare and lunch will be provided. For questions or to register, call Mykhael Epps at 919-967-8779, extension 207.

• NC Charter High School will be holding Open Houses on February 22 from 5-7 pm and February 26 from 2-4 pm. Students from all school districts are welcome! 1735 Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Road, Saxapahaw. Call 336-376-1122 or www.newcenturyhs.org.

• Goldston Youth Recreation will hold baseball/softball sign-ups on Saturday, February 19 and February 26 from 10 am until 1 pm at the J.S. Waters Gym.

• A free Elder Law Seminar will be given by attorney Richard Hall, Jr., Thursday, February 24 at 6:30 pm at the West End United Methodist Church located at 1104 N Chatham Avenue, Siler City.

• Chatham County’s Community Read Program, 2004-2005, discussion #2 on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, will be held Monday, February 28 at 7:30 pm at Pittsboro Memorial Library, two blocks west on Highway 64 after Courthouse Circle in Pittsboro. The panel will include Judy Hogan, Jaki Shelton Green, and Abdullateef Fisher. For more information, judyhogan@mindspring.com or Marjorie.Hudson@worldnet.att.netz.

• Open Bluegrass Pickin, Saturday, February 19 at Reno Sharpe’s Store, from 10 am until.. Pickers are asked to bring acoustic instruments only. Free and open to the public. on the corner of Goldston-Pittsboro Road and Reno Sharpe Store Road between Pittsboro and Goldston.

• The Carolina Mountain Dulcimer Players will meet in the ground floor Community Room at Carol Woods in Chapel Hill on Thursday, February 17 (every third Thursday) at 7 pm. Beginners or experts, welcome. For further information, call Shirley Ray, 919-929-5359 or e-mail ShirleyRay@aol.com.

• Saturday, February 26 at 11 am, Michael Malone will read from his new book (co-authored with Marcie Walsh), The Killing Club, at McIntyre’s Fine Books and Book Ends in Fearrington Village. Readings are free and open to the public. For more information, call (919) 542-3030.