Events Calendar

Local Events Calendar

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The Chatham Scene

News and Events Around the County

• The Motorcycle Association for Chatham, Western Wake, Lee, Orange, Alamance Counties meets in Pittsboro and is open to all riders. For more information, call 919-392-3939 or visit www.ChathamCBA.com.

• The American Red Cross Blood Drive at North Chatham School will be held on Monday, February 7, 2 – 6:

• Third Annual “Night in Italy” dinner, Sunday, February 6 from 5-7:30 at the Council on Aging in Pittsboro. Gourmet Italian meal served by candlelight while listening to piano music by Liz Tedesco. Silent auction from 5-6:30. All proceeds go to support the programming of Chatham County Together!. Please call 542-5155 for information about or to purchase tickets. “To go” orders will be available.

• OSHA Compliance Workshop at Randolph Community College, Archdale Campus on Thursday, Jan 27, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm for employees, supervisors, managers, and others who need to understand and apply basic safety procedures and OSHA regulations as they relate to workplace safety. Contact RCC for additional information and to pre-register, 336-633-0267 or 336-862-7980.

• New Hope Audubon Society monthly meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, February 3 at the Totten Center, NC Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill. Speaker: Steve Hall, PhD., NC Heritage Program, “An Endangered Butterfly and its Ecosystem”. Call 919-962-0522 for directions.

• The African American Dance Ensemble will perform at Randolph Community College on February 3 at 12 pm in RCC’s LRC Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Mbeky Morgan, Coordinator of Student Activities and Global Perspectives at 336-633-0310 or nmmbeky@randolph.edu.

• Several drawing classes and workshops are offered in the newsletter of the Randolph Arts Guild, located at the Moring Arts Center, 123 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro. Visit www.randolphartsguild.com for information on subjects, times, and fees. Pre-registration is required. Contact Randolph Arts Guild, 336-629-0399 to enroll.

• PreSchool storytime, every Wednesday, 10 – 11 am at Spectacle Books, 113 Siler Crossing Shopping Center, Siler City.

• Visit General Store Café, 39 West Street, Pittsboro for a leisurely Sunday Brunch, 10 am – 3 pm. 919-542-2432. http://www.generealstorecafe.com

• Fearrington Market Café – Music at the Market – Fridays at 5:30 pm. Call 919-542-5505 or http://www.fearringtonvillage.com

• Chocolate tastings at Rosemary House B&B, Feb. 4, 11, & 25. Savor variety of tasty chocolate. Sample 19 gourmet chocolates – milk, pure dark, dark-milk, and more. Similar to a wine tasting, decadent, educational, fun, unique, and memorable! Take home a chocolate goodie bag, including a gourmet chocolate bar. mailto:karen@rosemary-bb.com or 888-643-2017.

• On Saturday, 01-29-05, David Terrenoire will read from his book, Beneath a Panamanian Moon at McIntyre’s Fine Books and Book Ends at 11 am. On Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 pm, Stephen March will read from his new book, Love to the Spirits. Free and open to the public.

• Instant piano for busy people at CCCC, Sanford on February 7 from 6-9:30 pm. A beginning class in chord piano, where in one session, students will learn all the chords needed to play any pop song, any style, any key, reading chord symbols, not notes. They will also learn to embellish songs using the secrets and magical shortcuts of professional piano players. (If students don’t know treble clef, send a SASE for free pamphlet to Music Masters, 432 Arabian Dr., Tunnel Hill, GA, 30755. To register, call (919) 718-7225.

• Every Monday at 6:30 pm for the entire month of February, Narcotics Anonymous meetings will be held at Alston Chapel Church.

• Work by the three potters, Josh DeWeese of Helena, Montana, Pete Pinnell of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Jim Robinson of Phoenix, Oregon, all nationally and internationally known potters will be the main demonstrators at the North Carolina Potters Conference in the Main Gallery of the Moring Arts Center, 123 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, February 1-28. For more information about Potters Conference or directions to the Moring Arts Center, call 336-629-0399 or white to arts@asheboro.com.