Citizen's Journal

A Light on the Hill in May

by Missy Julian-Fox | May 01 2012

Want to learn more about the guided tours on the University of North Carolina Campus? There are many sites and attractions on the campus for visitors to see. To learn more, please read Missy Julian-Fox’s Light on the Hill Column May 2012.

Missy is Director of the UNC Visitors’ Center located in the Morehead Planetarium Building. Her column appears each month in Southern Neighbor. The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau would like to thank Southern Neighbor for allowing us to share this column with you. Southern Neighbor is a free monthly newspaper, published in Chapel Hill, and provides news on Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, Durham, SW Cary and other portions of North Carolina. To read the entire issue or for more information about Southern Neighbor, please click Southern Neighbor.

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Piedmont Farm Tour

by Pope Farm | April 16 2012

Join Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and Weaver Street Market for the nation’s largest sustainable farm tour April 28-29, from 1 – 5 pm each day. The Piedmont Farm Tour is rain or shine.

This self-guided tour will feature 40 small farms in Orange, Chatham, Alamance, Durham and Person counties. Come learn about the Triangle’s local and organic farm and food scene. Meet local farmers and tour their beautiful farms. It’s great for the whole family.

Advanced tickets are $25 per carload. You are encouraged to bring a cooler to purchase items from the farms. This llama can be seen at the Pope Farm in Cedar Grove. On April 28, the John S. Pope Farm is hosting a Farm Dinner. Visit Pope Farm for more details.

If you come on the farm tour, please leave your pets at home.

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Life is Good

by Maggie Rose Smith | March 22 2012

As a frequent visitor to the greater Chapel Hill area, spring is my favorite time to celebrate the unique diversity of gardens in the area. On Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, The Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour will feature both the breadth and depth of eight remarkable gardens. Ranging from hidden bungalow gardens to majestic landscapes, spacious rural wooded gardens to urban design, the tour will showcase the “miracles of spring” in both elegant and whimsical presentations. The tour is Saturday from 10 am – 4 pm; and Sunday, April 15th from 11 am – 4 pm, rain or shine. For more information visit http://www.chapelhillgardentour.net.

Tickets are $25.00 in advance, $30.00 day of tour at all tour gardens Children under 16 accompanied by ticketed adult free. Call 919-962-0522. Presented by the Chapel Hill Garden Club.

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Dynamic Dozen Things To Do in Hillsborough

by Visit Hillsborough | March 09 2012

Bask, browse, stroll, visit… enjoy Hillsborough.

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Body & Soul at FRANK

by Pope Farm | February 07 2012

There is still time to see the BODY and SOUL: Birth – Death – Religion – Myth exhibition at FRANK Arts Gallery in downtown Chapel Hill. The Gallery is open Tue-Sat 11 am – 6 pm, until 8 pm on Thurs and 1-5 pm on Sun at 109 E. Franklin Street.

The Thursday night salons, 5- 8 pm, feature special events in the Gallery. Upcoming events are February 9 Charron Andrews “The Transforming Power of Art” Charron Andrews offers a personal presentation about why she makes shrines; February 16 Engaging with “Body & Soul” A tour with visitors. Walk through the exhibit and then sit down to converse with the FRANK artists; February 23 “The Time of Our Lives: Living with Brain Cancer” Alex Harris and Paula Ehrlich, present their innovative multi-media project about how patients and their families live their daily lives knowing they have a limited time together.; March 1 Danielle Koppel, singer, songwriter performs.

Mark your calendar for as WUNC’s FRANK Stasio hosts a second birthday celebration and and fundraiser Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 6pm at the gallery. Celebrate with FRANK and you’ll go home with an original piece of fine art taken right OFF THE WALL! All artwork is donated by FRANK artists and other superb
regional artists. Proceeds benefit FRANK and its educational programming, exhibits and community outreach programs. For ticket information, visit FRANK Art Gallery.

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