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Welcome NCAA Women’s Championship Basketball Fans

by Patty Griffin | March 13 2012

The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau welcomes fans to the first and second round games of the 2012 Women’s NCAA Championships.

Carmichael Arena on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus will host No. 4 seed Georgia Tech, No. 5 seed Georgetown, No. 12 seed Fresno State and No. 13 seed Sacred Heart Sunday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 20. On Sunday, Georgetown and Fresno State will meet at 12:20 p.m. with the Georgia Tech-Sacred Heart matchup following 30 minutes after the end of Game 1. The winners will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Fans coming to the game can find accommodations at http://www.visitchapelhill.org. The Franklin Street visitors center at 501 W. Franklin Street is open Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm and Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm. Drop by for visitor guides, maps, dining ideas and more.

Tickets for the games can be purchased at http://www.tarheelblue.com or by calling 1-800-722-HEEL. Click on the Ticket Center on the home page. All session tickets are available for $30.00, with students age 3-college $20. Individual game tickets are $15 and $10. For driving directions and parking information, visit Carmichael Arena.

Welcome to Chapel Hill!

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Orchestras, Dance and Jazz Come to Memorial Hall in March

by Patty Griffin | February 27 2012

Carolina Performing Arts presents a full schedule of performances in March 2012. This month features Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir with conductor Ton Koopman, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Circa dance company, Herbie Hancock and Whispering Pines by Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett.

All performances are at UNC’s Memorial Hall on Cameron Avenue in the heart of the UNC campus. For more information about these and all upcoming shows, please visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call the Memorial Hall Box Office at (919) 843-3333. Tickets are available, but some shows are limited.

Performances

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir with Ton Koopman, conductor; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 15

C!RCA – Circus That Moves the Heart, Mind and Soul; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21

An Evening with Herbie Hancock and His Band; 7:30 PM, Thursday, March 22

Whispering Pines – Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28

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Head to Boshamer Stadium for Carolina Baseball

by Patty Griffin | February 21 2012

Be at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium as the UNC Baseball team moves through the first part of the 2012 season with eight more home games before hitting the road on March 7. Over the next two weeks the Heels host Wright State for a three game series, St Johns, USC for three games and Davidson. The Heels are 2-1 after the first weekend.

Mini-season ticket packages (3, 6 and 15 games) are available as well as individual game tickets. Non-conference tickets are $5-$7 and conference are $7-$10. The stadium is located on Ridge Road in the heart of the Carolina campus. The next home game is 3 pm on Friday, February 24 vs. Wright State.

For tickets and information, visit http://www.tarheelblue.com.

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Last Friday Art Walk Begins February 24 in Hillsborough

by Patty Griffin | February 20 2012

The extended season for the Hillsborough Arts Council’s Last Fridays Art Walk showcasing the talents of local artists in studios and galleries in downtown Hillsborough kicks off on riday February 24. Many venues will have artist and opening receptions from 6 – 9 pm.

The Gallery at the Hillsborough Arts Council at 220 South Churton Street will be featuring “Personally Yours: Portraits and Cottage Scapes” by Dorothy Whitmore.

The Eno Gallery at 100 South Churton Street will be featuring “Totems and Talismans” Sculpture Invitational. Eleven artists exhibit their contemporary interpretations of “Totems and Talismans”. Exhibiting artists include: Alice Ballard, Lisa Creed, Daniel Essig, John Geldersma, Virginia Gibbons, Kelly Guidry, Tinka Jordy, William Moore, Hope Swann, Kathy Triplett, and Susan Wells. A solo exhibition of ceramic vessels in the lower gallery will be featuring Donna Polseno “Metaphors of Containment”.

The Hillsborough Artists Cooperative and The Skylight Gallery at 102 West King Street will be featuring work by studio artists Jayne Bomberg and Tom Guthrie (The Studio of Collective Effervescence), Jennifer E. Miller, Andrea DeGette, Jacquelin Liggins, Tiffney Marley, and Calvin Brett. The Skylight Gallery will be featuring “Dreams for Tomorrow” acrylic on wood by Calvin Brett. The show is a fund raiser for The Tomorrow Fund for Hispanic Students. Calvin Brett will donate 40% of his sales to the fund and the show’s visitors may also donate to the fund.

Cup A Joe at 120 West King Street will be featuring photography by Dallas Pridgen.

Sovero Art Gallery & Studio at 121 North Churton Street, Suite 2-B will be featuring jewelry and oil paintings by Peruvian artist David Sovero.

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts at 121 North Churton Street will be featuring “Ebb & Flow” new artwork by the 22 local artists at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts.

Brochures with a map of the Last Fridays Art Walk are available at any of the participating venues or at http://www.lastfridaysartwalk.org.

Photo – Work by Daniel Essig — Asheville, North Carolina

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The British Are Coming to Hillsborough

by Patty Griffin | January 23 2012

Continental and British armies occupied Hillsborough during the Revolutionary War. Commanding figures like Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene, and Lord General Cornwallis headquartered in the town’s inns and taverns. Cornwallis’ ill-spent week in Hillsborough in February of 1781 eventually culminated in his surrender at Yorktown eight months later.

On Saturday, February 18, from 10 am – 4 pm, the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough will hold its Twelfth Annual Revolutionary War Living History Day. Continental, British and militia reenactors will demonstrate camp life during the Revolutionary War and commemorate General Cornwallis’ encampment in Hillsborough in February 1781 on the grounds of the Alexander Dickson House (ca 1790), 150 E. King St., Hillsborough, NC. Events include marching drills, musket-firing demonstrations and open-flame cooking.

The Alliance’s Revolutionary War Guided Tours will also be held that day, beginning at 11 am and 1 pm. The 60-minute tour showcases Hillsborough’s revolutionary and colonial era sites, while retelling stories of the events that took place in and around the town. Tours cost $5 per person. For more information, call (919) 732-7741.

Photo by David Hunt

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