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by Frank Minong | March 10 2010

I love the Chapel Hill area. I visit my sister in Hillsborough every summer and we attend the Last Friday’s event, which is a great community festival with music, food and fun for kids.

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Sunday Evening Jazz Comes to West End Wine Bar

by Patty Griffin | March 01 2010

The Sunday Evening Jazz Series in downtown Chapel Hill is a collaboration between Wine Bar owner Jared Resnick and Jim Ketch, noted local artist and Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at UNC Chapel Hill.

“We want the West End Wine Bar to be known as the place to see live jazz in Chapel Hill and the Triangle,“says Resnick. “There are so many talented musicians locally and regionally without a regular place to play. Our Sunday Evening Series will fill that need and we hope to grow it into a night local jazz fans look forward to.”

Muisic starts at 7:30 pm and admission is $4. The schedule through April 18 is below:

March
7th: Al Neese Jazz Project
14th: Jon Metzger Quartet
21st: Peter Lamb and the Wolves
28th: Jim Ketch Quartet

April
4th: Easter Monday (no show)
11th: Gregg Gelb Quartet
18th: Martin Eagle Quartet

The Sunday Evening Jazz Series is sponsored by West End Wine Bar, Carolina Brewery and the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership. The West End Wine Bar is located at 450 West Franklin Street in Downtown Chapel Hill. For more information, visit http://www.westendwinebar.com.

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State High School Basketball Championships

by Patty Griffin | February 23 2010

The North Carolina High School Basketball Championships return to the Dean Smith Center on the UNC Campus on March 13. The Smith Center will host the 1-A and 3-A classifications. Games are tentatively scheduled for Noon, 2:30 pm, 5pm and 7:30pm. The order at this point is 1-A women, 1-A men, 3-A women and then 3-A men.

The following hotels are offering special rates for the championships: Courtyard by Marriott, Days Inn, The Franklin Hotel, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Chapel Hill, Residence Inn by Marriott, Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, The Siena Hotel.

It’s not too early to make your travel plans.

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PlayMaker’s Repertory Performs Oscar Wilde Play

by Patty Griffin | February 15 2010

The most enduringly popular of Wilde’s plays, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” is hailed as one of the funniest comedies in the English language. Wicked wit and dead-on social satire are wrapped in a Victorian confection of dual identities, matters matrimonial and the provenance of a particularly pertinent handbag.

In the words of the playwright himself, “a trivial comedy for serious people.” The New York Times called it “endlessly funny comedy … swift, sardonic repartee (that) ripples through the ages.”

PlayMakers’ production includes a casting treat, featuring company member Ray Dooley as the terrifying, imperious and altogether wonderful Lady Bracknell, a role usually played by great Dames, such as legendary British actresses Edith Evans and Judi Dench.

All performances will be in the Paul Green Theatre in UNC’s Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Show times will be 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, and 2 p.m. Sundays. For a complete schedule, more information and to purchase tickets, call (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit http://www.playmakersrep.org. Tickets are $10 to $40.

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UNC Spring Commencement 2010

by Tina Fuller | February 10 2010

Stay in Chapel Hill for UNC, Duke and NC State Spring Commencements. Book now for best availability!

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