A monthly music, arts and literature publication MILLof the carrboro citizen vol. 3 + no. 2 + NOVEMBER 2009
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xplore beautiful Orange County 2009 Eon this self-guided tour and ex- perience the excitement of viewing OPEN and purchasing artwork from more than 70 Guild artists, working in a STUDIO wide array of media. SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 10am–5pm 12pm–5pm Tour NOVEMBER Friday, Oct. 30, 5–7 p.m. Opening at the ArtsCenter 7–8 & 14–15 Reception 300 G E.Main St., Carrboro www.orangecountyartistsguild.com
140 GREAT STOPS TO GET YOUR CITIZEN! PICK USCarolina Fitness UP!UPS Store Borders Books Courtyard Marriott Carrboro Weaver Street Market Looking Glass Café Wingman Harris Teeter / University Mall Amanté Pizza – Falconbridge Harris Teeter Carrboro Business Coop White Cross Area University Mall / Kerr Drugs entrance Southern Village The ArtsCenter Orange County Social Club Harry’s Market Phydeaux La Vita Dolce Amanté Gourmet Pizza Speakeasy – outside box Fiesta Grill Owen’s 501 Diner Park & Ride bus stop Milltown Weaver Street Realty White Cross BP Bruegger’s Bagels/Eastgate Market Square Carrburritos Carrboro Family Vision White Cross Shell Chapel Hill Public Library Century Center Food Lion/Ram’s Plaza Fearrington Area Q–Shack Express Lane McIntyre’s Books Great Clips Chamber Of Commerce Piedmont Health Services Galloway Ridge Cybrary Chapel Hill North Midway Barber Shop Downtown Fearrington Inn VisArt Video Capelli’s Hunan Chinese Restaurant Elmo’s Diner Caribou Coffee/downtown Chapel Hill Senior Center Chatham Crossing Spotted Dog Visitors Center Southern Human Services Torrero’s Nice Price Books Jiffy Lube Carol Woods Chatham Crossing Carrboro Town Hall Job Development Center Bagels on the Hill Medical Center Carrboro Town Commons Sandwhich/The Courtyard Eubanks Rd. Park & Ride Lowe’s Foods Cliff’s Meat Market West Franklin town racks That Coffee Place Internationalist Books Hillsborough PTA Thriftshop Cup a Joe Weaver Street Market Franklin Hotel Calvander Food Mart Margaret’s Cantina Andy’s Ham’s Restaurant Carrboro Mini Mart Aquatic Center Maple View Farms Time Out Southern Rail Chapel Hill Mini Mart Visitors Center East Franklin town racks Open Eye Cafe South Orange County Senior Center Courthouse Alley town racks Carrboro Branch Library N.C. Botanical Garden Orange County Public Library North Columbia St. town racks UNC The Beehive Covenant House Cup a Joe / outside box Campus Auto Logic 15-501 South Park & Ride Daniel Boone Shopping Center UNC Student Union Reservoir Governor’s Village Area Sportsplex Bullshead Bookshop Johnny’s Bean & Barrel/ Governor’s Village Durham Tech/student lounge Davis Library / UNC Carolina Cleaners Laundromat Carolina Meadows/Café UNC Family Medicine (Willow Creek) UNC Family Medicine Tarantini Crescent Green Assisted Living Carolina Inn Pittsboro Jones Ferry Rd Park & Ride East Meadowmont Area Pittsboro General Store Chapel Hill Post Office/Estes Drive UNC Wellness Center Suntrust Bank (outside) Carrboro Plaza Brixx Pizza Chatham Marketplace Carrboro Plaza Park & Ride Caribou Coffee/ Franklin at Estes Cafe Carolina Pittsboro Public Library North American Video Café Driade The Cedars Carolina Brewery Tar Heel Tobacco Siena Hotel York Simpson Underwood Pittsboro Family Medicine Curves Whole Foods Village Plaza Friday Center Park & Ride
2 carrborocitizen.com/mill + NOVEMBER 2009 MILL Cool & Colorful It’s alive!
We lurch into the month via All Hallow’s eems appropriate to use a Eve, and by the end of it we’re deep into seasonal exclamation bor- feasting season and plunging headlong rowed from Dr. Frankenstein to toward the end of a semester, plan- express the general delight and ning for travel and/or company and the surprise that the Varsity The- frenzy of approaching holidays. Satre is being reanimated and could open Before you surrender your calendar to by late November. (See Page 3 of this the inevitable that all entails, we invite week’s Citizen for more details on the you to take a little time to wonder at turnaround for this much-missed venue.) a new home for Cat’s Cradle and an upfit Ed camp the changes around you. In this week’s The quickening of the new Varsity to The ArtsCenter. Toss in projects along photo by ava barlow the stretch between them, like 140 West y the end of this month, paper, for instance, Flora columnist Ken mirrors the subtle yet definite signs of Franklin and a rebuilt and redesigned it’ll all be different — so Moore points out a particularly nice life in the downtown economy. Several University Square, and you have the very different. There won’t specimen to visit during the change of new spots have opened up, filling some makings of a new day for the heart of be an election and all the seasons. On Page 5, we also offer a few rather obvious and long-running GAPs both towns. wind that’s come with it. choice rides and walks in which to take in storefronts. TheB colors on the branches will mostly in the leaves. And while many remain worried about These changes will not come about be on the ground, the warms days less And, as always, we peppered the issue the liveliness of downtown (we have one without controversy and conflict. As the frequent and basketball season, which with hundreds of shows and events to friend who refers to the south side of old joke “How many Chapel Hillians does this year promises to be a curious one, add a little light and life to the rapidly the 100 block of East Franklin Street as it take to change a light bulb?” goes, officially commenced. lengthening evening hours. “Death Row”), the addition of new retail there indeed will be many waxing poetic and restaurants and evidence that major about how great the old light bulb was. projects are moving forward seems to And as the creature that the university, Robert Dickson, P ubli sher Marty Cassady, indicate that we are on the other side local governments and entrepreneurs [email protected] a d d ir ec to r have cobbled together comes to life, we [email protected] of the downturn that put so many plans Kirk Ross, i ed to r and dreams on hold. expect some villagers will be fearful and [email protected] c o n t ri bu to r s a few to reach for their pitchforks and Taylor Sisk, Ava Barlow, In a few years, we could see a much dif- Liz Holm, a r t dir ec to r torches. But if done right, expect a good Vicky Dickson, Beth Mechum ferent picture in downtown Chapel Hill [email protected] many more to return and join in reifying and Phil Blank and Carrboro — from a new, expanded a dear old friend. MILL Kidzu atop the Wallace Parking Deck to
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MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 3 Touring the arts in Orange County
The Orange County Artists Guild will Featured this year will be a variety of hold its 15th annual open studio tour on mediums, including painting, photography, Nov. 7-8 and again on Nov 14-15, from 10 prints, ceramics, along with metal sculp- a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Saturdays and noon ture, jewelry, wood and glass. Some artists to 5 p.m. on the Sundays. There also will be make their own paper, weave cloth and an opening reception with exhibitions this work with appliqués and other fabric crafts, Friday at the ArtsCenter from 5 to 7 p.m. while others carve from stone and wood. This event offers an opportunity to get One of the more popular aspects of the to know some of our own local artists and Open Studio Tour is the opportunity to to see not only their art, but their methods. see the context in which the artist works. Browsers and buyers both are welcome. Just as a home may reflect the personality Visitors will be able to inquire about com- of those who live in it, the studios reflect missions for larger pieces, serials, portraits the temperaments and personalities of the and installations. In many cases, artists artists. For many, it makes the art come to allow prospective buyers to take a work life. For others, the tour offers a source of home for a few days on approval. inspiration. And the craftsmen themselves The Orange County Open Studio Tour enjoy the chance to talk to people and dem- was begun in 1995, when Monnda Welch, onstrate the means by which they create. a fine-jewelry maker, wanted to introduce Visit openstudiotour.com to see the SUE TREUMAN the community to the faces behind the OCAG Gallery pages with more works by county’s artists. Since then, the Open Stu- a particular artist. For a list of all partici- dio Tour has been funded by artist member pating 2009 artists, visit ibiblio.org/ocag/ fees and donations from the community. events.php — S.E. Pohlig
MARCY LANSMAN CATHY KIFFNEY
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Early November is the traditional coming up you may want to add to time for peak fall color season in the your calendar: Piedmont. Whether it’s for the gallery • Fall Color Hike — A guided walk tour, a jaunt to Chatham or just a through the Occoneechee Mountain trip to the interstate, there are a few State Natural Area in Hillsborough. dozen roads that will take you both to The walk is on Saturday, Nov. 7, your destination and through some of starting at 1 p.m. Visit ncparks. the Piedmont’s prettiest countryside gov/Visit/parks/ocmo/main.php for at the height of fall color. more information If you’re headed up to Hillsbor- • Peak of Autumn Hike — A guided ough or to jump on I-85, try Orange hike through the Pennys Bend Grove Road or pick up Old N.C. 86 in Nature Preserve. Remnant prairies Calvander. If you’re going to Pittsboro, and rare plants along with mature consider the Jones Ferry Road/Hamlet forests with spectacular color are on Chapel Road route. display. The walk, sponsored by the For a lovely side trip that ends up N.C. Botanical Garden, is on Satur- on the front porch of an ice cream day, Nov. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. The fee parlor, we recommend heading out is $8 with directions and informa- Dairyland Road to Maple View Farms. tion available when you pre-register If you want to see the colors up by calling 962-0522. close, here are a couple of events
MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 5 eater’s guide for November Keeping the farmers’ markets straight
This is that time of year when our through November at the Chatham be open from noon until 8 p.m. and local farmers’ markets make a shift County Fairgrounds. are offering three courses with all the in hours. If you’re like The Eater, you The South Estes Farmers’ Mar- fixings for $27.95 per person. Reserva- might find it a bit confusing to keep up ket hours remain 8 a.m. to noon on tions by phone only, at 929-2263. with the new hours, times and, in some Saturdays and 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays cases, locations. through November. In December, the In Carrboro, market switches Random eats the Wednesday to Saturdays from The Fearrington House Country Inn market ended 9 a.m. to noon. and Restaurant was voted the ninth last week. The Unlike last year, best small U.S. hotel by the readers of hours for the the market plans to Condé Nast Traveler in its 2009 Read- Saturday market not move indoors ers’ Choice Awards. The awards appear change with the for the winter and in the November issue (on newsstands Nov. 7 market to 9 a.m. to noon. will stay put at its outdoor spot near A Oct. 20). This year, 25,008 readers In Chatham, there are a lot of Southern Season. voted on more than 10,000 properties changes this month. In Hillsborough, the Eno River and destinations. The survey included The Carolina Brewery market ends Market continues to operate Satur- a new category, Small Hotels (under 50 this weekend, with Saturday, Oct. 31 the days from 8 a.m. to noon at the Public rooms) in the United States. N.C. spots last day of the season. Market House and is featuring a crafts also in the top 25 are The Swag (rated The Farmers’ Market at Fearrington showcase through the holiday season. #2) in Waynesville and Old Edwards Inn continues on Tuesdays from 4 to 7 While we’re on the subject of (#21) in Highlands. p.m. through Nov. 30 and the Pittsboro farmers’ markets, please note that the Tyler’s Restaurant & Taproom was Farmers’ Market, which runs from 3:30 Carrboro Farmers’ Market is holding its honored in the 2009 American Graphic to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays, continues seventh annual Thanksgiving Market, Design Awards, when its dine-in menu Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 3 to 6 p.m. The received the Awards Certificate of market will feature more than 25 ven- Excellence. This competition, which is dors to help you get ready for the holi- judged by the editors of Graphic Design day. You’ll find an array of items, from USA magazine, honors outstanding cheeses for appetizers to vegetables new creative work in more than 20 for side dishes to pre-ordered, pastured categories, including print, packaging heritage-breed turkeys to cranberry and interactive. relish and the pie for dessert. November is National Raisin Bread Elsewhere on the turkey beat, please Month, World Vegan Month and keep your eyes peeled for pre-order National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. information on turkeys. Cliff’s, Weaver The Eater recommends celebrating this Street and Whole Foods, as well as the confluence of celebrations on Nov. 3, aforementioned farmers, all take pre- which is National Sandwich Day, with a orders to help you guarantee you’ll get vegan PB&J. the size and quality bird you’re after.
More turkey stuff(ing) If you’re planning to go out for Thanksgiv- ing, you might want to start looking over your options now, as tables for the finer meals start to book up pretty quickly once people notice that the calendar says November. Acme in Carrboro has already sent around its annual Thanksgiv- ing reminder. They’ll
wv_winedine_1.4v_mill.indd 1 8/26/09 3:18 PM 6 carrborocitizen.com/mill + NOVEMBER 2009 MILL Halloween (and Halloween eve) festivities Eve Ball Halloween costume middle- and high-school wind ensemble. The concert starts at 9:30 a.m. at Car- party: Oct. 30 at the Carolina Inn rboro Town Commons. Shoppers and from 8 to midnight. Music, dancing, vendors are encouraged to dress for the costume contest and a dessert bar. What occasion. more could you ask for? $25 at the door and $60 without a costume. Proceeds go Chapel Hill’s Homegrown to benefit the Eve Marie Carson Scholar- Halloween: Oct. 31, Franklin ship at UNC. Street. The town is sticking with last Hillsborough’s Haunted year’s strategy of downsizing and a midnight curfew. Plan to get to Franklin Walk: Oct. 30. Tours begin at 7 p.m., by 11 p.m. if you want to see the best and you can catch one every half hour costumes. Bars won’t let patrons in past ending at 8:30. The hour-long tour will 1 a.m., and it’s probably not the best take visitors through the town’s colo- idea to go if you’re costume is of the nial streets, past homes, churches and bulky variety. cemeteries believed to be haunted. $10 for adults and $5 for children. Carrboro Halloween Carni- photo by ava barlow Piedmont Youth Orchestra val: Oct. 31 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at at the Carrboro Farmers’ the Carrboro Town Commons. A fam- ily-friendly Halloween celebration before access to a cakewalk, haunted house, adaptation of the Mercury Theater’s Market: Oct. 31. There’ll be a few the college kids take over the streets. face painting, etc. production of H.G. Wells’ War of the scary tunes mingled in the set during Worlds from 7 to 8 p.m. The drama will this special concert at the Farmers’ Mar- Halloween Carnival at East War of the Worlds: Oct. 31. be performed live, and has been updated Want to stay in and avoid the crowds? ket. The orchestra features a third-sven- Oct. 31 from to include Raleigh locations and will be Chapel Hill High: N.C. State’s student-run radio station, thgrade string orchestra, a middle- and noon to 3 p.m. in the Café Commons. set in the present day. WKNC 88.1, will broadcasti a live, local high-school chamber ensemble, and a Tickets are $.25 each and will get you
CONCERTS: NOVEMBER to create matchless arrangements of NOVEMBER THEATER/ musicians, who for over thirty years have CHILDREN’S SHOWS South Wing Band collectively created inimitable improvisational Sunday, November 1, 5 p.m. performances based on the elements of clas- Readers Theatre at Lunch Help this Chapel Hill band raise the cash sic rock, jazz, prog and rhythm & blues. The November 10, 11, 18, 19, 11:30 am needed to finish up studio work on their line-up includes the Melvin Seals, of the Jerry Social Hour, 12:30 pm Show next album. If you like the Allmans and Garcia Band. $26, $24 ArtsCenter Members Readers Theatre at Lunch, the beloved play- Grateful Dead, you’ll like this band. reading series for and by older adults, returns www.myspace.com/southwingband. Vector Brass Quintet $5 $15, $13 ArtsCenter Members Sunday, November 15, 4 p.m. This United States Air Force Heritage of Intimacies Sid ‘N’ Susie featuring Matthew American Band fuses conventional brass November 13-14, 8 pm Sweet and Susanna Hoffs quintet instrumentation and interactive Michael Kearns kicks off his anniversary Thursday, November 5, 8 p.m. programming. Fun for the whole family! tour of intimacies—focusing on World AIDS Power-pop sensation Matthew Sweet and FREE! Day—at The ArtsCenter. In association with Bangles vocalist Susanna Hoffs, otherwise UNC’s Solo Takes On: A Festival of One- known as “Sid & Susie.” $20 Trachy/Lacy Collective Person Performance presented by the Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. at University Mall. Triangle Jazz Orchestra Night Department of Communication Studies Saxophonist and composer Seth Trachy and $15, $13 Members, $10 Students Wednesday, November 4, 7:45-9:45 p.m. percussionist Russell Lacy power this young 17-piece local jazz composed of enthusiastic NYC-based jazz quartet. SuperFun Show: Music by For more information musicians from across the Triangle, playing $15, $13 ArtsCenter Members Red Grammer old standards as well as more recent jazz and Saturday, November 21, 11 a.m. or to order tickets blues tunes. www.trianglejazzorchestra.com Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Grammy nominated children’s musician Red call 929.2787 x201 or FREE! Dolls) w/ Nervous Caberet Grammer returns with music that is conta- Friday, November 20, 9 p.m. gious, playful, and overflowing with positive go to artscenterlive.org An Evening with the April Verch Band Be sure to get your tickets early, as Palmer’s Saturday, November 7, 8:30 p.m. messages. Suggested for PreK-3rd Grade. spring performance at The ArtsCenter sold $7 (children 2 and under free) Pure energy infuses this Ontario native’s out well ahead of time! www.etix.com/ 300 G East Main Street champion fiddle playing and stepdancing. ticket/$18 ADvANCE, $20 day of show Pack the Pantry. Canned Food Drive. Ethereal vocals make her a triple-threat! Sunday, November 1 to Sunday November 22. Carrboro, NC 27510 $17, $15 ArtsCenter Members John McCutcheon Bring your canned food donations and enter Saturday, November 21, 8:30 p.m. Alela Diane and Marissa Nader to win a drawing for free tickets to Follow us on “Folksinger” or “singer-songwriter” doesn’t The ArtsCenter events. Monday, November 9, 8:30 p.m. quite cover this man, who is also considered Facebook and Twitter To Be Still is the follow-up to Alela Diane’s a master of the hammered and lap dulcimer. Claus and Paws! critically-acclaimed 2006 debut The Pirate’s $18, $16 ArtsCenter Members Sunday, November 22. 12-6 p.m. Gospel. $10 Bring the whole family, including all your furry The Subdudes with Diana Jones Steve Kimock Crazy Engine friends, and have a group portrait with Santa! Sunday, November 22, 7 p.m. Prices start at $10 for sitting fees. featuring Melvin Seals Take a little soul and throw in roots rock, Wednesday, November 11, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans-style. ArtSchool Steve Kimock is an innovator for his ability $25, $23 ArtsCenter Members Registration Begins Monday, November 16, at 10am for 2010.
MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 7 n o v e m ber shows & happen i n g s
11/01 MILL Mallarme 31 Chamber Players U niversity United Methodist It’s Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday. Wear some- thing nice. 3pm, $18 Di a de los Muertos C hiclé A “Day of the Dead” celebra- tion for kids of all ages with food, artwork and more. 5 p.m. chi-cle.com.
11/03 dan auerbach 11/14 cat’s cradle Election Day Throughout the Land Through 11/14 Pipe Vote like you mean it. T he Cave Glengarry Glen Ross D es_Ark D eep Dish Theater Hey, just like old times. Tinstar opens. 10pm Fuse David Mamet’s intense With Ghastly City Sleep, masterpiece runs through 10/31 Old Growth and 12XU Nov. 14. Tickets and times at deepdishtheater.org. Halloween Stuff 11/04 P retty Much Everywhere 10/29-31 The day starts with the Fresh Air Tour Piedmont Youth Orchestra C at’s Cradle Eccentrik Festival With Brother Ali, Evi- Mansion 462 at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market and includes events dence, Toki Wright and BK Clockwork Dolls, Un- One. 9:30 p.m., $12-14 woman, Extraordinary like a hair and makeup fundraiser at The BeeHive Contraptions and more. 11/05 $25 or $35 for all 3 days. (proceeds benefit Paws4Ever) and a rock-and-roll Fright Sid ‘n’ Susie 10/30 Night for teens at The The ArtsCenter ArtsCenter along with the Matthew Sweet and Holy Ghost usual wild night on the Bangles singer Susanna Tent Revival streets of downtown. Hoff perform in support of Local 506 their new album Under the With House of Fools, Covers Vol 2. 8 p.m., $32 Alcazar Hotel. $7
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SDeadline for December’s Holiday issue is December 19th. Call Marty Cassady at 942-2100 S or e-mail [email protected]. S S 8 carrborocitizen.com/mill + NOVEMBER 2009 MILL jeff hart 11/30 the city tap Dan Auerbach C at’s Cradle With Justin Townes Earle and Jessica Lea Mayfield. 9pm, $20
11/19 Melt Banana Local 506 First time they played in town, people stood around afterward and wondered what just hap- pened. 9:30pm, $10-12 11/20 Chatham county line 11/7 cat’s cradle The Pietasters Cat’s Cradle The Jesus Lizard Chatham 11/11 11/13-14 11/13 With Lionize and The An- C at’s Cradle County Line Nicholas Nickleby Intimacies Bluegrass tagonizers. 8:30pm, $13-15 With Hex Machine. C at’s Cradle P laymakers T he ArtsCenter Experience 9:30 p.m., $20 The lovely Mandolin Orange The giant, ambitious adap- Michael Kearns’ revival Fearrington Barn 11/30 open. 9pm, $12-15 tation of Dickens’ classic of his landmark multi- See Spotlight, page 11/07 Jeff Hart and story runs through Dec. character, one-man piece. 15. $13-15 11/10 Friends Joe Swank & the 20. Visit playmakersrep. 8pm, $15, $13/mem- T he City Tap Zen Pirates The Get Up Kids org for times and tickets bers, $10/students 11/14 Mr. Hart can play about T he Cave C at’s Cradle Fin Fang Foom anything. And might on Joe’s back and hang- With Kevin Devine and Local 506 this night in Pittsboro. ing out with the New Mansions. 8pm, $18-22 With Ben Davis & The Jetts Town Drunks. 10pm and Maple Stave. 10pm
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MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 9 MILL CALENDAR S required. Nov. 5, 7pm in the Meeting Room. LITERARY Beyond the Books: Diane Bloom — Diane Carrboro Branch Library Bloom made the documentary An Unlikely Ongoing Events — Storytime, Saturdays Friendship. Nov. 7, 3pm in the Meeting at 10:30am; Toddler Time, Thursdays, 4pm; Room. Entertainment Adventures with family fun Beyond the Books: Bill Leslie — programs featuring dancing, song, animals, Bill Leslie of WCHL. Nov. 10, 7pm in the and sometimes magic, third Sunday of every Meeting Room month at 3pm. Friends Book Sale: Bag Sale — Nov. 14, Chapel Hill Public Library 9am-4pm; Nov. 15 1-4pm. Ongoing Events — Story Time, for ages Evening Book Discussion Group — White 3-6; Junior Book Club, for readers grades Tiger by Aravind Adiga, Nov. 16, 7pm in the 1-3; Time for Toddlers, for stories, songs Conference Room. and activities; Baby Time, for children Pajama Story Time — Children are invited between 6 and 18 months; Teen Book Club, to put on their pajamas, grab a favorite for teens in grades 6 and up. Dates and stuffed friend, and come hear stories about times vary; Bookworms Club, for grades going to bed, Nov. 25, 7 - 7:30pm. 3-6, each month children in this program read and discuss different novels from a list chapelhillpubliclibrary.org of titles nominated for the NC Children’s Cybrary Book Award. Carrboreaders Nonfiction Club — The Books Sandwiched In — Book discussion group will discuss The Forever War by Dex- “Love Lived on Death Row,” a documentary by Linda Booker will show on Nov. 24 at the 100- group open to the public will meet in the ter Filkins, Nov. 17, 7pm. Mile Film Series presented by ChathamArts. conference room on the lower level of the 100 N. Greensboro St., 918-7387, cy- Chapel Hill Public Library for a discussion of [email protected], co.orange.nc.us/ dance theater North River by Pete Hamill. the discussion library/cybrary Participatory The artscenter will be led by Ann Shearer. Nov. 4, 11:30am McIntyre’s Ballroom — Fourth and fifth Thursdays, 7- intimacies — 20 years ago, Michael Kearns For more info: friendschpl.org. 9:30pm. Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Home- wrote and performed a landmark theatrical Author Events — Alex Ewing reads from Tar Heel Fiction: A Second Look — I Am stead Road, Chapel Hill. $2, 968-2070 piece: intimacies. He kicks off his anniversary Bravura! Lucia Chase and The American Ballet One of You Forever by Fred Chappell Scholar tour of intimacies—focusing on World AIDS Theatre, Nov. 1, 2pm; Roy Williams discusses Carrboro DanceJam — Free-style dance. led discussion with Joe Gomez. Registration Day—on Nov. 14, 8pm, $15. Hard Work: A Life On First Fridays, 8pm, Balanced Movement and Off the Court, Nov. Studio, 304 W. Weaver St., Deep Dish Theater 3, 7:30pm; Mary Akers upstairs. 968-8776 Glengarry Glen Ross — Tough economic times reads from Women Up On Contra Dance — First and a cut-throat sales contest bring out the Blocks: Stories, Nov. 6, Saturday dance sponsored worst in a group of unscrupulous real estate 2pm; David Wroblewski by Contrazz. Music by Steve salesmen in this Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy. reads from The Story of Zako Nov. 7, 8pm, Carrboro Until Nov. 14. deepdishtheater.org for more Edgar Sawtelle, Nov. 14, Century Center, $9. TCDanc- info. 11am; Matthew Aaron ers.org Goodman reads from Contra Dance — Triangle Playmakers repertory Hold Love Strong, Nov. Country Dancers with live company 15, 2pm; Fred Chappell music by Dean Snipes, Nov. Nicholas Nickleby — From the novel by Charles BACK TO discusses Ancestors 13, 7:30-10:30pm, Carrboro Dickens, David Edgar’s adapts for the stage. and Others: New and Century Center. $10 for all. Showing all of November, check playmak- SCHOOL ersrep.org/ for dates and times. Selected Stories, Nov. Square Dance — NC Squares 20, 2pm; old time square dance with DSI Comedy SPECIAL! 2000 Village Center, live music by fiddler Jon Newlin dsicomedytheater.com, 200 N. Greensboro Pittsboro. and the Hushpuppies, and caller St. 225-6330 542-3030 Nancy Mamlin. Nov 14, 8pm, LARGE CHEESE Pleasant Green Community Cen- Film ter, $8/$6 student. ncsquares.com Gran Torino — The Friends of the Chapel Hill OR PEPPERONI Public Library will present Gran Torino as part Contra Dance — Carolina Song and Dance of the library’s Movie Nite @ the Library presents a community contra dance with program. The film, approximately 120 minutes live music by Ruth Pershing, Nov. 20, 8pm PIZZA in length, will be shown in the library’s meeting (7:30pm lesson), Carrboro Century Center. $8. room. The event is free with no sign-up needed. csda-dance.org Nov 4, 6:45pm. $9.99 Ballroom Dance — second Saturday of every 100-Mile Film Series — ChathamArts’ With coupon month, recorded music Triangle Stardusters, sustainable cinema series continues with Love (Carrboro store only) 8-11pm, $7 StarDusters members and students, Lived on Death Row, a documentary by Linda Expires 11-30-09 $12 others. Couples and singles are welcome, Booker that chronicles the remarkable story of Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 4702 Garrett Road, the Syriani siblings’ journey from hate and an- 300 East Main Street, Carrboro Durham. 942-7232 next to ArtsCenter, VisArt ger to love and forgiveness for their father who and Cat’s Cradle Lessons murdered their mother in 1990. Nov. 24, 7pm, Salsa/Mambo — Third Saturdays, lesson 8pm, Fearrington Village Barn, Pittsboro. $5 adults, dance 8:30-11pm. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, $3 students. 542-0394, chathamarts.org 929-3330 4702 Garrett Road, Durham. $7, salsa_4u2@ Mon-Sat 11:30-11 Sun 2-11 yahoo.com, 358-4201
10 carrborocitizen.com/mill + NOVEMBER 2009 MILL David Ring and Byron Jennings in Glengarry Glen Ross, playing Oct.23-Nov. 14 at the Deep Dish Theater. Photo by Lisa Marie Albert. VENUES S S Carrboro stedNe ingTurn Point Gallery
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MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 11 illustration by phil blank 12 carrborocitizen.com/mill + NOVEMBER 2009 MILL S Putting rumors to Srest By V ick y Dick son S S S lla Swain and her beloved is that the rumors managed to obscure “Genl” must finally be resting the true story of Ella and her general. in peace, now that their legacy Luckily for us, Barile has now succeeded is no longer besmirched by the in redressing that wrong in her unsen- But the real Erumors that have dogged the South- timental account of the bitter Illinois ern belle and her Yankee husband for winters; the difficult separation from misfortune almost 150 years. It’s all thanks to North Carolina loved ones; and the is that the Undaunted Heart, a new book by Suzy unrelenting pain at the loss of children, Barile, which tells the story of the siblings and parents endured by Ella rumors Chapel Hill marriage of the daughter and Smith Atkins. Barile pays homage of UNC president David Swain and to their legacy with her portrayal of the managed to Union Gen. Smith Atkins, shortly after abiding love and mutual respect that the end of the Civil War. And it’s an sustained Ella and the man she called obscure the enthralling tale. her life’s “greatest blessing” throughout Barile, great-great granddaughter their all-too-brief marriage. true story of of the couple, has wanted to tell their Barile received a degree in journal- story ever since 1991, when she found ism and mass communication from UNC Ella and her two packets of letters among her late and, after working in the newspaper general. mother’s effects. The letters were writ- business for 25 years, now teaches Eng- ten by Ella Swain and other members lish and journalism at Wake Tech. Her of her family, and in them Barile found training is evident in Undaunted Heart, evidence that would help her dispute which is well-researched and deftly the vicious stories circulating about Ella written and deeply moving. All those and the general: that they fled North with an interest in Chapel Hill, UNC or with jewelry and silver belonging to Civil War history should check it out. S other Chapel Hillians, that Ella was dis- So what’s next on Barile’s plate? S owned by her family, that UNC’s closure Another of her ancestors is Rich- in 1870 was due to the marriage. ard Caswell, first governor of North That rumors would arise in Chapel Carolina following the signing of the Hill after the couple’s engagement is Declaration of Independence, and understandable, given the fact that At- Barile is working on a collection of his kins was part of the force that occupied letters with another descendant, who’s the town after the war, and given the a new-found cousin. It seems history is bitterness that war engenders among in the author’s blood. the defeated. But the real misfortune
LIT n o t e s S S S To learn more about Suzy Barile and on Nov. 7. And if you still hunger for Undaunted Heart, come to the Bull’s basketball stories, return to the Bull’s Head Bookshop on Wednesday, Dec. Head at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 to hear 2, at 3:30 p.m. Barile also will appear Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner and Matt locally at the American Legion Hut on Bowers discuss One Fantastic Ride: The Legion Road. in Chapel Hill, Tuesday, Inside story of Carolina Basketball’s Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. 2009 Championship Season. Whew! Readers who are Tar Heel fans (and Finally, we’re thrilled at the news who isn’t around here?) have a lot to that a new, independent bookstore is look forward to in November, with Roy due to open next to Foster’s Market in Williams’ upcoming appearances at Chapel Hill in mid-November. Flyleaf McIntyre’s at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 and Books should prove to be a most the Bull’s Head on Nov. 5 (time TBA) to welcome addition to our community. promote Hard Work: My Life On and Off Kudos to partners Jamie Fiocco, Land the Court. You also can get your copy Arnold and Sarah Carr for their vision of Light Blue Reign signed by author Art and initiative! Chansky at the Bull’s Head at 10 a.m.
MILL NOVEMBER 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 13 MUSIC c a l e n d a r S The ArtsCenter Gramatik (11/17) MC Chris, Whole Wheat Bread, Mike Doughty with Porter Block: The Question I Fight Dragons (11/18) Badfish, Scotty Don’t, Jar Show (10/27) South Wing Band (11/1) Full Service (11/19) The Pietasters, Lionize, The Triangle Jazz Orchestra Night (11/4) Sid “N” Antagonizers (11/20) Steep Canyon Rangers, Susie (11/5) April Verch Band (11/7) Alela Diane, Shannon Whitworth (11/21) Katherine Whalen’s Marissa Nader (11/9) Steve Kimock Crazy Engine Lucky, Old Habits, Jon Shain, Will McFarlane, (11/11) Vector Brass Quintet (11/15) Trachy/Lacy Danny Gotham, Armand Lencheck (11/27) Emilie Collective (11/20) Amanda Palmer, Nervous Autumn (11/29) Dave Rawlings Machine (11/30) Caberet (11/20) John McCutcheon (11/21) The ac ffe Driade Subdudes (11/22) The Strangelets (10/30) blue bayou club The Cave E-Train Manning (10/29) Crossover Blues Band Lynn Williams, Triple Overhead Cam, (10/30) Blues World Order (10/31) West Trinity mikingmihrab (10/29) 12000 Armies, Pipe, Tinstar (11/5) Room to Breathe (11/6) Swamp Doctors (10/30) VulGarrity, White Knuckle Truckers, (11/7) Death to the Details (11/2) Red Rooster (11/4) ’ Cat s Cradle Chase Rice, Randy Whitt, Scatterbones (11/5) Junior Boys, Woodhands (10/29) Why? Au, Vinyl Strangers (11/6) Rev. Randon Hayes, Joe Serengeti and Polyphonic (10/30) Toubab Krewe, Swank and The Zen Pirates, The New Town Floating Action (10/31) Silverstein, Madina Lake, Drunks (11/7) Endway, The Youngers (11/8) Silent I See Stars, Closure In Moscow, The Word Alive Cinema, One Man Machine (11/9) Spring Tiger, (11/2) Fresh Air Tour, Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Shapiro (11/10) John Pardue, Truckstop Coffee, Wright, BK One (11/4) The Jesus Lizard, Hex Joshua Panda and the A-OKs (11/11) Will West, Machine (11/5) The Old Ceremony, Modern Skirts The Sinful Savage Tigers (11/12) Pinche Gringo (11/6) Chatham County Line, Mandolin Orange and The Lonesome Chihuahua’s, Satan’s Youth (11/7) Say Anything, Eisley, Moneen, Miniature ministers, The Humms, Transhcans (11/13) Dirty Tigers (11/8) Blind Pilot, The Low Anthem (11/9) Little Heaters, The Electric Cycles, Nervous Habits, The Get Up Kids, Kevin Devine, Mansions (11/10) Rough Hands, Thee Crucials (11/14) Austin Collins Lotus, Big Gigantic (11/11) Minus The Bear, Twin and The Rainbirds (11/15) Luke Mitchem, Brett Tigers (11/13) Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle, Harris (11/17) Analog Daze (11/18) HWYL, James John McCutcheon 11/21 Jessica Lea Mayfield (11/14) Langhorne Slim, Wallace and The Naked Light Mistake (11/19) The ArtsCenter Dawes (11/15) Mumiy Troll (11/16) Pretty Lights, Nikkie Meets The Hibachi, Dynamite Brothers, Transportation (11/20) Pagan Hellcats, Killer Filler,
MUSIC SPO T L I GH T S Spooky tunes There are several musical events in tune with the season to choose from. Here’s a sample of what you can see and hear if you’re out and about on 8VggWdgdÉh 8VggWdgdÉh Halloween weekend. Friday, Oct. 30 • The ArtsCenter — Transactors 7Zhi 7Zhi Improv: Suspense. The Transactors take on the eerier side of life, teaming up with Killer Filler’s slinky, creepy, instru- 8]VeZa 8]VeZa mentals and incidentals.
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(10/31) Atlas Moth, Systems, Walker (11/21) Free Energy, Mount Weather HOG (11/9) IRATA, Pushy Lips, Blood Red River, General Store Café (11/23) Eyedea and Abilities, Themselves (11/24) Funkuponya (10/29) David Dyer and The Crooked Eszett (11/15) Pride Parade, The Weatherkings Little Dragon (11/25) Fake Problems (11/28) The (11/19) Smile String Quartet (10/30) Bernie Petteway Queers, The Leftovers (11/29) H Trio (11/5) Joney Dewdrops (11/6) Rewind (11/7) e sp cial events Marie Vanderbeck Quartet (11/12) Mandolin igN htlight Mansion 462: The Extraordinary Contraptions, 10/29 Thu CHRIS PUREKA / CATHERINE FEENY Orange (11/13) OLLI New Horizons Swing Band Calico Haunts, Mt. Moriah, Filthybird (10/29) Lemming Malloy, The Two Man Gentleman Band 10/30 Fri HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL / HOUSE OF FOOLS (11/14) Tony Gailani Band (11/19) PJ Pacifico Polynya, Veelee, Actual Persons Living or (10/30) ALCAZAR HOTEL (11/20) Gravy Boys (11/21) Pratie heads (11/27) Dead (10/30) Nana Grizol, Organos (11/4) Old Jordan Lake Cool Car Show and Music Festival 10/31 SaT Halloween Party with SOME GIRLS Brick, Hymns, Ventricles (11/5) Blind Tigers (Rolling Stones cover band) / THE JULIES Lonesome Heart Band (11/28) (10/31, 11/1) (60’s Psyche) / SOUTHERN GIRLS (11/6) Vanguard, Bad Idea, Shoot First (11/7) harry’s market DPAC: Leonard Cohen (11/3) (Cheap Trick cover band) The White Cascade, Boat Burning, Starmount Community Church: Dave Lippman (11/4) 11/1 Sun HERMAN DUNE / JULIE DOIRON Gregory Blaine (10/30) Shawn Deena (11/6) (11/11) Impossible Arms, Pairdown, A Hope For A Jack Yelton (11/7) Acoustic Bliss (11/14) Gregory DPAC: Will Downing, Najee and Maysa (11/6) 11/2 Mon JOSHUA JAMES / BIRDS & ARROWS Summer (11/12) Hawnay Troof, Konoeye, VVAQRT Community Church: Janis Ian (11/8) 11/3 Tue KING KHAN & THE BBQ SHOW Blaine (11/20) Over The Hill (11/21) Steve Toll (11/13) The Binary Marketing Show, A Is Jump, (11/27) DPAC: Jackson Browne (11/11) 11/4 Wed Cat’s Cradle Presents KURT VILE & Standard Minerals (11/14) D Charles Speer and DPAC: Steve Miller Band (11/13) THE VIOLATORS / SIMEON Local 506 the Helix, Dan Melchior und das Menace, Hiss Ackland Art Museum: Music In The Galleries 11/5 Thu FUCK BUTTONS / GROWING Chris Pureka, Catherine Feeny (10/29) Holy Golden Messenger (11/16) Jay Cartwright, Tiny (11/15) 11/6 Fri LE LOUP / NURSES Ghost Tent Revival, House of Fools, Alcazar Mtns, Adam Arcuragi (11/18) Labrynth Rock- 11/7 SaT EZRA FURMAN & THE HARPOONS MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER 11/8 Sun THE HIDDEN CAMERAS / GENTLEMAN REG 11/9 Mon THE BLAKES 11/10 Tue THE DEVIL MAKES THREE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT 11/12 Thu LAKE INFERIOR / HONORED GUESTS / GIFT HORSE S 11/13 Fri TIMES NEW VIKING / AXEMEN / WHATEVER BRAINS 11/14 SaT FIN FANG FOOM / BEN DAVIS & THE JETTS Joint Album Release Party with MAPLE STAVE which includes a CD of recordings and 11/15 Sun HALLELUJAH THE HILLS / ANDERS PARKER a DVD of films of many of ’s Poor Heart 11/16 Mon THE XX / JON HOPKINS / THE DIG featured subjects, with two local 11/18 Wed STELLASTARR / DRINK UP BUTTERCUP events. 11/19 Thu MELT BANANA On Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 3:30 11/20 Fri HEAVY TRASH / ELLIOTT BROOD p.m., Ferris will read from his collection 11/21 SaT FUTURE ISLANDS / THANK YOU / HEIGHT at UNC’s Bulls Head Bookshop. BRIAN CORUM (of Lonnie Walker) On Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., Ferris 11/22 Sun 506 Music Trivia Night will be joined by his wife, Marcie Ferris, 11/23 Mon FREE ENERGY / MOUNT WEATHER author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary 11/24 Tue EYEDEA & ABILITIES / THEMSELVES 11/25 Wed LITTLE DRAGON Tales of the Jewish South, for a joint 11/27 Fri Rockin’ Ammonia Karaoke book signing at the Barn in Fearrington BARN DANCE Southwestern 11/28 SaT FAKE PROBLEMS At the recent North Carolina Liter- Village. seasonal - local - fresh 11/29 Sun The Queers Pop Tour: THE QUEERS / THE LEFTOVERS ary Festival, UNC’s Bill Ferris offered a The couple will host the 38th 12/1 Tue JAY REATARD refreshingly unvarnished tour through anniversary concert by Chatham’s 12/4 Fri DTH Diversions Showcase: LONNIE WALKER the world documented in his book, DVD legendary Bluegrass Experience, which Cuisine I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT / AMINAL and CD collection Give My Poor Heart features Tommy Edwards, Snuffy 12/5 SaT LAND OF TALK Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues. Smith, Stan Brown, Mike Aldridge, Al 12/6 Sun LOST IN THE TREES The stories, collected during Ferris’ McCanless and Leroy Savage. 12/9 Wed BILL CALLAHAN / LIGHTS travels in his native lands of the Mis- The event, presented by Chatham 12/11 Fri Drug Horse Cartel Holiday Show 12/12 SaT BENJU HUGHES sissippi Delta, are real, raw, passionate, Arts, includes barbecue dinner plates 12/14 Mon THE WHIGS / THE FEATURES / MEAN CREEK at times ribald and rough and at others from the BBQ Joint, and Fearrington 12/15 Tue CAGE sweeter than tupelo honey. will host a cash bar. Tickets are $13 in 12/19 SaT Holiday Honky Tonk & Burlesque Show with Ferris, who teaches folklore and is advance and $15 at the door. Online THE WHISKEY SMUGGLERS / THE PNEUROTICS senior associate director of the Center tickets and details available at cha- GAMBLING THE MUSE plus Miss Mary Wanna 12/31 Thu THE LOVE LANGUAGE / VIOLET VECTOR & for the Study of the American South, thamarts.org THE LOVELY LOVELIES / DIRTY LITTLE HEATERS continues the rollout of this collection, 8'SBOLMJO4Ur$IBQFM)JMM rXXXMPDBMDPN
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