A monthly arts, music and literature publication MILLof the carrboro citizen vol. 2 + no. 7 + april 2009

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Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Rachid Taha, The Old Ceremony, Todd Snider, Donna the Buffalo, Mamadou Diabate, The Beast, Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, Big Fat Gap, The Horse Flies, Jim Lauderdale, Justin Townes Earle, Amy LaVere, Hobex, Michael Hurley, Ray Abshire, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Stephaniesĭd, Eilen Jewel, Kelley & The Cowboys, Keith Frank & The Soileau Zydeco Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Boulder Acoustic Society, Orquesta GarDel, Preston Frank & His Zydeco Family Band, Paperhand Puppet Intervention, Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers, Des Ark, Christabel & The Jons, The New Familiars, Midtown Dickens, Shannon Whitworth, Sweet By & By, The Red Hots, Elikem African Dance, The Overtakers, & more...

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MILL APRIL 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 3 Spring is the best time of year to enjoy nature in full stride Here’s our Top 10 picks (in no certain order) of nearby natural spaces to take in the season.

University Lake heads past Panther’s Den and on into Hill- little path along the creek. The volunteers about the many wonders you’ll find this OWASA’s 213-acre lake is a picnic spot, sborough. The mountain is now part of an who watch over the place frequently hold time of year on the forest floor. Visit our a fishing hole and a quiet place to paddle official state natural area and – in addition planned walks and workdays for the trail. Flora blog at carrborocitizen.com/flora and around. The lake is open Friday through to its abundant populations of mountain bolincreek.org/ click on the Adams Tract tag for a list of Monday from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can laurel, galax, azalea, blueberries, huckleber- columns. rent a canoe or a flat-bottom rowboat for ries and staggerbush – is also an interest- Duke Forest Duke Forest is actually a group of par- a half day ($8 for the first person, $4 for ing geological visit, as it is one of the few Booker Creek Greenway cels totaling more than 7,000 acres in Ala- Part of Chapel Hill’s growing greenway each adult after that). Fishing is optional, places in the world were pyrophyllite is mance, Durham and Orange counties. Large network, the winding path of the Booker but pretty darn good, especially if you abundant. enoriver.org/eno/parks/Occo- sections in Orange County include the Creek Greenway takes you from a point know how the old creeks flow through the neechee.htm Blackwood Division off Eubanks Road and along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near place (yes, that’s a hint). Mason Farm the Korstian Division between Mt. Sinai the Chapel Hill police station to the Com- Not far from the driving range at Finley and Whitfield roads. Maps and information munity Center on Plant Road near Univer- North Carolina Golf Course and just across Morgan Creek, are available at dukeforest duke.edu sity Mall. It’s a great way to explore the Botanical Garden is the 367-acre Mason Farm Biological Pre- lesser-known backwoods of town. With native plant habitats, water serve, which, thanks to fire management of Eno River State Park gardens, special collections and plenty of the lands, is bursting with wildflowers this Orange and Durham counties, the North Campus well-maintained walking trails nearby, the time of year. In addition to being an im- state of North Carolina and the Eno River South Campus may have the Dean garden is one of southern Orange County’s portant research and teaching site, Mason Association have steadily added on to the Dome, but North Campus has got the best great treasures. In addition to self-guided Farm is one of the quieter places in Chapel network of parcels along Eno. ncparks. show in town this time of year. From the tours, the garden keeps an extensive Hill, and the wide trails of the old farm gov/Visit/parks/enri/main.php trails of Battle Park to the brick walk- schedule of education and art and nature lanes make it a great place for a leisurely ways lined with blossoming redbuds and programs. ncbg.unc.edu group hike. ncbg.unc.edu Adams Tract dogwoods to the majestic oaks of Polk Work continues to improve trails and Place and the glorious abundance of unique Occoneechee Mountain Bolin Creek Trail paths and eliminate exotic invasive plants trees, shrubs and plantings throughout At 350 feet, Occoneechee Mountain Carrboro’s favorite strolling spot is in the 27-acre Adams Tract — a unique Coker Arboretum, a walk through campus is the county’s highest point and has a getting more and more well known and natural space in the heart of Carrboro. Our this time of year rivals the exhilaration of a commanding view of the mighty Eno as it visited, but it still has that feel of a friendly own Ken Moore has written extensively three-pointer at the buzzer. Outstanding in the field One of the finest tours available in the Peregrine Farms’ Alex Hitt in his greenhouse Piedmont is somewhat photo by Kirk Ross self-guided and only happens once a year. But with the combination of a little preplanning and a healthy curiosity, you can learn a lot about the work of some of the most 8th Annual Haiku Contest productive and innova- tive farmers in the land. Prizes include dinner for 2 This year, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Asso- Enter at Akai Hana by May 1 ciation’s annual Piedmont Farm Tour is the weekend stewards.org or pick one up at Weaver of April 25-26 and features more than 40 Street Market and read through the list of farms in Orange, Chatham, Durham and farms ahead of time. Look for clusters of Alamance counties. Eight new farms are on farms so you can make the most out your the list this year. trip to each region. The event, co-sponsored by Weaver • Expect to be able to visit three or four Street Market, is the largest sustainable farms a day, with each tour in the one-to- farm tour in the country. It’s a great way two-hour range to explore corners of the counties you’ve • Be sure to bring a cooler, as most of never seen before while supporting the the farms have special sales set up for association’s efforts to educate, inspire and the tour organize farmers and consumers. • For the youngsters and anyone who Buttons are on sale now and cost $25. wants to connect with the history of west- It’s a good idea to carpool, since the button ern Orange County’s Dairyland region, visits covers admission for a carload. to Chapel Hill Creamery and Maple View A few tips and suggestions: Dairy are a must. • Download the map at carolinafarm- • No pets, please.

4 carrborocitizen.com/mill + APRIL 2009 MILL THEATER c al e n d ar S ArtsCenter Deep Dish Student Showcase — Train- Readers Theater at Lunch ing Center class shows and — The beloved play-reading Theater experimental incubator series for and by older adults Jitney — Set in Pittsburgh’s teams. April 10, 7:30pm. $5 with All For One by Charles Hill District in 1977, this gritty Best Show Ever — All-star Stern and The Yanks Are Com- and compassionate com- comedy lineup featuring ing by Henry Kimmel. April edy explores the struggles the best of the Dirty South. 14, 15, 22 and 23, 11:30am of the drivers at a gypsy April 11, 9:30pm. $12, $10 social hour, 12:30pm show. $5 cab company. Wednesdays- students, military and seniors Tell ‘em the bunny sent you Sundays, April 30-May 23. Transactors Improv: A New $12-18. deepdishtheater.org Special Showcase — New Project — Transactors bases teams or old teams doing new Spring weather and excited kids seem Easter Egg Hunt — Orange County, its shows on audience sug- DSI Comedy things. April 17, 7:30pm. $10 to go hand in hand and there are few more Chapel Hill, Carrboro and 1360 WCHL will gestion: If you laugh, they’re Mister Diplomat — True Agorafabulous — Sara gleeful moments of controlled chaos than sponsor the annual children’s egg hunt doing comedy; if you don’t, stories told by one of the Benincasa’s one-woman that afforded by an old-fashioned Easter celebration at the future New Hope Park on they’re doing drama. April performers, a local ce- show combining sharp hilar- 4, 8pm. $14, $12 ArtsCenter Egg hunt. the corner of Old 86 and New Hope Road. lebrity or special guest. ity and nutty magnetism. Friends, $7 students. Fridays, 9:30pm. Free April 18, 9:30pm.$10 Fortunately, this particular rite of spring Live entertainment begins at 9:30 a.m., egg artscenterlive.org has never gone out of fashion around here. hunt at 10:30 a.m. The event is free with Standup Comedy — A 4DDI Party Show — Featuring standup from Tom Keller, hip- Here’s a list of the possibilities (don’t forget the rain date scheduled for April 5 at 2 p.m. showcase for local standup Playmakers comedians. Fridays, 11pm. $5 hop from D-Live, comedy from to bring a basket): Burwell School Easter Egg Pride and Prejudice — A 4DDI and a dance party. April ComedySportz — Fast- Hunt — The hunt begins at 2 p.m. sharp play by Jon Jory, based on 18, 11pm. $10, $5 students the classic novel by Jane paced impov comedy by two April 4 and the staff at the historic site at 319 CSz High School League PeepFest 2009 — An annual celebra- Austen. April 1-19, Paul teams battling for laughs. N. Churton St. in Hillsborough promises Green Theatre. $15-40 Saturdays, 7:30pm. $12, $10 — Team-on-team improv tion of the arts with Marshmallow Peeps will thousands of eggs filled with goodies along students, military and seniors competition featuring high be held at Market Street Books in Southern 9 Parts of Desire — A play school improv all-stars. with door prizes and games. Harold Night — A 30-min- portraying nine differ- April 24, 7:30pm. $10, $5 Village from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. In keeping ute collection of improvised ent Iraqi women, based on high school students with the season for nonviolence and peace, April 11 a decade of interviews by scenes and games by two Har- this year’s PeepFest theme is “Imagine World Annual Easter Egg Hunt — The playwright Heather Raffo, old teams, Gravel Patch and Cage Match — A challenger Peeps.” All events are free and include a Preservation Society of Chapel Hill annual herself an Iraqi-American. Glycerin. April 3, 7:30pm. $10 takes on the previous cham- poetry recitation of odes to Peeps, a cooking Easter Egg Hunt for children 8 years old April 22-26, Kenan Theatre. pion. April 25, 9:30pm. $12, contest, Peeps Olympics, a potluck and many and under. Arrive early and bring a bag or $24-32 playmakersrep.org $10 students, military and seniors. dsicomedytheater.org other fun activities. Visit marketstreetbooks. basket for gathering eggs. 10 a.m., Horace com for more information. Williams House, 610 E. Franklin St.

Support your local planet The firstE arth Day — April 22, 1970 • Trash Day at the Orange — was a day of teach-ins and grassroots County Landfill — a special “State of organizing by environmentalists and ecolo- Trash in Orange County” presentation by gists of all stripes. the Orange County Solid Waste Depart- Decades later, it is still focused on edu- ment on the future of recycling, the pro- cating and motivating people to take more posed transfer station and landfill issues; responsibility and to act more responsibly •a E rth Day at Polk Place here on the third stone from the sun. — demonstrations and exhibits by student This year, things get started at noon on environmental organizations; Saturday, April 18 — the official Earth Ac- •a E rth Day Green Jobs Forum at tion Day — with a full program of demon- the Stone Center from 7-9 p.m.; strations and performances at Morehead •c S rapel Hill Art — art exhibit Planetarium and Science Center. Equinox fundraiser at University Mall on Thursday, (the band with that familiar-looking key- April 23 from 6-8 p.m. The community board player) and Kickin’ Grass provide the art project challenged local artists to use music, the Studio A Dancers perform an their imaginations to promote recycling Earth Day Ballet and there will be movies and reuse You can check out townhall. courtesy of the AV Geeks in the planetari- townofchapelhill.org/parks_&_rec/com- um’s digital theater. munity_events/earth_action_day/ for more The next day, the Carrboro Century Cen- information. ter is the site for A Celebration of Earth and • Events on Campus are detailed Sky, an education project by local science at sustainability.unc.edu/Home/EarthDay/ students organized by Chapel Hill High sci- tabid/200/Default.aspx ence teacher Rob Greenberg. The Citizen will have more information Other events for the week include: and listings as Earth Week approaches. “...a fast-paced romantic comedy of classic proportions” -The New York Times Center for Dramatic Art, UNC-Chapel Hill 919.962.PLAY (7529) playmakersrep.org

MILL APRIL 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 5 The ArtsCenter Always Inspiring

Coming Soon! Hidden Voices: A Taste of Home Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Transactors Improv: A New Project April 4, 8 p.m. A celebration of food and home with local chefs and home- $14, $12 Members, $7 Students less members of the community. Please join us for the 2009 Hidden Voices fundraiser in support of Home Is: Stories of Home and Homelessness. With recipes, photographs, food, South Wing Band and music. Friday, April 10, 8:30 p.m. $15, $13 ArtsCenter Members $50, $75 for two

Readers Theatre at Lunch April 14, 15, 22, 23 $5 Ollabelle Hidden Voices: A Taste of Home Thursday, April 23, 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Byron Isaacs, Fiona McBain, Glenn Patscha, Tony $50, $75 for 2 Tickets Leone and Woodstock-bred Amy Helm (yep, Levon’s daughter) create great bluesy roots music. Part of John Scofi eld Piety Street Band ft. Jon Cleary, George Porter Jr., and Ricky The ArtsCenter’s 6th annual American Roots Series. Faatar www.ollabelle.net. Saturday, April 18, 8:30 p.m. $32, $30 Members $39, $37 Members

Ollabelle Thursday, April 23, 8:30 p.m. $16, $14 ArtsCenter Members The Bobs with Bob Malone Music by Billy Jonas (Superfun Show) Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. 11 a.m. Grammy nominees, irreverent lyricists and Suggested for PreK-4th Grade, $8 vocal rule-breakers The Bobs sing songs from their latest CD “Get Your Monkey Off The Music of Tommy Dorsey’s My Dog.” Bob Malone, the pianist from the Big Band! Rhapsody In Bob album, opens. He combines April 30, 1:30 p.m. monster piano chops with a bluesy, $5 New Orleans style. The Bobs with Bob Malone www.myspace.com/thebobsmusic. Thursday, April 30, 8 p.m. $22, $20 Members $22, $20 Members 919.929.2787. 300G East Main St. Carrboro www.artscenterlive.org

6 carrborocitizen.com/mill + APRIL 2009 MILL ART S CARRBORO Panzanella University Mall A celebration of 20 years of Scrapel Hill Art — A special The ArtsCenter Weaver Street Market with art project with local artists Annual student art show. photos and paintings. Through using their talents to educate April 6 and promote recycling The Beehive Salon “Kevin the Great” — Paint- Town Hall Southern Village ings, sculpture, drawings and Paintings and drawings by prints by Kevin Dixon, America’s Chance Murray. Bagwell, Holt, favorite Dixon brother Smith, Tillman & Weaver Street Jones PA Century Center Realty “In Due Time” — Selections “Spring Up!” — Watercolor “Images of Italy” — Ken from Plat and recent work by paintings by Barbara Keighton Meardon’s multi-layered pic- MJ Sharp celebrating the arrival of spring tures in shadowboxes. flowers and the people who PITTSBORO enjoy them Wootini See how local artists Works by Matt Duquette, co- Chatham Arts jesse kalisher owner of 12 Grain Studios. Gallery gallery “Elements: Animals & our turned one person’s “Fluid” — Photographs explor- CHAPEL HILL Environment” — a special ing the abstract nature of water exhibit to raise funds for Carni- Ackland Art vore Preservation Trust trash into an NC Crafts Gallery Museum Front Gallery — Layered and “New Currents in Carolina Brewery amazing treasure. porcelain slip glazed stoneware Contemporary Art” — An ex- Group show by members of by John Arsenault of Youngs hibition of works by graduating the Chatham Artists Guild Cove Pottery in Candler UNC-Chapel Hill master of fine Back Gallery — Art Quilts by arts students Chatham Arts Jude Stuecker of Asheville Council SEE. Tyndall Galleries “Traditions and Open Eye Café Works by Jane Filer — Recep- Transformation: Our Local April 1 through June 30. Paintings by Michaela Kahl- tion during April 10 Artwalk History Through Artistic hofer Gilt Expression” — selected works focusing on the history and See the ingenuity and creativity of 16 local artists current times of clay and other media. APRIL 1-31 who have created works of art from items that are S typically thrown away. FILM S VOTE. Sresidency in Durham. April 28, Cast your vote for your favorite piece of art and Carrboro CHICLE Greenspace La Maldita Vecinidad — The 7pm, The Barn at Fearrington help the artist win cash and prizes. See the Cus- documentary brings together Village. $5, $3 students. 542- The Take and Autonomous 0394, chathamarts.org tomer Service Center near Roses for details. MTD — Carrboro Greenspace several distinct celebrations Film Series focuses on movies of the Virgen de Guadalupe in All proceeds benefit The ArtsCenter and the that relate to the forces of local- Durham. April 5, 5pm, CHICLE, Full Frame Green Plus sustainable community initiative. ization and making the economy 101 E. Weaver St., Suite G-1. Documentary Film more human scale. April 5, 6pm, Free. 933-0398, chi-cle.com Festival The Station at Southern Rail, The annual international 201-c E. Main St. 951-5200, car- Century Center event is dedicated to the GET. rborogreenspace.org Cinema theatrical exhibition of non- After you vote, receive a voucher good for special Shorts Stand Tall! — A col- fiction cinema and welcomes offers from participating University Mall stores. ACKLAND ART lection of wonderful shorts filmmakers and film lov- MUSEUM by regional and international ers from around the world. Mountain Top Removal filmmakers. April 25, 7pm, Car- April 2-5, historic downtown — Director Michael O’Connell rboro Century Center. $4, free Durham. Festival passes sold See Customer Service Center near Roses or will introduce the award-win- popcorn and soda. centurycen- out, individual film tickets ning documentary film, which tercinema.com $15 in advance, $10 day of. visit www.scrapelhillart.com for all the details. explores the ways in which fullframefest.org mountaintop removal coal min- Extraordinary ing is leveing forests, destroying Ventures communities and threatening As We Forgive — The award- Do you have water supplies across Southern winning documentary follows anything for one of Appalachia. April 10, 8:15pm, two Rwandan women coming Hanes Art Center Auditorium, face-to-face with the men our calendars? UNC campus. $5, free for stu- who slaughtered their families Send your submissions dents and Friends of the Ackland during the 1994 genocide. to calendar@ April 3, 7pm, Extraordinary carrborocitizen.com Seymour Center Ventures, 200 S. Elliot Rd. Free. Cinema 619-5007 S Desk Set — The 1957 classic features Spencer Tracy and ChathamArts Katharine Hepburn. April 7, Bending Space — The docu- SHOP MONDAY –SATURDAY: 10 AM – 9 PM | SUNDAY 1 – 6PM 1pm, Seymour Center, 2551 mentary captures the genius 201 SOUTH ESTES DRIVE | CHAPEL HILL | 919.967.6934 Homestead Road. Free admis- of French photographer and WWW.UNIVERSITYMALLNC.COM sion and popcorn, donations installation artist Georges appreciated Rousse and follows the artist and 200 volunteers during a September 2006 public art MILL APRIL 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill S 7 superchunk

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4/11 MILL Katharine Whalen’s Lucky Cat’s Cradle With the Jon Shain Trio and Sally Spring with the Ted Lyons Experience. 8 p.m. $10

4/15 Superchunk C at’s Cradle Hey, it’s tax day. So jump around. 9:30 p.m. $12

4/16-19 Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Enjoy music, dance, art and exhibits at the annual back- to-the-land music festival in Silk Hope. Performers include include The Old Ceremony, Hobex, Midtown Dickens, Lost in the Trees, george jones 4/25 koka booth amphitheatre the overtakers 4/16-19 shakori hills grassroots festival Jim Lauderdale and the Steep Canyon Rangers. Info 4/1-19 4/2-5 4/5 4/9 at www.shakorihills.org. Pride and Prejudice Full Frame CD & Record Show The Kingsbury Manx 4/17-18 Playmakers Documentary Century Center C at’s Cradle Based on the classic novel Film Festival 40 tables of CDs, vinyl & Odessa Records album Signalfest ‘09 by Jane Austen. Times and A short jaunt to the Bull music memorabilia 12- release party for the Local 506 tickets at playmakersrep.org City and you’re at one of 6 p.m. Free admission Manx with Impossible The annual hard-to-de- the world’s finest docu- Arms and Americans in scribe music festival mentary film festivals. Full 4/8 France (the band, not the with Kid Koala Sci-fi, The schedule, clips and more Robyn Hitchcock large community of ex- Malah and a lot, lot more. at fullframefest.org & The Venus 3 pats). 9:30 p.m. Free info at signalfest.com/ C at’s Cradle 4/4 Gi ve Way 4/17 The man has an EP out T he ArtsCenter Will McFarlane Band called “Sex, Food, Death This band of four sis- Signalfest Hip Blue Bayou Club and Tarantulas” and his ters hails from Scotland. Hop Show Blues and gospel gui- own online museum to Part of The ArtsCenter’s Cat’s Cradle tar from one of the best. will mrcfa lane boot. 9 p.m.$15-17 Celtic Concert Series. With The Foreign Exchange, 9:30 p.m. $8, $10. Darien Brockington, Zo!

Find that Special Gift at The Clay Centre Gallery! Five Potters: Stoneware serving sets, plates, platters, bowls, tea bowls, raku Spring Sale, April 25: 10am-5pm ! The Clay Centre Across from Carrboro Comm. Health Center 402 Lloyd Street, 967-0314 Mondays - Fridays, 10am-4pm, and by appointment

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MILL APRIL 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 9 Old stones tell their taleS By Mi tch V irchick ne of the few certainties in the tra- jectory of our lives is that we eventu- ally return to earth. The ground will rise up to claim our remains. If we are fortunate, our legacies survive, forO a time, in our accomplishments, in the pages of books and journals, in our bequests and in the things we leave behind. Our built environment often outlasts us to remind succeeding genera- tions of our industriousness; and even when that work ceases to produce something of real value, the ruins of old structures mysteriously inform us that someone was here long before we were, and took the time and effort to make their liv- ing in whatever way they believed they could. In Carrboro, all around us, there are reminders of our past labors. Many of these ruins are on private property – old barns, a brick silo, a stone fireplace where a house once stood. But there are a number of other silent sentries which can be seen by the casual weekend stroller, especially if you walk along Carrboro’s greenways and bike paths and along our public roads. My favorite ruin is sited along the new bike path that begins at Wesley Drive (southwest of the Libba Cotton bike path, down Brewer Lane and Hargraves Street into the Tin Top neighbor- hood). Take the bridge across the creek, which drains the area south of Main Street and east of the old Carrboro Cemetery, and walk a hundred yards or so along the bike path. A spring-fed stream – you can hear it gurgling in the driest of summer months – converges with the main branch, and just below this point the creek drops about eight or 10 feet. Walk past the falls and turn. You will no- tice the remains of a stone dam. It is unnamed Ruins of mills are scattered along on historical maps, but clearly, the retaining Carrboro’s creeks. wall is there for a reason. If you explore the photos by Mitch Virchick creek below, you will find a clue – a massive remnant of concrete and brick: an archway. visible, as are the earthworks that diverted the It may have sheltered a small water wheel, waters of the creek to form the mill race. It’s a which would have turned a grinding mill- long enough race – it would have taken patience stone. You are looking at the ruins of a grist and persistence and long hours to dig. mill. Anywhere that water flowed and fell, It is difficult for many of us to imagine what one would have seen such things in the age it must have taken to build these things – a before electric power. Grist mills were com- couple of small grist mills and a much larger mercial centers when many local residents knitting mill – in an age when men and mules, – even those living so close to town – grew unassisted, provided the motive power. The their own corn. Fees were paid to the mill amount of commitment and cooperation and operators based on the number of bushels; or the dedication to task are nearly beyond the more often, the operator kept a percentage of comprehension of most of us, who toil in air- the corn, thereby ensuring a steady supply of walls of Mill No. 7, one of the few visible remains food – they just grew most of it themselves in conditioned offices, working the margins for a cornmeal to market. of the old building, which was torn down in their gardens. It was a different Weaver Street, return on our investment of time and effort. I don’t know who might have operated this the early 1960s, and for whose employees the a harder one. But the work in the mills was, by Or perhaps there are some parallels to our grist mill. They could have been white or black. I “workers’ cottages” along Maple Avenue, Carr all reports, less grueling and more remunerative present-day labor. Can we draw inspiration don’t know if it pre-dated the hosiery mills that Street and South Greensboro Street were built. than farm labor. Still, nobody seemed to mind from these ruins, and remind ourselves that our dominated Carrboro in the early 20th century, Some of the bricks are flush with the asphalt terribly when Mill No. 7 returned to earth. commitment and dedication are as important but it certainly was not run by electricity. It and form not merely a threshold to the parking In another part of Carrboro, take a walk now, in the face of grave economic uncertainty, was built along a stream that divided histori- lot, but another portal to Carrboro’s past, when through the Horace Williams tract along Bolin as these qualities were a century or two ago? As cally African-American neighborhoods from it first became a town. The mills brought elec- Creek. Head upstream, and, somewhere below Sisyphean as our endeavors may seem, we have land that was eventually owned by the Durham tricity to our village and, as most of Carrboroans and between the Spring Valley and Cobblestone little choice but to endure and persist. And even Hosiery Mills when their Mill No. 7 existed. The know, were the center of activity, when men, neighborhoods along the creek, you may see a as these legacies are reclaimed by the earth, hosiery mill was situated where a parking lot women and children worked 12-hour days and marker on the right bank, indicating the presence they serve as a quiet reminder of the industrious now rambles downhill from Roberson Street and on Saturdays, and when Weaver Street meant of another old mill. History tells us this once be- nature of our Carrboro forebears. along Sweet Bay Place. If you walk along Rob- woolen hosiery, and not Kashi and Kombucha. longed to Buck Taylor, a steward of the university erson Street near the top of the parking lot, you If there is continuity, one can be reminded that during its infancy in the late-18th and early-19th Mitch Virchik writes for northcarolina- will see the bricks that formed the foundation the townspeople back then still ate organic centuries. The stone foundation walls are still travels.com

10 carrborocitizen.com/mill + APRIL 2009 MILL Center in New York City. The theme of a seat and start scanning the ground. Mo- this year’s gala is “Celebrating Women rels are skitterish creatures and moving in Food” with Lantern’s Andrea Reusing too fast can send them scampering off. on the roster of featured chefs for the A recent survey of some favorite ater evening. grounds south of town was inconclusive, e but The Eater did have visual confirmation of a find in the Morgan Creek area. the Whatafungi If you’ve had any luck, let us know at It’s been a rainy spring and we’ve had [email protected] some strange warm spells mixed with In the finals And, of course, you will not be asked Congrats to Bill Smith at Crook’s Cor- snow and what have you. That means to reveal the location of your secret morel ner, who was recently named as one of those of us who hunt the woods for patch. But we’d like to know which gen- the finalists in the James Beard Founda- morels this time of year are faced with a eral areas are seeing results. tion Awards. Smith is one of five chefs harder to predict season. vying for the title of Best Chef in the If you’ve never searched for these Southeast. morsels of culinary joy, you’re missing one Own a share In case you’re interested in attend- of the best ways to spend a warm after- of da joint ing, the awards will be presented at the noon in the woods. The Eater’s technique Well, not exactly a share, but if you like foundation’s gala on May 4 in at Lincoln is to scout out likely areas and then take the Barbecue Joint and want to see them move to bigger digs you can help them, Bill Smith while helping yourself to a heck of a deal. After the Joint lost some backing for its move to Elliott Road, they decided to try to fill the gap with some creative fundraising. The upgrade of the new spot is all ready and the Joint’s owners are hoping community support will help them over the line. The plan is to raise about 50K via the sale of 2-for-1 food deals. Pony up for a $1,000 gift card and you’ve got a 100 percent return on an invest- ment that you can eat. Now I know you’re saying, “Damn, Eater; that beats the heck out of my 401k.” And TIAA-CREF won’t toss in a side of icebox pickles. Call 932-7504, folks. That’s 932-7504. Operators are standing by.

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12 carrborocitizen.com/mill + APRIL 2009 MILL LITERARY S DANCE S Bulls Head April 16, Kim Holzer; Mother/Daugther April 17, 2pm; Joanna Performance eclectic 5Rhythms music Blues World Order. Bookshop April 23, Lizh; April 30, Book Club — Mothers Catherine Scott reads mix. April 3, 8-10:30pm, April 11, 8-11pm (les- Gilbert Neal. Noon, Car- and daughters (third- from Child Of The South, The Carolina Youth Tap Balanced Movement son 7:30pm), Carrboro Author Reading — UNC Ensemble presents “Good alum and winner of the rboro Century Center sixth grade) will discuss April 18, 11am; Hester Studio, 304 W. Weaver St. Century Center, 100 N. Vibrations,” a nonstop South Carolina book Book Discussion — The Andrew Clements’ Rumberg reads from Ten $5-$10. 698-8776 Greensboro St. $7-$11. April 15, 7pm Degrees of Reckoning: A percussive dance revue, prize DéLana Dameron Contemporary Fic- Frindel. Contra Dance — Present- TriangleSwingDance.org True Story of a Family’s featuring cutting-edge will read from her new tion Club will discuss Story Time — Kids ed by Triangle Country Love and The Will To contemporary choreogra- Contra Dance — Pre- book of poems How God Aravind Adiga’s The of all ages welcome Dancers with live music April 23, Survive, April 19, 2pm; phy along with traditional sented by the Carolina Ends Us. April 8, 3:30pm White Tiger. for stories, laughter by Floorplay. April 10, 7pm, Carrboro Cybrary and fun. Thursdays, Ann Ross reads from rhythm tap. April 25, 7pm, Song & Dance Associa- Miss Julia Delivers The 8-11pm (lesson 7:30pm), rrbCa oro Branch 10:30-11:15am April 26, 2pm, Carolina tion with live music by Goods!, April 25, 11am Carrboro Century Center, Library rMa ket Street Theater, 309 W. Morgan the Andrew & Noah 100 N. Greensboro Ongoing Events Books nMcI tyre’s St., Durham. $15 adults, VanNordstrand with Buz Special St. $7 members, $9 — Storytime, Saturdays Author Events — Jo- $10 seniors and students. Lloyd. April 17, 8pm (les- Author Events — Bart others. TCDancers.org, at 10:30am; Toddler anna Catherine Scott Ehrman discusses Jesus, Events 260-7585, ncyte.org son 7:30pm), Carrboro Time, Thursdays, 4pm reads from Child Of The Author Event — Charles [email protected] Century Center, 100 N. Interrupted, April 3, 2pm; Carolina Perform- South, April 3, 8pm; Joshua Howard discusses Irons, assistant profes- Ballroom Dance — Pre- Greensboro St. $8. 967- presents Alvin Cah pel Hill Public Bernice Mennis reads his book Long, Obstinate sor of history at Elon ing Arts sented by Triangle Star- 9948, csda-dance.org from Ailey American Dance Library Breaking Out Of and Bloody: The Battle University, will discuss Dusters. April 11, 8-11pm, Prison, April 5, 3:30- his book, Theater, one of the most Carrboro ZoneDance Ongoing Events of Guilford Courthouse, The Origins of Fred Astaire Dance Stu- 5pm; Amy Tiemann reads Proslavery Christianity: acclaimed international — Free-style dance to — Story Time, for ages April 4, 11am; Robert dio, 4702 Garrett Road, from Mojo Mom, April White and Black Evan- ambassadors of Ameri- 5Rhythms, trancedance 3-6; Junior Book Club, Brown discusses Sonnets: Durham. $7 StarDusters for readers grades 16, 7pm; Lauretta Han- A Mystery, April 5, 2pm; gelicals in Colonial and can culture, promoting meditation, includes non discusses her book members and students, 1-3; Time for Toddlers, Michael Burlingame Antebellum Virginia, for the uniqueness of the high energy music. for stories, songs and The Cracker Queen, April reads from Abraham the last talk in a South- $12 others. 942-7232 April 17, 8-9:30pm, 25, 7pm; John Shelton ern Historical Collection African-American cultural activities; Baby Time, Lincoln: A Life, April 9, experience and the pres- Square Dance — Pre- Balanced Movement for children between Reed and Dale Volberg 2pm; Pat Fortenberry book series featuring au- ervation and enrichment sented by NC Squares Studio, 304 W. 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Poetry On Your Plate book Adventures in Pen munity Center. $8, $6 Land: One Writer’s Jour- 962-4207, lib.unc. students. ncsquares.com — The Carrboro Cybrary edu/spotlight/2009/ Participatory will feature several S ney from Inkings to Ink, charles_irons.html Swing Dance — Pre- poets as part of the April 11; Todd Johnson Carrboro DanceJam reads from and discusses — Improv/free-style sented by Triangle Swing annual celebration of Dance with music by National Poetry Month. The Sweet By and By, S participatory dance with S

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MILL APRIL 2009 + carrborocitizen.com/mill 13 MUSIC c al e n d ar S The ArtsCenter Sarah and Matt Williams, Keep off The Grass Bull City, Pox Family Singers (4/25) Jeff Hanson 2nd Friday Jazz and Soul Jam at the West End (4/10) The Carrbros, Jimmy and The Teasers, The (4/26) Gliss, The Takeover UK, House of Fools Theatre (4/10) South Wing Band (4/10) John Chrome Plated Apostles (4/11) Danielle Miraglia, (4/28) Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Psychedelic Scofield Piety Street Band (4/18) Ollabelle (4/23) Okie Weiss and the Murder Ballads, 3 Days in Horseshit (4/29) Valient Thorr, Early Man (4/30) The Bobs with Bob Malone (4/30) Vegas, Starfish Coffee (4/12) Adam Sullivan (4/13) Tim Stambaugh (4/14) National Hotel, Nightlight blue bayou club Whiskey Smugglers, Spirit Family Reunion (4/15) Swan Quarter, Mysterium Tremendum, Chainsaw Tokyo Rosenthal (4/2) Matt Hill and the Buzzkills Brass Bed, Instant Jones (4/16) Valorie Miller, Demon (4/1) ROOTS Jamdown: Pinche Gringo (4/3) Will McFarlane Band (4/4) Open Blues Jam Rebecca Pronsky, Blag’ard (4/17) Corey and The and Sarita, The Black Twings, Feral Foster (4/4) with Butch Haas (4/7) Tim Alexander Band (4/9) Giants, Straight 8’s, Resist Not (4/18) Boom Lonnie Waller, Small Sur (4/5) Yellow Crystal Real Reubens (4/10) Damon Fowler (4/11) Dmitri Snake (4/20) Jimmy Brown (4/21) Saint Soli- Star, Boyzone, Amir Coyle (4/6) Mark Holland’s Resnik (4/16) Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King tude, The White Cascade, Embarrassing Fruits, Rhythm Force, Puritan Rodeo, Backwords (4/11) (4/17) Abe Reid and the Spikedriver (4/18) Open Polynya, Veelee (4/22) Patrick Phelan, Hey Penny, Pure Horsehair, Fever and the Fallin Rain, Dylan Blues Jam with Butch Haas (4/21) Jaafar (4/23) Billy Sugarfix (4/23) Wooden Toothe (4/24) Killer Gilbert (4/14) Drop in Silence, DataHata, Sub- The Nighthawks (4/24) Rootzie (4/25) Lisa Kyle Filler, The Noseriders, The Surge!, Atomic Mos- scape Annex, Alex Kotch, DJ Yugen, Ted Johnson and Friends (4/30) quitos (4/25) Old 86, The Spinns, Pinche Gringo, (4/17) Olivia Block, Jessica Rylan, Thomas Philips Dirty Little Heaters (4/26) DS Yancey (4/27) John and Craig Hilton, Bicameral Mind, Andrew Cat’s Cradle Harrison, The Rev John Delore, Our Horse Jethro Weathers (4/18) Foundry Field Recordings (4/19) Matt Wertz (4/2) Tim’m T West (4/3) Rocco (4/29) Monsonia, Jews and Catholics, Death Came DeLuca and the Burden, Honeyhoney (4/4) Cafe Down the Mountain (4/25) MV and EE, Daniel Funque, dub Addis, Jokes,Jokes,Jokes (4/5) Brian General Store Café Francis Doyle (4/27) Bernie Petteway (4/2) Marty Christian (4/3) Jonestown Massacre, The Flavor Crystals (4/7) Open Eye Café Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3, Eric Choir Swang Brothers (4/4) J A A F A R (4/9) 2ND (4/8) The Kingsbury Manx, Impossible Arms, STAGE (4/10) Armand and Bluesology (4/11) Chris Wimberley (4/1) Marty Christian (4/4) Americans in France (4/10) Katharine Whalen’s Tony Gailani Band (4/16) Martha Bassett (4/17 Braden Land (4/10) Pierce Edens (4/11) Sturges Lucky, Jon Shain Trio, Sally Spring with the Ted Rootzie (4/18) Marie Vanderbeck (4/23) Great and McGeehan (4/18) Lyons Experience (4/11) Of Montreal, Inkwell, Big Gone (4/24) Doc Branch (4/25) Victor reservoir Fire Zuave (4/13) Stereo Total, Leslie and The Murillo (4/30) Black Skies, The Proselyte, Phantom Glue LY’s (4/14) Superchunk (4/15) Wale (4/16) The harry’s market Foreign Exchange, YahZarah, Darien Brock- (4/1) Caltrop, Music Hates You (4/5) Rib- ington, Zo!, The ELs, Carlitta Durand (4/17) Pickin’ on the Porch, every Friday; 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