?Puttin? on the Ritz for Seniors? is the theme for The Chatham County Council on Aging?s annual capital fundraiser, A Taste of Chatham. The gala will be held Sunday, August 3 from 4:00 until 7:00 in the upstairs clubhouse ballroom at the Governors Club.
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Carolina Brewery goers will enjoy three distinct approaches to artistic expression by Chatham Guild Artists at the June/July Show. Landscapes by Rita Baldwin, ceramic expressions by Cherie Westmoreland, and abstract acrylic paintings by Leslie Palmer blend to produce a harmonious vision at the Carolina Brewery and Grill on route 15/501 in Chatham County.
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The Chatham County Arts Council is pleased to present a special performance of "The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute, at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at The General Store Café in Pittsboro. The play is produced, directed and preformed by students of The Department of Dramatic Art at the UNC through the support of The Carolina Student Arts Grant.
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ChathamArts and the Village of Bynum will celebrate legendary folk artist Clyde Jones at the seventh annual ClydeFest set for April 26. The festival, featuring hands-on children's arts activities with Jones and others, will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bynum Ball Park located off of U.S. 15-501 in Bynum, between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.
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Three groups of popular area musicians will perform in a Cat's Cradle benefit for the Music Department of The Woods Charter School Foundation on Friday, March 14th at 8:00 P.M. Hobex and Great Big Gone will be joined by Lynn Blakey and Ecki Heinz.
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Sunday March 9th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. will be a celebration of the good works of Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services and ChathamArts, with an afternoon of culinary arts, live music, poetry, and an exciting art auction.
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Experience a rare opportunity to meet and purchase art from over 30 of the Southeast's finest folk artists at the Fearrington Folk Art Show. The Sixth Annual Folk Art Show will be held at the Barn at Fearrington on February 23rd and 24th from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Chatham County painter Shannon Spoor Bueker will exhibit a whimsical collection of canine shenanigans in the February/March Chatham Artists Guild show at the Carolina Brewery and Grill on route 15/501 in Chatham County. "Dog Life" contains over a dozen paintings of dogs in the woods, both joyful and trouble-making.
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When Andrew Dixon was growing up in the 60?s in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, an industrial area of northern England, he couldn?t have imagined a life as an artist in rural North Carolina. A birth defect caused Dixon to spend a great deal of time in hospital, reading and drawing.
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Shake off the winter blues and let the good times roll at Pittsboro's First Annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball sponsored by ChathamArts and the Abundance Foundation. The Big Easy style fun begins Saturday Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at historic Chatham Mills (480 Hillsboro Street).
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The fans have spoken and VH1 is celebrating the music of the 90s like it never has before. In an online poll, VH1.com users have voted Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as the greatest song from the 90s.
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Chapel Hill gallery owner Jane Tyndall judged selected works by over 50 Chatham Artists Guild participants at the opening reception for the 15th Annual Chatham Open Studio Tour Friday November 29th at the Central Carolina Community College campus in Pittsboro.
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Central Carolina Community College?s Chatham Small Business Center has been awarded a $6,000 grant to expand and enhance small businesses involved in the arts. The grant, from the North Carolina Community College System?s Small Business Center Network, provides full funding for ?Artist Up and Away,? a program to support emerging artists in the Siler City area.
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Music fans will get a double dose of outstanding live bluegrass and traditional tunes from some of the areas best
practitioners on Friday November 16 at Fearrington Barn. The Bluegrass Experience will reunite with old friends for a rollicking 36th anniversary performance, and Tommy Edwards and Friends will celebrate the release of their new CD, "The Christmas Album."
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Classroom teachers of Chatham County are invited to host an artist-in-residence in their individual classrooms during the school year of 2008-09. The artist typically works with 2-4 classes of a grade level for a week, teaching a particular core curriculum unit, selected by the homeroom teacher, and involving students in a hands-on, interactive experience with the art form.
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