Bike-fixing workshops, zumba classes, chalk on sidewalks, raffles, helmet-decoration sessions, yoga classes, bike tattoos, free coffee, information stands for local nonprofit groups, a climbing wall, jump-ropes…the list goes on and on. These are some of the free activities that locals will be able to enjoy at the Open Streets Carrboro on Saturday, April 13. After a January unanimous vote of… Read more →
The Wild Food + Herb Market is already bringing together a community of wild food enthusiasts. The first wild food market in the country had its second event on Sunday, April 7, in Carrboro. Josh Lev, co-director of the Wild Food + Herb Market, said he had a nice plant community when he lived in California, and he saw potential… Read more →
Dedicated shoppers trekked into the Carrboro Farmers’ Market two hours early this Saturday, April 6, to celebrate the market’s extended spring hours. It opened at 7:00 a.m. for the first time this season. Saturday’s Rise and Shine Opening Celebration treated shoppers to complimentary fresh scrambled eggs, biscuits and baked goods. The extended hours come as a precursor for the Wednesday… Read more →
Children crowded anxiously around a field full of brightly colored eggs as the hunt rules were read aloud. When the horn finally sounded, the children scrambled to grab as many eggs as their baskets could hold. Though the skies were overcast Saturday morning, Carrboro’s Hank Anderson Community Park was brightened by the smiles of excited children with multi-colored Easter baskets,… Read more →
By Faima Ramirez Carrboro Commons Staff Writer It’s less than 40 degrees outside and a sort of static electricity is in the air in downtown Carrboro. In almost every bar, restaurant and living room, people are sitting at the edge of their seats, eyes fixated on the television screen, one hand holding a drink and the other hand getting another… Read more →
By Morgan Johnson Carrboro Commons Staff Writer “For the Love of Carrboro” is an annual series of events celebrating the town of Carrboro. This year, “For the Love of Carrboro” was held from Feb. 11 until Feb. 14 with an event every night of the week. The final event concluding “For the Love of Carrboro” week was the second annual… Read more →
By Faima Ramirez Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Black light, neon-colored flashes, thumping bass, the DJ behind a MacBook, laser lights and full-blast electronic beat. No, it is not a scene from a techno rave at a nightclub on Rosemary St. It was all part of the first Electronic Cosmic Mass in the Triangle area. Two hundred people, mostly Carrboro… Read more →
By Maggie Cagney Carrboro Commons Staff Writer On Dec. 6, 1994, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen adopted a town philosophy that still rings true today: “As Carrboro grows in population and its boundaries expand, its citizens need opportunities to enlarge their circle of acquaintances, as well as to feel part of the entire community.” And for that, there is Carrboro… Read more →
By Jeremy Gerlach Carrboro Commons Staff Writer If you closed your eyes in the Carrboro ArtsCenter auditorium on Saturday night, you might have forgotten you were listening to high school sophomores and juniors. Keeping your eyes shut, you’d probably wonder how ArtsCenter concert director Tess Ocana had snuck bands so similar in style to the Beatles, Mumford and Sons or the Black… Read more →
By Lucie Shelly Carrboro Commons Staff Writer During the next five weeks, the teachers of the Chapel Hill and Carrboro public schools aren’t just running the coordination of the classroom — they’re running the track for their students and for themselves. The first annual 5K for Education, which will take place in Carrboro on April 28, was previously an addition… Read more →
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