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Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth

Hargraves Community Center 216 N Roberson Street, Chapel Hill

Celebrate Black community and culture with live performances, Black-owned small business and non-profit expos, kids activities, food trucks, and more. More information coming soon. Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro proclaimed the observance and commemoration of Juneteenth on... Read More →

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JUNETEENTH AT THE ENO ARTS MILL

Eno Arts Mill 437 Dimmocks Mill Rd Suite 17, Hillsborough, NC, Hillsborough, North Carolina

The Northern Orange Branch of the NAACP, Spirit Freedom, and the Orange County Arts Commission present JUNETEENTH 2023 Portraits of Freedom 2-6pm at the Eno Arts Mill Free and open to all! Art exhibits by Donn Young, TJ Mundy, and Michelle Spaulding Poetry with Fred Joiner and Katie Bowler Young Performances by Soteria Shepperson, Regina... Read More →

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Last Fridays & the Art Walk

Downtown Hillsborough Hillsborough, NC, United States

Last Fridays & the Art Walk are FREE monthly celebrations of art & community in downtown Hillsborough, March-November 2023. With 20+ participating venues, each events includes a new monthly variety of gallery openings, live music, roaming poets, Living Arts Collective drum circles & dancewaves in River Park, Makers Markets (May-Oct), family activities/crafts, and so much... Read More →

Carrboro to hold 10th Annual Frederick Douglass Community Reading

Carborro Century Center 100 North Greensboro street, Carrboro, NC

CARRBORO, N.C. -- Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils is pleased to announce that the Town of Carrboro will hold its 10th Annual Community Reading of the Frederick Douglass essay "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The reading will occur from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century... Read More →

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Last Fridays & the Art Walk

Downtown Hillsborough Hillsborough, NC, United States

Last Fridays & the Art Walk are FREE monthly celebrations of art & community in downtown Hillsborough, March-November 2023. With 20+ participating venues, each events includes a new monthly variety of gallery openings, live music, roaming poets, Living Arts Collective drum circles & dancewaves in River Park, Makers Markets (May-Oct), family activities/crafts, and so much... Read More →

FRANK Featured Artist Exhibition Opening Reception

FRANK Gallery 201 South Estes Dr, Suite B-6, Chapel Hill

Join us on Second Friday in August from 6 to 9pm for the opening reception of our newest Featured Artist Exhibition. Explore and celebrate the work of member artists R. Scott Horner, Kaidy Lewis, Susan Filley, and Polina Varlamova and guest artist Joe Grant.

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ArtCycle Supply Drive

Partnering with Orange County Schools, we're excited to announce the 2023 ArtCycle Supply Drive! As Back-to-School approaches, we’re celebrating Arts Education & Arts Educators at this month's Last Fridays & the Art Walk! Help us make a difference by donating art & school supplies in new and good condition to Orange County classrooms and local... Read More →

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Last Fridays & the Art Walk

Downtown Hillsborough Hillsborough, NC, United States

Last Fridays & the Art Walk are FREE monthly celebrations of art & community in downtown Hillsborough, March-November 2023. With 20+ participating venues, each events includes a new monthly variety of gallery openings, live music, roaming poets, Living Arts Collective drum circles & dancewaves in River Park, Makers Markets (May-Oct), family activities/crafts, and so much... Read More →

Live at Legion Concert

The American Legion 3700 NC-54, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Bring your blankets and chairs and join us for the*new* Live at Legion community concert. The event is free and all ages. Check back for the lineup of musical acts. Food and drink beverages will be available for purchase.

Free

Langston Hughes’s 1931 visit to Chapel Hill: The Scottsboro Case and Legal Lynching

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

OCCRC, Carolina Public Humanities, and the Chapel Hill Public Library will host NCSU English Professor Dr. Jason Miller to discuss Langston Hughes’ most famous anti-lynching poem, which he debuted in Chapel Hill during his 1931 visit to Orange County. His appearance was so controversial that police were stationed outside the door of his public reading.... Read More →

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