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Hillsborough’s 2022 Solstice Lantern Walk!

Hillsborough's Farmers Market Pavilion 144 E Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC

Participants are invited to craft a handmade lantern before joining at Hillsborough's Farmers Market Pavilion (144 E Margaret Ln. Hillsborough, NC) at 4:30 PM on Winter Solstice, Wednesday, December 21, 2022. After sundown, we’ll follow a procession along Hillsborough's River Walk, lanterns lighting our collective path into warmer, brighter days ahead. We're thrilled to announce... Read More →

Cedar Ridge Senior IB Art Student Show: Collaged Connections and Surrealist Reality with Lee Lyons and Ariel Blanchard

Margaret Lane Gallery 121 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC, United States

The first of the Cedar Ridge High School IB Senior Art Student Shows, featuring work by Lee Lyons and Ariel Blanchard. From Lee: Inspired by the viewer-centric philosophy of the Neo-Dadaists, my body of work was created as an opportunity for self-exploration on the part of the viewer. Using papier collé as my medium to... Read More →

Free

READ IT & REAP

Orange County Public Library 137 W Margaret Ln, Hillsborough, NC, United States

It’s almost Women’s History Month! Women’s History Month is an annual celebration that highlights contributions in history and our society from vital women. This year’s theme, Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories, we will highlight the powerful story of Black women mathematicians who helped NASA launch a crew into space. The Orange County Office of... Read More →

Free

EQUINOX – A House Party Benefiting Hillsborough Arts

Private Residence

Join us on Saturday, March 18 at the home of local textile artist and HAC Board Member, Ali Givens, for an evening of spring surprises. Live music by Blake Christiana of Yarn, festive food & drink, and curated arts experiences are the recipe for a night you won't want to miss. ​TICKETS ON SALE NOW!... Read More →

$85 – $155
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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 →

April ArtWalk Opening w/ Eno Arts Mill Artists

Zoom , United States

Please join us for the virtual opening of an exhibit featuring five talented artists from the Eno Arts Mill: Esten Walker Mango Martinez Mary Ann Rozear Michelle Spaulding Samir Knego This virtual opening and art show are free and open to all members of our greater community. This opening will be an opportunity to hear... 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 →

Earth Month Last Friday & the Art Walk!

Downtown Hillsborough Hillsborough, NC, United States

Join us in the evening on Friday, April 28 to celebrate the symbiosis between nature, art, and science at an Earth Month-themed Last Friday & the Art Walk in Hillsborough, NC! Along with Last Friday's monthly variety of visual art; special exhibitions; live music; Roaming Poets; and a Living Arts Collective drum circle, Dancewave, and... Read More →

Free

Soil Collection Ceremony

Historic Orange County Courthouse 106 E. King St., Hillsborough, United States

Battle Courtroom, Orange County Courthouse,106 Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC Join us in commemorating Cyrus Guy, Daniel Morrow, Jefferson Morrow, Washington Morrow and Wright Malone – all victims of racial terror lynching in Orange County in 1869. Our time together will include proclamations, a libation ceremony and a presentation to families of the victims. The event... Read More →

Orange-Chatham African American Cultural Festival

Hargraves Community Center 216 N Roberson Street, Chapel Hill

PERFORMANCES, FOOD, VENDORS, ART Hargraves Community Center: 216 N Roberson Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516 Come out to celebrate African American Culture through expressions of ART, MUSIC, DANCE, AND POETRY. For more information, please contact: artsandletters@chcaa-dst.org