When artist Gordon Jameson and wife Bonnie saw their future home on Dairyland Road, it was a plain house with no landscaping. “It felt like an old house in the… Read More →
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The arts are an important part of the fabric of Orange County. The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is seeking feedback on its activities, types of projects that might be… Read More →
Next Artists’ Salon Friday, May 20, 2016
The next Artists’ Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held on Friday, May 20, 2016. Artists’ Salons are held from 6:30-9 pm in the West End… Read More →
Vitamin O: Beth May
After four years in New Hampshire, Beth May, the Tempeh Girl, and her husband were “too wussified” to stay in the cold. They performed a web search on the following… Read More →
Vitamin O: Morinaga
Japanese manufacturing company Morinaga America Food’s new plant in Mebane will soon make millions of pieces of Hi-Chew candy a day. The candy was selected from many Morinaga products for… Read More →
Vitamin O: Braxton Foushee
As an all-state football player at Lincoln High, Braxton Foushee was too small to play college ball. That worked out well for Orange County. In the 1960s, Braxton helped integrate… Read More →
Vitamin O: Pickleball
Pickleball is “increasingly compelling and progressively addictive” says JB Marr, one of two Chapel Hill area pickleball ambassadors. The other, Jim Wilson, spearheaded local growth. In three years, interest bloomed… Read More →
Vitamin O: Rosie Caldwell
Rosie Caldwell retired two years ago from the Employment Security Commission. She now volunteers 48+ hours a week (“totally a labor of love”) at the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA)… Read More →
Spring 2016 Art Grants Deadline May 31, 2016
Spring 2016 Orange County Arts Commission grant applications and guidelines are now available. The deadline to apply is by 5 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. The Orange County Arts… Read More →
Vitamin O: Jock Lauterer
“I had been looking at him through reverse binoculars,” explains Jock Lauterer about his brother Nick who died at age 15. Nick was a troubled teen, killed by a drunk… Read More →
