International Baby Playdates began when Betsy Kempter invited co-worker and PhD student Xiao Hua Liu to bring her child over to play. The unofficial program quickly expanded to other international… Read More →
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Click here to subscribe and receive news items delivered to your inbox.Vitamin O: Sharn Jeffries
“We were run out of our home in Occoneechee Island by Nathaniel Bacon in the late 1600s,” says Sharn Jeffries, vice chairman of the ~1300 member American Indian tribe. In… Read More →
Vitamin O: Molly and Allison DeMarco
Molly DeMarco, research assistant professor in the UNC Department of Nutrition, volunteers with Justice United, Orange Politics, Orange County Transit Advocates, and the IFC. Allison DeMarco, a scientist at the… Read More →
Vitamin O: Patrick Brandt
Mebane resident Patrick Brandt teaches tree climbing, installs swings, and rescues cats. “I am always looking for excuses to climb trees.” His interest grew out of geo-caching; some of the… Read More →
Katie Murray Named Orange County Arts Commission Coordinator
Katie Murray has been selected to serve as the new Coordinator of the Orange County Arts Commission. Created in 1985 by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Arts Commission… Read More →
House Recommends Significant Increase for the Arts!
It’s a start! Through the hard work of ARTS North Carolina‘s lobbyists and advocates, the House has recommended a $500,000 increase to Grassroots Arts. (That’s money that gets distributed to… Read More →
Changes to Overtime Rules – Arts Nonprofits Impacted
Is your organization in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act? If you’re unsure, this is your opportunity to find out exactly what you need to know. Click on the… Read More →
Orange County Opens Whitted Building Art Exhibit Space Featuring Triangle Visual Artists
Triangle Visual Artists (TVA) is now exhibiting member’s artwork in the new art exhibit space on the second floor of the Richard Whitted Meeting Facility at 300 W. Tryon Street… Read More →
Check Out OCAC’s New Facebook Page
The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) has a new Facebook page (please click on the icon below): Or you can click on the Facebook icon in the right corner (top… Read More →
Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 Study in Orange County
The Arts Mean Business. That is the message being delivered by the Orange County Arts Commission, who announced it has joined the Arts & Economic Prosperity® 5, a national study… Read More →
