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Durham Skyland Inn

Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Honored With Two Communications Awards

Carolina Basketball Museum Adds Saturday Hours

Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Wins Six Marketing Awards

Mayflower XX Seafood

26th Annual Hog Day is a Green, Family-Fun Event

Studio 91 Fine Art & Wine Lounge

Torero’s Mexican Cuisine

Matthew’s Chocolates

Neal’s Deli

Foust Corner Market

Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Launches Summer Advertising Campaign

Chapel Hill Garden Suite

Buns

April 08

Franklin Street Banner

Rock Quarry Farm Bed & Breakfast

Visitors Bureau Encourages Residents to Discover Tourism Traditions During National Tourism Week

Toots and Magoo Gallery

South Estes Farmers’ Market

Orange County Farmers’ Market

Chapel Hill Studio

Transportation

Raleigh-Durham International Airport

Website
1000 Trade Dr, (Interstate 40 at Exits 284 and 285), RDU Airport; phone (919) 840-2123. Open daily, 24 hours. Located east of Chapel Hill. More than 20 airline companies (nine major and 15 regional carriers) provide direct service to 38 cities in the U.S., Canada and London. For information about airport parking, call (919) 840-2140.

Airline Companies

Air Canada—(800) 247-2262
AirTran Airlines—(800) 247-8726
AmericaWest Airlines—(800) 235-9292
American Airlines—(800) 433-7300
American Eagle—(800) 433-7300
Continental Airlines—(800) 525-0280
Continental Express—(800) 525-0280
Delta Airlines—(800) 221-1212
Delta Connection—(800) 221-1212
ExpressJet—(800) 958-9538
JetBlue—(800) 538-2583
MidWest Connect—(800) 452-2022
Northwest Airlines—(800) 225-2525
Southwest Airlines—(800) 435-9792
United Airlines—(800) 241-6522
United Express—(800) 241-6522
US Airways—(800) 428-4322
US Airways Express—(800) 428-4322

Airport Shuttles & Taxis

(The distance from RDU Airport to Chapel Hill is 18 miles. Depending on time of day, a taxi ride will take 20 to 30 minutes and will cost about $35, excluding tip. The least expensive ride to and from Chapel Hill is via the Triangle Transit Authority (see below).

Chapel Hill & Carrboro:
A Falcon Ride—(919) 309-2700 (Website)
Airport and Intown Taxi—(919) 942-4492
Airport Straight Taxi—(919) 933-3396
Airport Taxi—(919) 942-4598
Chapel Hill Taxi—(919) 933-9595
Destiny Transportation—(919) 968-1139
Ike’s Taxi—(919) 961-2477
Main Street Taxi—(919) 923-1479
Tar Heel Taxi—(919) 933-1255
University Taxi—(919) 928-9000

Hillsborough:
Angels on Wheels—(919) 644-7854
Doc’s Taxi & Transportation—(919) 643-1843

Other:
RDU Airport Taxi—(919) 840-7277
Ambassador Shuttle Service—(919) 656-7436
Charlene’s Safe Ride—(800) 835-8053 or (919) 309-7233 (SAFE) (Website)
Limousine Raleigh—(919) 244-1608 (Website)
Greenway Pedicabs—(919) 951-8158

Auto Rental

Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Website
1400 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill; toll-free (800) 736-8222, phone (919) 967-5128.

University Ford Rental
Website
102 Ephesus Church Rd, Chapel Hill; toll-free (800) 367-3027, phone (919) 929-0328. Open Mon.-Fri., 7:30am-6pm; Sat., 8am-1pm. We rent by the day, week or month, offering competitive rates. International and student drivers over 21 are welcomed.

Parking

Chapel Hill Parking
Website
150 East Rosemary St (Downtown), Chapel Hill; phone (919) 968-2758. Office open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. The Town of Chapel Hill offers more than 850 parking spaces throughout the central business district. Rates in the staffed facilities are $.65 per half hour (first 4 hours), $1.30 per hour (4-6 hours) and $1.80 per hour (over six hours). Additional charges may apply. The metered and pay-station rate is $1 per hour.
• For permits, citations and appeals, call (919) 968-2758, fax (919) 932-2926 or email parking@townofchapelhill.org.

University Parking
Website
Public Safety Bldg, Manning Dr, UNC campus, Chapel Hill; phone (919) 962-3951. Visitors to the University may park in pay lots or in specially marked metered spaces along selected streets on campus. Metered spaces can be found along Country Club Rd, Raleigh St, Ridge Rd and South Rd. Parking lot attendants are on duty at the
• Ambulatory Care lot, Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm
• Dogwood Visitor Deck, at all times except major holidays
• Morehead Planetarium, Mon-Fri, 7:30am-5:30pm
• NC Highway 54 Lot, Raleigh Road at Country Club Rd, Mon-Fri, 7:30am-5:30pm
For more information, call (919) 962-3951 or fax (919) 962-2572 or tune your car or hotel radio to 1610 AM.

Buses, local

Chapel Hill Transit
Website
1089 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill; phone (919) 968-2769. Operates Mon-Fri, 6am-8pm (with some evening and weekend service); closed on Town holidays. A cooperative agency of the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the University of North Carolina that operates local public transit services around Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the UNC campus and from five Park-and-Ride lots listed below.
All rides are free.
• Carrboro Plaza Shopping Center—Intersection of NC Highway 54 West and West Main St.
• Eubanks Rd—Off NC Highway 86 North, just south of the eastbound exit (266) of Interstate 40.
• NC Highway 54 Lot—Friday Center Dr.
• Jones Ferry Rd—At the intersection of Old Fayetteville Rd.
• Southern Village—Off US Highway 15-501 South, 3/4-mi. south of NC Highway 54 West.

Tar Heel Express
Phone (919) 968-2769. Bus service is provided by Chapel Hill Transit during many UNC home basketball and football games, as well as most concerts at the Dean E. Smith Center. The round-trip fare is $5, and a one-way ticket is $3. See below for parking lot locations and service hours.
5th Quarter Bus Service (to and from football games at Kenan Memorial Stadium)
Website
• P Lot, Airport Dr and Estes Dr Extension—3 hours before and 3 hours after games.
• 725 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd Lot—3 hours before and 3 hours after games.
• Friday Center Park & Ride Lot, off NC Highway 54 East—3 hours before and 45 minutes after games.
• Jones Ferry Rd Park & Ride Lot—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.
• Southern Village Park & Ride Lot, off US Highway 15-501 South—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.
• University Mall (Dillard’s parking lot), off Willow Dr—3 hours before and 45 minutes after games.
Basketball Bus Service (to and from basketball games at the Dean E. Smith Center)
• Friday Center Park & Ride Lot, off NC Highway 54 East—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.
• Jones Ferry Rd Park & Ride Lot—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.
• Southern Village Park & Ride Lot, off US Highway 15-501 South—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.
• University Mall (Dillard’s parking lot), off Willow Dr—90 minutes before and 45 minutes after games.

Buses, intercity

Greyhound / Carolina Trailways
Website
1201 South Blount St, Raleigh; toll-free (800) 229-9424, phone. Bus service is provided by Carolina Trailways at terminals in Raleigh and Greensboro to other major cities in North Carolina and all points beyond.

Orange Public Transportation (OPT)
Website
600 NC Highway 86 North, Hillsborough; phone (919) 245-2008 or (919) 245-2006. Provides regular bus service on selected routes between northern Orange County and downtown Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. Transportation for medical appointments is available for pre-qualified Orange County citizens. Minimal fees apply for most services.

Triangle Transit Authority
Website 1 or Website 2
68 T.W. Alexander Dr and 6 Park Dr, Durham (Research Triangle Park); phone (919) 485-7433 (RIDE). Provides airport shuttle and regular bus service between the Research Triangle Park and Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh. Provides commuter bus service to Apex, Cary, Garner and Hillsborough, plus express commuter routes from Raleigh to Chapel Hill and Durham, as well as a vanpool program, online carpool matching, bicycle commuting, general information and more. Shuttle bus service to and from RDU Airport takes 45 to 60 minutes, with a transfer at the depot in Research Triangle Park. Each leg is $2 or $4 each way to or from the airport.

Railroads

Amtrak / NC Railroad Corp
Website
1553 Mail Service Center, Raleigh; toll-free (800) 872-7245, phone. Operated jointly by the National Railway Transportation Corporation and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The closest intrastate stations are in Burlington, Cary and Durham, which offer connections to the interstate station in Raleigh for travel up and down the east coast and to other cities. (As of this writing, a citizens’ group was working to re-establish rail service in Hillsborough, which ended in 1964.)

Other Mode

Downtown Bicycle Rickshaws (Greenway Transit)
Website
1404 Angier Ave, Durham; phone (919) 957-8294. The first and only transport company in North Carolina whose vehicles run exclusively on human energy or biofuels (biodiesel, vegetable oil and ethanol, E85). The fleet includes Pedicabs (bike rickshaws) with service in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro, plus limos, vans and buses.

Carrboro Children’s Book Launches

Bruegger’s Bagel Bakery

Ten Thousand Villages

Main Street Art Gallery

Village Square Auctions

Silvery Moon (The)

Fetch & Vintage Revival

Carolina Basketball Museum

Win a Chapel Hill Weekend Getaway

We’d like to say “thank you” to all meeting professionals for making Chapel Hill one of the state’s most popular destinations for meetings and events. So, we’re giving away a Chapel Hill Weekend Getaway with free tickets to the Carolina-Notre Dame football game on October 11.

Summertime is a great time to book your meeting in the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro area. Two-thirds of the students are gone, so you practically have the entire campus to yourselves—plus the museums, shops, restaurants and more.

If you book a meeting of 15 room nights or more between June 15 and September 15, we’ll send you a special gift and put your name in to win a weekend that includes deluxe accommodations, meals, a gift basket and four tickets to the North Carolina-Notre Dame football games on October 11.

Chapel Hill is perfect for every price range, too. Hotels go from upscale to downright comfortable. And we have facilities to accommodate most any size group.

For more information, email Linda Ekelend or call (919) 967-4127. Remember to mention “Chapel Hill Weekend Getaway” (Promo 1011).

We look forward to seeing you here!

Visitors Bureau Launches New Website

2008 Visitors Guide and Map Highlights Orange County

Libby’s, Too

Kerr Cafe

Sugarland

Southern Rail

PT’s Olde Fashioned Grille

Locopops

Uptown

Mansion 462

Carolina Sky Bar & White Lounge

Crawdaddy’s Cajun Café

Cluck-U Chicken

Chocolaterie Stam

Chill Bubble Tea

Baba Ghannouj

Board of Directors

Current Members

• Lee Pavao, Chairman (representing the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce)
• Mark Sherburne, Vice Chairman (Orange County Lodging Association)
• Barry Jacobs (Orange County Board of Commissioners)
• Rick Strunk, Marketing Committee Chairman (North Carolina High School Athletic Association)
• Linda Convissor (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Dave Gephart (Alliance for Historic Hillsborough)
• Frances Dancy (Town of Hillsborough)
• Rachel Phelps Hawkins (Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce)
• Bob Ward, Finance Committee Chairman (Orange County Economic Development Commission)
• Jim Ward (Town of Chapel Hill)
• Jon Wilner (Town of Carrboro)
• Creston Woods (Orange County Lodging Association)

Meeting Minutes 2007

• October 17, 2007
• November 14, 2007

Meeting Minutes 2008

• January 16, 2008
• February 20, 2008
• March 19, 2008
• April 16, 2008
• May 21, 2008

Orange County Tourism Metrics (February 2007)

• PowerPoint Slide Presentation 1

2008 Meeting Locations

• February 20th – Ernie Williamsons Athletics Center 2nd floor, Chapel Hill
• March 19th – Extraordinary Adventures, Chapel Hill
• April 16th – Courtyard by Marriott, Chapel Hill
• May 21st – Aqueduct Conference Center, Chapel Hill
• June 18th – PHE,Inc. , Hillsborough
• July – no meeting
• August 20th- The Friday Center, Chapel Hill
• September 17th – Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill
• October 15th – The Arts Center, Carrboro
• November 19th – undetermined
• December – no meeting

January 2008 Reports

• Hotel Metrics
• Visitors Index 2006-2007
• Visitors Index 2007-2008

February 2008 Reports

• Raleigh Water Conservation Plan

Fun Facts About Hillsborough

• Before Orange County was founded in 1752, five Native-American tribes lived in the area. One was the Eno-Occaneechi Indian tribe, many of whose descendants still live in the Hillsborough area. Today, the Occaneechi Indian Village is a restored Native-American community, located on the Eno River where tribes in western North Carolina and south-central Virginia crossed along a trading path.

• Hillsborough was laid out in 1754 by William Churton on 400 acres where the Occaneechi Indian Trading Path crossed the Eno River. The town has been called “a museum without walls,” because its historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and boasts more than 100 late 18th and early 19th Century structures.

• Hillsborough was the site of the momentous North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1788, during which the convention delegates refused to ratify the Constitution until it included a Bill of Rights.

• The Old Orange County Courthouse has been cited by the Library of Congress as one of the finest examples of Greek-Revival architecture in the United States. It was built in 1844 and was the fourth structure on the site, after two Colonial courthouses (ca. 1755 and 1782), a gaol (jail), the gaoler’s house and kitchen, a Market-House, and whipping post and stocks.

• The Old Town Clock in the cupola of the present courthouse is said to have been a royal gift to the town in 1769. It hung first in St. Matthews Church of England (now the Presbyterian Church), then the tower of the Market-House. The “new” bell installed in the Old Orange County Courthouse in April 1997 was actually cast in 1747 and previously hung in St. Luke’s Church in Cannock (Staffordshire), England.

• A stone marker on the southeast corner of North Churton and East King Street in downtown Hillsborough, dated March 17, 1776, marks the spot where Daniel Boone led a small band of settlers to Kentucky, a virtual wilderness then. They were fleeing the unrest in the 13 colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Daniel Boone went on to become a trailblazer and legendary frontiersman. A number of Hillsborough facilities, including the Daniel Boone Village on South Churton Street, are named for him.

• The only complete set of Colonial weights and measures in the U.S. can be found at the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough.

• Hillsborough’s Ayr Mount Historic Site, built c.1815 on 265 acres overlooking the Eno River, is one of North Carolina’s finest Federal-era plantation homes.

• The Rev. Robert Burwell and his wife Margaret Anna Burwell operated The Burwell School Historic Site from 1837-1857 in downtown Hillsborough. The Burwell School was one of North Carolina’s leading Presbyterian schools for “young ladies.” Open to the public for tours, the school is the only one remaining of Hillsborough’s numerous good early 19th-century schools.

• In the last days of the Civil War, the AlexanderDickson farm was headquarters for Confederate General Wade Hampton. Wade used the farm’s outbuilding as his office. On April 18, 1865, Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston and J.C. Breckenridge and Postmaster General John H. Reagan all met in “the office.” The Alexander Dickson House has sometimes been called “the last headquarters of the Confederacy.” This is an appropriate title in the sense that it was the last headquarters of the commander of the largest armies to surrender to Union forces, larger even than the army that Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Today, the Alexander Dickson House serves as the Orange County Visitors Center and is home to the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough.

• The Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough has an elevation of 867 feet, the highest point in Orange County and one of the highest points in eastern North Carolina.

• Some of the county’s more exotic agricultural enterprises include a shitake mushroom and truffle farm, and a miniature donkey and mule farm. The truffle farm, located off Orange Grove Road near Hillsborough, is one of only two in the United States, because this fancy fungus is particular about where it will grow.

Fun Facts About Carrboro

• Carrboro was founded in 1882, when a spur from the Durham-Greensboro Southern Railway line was extended to link students at the University of North Carolina with the outside world. (The last passenger train to Carrboro ran in 1936, a result of the growing use of automobiles.)

• The train depot, first named West End, was located one mile from campus, the minimum distance (as mandated by a state law) to keep students as far as possible from “city temptations”.

• Thomas F. Lloyd built Alberta Mill, the town’s first textile mill, in 1899. The second floor was a hosiery mill in 1902 and then back to a cotton mill. Ten years after it was built, Julian Carr, a Durham tobacco magnate, bought the mill.

• Carrboro was incorporated in 1911 and named after Carr when he agreed to furnish electricity to town residents from his mill. (The town had been named Venable, in honor of Francis P. Venable, who was president of the University at the time.)

• The abandoned, dilapidated mill site was rehabilitated as Carr Mill Mall under the Tax Reform Act of 1976. Many of the bricked-in windows were opened and the interior masonry walls, heavy timbers and maple floors were left exposed. Today the mall has restaurants and some great up-scale boutique shops.

• Carrboro has been referred to as “the Paris of the Piedmont” because of its high concentration of art galleries and related facilities and services. The name originated with Nyle Frank, a UNC student, who picked it up from Chapel Hill Weekly reporter John Martin, after Frank moved to Carrboro.

• In its Travel Guide on June 18, 2002, USA Today named Carrboro 2nd of “10 great places with arts-filled spaces”.

• The ArtsCenter, a 21,000 sq.ft. community facility in Carrboro that offers a variety of classes and events in the visual, literary and performing arts, began as a painting class in a loft in 1975. First called The ArtSchool, it adopted its current name in 1986. On April 3, 1996, Joan Baez scheduled a fill-in concert at The ArtsCenter, and tickets to its 350-seat concert hall sold out in an hour.

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Chapel Hill: Heaven on Earth

Carrboro: Rich with Music, Arts, and Community

Hillsborough: A Home Town Feel

Home Grown in Chapel Hill

Hillsborough:  A Charming Mix of Personalities

A Creative Place To Call Home

A Great Place to Start Your Second Life

Great Music and Local Flavors

On-Going Exhibits and Events

Current Multi-Month Exhibitions

KidZoom: The Power of Creativity!

Opens July 11
Kidzu Children Museum’s first original exhibit, will inspire children to exercise creativity in all areas of life and to imagine what the future can hold for their own community. Fantastic creations by local artists, craftspeople, authors and others set the scene for this dynamic, colorful exhibit designed to harness our greatest natural resource, children’s creative energy. KidZoom features three primary creation zones, all powered by children’s imaginations:
“Green Thumb Garden-to-Table Market”. Sow the seeds of creativity in the Green Thumb Market, where children can learn about nature’s creations and the fantastic voyage produce takes from the garden to your dinner plate.
“Build-A-Dream Construction Zone”. The sky’s the limit in the Build-a-Dream Construction Zone, where kids are invited to plan and build their very own buildings and communities.
“Kidoodle Moodle Art Studio”. Moodle, doodle and use your noodle in the Kidoodle Moodle Art Studio! Children are invited to make original works of art to take home or display at Kidzu.
Kidzu Children’s Museum, 105 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill (919) 933-1455. http://kidzuchildrensmuseum.org/

Contemporary Drawings from the Ackland Collection

Through Aug 17
The Ackland Collection contains a selection of important works on paper created since the late 1970s, many of which have rarely if ever been exhibited. Contemporary Drawings from the Ackland Collection presents Julian Schnabel, Chuck Close, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, and Kehinde Wiley are among the many artists with works on display. Portraits, landscapes, studies for larger works in other media, and independent works range from intimate to monumental in scale. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

Flowing like Water: The Art of Liquidity

Through Aug 17
Our fascination with the movement of water goes back thousands of years. So too does the use of brush and liquid to create designs on pottery, panel, or paper. Flowing like Water: The Art of Liquidity explores how the liquid materials of painting, drawing, and even sculpture have provided analogies to the flow of water. James Abbott McNeil Whistler, Otto Dix, Minor White, Katsushika Hokusai, and Willem DeKooning are only a few of the artists included. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

Glorifying Patronage: Art in Service of Family, Fame, and Fortune

Through Aug 17
In response to the Ackland’s fall 2007 Contrapposto exhibition, which focused on art commissioned for the lofty goal of improving other people’s lives, Glorifying Patronage: Art in Service of Family, Fame, and Fortune focuses on art commissioned to glorify the lives of the patrons themselves. This exhibition of self-promotion includes paintings, medals, and engravings associated with notable Early Modern patrons – royalty, nobility, popes, and cardinals – who hoped to enhance their own reputations through commissioning works of art. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

In and Around the Garden: Perspectives East and West

Through Aug 31
A deep appreciation for the cultivated earth has been central to human culture for millennia. In and Around the Garden: Perspectives East and West gives visitors the unique opportunity to experience this profound relationship through a multitude of perspectives that span time, genre, and geography. The exhibition explores a sequence of garden-centered themes – from the scientific to the spiritual – in a rich variety of works, the majority of which are drawn from the Ackland Collection. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

History of Alcoholic Beverages

Through Aug 31
‘Satan in a Bottle’: Exhibit illustrates the turbulent history of such legal and illegal beverages in North Carolina, the first southern state to ban alcohol (1909). North Carolina Collection Gallery, UNC campus, Chapel Hill. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 9am-1pm; Sun, 1-5pm. Free. (919) 962-1172.

Digging History: Archaeology in Hillsborough

Through Aug 31
Photos, tools and text show visitors what archaeology is, how archaeologists work and the difference between archaeology and treasure hunting, with special displays on local digs. Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough. Tue-Sat, 11am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 732-2201.

The Art of Love

Through Sept 7
With twenty-one woodcuts, engravings, and etchings from the Ackland’s collection, The Art of Love explores notions of romantic love. The works of art are by Dutch, Flemish, French, German, and Italian artists from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries, such as Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Durer, and Marcantonio Raimondi. These artists engage with ideas about love rooted in classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages, and allow viewers to consider the extent to which they connect with modern conceptions. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art

September 21, 2008 – January 4, 2009
This exhibit will be the largest and one of the most significant exhibitions the Ackland Art Museum has ever mounted. The first major exhibition to examine the importance of the year 1958 as a critical tipping point in the evolution of American art, Circa 1958 explores in depth the moment American artists first departed from Abstract Expressionism to explore new trends that helped define the last half of the twentieth century. Mounted in celebration of the Ackland’s fiftieth anniversary, Circa 1958 includes approximately sixty-two works by fifty-seven artists drawn from more than fifty public and private collections, including the holdings of many of the artists themselves. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Free (919) 966-5736.

Monthly Events

Solo Art Exhibit

Jul 6-27
Wet-plate collodion photographs by C. Christopher Morgan. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

Solo Art Exhibit

Aug 24-Sep 14
Mixed-media collages by Joyce Watkins King. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

Solo Art Exhibit

Sep 21-Oct 12
Woodblock prints by Merrill Shatzman. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

Solo Art Exhibit

Oct 19-Nov 16
Photographs by Ellen Giamportone. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

Solo Art Exhibit

Nov 23-Dec 21
Tapestries by Sylvia Heyden. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1-4pm. Free. (919) 942-7818.

How to Use This Calendar

Under the photograph on the Calendar of Events page, you’ll see six labels. Here’s a quick explanation of each:

Calendar – Displays the current month, showing all the dates (shaded) on which events have been posted. Just click on the appropriate date to see the entries.

Submit Event – This function allows you to submit an event for your organization. Be sure to read each entry block carefully and to type in all the information that is requested—in the proper format. If you make any errors, the program will prompt you to make corrections. Also, p1ease be as brief as possible, and try to follow the style of events that are already posted. If you have any questions, you may call the Visitors Bureau at (919) 968-2060.

NOTE: All events will be reviewed by the Visitors Bureau to determine their eligibility, completeness and accuracy. Only events taking place within Orange County can be listed. The Visitors Bureau reserves the right to edit or withhold any listing.

Search – Allows you to find events by date or date range, key word, city and/or category.

Hot List – Displays events by popularity, based on the number of views it has received.

RSS – Stands for Really Simple Syndication, a format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. No need for you to use it, unless you’re a blogger, Webmaster or electronic journalist.

Favorites – A way for you to set up a list of events for regular future reference. Just follow the instructions after you click on the link.

A Place for Graduate School

Mother and Daughter Fall Visit

Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau to host Water Summit for Hospitality Industry

Mina’s Studio

Forever Young Spa

Day Spa 2.5.5.

Chapel Hill Skate Park

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

Morgan Creek

Upper Bolin Creek

Photos of Hillsborough

Ayr Mount Historic Site	Alexander Dickson House	The Burwell School
Orange County Speedway	Montrose Gardens	North Churton Street
Old Orange County Courthouse	Triangle Sportsplex	Daniel Boone Village

Photos of UNC

Ackland Art Museum	The Old Well	Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
North Carolina Botanical Garden	Memorial Hall

Photos of Carrboro

Weaver Street Market	Carr Mill Mall	Farmers Market
The ArtsCenter	Main Street

Photos of Chapel Hill

University Lake	A Southern Season	Dining
Kidzu Children’s Museum	West Franklin Street

Carolina Basketball Museum Adds Saturday Hours

Gardens, Music, Barbecue and More Highlight Spring and Summer Orange County, NC Events

Carolina Basketball Museum is a Must See

Hotel Statistics

Orange County Accommodations

Total Rooms by Location

1,132—Chapel Hill
109—Orange County (outside of municipalities)
211—Hillsborough

1,452—Total

Total Rooms by Type of Property

22—Bed & Breakfast Inn
20—Conference Center (not available to transient guests)
33—Private dormitory
21—Extended Stay
740—Full Service
494—Limited Service
122—Rooms Only

(data as of 6/30/2008)

Story Ideas

Chapel Hill Offers Family Fun

Touring campuses with a son or daughter doesn’t only have to be touring ivy-covered buildings and viewing countless video presentations. Prospective students like to know what attractions, nightlife; dining and shopping opportunities exist near campus. Not only does sightseeing provide a diversion from the decision-making, but it also makes trips fun for siblings brought along for the ride. College towns provide fun vacation destinations for the whole family. Chapel Hill, NC, is the quintessential college town. Home to the nation’s first state university, the town has numerous free attractions, as well as various reasonably priced activities. Check out the shopping, gardens, museums, planetarium, lakes and more.

UNC is Home to Top-Notch Performing and Visual Arts

Memorial Hall kicks off its 2007-2008 season of the Carolina Performing Arts Series with a concert by gospel and rhythm & blues superstar Aretha Franklin and features

• the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
• Bang on a Can’s new music marathon
• Caetano Veloso, the seminal Brazilian artist and activist
• Pamina Devi, a glorius Cambodian dance interpretation of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
• Russia’s oldest symphonic ensemble, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

At the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, you can experience dazzling multimedia star shows, varied exhibits, year-round programming for all ages and stellar shopping at the Infinity Gift Shop. See the beautiful rose garden and the timeless sundial on the front grounds. The current exhibit, ‘Zoom In: Science at the Extremes,’ is a two-part exhibit that highlights the big and small of our universe through the story of a gamma ray burst discovery and the examination of the inner workings of a human lung.

PlayMakers Repertory Company, currently in its 32nd anniversary season, is the Carolinas’ premier, professional, non-profit theatre company. With its dual commitment to engage the greater Triangle community in an ongoing exploration of theatre and nurture succeeding generations of artists and audiences, PlayMakers performs a five-show season in the Center for Dramatic Art in Chapel Hill.

The Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection of over 15,000 objects includes the art of Asia, Africa, Europe and America, with works ranging from ancient times to the 21st century. The Museum holds the most significant collection of Asian art in the state and one of the largest collections of works on paper in the Southeast. Long known for its strength in European painting and sculpture, the Ackland has more recently added additional emphasis to the building of its collection of twentieth-century and contemporary art.
Fastest 3/8-Mile Racetrack in America Returns to Orange County

Orange County Speedway is located in Northeastern Orange County in Rougemont on the site of the original Trico Motor Speedway, which was built in the early 1960s. What originally opened as a dirt facility was paved and is currently a 3/8-mile (.375) asphalt, high-banked oval track. The oval has a 16-degree banking in the straightaway and a 19-degree banking in the turns. The banking and wide-sweeping turns make this facility the fastest 3/8 mile track in the country. The track averages 50 feet wide, which offers plenty of room for side-by-side racing among competitors. In the past, —Orange County Speedway has also won a National Speed Award for 3/8-mile track and has won several awards from the Daytona Speedweek’s RPM Race Promoter’s Workshop Awards.

Orange County Speedway was one of the first tracks in the area to have live televised Busch races. Some of the top Winston Cup stars of yesterday “cut their teeth” in racing as regulars at OCS. The list includes Bobby Labonte, Todd Bodine and Jeff and Ward Burton. Most recently, Scott Riggs of Bahama, NC, began his racing career here at the Orange County Speedway. Over the years, many others have competed at OCS in Late Model Sportsman and Busch Races. Some other well known drivers to have raced at Orange County Speedway include Stacey Compton, Greg Davis, Barry Beggarly and Stacey Puryear, as well as Maurice Hill, who is one of the winningest drivers at Orange County Speedway, and Timothy Peters, Late Model Stock Champion at OCS in 2002 and 2003. The 2007 racing season runs March to mid-November.

Chapel Hill’s Newest Attraction Focuses on Kids

Kidzu Children’s Museum is a hands-on museum in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill where children up to 8 years old and the adults in their lives can safely discover, pretend and play to their heart’s content. The current exhibit, ‘Amazing Castles,’ invites children (and their parents and guardians) to don