Out & About
Watching the refugee crisis or any number of natural disasters unfold before us on the news is heartbreaking. Our natural tendency is to want to do something—anything—that makes us feel like we’re helping those in need. While sitting here in the comfort of Chapel Hill, observing our excess, we may […]
Disgraced — Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. — This Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama by Ayad Akhtar follows the life of a man who loses touch with his Muslim heritage as he navigates the business world. He must face the consequences of his distractions at a dinner party where friendly conversation quickly takes a serious […]
PRIMETIME Business Expo — Thursday, 4-7:30pm — Meet the movers and shakers in our business community and learn about brag-worthy local products and services to advance both your business and personal life at Orange County’s largest business expo. Enjoy networking, food, and plenty of freebies! UNC Friday Center, 100 Friday […]
If you hear cheering when you walk in Italian Pizzeria III, don’t be startled – the UNC basketball team or an Italian football team probably just scored. Two things are guarantee to happen when you go for dinner at IP3. There’s going to be some sporting event playing on the […]
Lights, camera, action … University Place is getting a movie theater! The 13-screen Silverspot Cinema is only the third location of the luxe cinema chain that hopes to elevate the movie-going experience with a green design, upgraded concessions, and a full-service restaurant and bar. Here are the five things you […]
The shopping destination formerly known as University Mall has never looked so good. With a fresh new appearance — and a new name — University Place takes home the title for best place to shop ‘til you drop for the third year in a row. Recent additions like Planet Fitness, Aveda Chapel Hill and Kidzu Children’s […]
How do you bike across the country raising money for cancer? For starters, you have to be loud and be proud. In mid-June, seven local boy scouts, along with six leaders, from Troop 845 kicked off on a transcontinental bike ride. Starting with their tires in the Oregon Pacific, the crew is […]
Jordie Kerwin had hopes of being in the audience for Ellen DeGeneres’s Mother’s Day show, so she wrote a letter about how much she has wanted to be a mom, how teaching kindergarten at Northside Elementary has fulfilled her desire to be around children and how grateful she is to be expecting a little […]
The Barn at Fearrington Village hosted a BBQ supper soiree benefitting the Be Loud! Sophie Foundation. The foundation, which supports adolescent and young adult cancer patients and their families at UNC Hospitals, honors the memory of Sophie Steiner, a Chapel Hill teenager who died of cancer in August 2013. Tony […]
“How do you catch a squirrel? You act like a nut!” exclaims 14-year-old Jake Ingham with a burst of laughter. Donned “The Joke Man” by a Duke Radiothon host in early 2008, Jake has written a joke book every year since second grade. When he graduated from Morris Grove Elementary […]
