FEATURES
34 Festive Family Outings
Road trips to get you in the holiday spirit
42 A Very Chapel Hill Thanksgiving
We’ve got you covered on everything but the turkey
48 Raise a Glass
Crowd-pleasing cocktails
50 Gifts of Gratitude
Thank your host with these local items
52 At Your Service
Dementia Friendly Orange County trains businesses to interact with those community members with dementia
54 Healers in the Hallway
School nurses who have dedicated their careers to our children
64 Checking in with Dr. Roper
UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. William L. Roper
68 Coming Back After Cancer
A YMCA program builds strength and camaraderie for survivors
80 Home, Made
Design trends to steal from this year’s Parade of Homes
PEOPLE & PLACES
14 Be Loud! ’17
16 Festifall
18 Compass Center’s CUT IT OUT program
19 Abundance NC’s Pepperfest
20 Carrboro Music Festival
21 Joan H. Gillings Center
for Dramatic Arts dedication
22 Fast Break Against Cancer
23 Blue Hill District
unveiling party
24 Hannah Ruth Foundation birthday celebration
25 Al’s Burger Shack’s Puerto Rico fundraiser
26 Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill anniversary party
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Letter from the Executive Editor
8 Noted
28 5 Events Not to Miss
30 Books
UNC Basketball’s “Redemption” and travel journal “Not Afraid of the Fall”
97 Taste
Find our area’s best restaurants
109 Engagement
Stephanie Salcedo and Eugene Rossitch
110 Weddings
Lauren Joyner and Stephen Cook; Emily Mason and Ron Stewart; Christopher Rubish and Brooke Johnson