Chapel Hill Weekend Fun
Chapel Hill, NC – The cool nights of autumn make for some great sleeping weather. But this weekend in Chapel Hill and the surrounding towns, there’s a lot of good reasons to get out of bed.
Here are a few selected local events including wine tasting, Halloween costume making, craft fairs and yard sales that are sure to get me up off the mattresses, soft and cozy tho’ it is.
Carrboro Civic Club Craft Fair and Raffle
The Carrboro Civic Club is hosting a Craft Fair and 50/50 Raffle at the clubhouse located directly behind the Carrboro Fire Station. Items for sale include original art prints, notecards, candles, metal sculptures, birdhouses, ornaments, hand-crafted jewelry, Carrboro T-shirts, artist designed dog bandanas and raffle tickets. Also available for sale will be homemade breakfast biscuits and hot dogs.
Saturday, October 22, 2011, 8 AM – 1 PM
Carrboro Civic Club
102 Bim Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Orange County Historical Museum: Annual Yard Sale
The Orange County Historical Museum is pleased to announce its Annual Yard Sale fundraiser.
Board members and friends of the museum will offer household items, linens, tools, clothing, jewelry, toys, books, vintage pieces, and antiques for sale.
The sale will be held in the lot between CBS Used Cars and Cardinal State Bank on S Churton St.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Orange County Historical Museum
Held at lot between CBS Cars & Cardinal Bank
Hillsborough, NC 27278
NC Botanical Garden Goblin Fest
Come out and join artist and gardener Forrest Greenslade in creating concrete mask sculptures of Gnomes, Nymphs, Elves, Pixies, Fairies, Trolls, Animals, and other magical woodland creatures. This Saturday morning workshop for young artists will show you how to sculpt in concrete and use recycled materials and found objects to create a sculpture mask. Bring your paper plates, sea shells, pebbles, and any other objects to add to your sculpture. The masks will be soft for two days, then hung for display during the Garden’s 2011 Sculpture in the Garden show. In 3 weeks your pieces will be cured and taken home for your own GobinFest. (Following the workshop, families may want to plan a picnic at the Garden, and visit the other Sculptures in the Garden). Advance registration is required. Fee: $15 ($10 NCBG members).
Saturday October 22, 2011
10 AM – 12 PM
NC Botanical Garden Education Center
100 Old Mason Farm Rd
Chapel Hill, NC
10th Annual NC Food & Wine Festival
Jenny’s Pickles of Kernersville, NC. A modern day pickle with an old-fashioned taste. All hand-picked, hand-cut, and hand-packed. 1pm-5pm: Goat Lady Dairy of Climax, NC. Handmade farmstead cheese made from fresh goat’s milk. 12pm-3pm: Rawclates, Elegant and artisan, raw chocolates. 100% organic, it’s signature taste grabs the imagination.
11am-5pm
A Southern Season
201 S Estes Dr
University Mall
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Voices From the Grave: Haunted Cemetery Tour
In 2010, the Voices from the Grave tour was highly successful and sold out weeks in advance. This year’s tour will bring back the same haunting tour and offer visitors an opportunity to meet new notables such as Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Horace Williams, Paul Green, and others.
Dark shadows and lantern light create the perfect mood for visitors to hear the words and the stories of those whose final resting place is below their feet. Not recommended for children under 12.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of event, they can be purchased by calling the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill at (919) 942-7818. Tours every 15 minutes.
Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
South Rd
UNC Campus
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
More Info
Get more info on weekend events at VisitChapelHill.org.
Photo by Gaudencio Garcinuño.
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