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Blake McGee and Tricia Redleski, who are planning a November wedding at The Carolina Inn.
Brides, grooms, relatives and friends flocked to The Carolina Inn for its annual bridal fair. View the photos ...
An enjoyable way to spend a Sunday evening? Listening to Andrew Marlin play a solo set at Southern Village.
But I'm not sure I enjoyed it as much as this dog, who spent at least 80% of the concert doing his own interpretive dance.
Andrew Marlin, Southern Village in arts & style, events 
Member of the Triangle Youth Ballet.I was definitely sorry to miss the Arts on the Green event at Southern Village on Saturday. But thanks to Bev Carr, we have some wonderful photos. You can find them here.
Two bits of music news I want to pass on.
1) The Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Battle of the Bands in Hillsborough. To enter, visit here to download a registration form. A panel will review all submissions and choose eight bands to perform Sat. May 1 at the Hillsborough Moose Lodge Family Center, 202 Holiday Park Road. Admission is $5. The winner of the band contest will be a featured performer at the Annual Hillsborough Hog Day Sat. June 19.
2) Southern Village in Chapel Hill is looking for musicians to participate in its Summer Music Series Talent Show. E-mail Danny Gotham at steelstringer@aol.com for details on how to sign up.
UPDATE: Some recent coverage in Chapel Hill News updates the fate of the symphony performance: Symphony officials have committed to a June 25 performance date due to a quick fundraising effort from the community.
The free N.C. Symphony performance at Southern Village that attracts 2,000 annually is in jeopardy.
Julie Benbow, Chris Dye and their pup, Harper, enjoy some pizza before the start of last year's show.
Bev Carr, the marketing and events coordinator with the Market Street Association, the non-profit that maintains the green and helps put on the annual show, said symphony leaders told her Thursday they needed $8,000 to continue the Southern Village performance this year. And they said they needed to know by Monday the status of that money.
By Monday, donations from 60 individuals and business flowed in, equalling $5,000, leaving about $3,000 as of today left to be raised, Carr said.
“I talked to my contact at the symphony late on Monday and he was overwhelmed, shocked we raised that much,” Carr says. “He said he’s going to recommend to his board that they come, that we schedule the concert and we’ll come up with the money somehow.”
The symphony, which has been experiencing financial difficulties, has covered the $18,000 cost of the performance in the past through its own budget and from donations from the Southern Village Market Street Association and Harrington Bank.
The Market Street Association also pays for all of the costs to produce the event, which has included a canopy, valet parking and more. Harrington Bank also puts on a pre-symphony reception.
This year, symphony leaders said the group could no longer subsidize the cost to perform, money their organization pays for equipment, sound, lighting, instruments and musician pay.
She said the board is scheduled to take a final decision on the concert date this week.
Want to help out? Contact Bev Carr at bcarr@mcarolina.com or at 919.969.7301 x231
For the 10th consecutive year, the North Carolina Symphony, under the direction of resident conductor William Henry Curry, entertained a large audience Friday night at the Village Green in Southern Village. Musical selections ranged from Strauss and Mendelssohn to the more contemporary tunes from movies like Star Wars.
Prior to the show, Harrington Bank hosted a party at its Southern Village location.
Here are a couple of photos from the evening’s events. For a complete gallery, click here.
Larry Loeser of Harrington Bank and John Fugo of Montgomery Development.
Julie Benbow, Chris Dye and their pup, Harper, enjoy some pizza before the start of the show.
The Southern Village Farmers' Market opened yesterday, complete with beautiful weather, a performance by the fifth grade chorus at Mary Scroggs Elementary and a cooking demonstration by Il Palio Ristorante. And, of course, fresh, quality produce from local vendors. Here is just a taste of what the first farmers' market of the season out on the village green looked like:
After six-and-a-half years in business, Market Street Books in Southern Village will close April 30. Prices on merchandise have been slashed 35 to 75%, and several miscellaneous items, such as props and food service supplies, are also for sale.
Executive Director Michael Lyle said the decision was made rather suddenly because the business’s lease runs out April 30, and sales have been down 40% over the past eight months. Several last-ditch fundraising efforts did not get the response the staff was hoping for.
“[Closing] has been an option that we’ve not wanted to have to take,” Lyle said.
Market Street Books was recently named 2008 Small Business of the Year by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. The store has nine part-time employees. Lyle said the space is available for lease.
