Southern Village Marketplace

Mark your calendars for this annual event presented by the Chapel Hill Police Department for the benefit of Special Olympics.  It will be a day of live music,  food and drink, a silent auction, and fun activities for the entire family, including a space walk and a popcorn machine. 

Admission: $5 for adults, free for kids
BBQ & Fixings: $5 per adult or child
Drinks: $2 for beer or wine, $1 for soda or water

The event is sponsored by Pazzo and The Carolina Brewery.

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Market Street  Southern Village is presenting ‘Arts on The Green’, an  event that will feature an unprecedented collarboration between the Orange County Artists Guild (OCAG) and The Triangle Youth Ballet (TYB). 

The juried art show presented by OCAG will feature the works of 65 local visual artists, members of Orange County Artists Guild, Chatham County Artists Guild, Carolina Designer Craftsman, Piedmont Designer Craftsmen, as well as several exciting new artists juried in for the show.  Expect to find hand-crafted pottery, paintings, jewelry crafted in a variety of materials, garden art, metal sculpture, textiles, handmade books, glass works, prints, photography and more.  

Art will range from the affordable, starting under $20 for casual gifts and collections, to fine art and designer crafts and furniture in the $100’s to $1,000’s—items to be appreciated or purchased by connoisseurs and collectors.  This will be a great opportunity to find unique gifts in all prices for Mothers Day, Graduation, Weddings, or just for you.  

Additionally, the day will be a celebration of National Dance Week, with an afternoon of dance and other musical performances by The Triangle Youth Ballet and friends, appearing for the second year in Southern Village.  This event drew a large audience last year, attracted by the diversity of dance genres and the wide age range of the performers.  Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and maybe even a picnic, so you can watch the dancers from The Triangle Youth Ballet, Bollywood performers from Chapel Hill High School (CHHS), ‘Arts in Action’ from Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, and a Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts form) exhibition.  There will also be live music from the Ukulele orchestra from CHHS, the Volunteer Brass Orchestra, ‘alt-country-ska-folk’ from local group North Columbia, and much, much more.  See below for complete schedule of music.

Location: Market Street in Southern Village.  Artists will be set up around and on the Village Green on Market Street.  Live music and dance performances will be held all day on the stage on the Green.

 The event is free and open to the public. 

The Rain Date for the event is Sunday, May 2nd, 10:00am to 5:00pm.

PARKING:  Due to the large attendance we expect at the Arts Fair, we know that parking will be challenging, but not impossible.  Please park in the center lot on Market Street, on side streets, or  in the lots behind and under the buildings on Market Street.  Or you can park in the Town of Chapel Hill Park-and-Ride lot, which is adjacent to Market Street and an easy walk.  To get to the Town lot, enter Southern Village on Market Street, make the first left onto Kildaire Road, and continue straight through to the lot.  You may also want to consider leaving your car behind and taking one of the Town’s free buses (Routes NS or V) that stop right on Market Street  in Southern Village.

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MUSIC & DANCE SCHEDULE (Click Below):

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Paperhand Puppet Intervention to visit Southern Village
For Earth Day Celebration
On Saturday, April 17th

 Mark your calendar now to celebrate Earth Day with a very special production by the ‘Paperhand Puppet Intervention’ troupe.   The event will feature an inspiring show called “The Crawdad’s Conundrum,” which will appeal to all ages—adults as well as children.  As described by the Paperhand folks, the show focuses on the web of life, ecology, biology, and the environment. In this show, told in rhyming verse, the Troupe uses rod puppets and cardboard to tell the story of a fiesty young Crayfish who is determined to have her voice be heard. All sorts of adventures unfold as the heroine and her friends–a deer, a turtle, and other river dwellers try to protect their home from the ever increasing needs of the man.  The show will be presented in a traditional style puppet stage, complete with a red curtain.

Following the show, the performers will lead a lively parade around Market Street in Southern Village.

Place:  The Village Green at Southern Village, Chapel Hill 

Date and Time: Saturday, April 17^th, 2010 2:00 pm 

Admission:  Free; please bring an item of non-perishable food to donate to the Weekend Backpack Project of TABLE (check out www.tablenc.org for more information about this initiative.)

Year of The Tiger: Celebrate Chinese New Year at Merlion
8-Course Banquet Dinner and Lion Dance performance
Saturday, February 13, 5:30 pm

 Merlion Restaurant will herald in the majestic Year of the Tiger 2010 with a special 8-course  Gourmet of Fortune Banquet Dinner followed by a traditional Lion Dance performance at 8:30 pm.  

Tempt your taste buds by clicking on  http://merlionfood.com/Menu/CNY.pdf  for menu details.