Calendar
for December 13-
January 8
For
complete listings of Carolina events, see the Carolina
Calendar
For
complete listings of Carolina athletics, see tarheelblue.com
Readings/Films/Performances
MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
Call
962-1039 or 2-2224. www.unc.edu/depts/music/
12/13
Chapel Hill Community Chorus. Aud, Hill. 8 pm.
PLAYMAKERS
REPERTORY COMPANY
Call
962-7529, www.playmakersrep.org
Paul
Green Theater. $
Through
12/22 "Proof." Tues-Saturday, 8 pm; Sun, 2 pm. $
Attractions
THE
CAROLINA INN'S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Call 933-2001; Christmas phone line, 913-1010; 12days@carolinainn.com;
www.carolinainn.com/christmasevents.shtml.
Unless noted, reservations required & $.
Through 1/6 On display: Self-guided tour of elaborate Twelve Days
of Christmas decorations and art; also seasonal sand sculpture
on restaurant terrace by Ed Moore's Sandy Feat; Gingerbread Village;
Christmas Memories; Nell and Gordon Rutherford's collection of
vintage toys. Free.
12/14 Gingerbread House Demonstration. 11 am. Reservations required.
Free.
12/15 Four Authors for Young Readers. 1 pm.
12/17 Family Tour and Author Reading. 2 pm.
12/19, 28; 1/3 Family Tours. 2 pm.
12/31, 1/3 Carolina Inn's History and Tour. 10-11:30 pm. Reservations
required. Free.
12/23 Doll Houses and Miniature Structures. Gordon Rutherford
leads a group to the Ackland Art Museum to view his railroad station
display. Lunch follows. 10 am.
1/2 First Lady of Interior Design. Cecilia Grimes talks about
Elsie de Wolfe and the introduction of the cocktail party. Noon.
Reception & lunch.
MOREHEAD
PLANETARIUM
www.morehead.unc.edu/,
spinelli@email.unc.edu.
No
public shows Mon, Tue. Closed 11/28; running Saturday schedule
11/29. $
"Star
of Bethlehem."
"Larry,
Cat in Space."
"Sol
& Company."
"Solar
System Adventure."
NORTH
CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN
Hours
Mon-Fri,
8 am-5 pm; Sat, 9 am-5 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Piedmont
Nature Trails: Dawn to dusk daily. Main visitor area will be closed
12/21, 22; 12/24-29; 1/1.
Call 962-0522, www.unc.edu/depts/ncbg/.
Registration
required & $ unless noted otherwise.
Exhibits
Diminutive
Nature Art. Original art by local artists. Through 12/31.
Special Events
Through
12/22 Handcrafted Pine Decorations Sale. Totten Ctr.
Tours/Walks/Hikes
12/14,
21 Plant Collections tour. 10-11 am. Free.
12/21 Coker Arboretum tour. 11 am-noon. Free.
1/4 Plant Collections tour. 10-11 am. Free.
Classes
Call
962-0522 to register.
1/6, 13, 20, 27 Botanical Illustration -- Basic Watercolor Techniques.
1-4 pm.
1/14, 16, 21, 23 Vegetable Gardening in the Piedmont. 7-9 pm.
1/25; 2/1, 8, 15 Local Flora of the Winter. 9 am-noon.
Galleries/Exhibits
ACKLAND
ART MUSEUM
Wed-Sat,
10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1-5 pm. Call 406-9837 (tape), 966-5736 (voice),
962-0837 (TTY); ackland@email.unc.edu,
www.ackland.org
Tour
12/22
"Dark Jewels." tour.
Ongoing Exhibitions
"Buddhist
Art and Ritual from Nepal and Tibet." Through 2/03.
"Word
and Worship: Approaching Islam through Art." Through 12/29.
"Dark
Jewels: Chinese Ceramics from the Herert and Eunice Shatzman Collection."
Through 1/5.
"Capturing
the Essence: Portraits by Ben Long." Through 12/29.
"In
the Studio: Art and Art-making in Nineteenth-century France."
Through 5/25.
ALLCOTT
GALLERY
Hanes
Art. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. Call 962-2015, www.unc.edu/depts/art
"Linda
Connor: Photographs, San Francisco, California."
Through 1/3.
NC
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
"Quiet
Sickness: A Photographic Chronicle of Hazardous Work in America."
Photos by Earl Dotter.
First floor, Rosenau.
UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Call
962-3094. 223 East Franklin St. Mon-Fri, 8
am-5 pm.
"A
Fragment from the Inestables Limits Series." Digital prints, drawings,
mixed media by Lyde Zavaleta. Through 12/13.
WILSON
LIBRARY
Mon-Fri,
8 am-5 pm (NC Collection Gallery opens at 9 am.). Weekend hours
vary by exhibit; call 962-0114
for details. NC Collection Gallery offers guided tours Wednesdays
at 2 pm, other times by appointment. Call 962-1172.
First
(Ground) Floor
"The
First State University." Hall.
Second
(Main) Floor
"The
History of the North Carolina Collection." Hall.
"The
Photography of Bayard Wootten." Assembly Rm. (Not accessible during
meetings.)
"North
Carolina Mysteries, Myths and Legends." Through
1/19. Also, exhibits on Sir Walter Raleigh, UNC history, rare
bird prints, Eng and Chang, plus historic rooms. NC Collection
Gallery.
"'Capturing
a Giant:' The Thomas Wolfe Collection of Aldo P. Magi." NC Collection
Reading Room.
Special
event
11/14
Bland Simpson reads from "Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery
of the Carroll A. Deering" in conjunction with "Mysteries, Myths
and Legends." Assembly Rm. 5 pm.
Third
Floor
"The
Scribal Art: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Rare
Book Collection." Rare Book Collection exhibit area.
Fourth
Floor
"The
Remarkable Life of Colonel Owen Hill Kenan." Lobby
and Manuscripts Dept.
Noteworthy
BLOOD
DRIVES
Call
942-4852 ext. 226. www.informatics.org/redcross/.
For appointment, call 92-BLOOD or see
12/18 Winter Blood Drive. Woollen Gym. 7:30 am-1 pm. Free parking
on Stadium Drive for donors.
DAVIS LIBRARY TOURS
To
schedule a library tour, see www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/tour.html.
1/8 Intro to Davis & the campus library system. 3
pm.
EMPLOYEE FORUM
www.unc.edu/staff/forum/.
1/8 Assembly Rm, Wilson Library. 9:30 am.
SEANC
District 19
psiler@email.unc.edu,
www.unc.edu/depts/seanc19/.
12/17 OWASA, Carrboro. 5:30 pm.
Fitness/Recreation/Wellness
CAMPUS
RECREATION
203
Woollen Gym. Call 843-PLAY. Call
or refer to web sites for holiday closings. pomerant@email.unc.edu,
www.campusrec.unc.edu.
Gym/pool privilege card required.
For
complete listings of campus recreation facilities and links to
each program, refer to www.campusrec.unc.edu/Facilities.htm.
H.E.E.L.S. FOR HEALTH
115
Women's Gym. Call
or refer to web sites for holiday closings. Contact
Holly Tiemann, 962-3422, hatiem@email.unc.edu.
www.ais.unc.edu/hr/heels
Gym/pool
privilege card required.
Refer to web site for complete listings of education and exercise
classes, Fitness Center schedule, FitPlus
Incentives Program, Fun Run/Walks and the Wednesday Wellness program.
Coming
Up
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 9
North
Carolina Symphony
Eric Ruske, French horn, Roberto Minczuk, guest conductor. Chapel
Hill Bible Church. 8 pm.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14
Bull's
Head Bookshop, Stone Center
Pagan Kennedy reads from "Black Livingston: A True Tale of Adventure
in the Nineteenth-Century Congo. Bull's Head Bookshop. 7 pm.
North
Carolina Botanical Garden "Vegetable Gardening in the
Piedmont" classes begin, 1/14, 16, 21, 23. 7-9 pm. To register,
call 962-0522. $
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
PlayMakers
Repertory Company
"Dinner with Friends" opens, 1/15-2/9. Call 962-7529, www.playmakersrep.org.
