Weekly update, January 16
Review of events this week | Interviews with filmmakers at the Carrboro Film Festival | MLK Day events | Put a love note in the print issue
Good afternoon! Hope you're staying warm. It's been a busy week.
Online this week
Ha Lien Gaskin attended the Poet's Party and wrote about the transition of Carrboro's Poet Laureates. Chaniya Tingley shared her perspective of "ICE Out For Good" protests.
We added a webpage for "The Carrborean Radio Hour" where you can find recordings of our interviews. This week, we interviewed filmmakers Chris Baucom and Brielle Barozzini who made Rising Above Helene. We also spoke with D.L. Anderson (Director), and Sara Heilman and Jim Warren (NC Warn) about their film, The True Cost of Power and Carrboro's groundbreaking lawsuit against Duke Energy.
On air
Next week, Michael Melton will speak with more filmmakers on "The Carrborean Radio Hour," Monday from 4 - 5pm on WCOM 103.5 FM (livestream at WCOM or listen to the recording anytime). The show is followed by The Carrborean's informal pop-up newsroom at Dingo Dog Brewing Company on Mondays this month from 5 until 6pm. Come by to say hello and tell us what's on your mind--stories you'd like to hear or tell in The Carrborean.
Print issue updates
Speaking of your stories: What's your neighborhood up to? Share that news in the upcoming February print issue of the newspaper. Contact: info@thecarrborean.com
Introducing: The Carrborean's Love Notes
Love is in the Air! ❤️ This Valentine’s Day, put your heart on the page and tell your sweetheart, your kids, or your favorite neighbor how much they mean to you. The Carrborean celebrates the arts, living, and civic engagement in Carrboro, and the people who make this place great. For a small fee to support local journalism ($10 for up to 20 words), you can get a dedicated space in our February print issue to share a note of appreciation for someone special. It’s a great way to spread kindness and support local news. Some examples– To your partner: "Still my favorite after 20 years." To your kids: "Happy Valentine's Day to the lights of our lives!" To the community: Shout out your favorite barista, librarian, public servant, friend, neighbor, DJ, etc.
For more information, see this form or contact: info@thecarrborean.com. Deadline: January 26, 5pm.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Carrboro will honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Youth Poetry Exhibition tomorrow (Saturday).
Orange County Information
Other Information
Local publication shout-out for Community Sports News, published by Joel Bulkley. CSN is published monthly and reports on sports and recreation in the Triangle. You can find information there on skiing, road races, sports leagues, camping, and more.
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Poetry Moment
"The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
