Ongoing

End of Summer Sale at New Horizons West

Chatham Outfitters 674 West Street, Pittsboro

Our End of Summer Sale starts Saturday, August 12. Save up to 50% on select clothing, footwear, & gear for your next adventure. All discounted sales are final. Saturday hours are 9 am - 6 pm. Sunday hours are 11 am - 5 pm.

Summer Sale at New Horizons Downtown

New Horizons Trading Company 52 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro

Our Annual Summer Sale starts next Saturday, August 12. Save up to 50% on select apparel, footwear, & accessories from your favorite brands, like Dansko, Aetrex, Kleen, & Habitat. All discounted sales are final. Store hours are 11-5 on Sunday.

SHORT STORY PANEL with David Lawrence Morse and Joseph Bathanti, moderated by Joanna Pearson at Flyleaf Books

Flyleaf Books 752 MLK Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill

Join us for the long and the short of it as we welcome three talented short story authors to Flyleaf Books! The evening will feature conversation between authors David Lawrence Morse and Joseph Bathanti about their new books, The Book of Disbelieving and The Act of Contrition and Other Stories. The conversation will be moderated by author Joanna Pearson. David Lawrence Morse studied in Russia after the collapse of communism, cleaned toilets in Yosemite, and taught English then lived on a rice farm in the foothills of Yamaguchi, Japan, before eventually earning an MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. He is now the director of the writing program at the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, One Story, Missouri Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and elsewhere. His first play, Quartet, was performed by the Takács Quartet and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival Joseph Bathanti is the former Poet Laureate of North Carolina (2012-14) and recipient of the North Carolina Award in Literature. He is the author of nineteen books, including award-winning novels, volumes of poetry, a short story collection, and memoir. Bathanti is Professor of English & McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor of Interdisciplinary Education at Appalachian State University. He served as the 2016 Charles George VA Medical Center Writer-in-Residence in Asheville, North Carolina, and is the co-founder of the Medical Center’s Creative Writing Program. He also teaches in Carlow University’s low residency MFA Program in Creative Writing in Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised.. Joanna Pearson's second short story collection, Now You Know It All, was chosen by Edward P. Jones for the 2021 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her first collection of short stories, Every Human Love, was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards, […]

Wellness Wednesdays at Mosaic–Yoga

Mosaic Family Commons 60 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro

Join us on Wednesdays on the Philip H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons (event lawn) for self-care sessions. Sunset Yoga hosted by Yoga Garden PBO on select Wednesdays in August, September and October. Specific times listed below. Sign-up required. August 16 (7 – 8 pm) Sign-up here August 30 (6 – 7 pm) Sign-up here September 13 (6 – 7 pm) Sign-up here September 27 (6 – 7 pm) Sign-up here October 11 (5:30 – 6:30 pm) Sign-up here October 25 (5:30 – 6:30 pm) Sign-up here