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SV Farmers' Market! Win Prizes! Small, but big on diversity, is the way I describe our Southern Village Farmers' Market which opens this Thursday, 4-7 PM. Opening Day 2006 will have a dozen vendors on hand. Some of the items you can expect to find will be: broccoli, Baby squash, Garden peas, New potatoes, Spring onions, Sugar Snap peas, strawberries, Greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, lettuces, goat's milk cheese, pasture-raised pork, baked goods, jams, cedar crafts, loom-woven rugs, landscaping plants and cut-flowers. We have several new vendors so let me tell you about them. Bittycakes makes cupcakes often using local, seasonal ingredient. Right now look for chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with strawberry buttercream. More |
Jazz Brunch Every Sunday After Hours Begins! After Hours Volunteers Needed Animal Adoption Day |
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| 5% Donation Today! Habitat Hand-Me-Up Carrboro Day Carrboro Farmers' Market Benefit May 20 Deer Resistant Plants SV Music Series Begins |
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| Mother's Day Reservations Spring Salad Madness & Daily Specials |
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| Weekly Produce Specials Recipe: Panzanella Scallop Salad |
New! Chai Cupcakes |
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 Doe Bakery is another new vendor with cookies, small layer cakes, and quick breads. Ferguson Farms will be at market in late May with peaches. As the summer progresses they will also have blueberries, blackberries, plums and apples. And Sari Sari Sweets will be there with bars, tarts, scones, and pies.
Our Cooking Demos are happening bi-weekly beginning this week. We will show you simple ways to prepare the ingredients found at Market. We will also have a weekly drawing for prizes from Market Street Merchants. While you shop look for the box to enter your name for the drawing. The box will be located at a different vendor's booth each week. You don't have to be present to win. This week's prize is a $25 Southern Village Farmers' Market Gift Basket. Shopping at the Farmers' Market is a great way to get to know the people who grow your food (they not only grow it but they are the ones selling it to you.) Feel free to ask them questions about how they raise their pigs or grow their tomatoes. Come join us every Thursday through August 31 on the Village Green. Rain or shine, we're there. |
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Organic Red Globe Grapes (seeded) |
$2.99 lb | super low price |
| Organic Red or Green Bartlett Pears |
$1.39 lb | save 50¢ lb | |
| Organic Local Strawberries from the Vollmer Farm |
1 lb pkg, $3.99 ea. | ||
| Read about other WSM Specials here. | |||
| Panzanella Scallop Salad | |||
Ingredients:Scallops - 4-6 oz/person of scallops for a lunch-size serving or 8 oz/person for a dinner portion Salad 2 cups per person of local mixed greens, mixed dandelion greens, alfalfa sprouts, and mesclun 1/2 cup toasted walnuts 1/2 cup crumbled Celebrity Dairy Goat Cheese 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved Dressing Juice from one lemon Juice from half an orange 3-4 leaves fresh basil 1 tbl shallots 2 cloves garlic 1/3 cup olive oil 1/2 tbl Dijon mustard salt, pepper and sugar to taste Pan sear the scallops in a drizzle of olive oil and set aside. For the dressing, mix all ingredients except the oil in a food processor until blended, slowly add the olive oil to emulsify. Toss greens, walnuts, and cherry tomatoes with 2 oz/person salad dressing, top with scallops and crumble the goat cheese on top. Serves 2-4 people. |
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| Chai Cupcakes | |||
 New this Month - Chai Cupcakes with Honey Butter Cream and White Pepper Ganache, $1.45 eachEver on the lookout for new product ideas, our Food Merchandiser, Claudia Tolan, saw green tea cupcakes in New York City and suggested to Keith Rogers, our Pastry Manager, that we come up with something similar. Keith decided to take it to the next level and Chai Cupcakes were born! |
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| Jazz Brunch Every Sunday! | |||
 You know it's really spring when Jazz Brunch & More! returns to the lawn in Carrboro. Oh, boy, oh, boy, fresh coffee, sweet pastries, eggs, pancakes, grits, home fries, flat out on a blanket with a belly full listening to great music. What could be better?May 7 - JAAFAR - Middle Eastern Jazz May 14 - Second Third - funky world beat rhythms May 21 - Different Drum - American music with a world beat May 28 - Pete's Whiskers - music of the British Aisles June 4 - Dana & Susan Robinson - Original old time June 11 - Magnolia Klezmer - an antidepressive Romanian, Ukrainian, American |
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| After Hours Begins May 18! | |||
 On the Weaver Street Market lawn in CarrboroThursday, May 18, 6pm - 8pm Okay, all of you who haven't heard of After Hours come out from under those rocks! After Hours is back and hotter than ever! Come prepared for picnicking, dancing, wine or beer tasting, and lots of fun! Local charitable gorups will once again be providing freshly grilled picnic fare to purchase. Or choose from an expanded array of Hot Bar meals made daily in our very own kitchen. May 18 - Run of the Mill - high energy new grass May 25 - Saludos Compay Trio - original and South American Music June 1 - Chris Reynolds, Swing-n-jazz - just like the name sounds June 8 - The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, folk & traditional |
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| After Hours Volunteers Needed | |||
 Weaver Street Market is looking for a few strong people who like a challenge in their volunteer shift. Volunteer for three hours a week at our weeky After Hours event and receive a 15% discount in addition to your owner discount. Volunteers are needed to set up tables, put up parking signs, help the cooking groups, and clean up. Call 929-0010 ext 115 and leave a message.
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| Animal Adoption Day | |||
 Sunday, May 7, 2-4 pmon the lawn in Carrboro Weaver Street Market will host several local adoption agencies with dogs and cats looking for their forever homes. Stop by and visit with these wonderful pets. Maybe you'll find a new addition to your family. |
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5% Donation Today |
 Tuesday, May 2In support of our Latino and immigrant community, Weaver Street Market has chosen to donate 5% of store sales to El Pueblo, and El Futuro. El Pueblo is a non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community. El Futuro is a Carrboro organization helping Latinos with mental health issues. Thank you for shopping today in support of our community. |
| Learn more about El Pueblo here. |
| Learn more about El Futuro here. |
| Habitat Hand-Me-Ups |
 Neighborhood Donation Pick-up DriveSouthern Village Weaver Street Market Parking Lot Saturday, May 6 10 AM-12 PM The yellow Habitat truck will be in front of Weaver Street Market to accept your donations. Donate used household items in good condition such as furniture, appliances, kitchenwares, and books to benefit Habitat for Humanity. For larger items such as sofas, and washers and dryers call Peggy Sanford at 403-8668 to arrange for our drivers to come directly to your home. Unfortunately, Habitat cannot accept damaged or broken items, clothing, computers, mattresses, gas appliances, and construction materials. All donations are tax deductible. A tax receipt will be provided at the time of your donation. More good news! Every person who makes a donation that day is entered into a raffle for a $50 gift certificate to Weaver Street Market. So clean out your garages, basements and attics for a good cause The Habitat for Humanity Hand-Me-Ups Store is a nonprofit business that accepts donations of furniture, housewares, and appliances in good working condition. These donated items are sold to the public, with all profits used to purchase materials and supplies to build Habitat homes in Durham and Orange Counties. To shop or donate at a later date, or arrange to have your items picked up, visit the store at 3710 Shannon Road, Durham (next to the Post Office) or call 919-403-8668. Store hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM, Thursday 10-7. |
| Learn more about Habitat for Humanity Hand-Me-Ups here. |
| Carrboro Day |
 Sunday, May 7
at Carrboro Town Hall, 1:00-7:00 p.m.Carrboro has distinction! Join neighbors and friends to celebrate the unique qualities that make Carrboro special. Enjoy live music, dancing, interactive field games, family crafts and activities, Carrboro movies, old Carrboro stories and photos, art displays, poetry readings, and food. Top off the day under a fountain of refreshing spray from the Carrboro Fire Department's ladder truck. Bring a chair or blanket, a picnic for dinner and bask in all that's good about Carrboro. |
| Click here for a copy of the Carrboro Day 2006 schedule of events. |
| Carrboro Farmers' Market Benefit |
 Saturday, May 20, 8 am to noon.Carrboro Farmers' Market lends a helping hand to New Orleans' Crescent City Farmers' Market with: Muffulettas and Gumbo - A Fundraiser to Benefit New Orleans Farmers On Saturday, May 20th, from 8 am to noon, the Carrboro Farmers' Market (301 West Main Street, Carrboro, NC) will host a fundraiser to bring awareness to this aspect of Katrina's devastation, and to aid New Orleans Farmers. Muffulettas and Gumbo will be available to-go or stay and made by Triangle chefs using produce donated by Triangle farmers. Whole Foods, Weaver Street Market and Cliff's Meat Market have also generously agreed to donate ingredients. All proceeds from the Muffulettas and Gumbo will be donated to the Cresent City Farmer's Market. Assistant Director Darleen Wolnik, of the Crescent City Farmer's Market, will be on-hand to discuss their recovery efforts. Participating chefs: Dave Alworth, 411 West Kevin Callaghan, Acme Food and Beverage Co. Shane Ingram, Four Square Seth Kingsbury, Town Hall Grill Damon Lapis, The Barbecue Joint Peter McClosky, Panzanella Andrea Reusing, Lantern Bill Smith, Crook's Corner Brian Stapleton, Crossroads at the Carolina Inn Amy Tornquist, Sage and Swift |
| Deer Resistant Plants |
 Do you have a problem with deer munching on your annuals, perennials and shrubs? If you have this problem and don't want to put up a deer fence or use chemicals, think about using plants that deer do not like. Remember if deer are hungry enough they will eat what is available, but they tend to shy away from this lists of plants.
Annuals that qualify as deer resistant: Snap dragons, Marigolds, Begonias, Poppies, Verbena, and Dahlias. Perennials: Bee balm, Purple Cone flower, Balloon flower, Rosemary, Yucca, Lambs Ear, and Buttercups. Shrubs that are deer resistant are: Nandina, Boxwood, Butterfly bush, English Hawthorn, Leyland cypress, Inkberry holly, and Forsythia. There are also some ground covers such as Pachysandra, Monkey Grass, Periwinkle, Thyme, Vinca, and Ajuga. Deer resistant trees are Kousa Dogwood, Norway spruce, American beech, Bradford pear, and Flowering Yoshino cherry. All these can be found at your local garden center. |
| SV Music Series Begins! |
 For the fourth year, Market Street in Southern Village will host a summer-long Sunday Music Series. Every Sunday evening at 7 pm the Village Green and stage will be alive with performances from May 14 through August 27. All concerts are open to the public. In addition to the Market Street Association, sponsors this year are Harrington Bank and media sponsors Chapel Hill News and WCHL 1360.This year's Sunday Music Series lineup is the best ever, according to Danny Gotham, a professional guitarist and Southern Village resident who books the performers for the series. "We have everything from jazz to opera to rock and roll to Gilbert and Sullivan." |
| Click here to see the summer schedule. |
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