Get ready for Memorial Day!: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter

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Get ready for Memorial Day!
Memorial Day is this weekend. Don't panic if you haven't shopped yet or even made your list. Weaver Street Market has all you need to make this weekend fun and easy. Stock up on easy lunch fixings with sliced ham, roast beef, Giacomo's Italian Deli Meats, and sliced cheeses. Keep bags of Kettle Chips (on sale now) on hand to throw at the hungry hoards. Making your sandwiches on our hand-crafted bread lends flavor to your lunches. Buy one of our pan breads or have one of our loaf breads cut for sandwiches. Semolina (baked on Friday) adds a wonderful nutty taste. You'll want to have plenty of drinks on hand, too: Organic Santa Cruz, Organic Blue Sky, or RW Knudsen spritzers. More

After Hours
Jazz & More Brunch
Movies on the Green
Farm to Fork Lecture

Hillsborough
Farmers' Market
SV Farmers' Market
The Cancer Chronicles
Hillsborough Film Series
Walkable Hillsborough Day

New Art Show
June Farm Dinner

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Recipe: Medley of Italian Vegetables




Get ready for Memorial Day continued
For dinner fun we have a wide selection of all natural meats, poultry, and fish for grilling: 80% lean hamburger, Niman Ranch Pork ribs (on sale this week), Alison Family Farms air-chilled chicken breasts, Applegate Stadium Hot Dogs and Chicken or Turkey Franks, or Weaver Street Market-made sausages. Shrimp or salmon on the grill is delicious, but don't overlook our Tilapia fillet (on sale this week). The Pecan crusted Trout is YUMMY! You'll find all natural charcoal at the front of the store or in front of the meat department. Don't bake! Buy! Our pastry case will be well stocked with cookies to complement any meal: Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Ginger and more! Buy a couple dozen to snack on. For picnic or party fun, special order one of our delightful cakes or take home some cupcakes or a whole pie to please your crowd. Our wellness department is featuring Sun Block by Nature's Gate to keep you safe while you're partying outdoors. Look for SPF 15 or 30 Sun Block, Sport Block with a dry finish, Kid's Block is fragrance-free, or Aqua Block for water resistance.

Weekly Produce Specials


	Organic Apriums (Apricot/Plum)	$1.99 lb	First of the season!
	Organic Imported Abate Fetel Pears	$1.99 lb	save $1.00 lb
	Organic Florida Seedless Watermelons	$11.99 each	great for cookouts!

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Alison's Farms All Natural Whole Chickens	$1.49 lb	super low price!
	Niman Ranch All Natural Pork Country Style Boneless Ribs	$3.69 lb.	super low price save $1.30 lb
	Farm Raised Tilapia Fillets	$6.99 lb.	save $2.00 lb
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Recipe: Medley of Italian Vegetables

Buon Giorno and Welcome to Tips and Recipes from Caroleena's Tuscan Kitchen! Local chef and cooking instructor, Carol Barrow, resided in the center of Florence and in the province of Tuscany for ten years where she learned regional cooking from the masters: restaurant owners, farmers, family and friends. She owned Ristorante Vien under the Volta dei Peruzzi in Florence for four years. Caroleena cracks the mysterious code of Tuscan cooking and translates her very special language into easy, delicious and healthy recipes. She shares recipes and tips with us from time to time. Caroleena is available to cook for you in your home. Call her at 960-8875. Italians like to stew vegetables; they stew string beans, cauliflower, fennel (which I never learned—I can do other things with fennel), potatoes, and many more. We are going to stew some vegetables that can either be eaten as a side dish, or as a pasta sauce with Parmigiano (Italian Parmesan) grated on top. You decide! Ingredients garlic cloves-skin still on onion-sliced any way zucchini-sliced in quarters and in halves green pepper-cut into cubes (optional) eggplant- cut into cubes (adding this turns the dish into ratatouille) roma tomatoes-fresh and cut into cubes OR canned, drained San Marzano(s) extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper Heat up the oil in any size pan, depending on how many vegetables you prepare. A lot of vegetables; use a big pot, just two of you? Use a small pot. Add the garlic cloves with the skins on. (This may very well be the best tip I give you; When possible, especially when roasting, frying or sautéing, leave the garlic skin on, The flavor will cook in, but the garlic will not burn. It will only enhance your dishes.) First add the onions, salt and pepper. Stir them around. Add the zucchini—stir it around. Add the pepper(s). Stir them around. Add cubed, fresh plum tomatoes or you can squish up a can of (drained and) rinsed peeled tomatoes. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender. The vegetables will make their own broth, so there is no need to add water. Fresh, delicious and a very healthy side dish. Put it on pasta if you want. Add some Parmigiano or aged sheep cheese (i.e. Pecorino Toscano invecchiato) if you like. Buon Appetito! Just remember, cook with love and DON'T BE CHEAP!



After Hours

Every Thursday On the Weaver Street Market lawn in Carrboro, 6-8 pm Weaver Street Market invites the community to enjoy an eclectic mix of local bands under the oaks in Carrboro. Bring a blanket or chair and relax with freshly prepared hot food from our Hot Bar or picnic on cheese, salami, and bread fresh from our bakery. Beer and wine will be available for sale inside the store. Weaver Street Market loves to see people enjoying our lawn and connecting with their community. To keep this event a safe and fun place, we ask that you only bring friendly, well-behaved dogs on leashes and please clean up after them. We want the children who attend our event to have a safe and happy time too, so we ask that they not be allowed to climb the trees, including the Crepe Myrtles. Lastly, please enjoy the fountain from its perimeter. Thank you for your help in making this event safe and fun for everyone. May 24 - Saludos Compay - original and South American Music May 31 - Different Drum - American music with a World beat June 7 - Carolina Chocolate Drops-African American old time standards June 14 - Revelators-shoutin' the blues and rockin' the dance floor June 21 - Great Big Gone- pop twang with bluegrass sensibilities June 28 - Tim Smith Band- original Jamaican style Ska & Reggae *After Hours & the ALE Regulations* We know how much fun it is to sit on the lawn and drink some beers, but unfortunately North Carolina law forbids Weaver Street Market from selling six packs for consumption outside. You can buy beer singles from our cooler, or half-gallon Growlers from Carolina Brewery, but please—be kind to our cashiers and don't buy a six pack to take outside. *The ArtsCenter is Cooking at After Hours this Week* Join The ArtsCenter on Thursday, May 24, for jerk chicken and portabella mushroom sandwiches, corn on the cob and caesar salad, and find out more about all of The ArtsCenter's summer happenings and offerings! The ArtsCenter nourishes the arts, creativity and community through education, performance and exhibition. The unique not-for-profit community gathering place offers the best in Art Classes, Concerts, Theater Productions, Children and Family programs and Gallery exhibits. The ArtsCenter is unique in that it serves both professionals and amateurs through its wide variety of programs, events and classes. The ArtsCenter began more than 25 years ago, then known as 'The Artschool,' as a single painting class. Today the ArtsCenter serves more than 50,000 people each year.
Read more about other Weaver Street Market events here.

Jazz & More Brunch!

Sundays 11 am - 1 pm On the lawn in Carrboro Weaver Street Market's Jazz & More! Brunch is under way! This family friendly event is a great way to start your Sunday. Inside, we'll have fresh scones, muffins and sweet pastries in our bake case; fresh, hot coffee and a barista to make that special coffee drink; and an array of eggs, grits, pancakes or French Toast to fill you up! Outside, under the oaks, you'll hear a range of local bands playing Jazz, Americana, Blues, and Bluegrass; keeping everybody happy and dancing. Children and well-behaved dogs are welcome. Please keep the children out of the trees and fountain and dogs on leashes. Band schedule: May 27 - Son Libre - a new 5-piece Latin Band featuring danceable cumbias, warm Cuban quajiras, happy calypsos, and hot salsas! June 3 - Magnolia Klezmer- an antidepressive Romanian, Ukrainian, American Dixieland, Klezmer Big Band June 10 - Dana & Susan Robinson- Original Old Time June 17 - Saludos Compay- original and South American Music June 24 - Community Music Project-the sound of grassroots music

Movies on the Green

Southern Village Every Friday and Saturday, 8 PM Night at the Museum - Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 Wild Hogs - Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2. Movie starts at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $3.00. Stop by Weaver Street Market for a picnic dinner. Please, no glass containers or pets.
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Farm to Fork Lecture

Tomorrow! Wednesday, May 23, 7 pm NCSU McKimmon Center - 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh Reserved seats available to CEFS members. Contact: 513-0954 or www.cefs.ncsu.edu and become a CEFS supporter for as little as $25. Carlo Petrini, founder and president of Slow Food and the slow food movement, will be lecturing in North Carolina on the meaning and value of food traditions, defending biodiversity, and protecting food that is good, clean, and fair. Petrini founded Slow Food in Italy in 1986 in opposition to the encroachment of fast food restaurants. He has worked for the last twenty years to educate people to the value of preserving local and regional ways of growing, processing, and preparing food. Rather than limit our food choices to one or two breeds of chicken or beef or vegetables, he encourages the preservation of heritage breeds, and heirloom vegetable varieties. Petrini's approach to preparing and eating food brings an awareness of taste and process to food that makes eating a delight to the senses and raises it to the level of an experience, not just something to be hurried through standing up, sitting in a car, or by oneself. This rare opportunity to hear Carlo Petrini locally has been sponsored by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Hillsborough Farmers' Market Drawing

For the next 12 weeks the Hillsborough Farmers' Market will have a raffle of gift certficates from local merchants! All you have to do to have a chance to win is head to the Hillsborough Farmers' Market, find the raffle box (it will be at a different vendor each week) and fill out a raffle ticket! This week's prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to Tupelo's. Good luck! The Hillsborough Farmers' Market is open from 8 to 12 on Saturday mornings. It is located in the Suntrust Bank parking lot off of Churton Street in downtown Hillsborough.
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SV Farmers' Market: New Market Members

Southern Village Green Thursdays, 4 PM - 7 PM The Southern Village Farmers' Market has begun it's fourth season. And with our new season are new Market members. Susie Whaley of Knot Hill Flower Farm has brought beauty to the Market with her Dutch Iris, Agrostemma, Snap Dragons and Larkspur. Captain John S. Pope Farm in Cedar Grove raises grass-fed Dorper lambs. These lambs are known for their tasty and nutrient rich meat. Come by the market to see pictures of their lambs and farm. Wondered about North Carolina wines? Wonder no more. Benjamin Vineyards located in Graham, NC is with us every Thursday. Come sample some of their unique varieties like Chardonel, Chambourcin, and Carlos. While we may be small in numbers, we are large on variety. This week at the Market you can find: arugula, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, cut-flowers, lettuces, English peas, green garlic, spinach, sugar snaps, strawberries, green house tomatoes, squash, zucchini, eggs, meat: beef, lamb and pork; cedar crafts, loom-woven rugs, baked goods, chai tea and limeade. We are on the Village Green across from the Lumina Theatre every Thursday until the end of August from 4 - 7 PM. All of our vendors live and produce what they sell within 50 miles of the Market. Upcoming events at the Market include: Thursday, June 7 at 4:30 PM - Impromptu Cooking Demo with Market Manager Sheila Neal, Thursday, July 12 at 4:30 PM - Kid's Event "Let's Make Ice Cream" and Thursday, August 2, 4:30 PM - Mini Tomato Tasting. We look forward to seeing you at the Market.

The Cancer Chronicles

Sunday, June 3, 3pm at Deep Dish Theater Company Reservation REQUIRED Join Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center along with UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and The Deep Dish Theater in celebrating the 20th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day. This is a day when we honor the strength and courage of anyone living with a history of cancer, and acknowledge their families, friends, and healthcare providers. Professional actors will present dramatic readings from literature, memoirs, commentaries, poems and personal journals on living and coping with cancer. Refreshments provided. Performance at Deep Dish Theater, University Mall, Estes Drive and US 15-501, Chapel Hill. Call 401-9331 for reservations.

Hillsborough Film Series

Please come to Filmmakers Film Series, Friday, May 25th at 8:00 pm at the Hillsborough Masonic Lodge at 142 West King Street in downtown Hillsborough. This screening is part of Hillsborough's "Last Fridays" and is co-sponsored by the Hillsborough Arts Council, Weaver Street Market, and Sports Endeavors. Tickets are $5.00 at the door, children under 12 are free. Contributions for this show are tax-deductible through Women Make Movies. This program is appropriate for all ages. PROGRAM: Andrea DeGette's 3rd Annual "Sisters" screening: HOME MOVIES REDEFINED This program is dedicated to watching and increasing awareness of the home movie genre that has been redefined since 9/11. There will be works shown from all areas of the genre. If you have a home movie to screen on super 8, 16mm, or video (3 minute limit), please bring it to the screening for possible inclusion. The program includes: THE SNOWMAN and other films-by Andrea DeGette HOME MOVIE DAY DVD-compilation LOCAL ARCHIVES AMATEUR HOUR PROFESSIONAL "HOME MOVIES" and some surprises... For further information or questions about the screening please contact: Andrea DeGette, Program Director at andreadegette@earthlink.net

Walkable Hillsborough Day

6th Annual Walkable Hillsborough Day Saturday, June 2nd 9am-noon at the Old Courthouse in downtown Hillsborough This year, Walkable Hillsborough Day will focus on the town's pocket parks with three guided walks of varying lengths and exertion. The guided walks will leave from the Old Courthouse at 9 a.m. Participants will meet back at the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. for activities, prizes and refreshments. Information from various organizations, such as the Eno River Association, Trading Path Association and Orange County Health Department, will also be on display. In the case of rain, the event will take place at the Masonic Lodge, 142 W. King St. The Walkable Hillsborough Coalition and Hillsborough Parks and Recreation Board are sponsoring the event on National Trails Day, when many communities will get outside to celebrate footpaths and regional connectivity. Participants will be able to choose from the following walks: Turnip Patch Park - 50 minutes, with a shorter 20-minute option available. Stops along the way will include Mayo Pocket Park on King Street, Cedar Walk, Weaver Street Market and Orange County offices construction sites, Turnip Patch Park, Margaret Lane Cemetery and the Farmers Market. Hillsborough Heights Park - one hour. A shuttle will take participants to Hillsborough Heights Park on Terrell Road, where they will walk back to the courthouse. Stops along the way will include the nature trail to Central Elementary—where school connectivity and the Nash Street sidewalk project will be discussed—Turnip Patch Park, Weaver Street Market and Orange County offices construction sites, Cedar Walk, Mayo Pocket Park and the Farmers Market. Riverwalk - one hour, along the south bank of the Eno River. This walk will follow the course of the planned Riverwalk. Participants will see 18th- and 19th-century landscape artifacts, old footpaths and a segment of an early railroad bed. Organizers plan to have the trail cleared for the hike, but walkers should dress for long grass and wear footwear suitable for uneven surfaces. Poison ivy may be encountered, and insect repellant is suggested.


New Art Show

"Brushes with Life: Art, Artists, & Mental Illness" May 22, 2007 through July 29 Public Reception: Monday, June 11, 5:30 - 7:30pm The name of this exhibit is also the name of a patient art gallery located on the 3rd floor of the UNC Neurosciences Hospital outside of the Psychotic disorders inpatient unit. It is part of the Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) at UNC, which provides inpatient and outpatient care of people dealing with psychotic symptoms or illnesses such as Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective disorder. The gallery features artwork and poetry from STEP inpatients, clinic outpatients, and clients from Club Nova, a local clubhouse for the mentally ill. The initial goal of the gallery was to give our artists a permanent art space to display their creativity and art to a wider audience. Additionally we hoped to promote art and healing. We also target stigma associated with mental illness demonstrating people with serious mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Bipolar disorder can be productive and creative. "Brushes With Life" has also had numerous traveling shows around the state over the years including the NC Museum of Art and the RDU International Airport. This August the gallery is slated for an exhibit at the Carrboro Art Center. The permanent collection is on display on the 1st floor of UNC Neuroscience Hospital. This exhibit will also include Peer Tree mirror frames handcrafted by artisans using the traditional techniques of genuine gold leafing and painted finishes. Each frame is a work of art uniquely designed, crafted, and signed by the artist. The website is www.brusheswithlife.org and the email is stepart@med.unc.edu.
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June Farm Dinner

Featuring items from Perry-winkle Farm Tuesday, June 19, 5:30 - 9 pm Celebrate the abundance of delicious local food! Enjoy a special menu with exciting dishes created with ingredients grown by Cathy Jones and Mike Perry. Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or more. Patio dining available.