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Happy 4th of July! Celebrate the fourth family style at Weaver Street Market tomorrow! We'll have live music by Tim Stambaugh and Friends. Dress up as your favorite patriot, Uncle Sam, or Lady Liberty and enter the costume contest. Decorate your bikes, trikes, wagons, and buggies for the People's Parade to the Carrboro Town Commons where the festivities will continue all afternoon with a bouncy house, face painting, balloon sculpture, the Scrap Exchange and more! |
After Hours Jazz Brunch Movies on the Green NC Wine Tour! |
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| Hillsborough Farmers' Market Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba Must See Movie |
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| July Farm Dinner! New art! August Wine Dinner |
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| Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials |
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| Zucchini Cake Recipe McRitchie Winery |
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Get your red, white and blue on at Weaver Street Market| Weekly Produce Specials | |||
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| South Carolina Peaches | $1.69 lb | First of the season | |
| Organic Seedless Red Grapes | $2.49 lb |
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| Organic Nectarines | $2.29 lb | ||
| Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials | |||
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Fresh Tuna Steaks | $12.99 lb | Great on the grill! save $2.00 lb |
| Fresh, All Natural Ground Beef | $3.49 lb |
save 50¢ lb |
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| Niman Ranch All Natural Pork Country Style Boneless Ribs |
$3.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb |
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| Chocolate Zucchini Cake | |||
 Get ready for that annual abundance of garden fresh zucchini!Ingredients 3 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil 3 cups all purpose flour 1-1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 3 cups grated zucchini squash 1-1/4 cups chopped pecans Melt the chocolate over hot water; cool. Beat eggs until thick & lemon colored. Add sugar; beat well. Add oil & chocolate; blend well. Combine dry ingredients; add to liquid mixture & beat until smooth. Stir in zucchini and 1 cup nuts. Batter will be very thick. Pour into greased & floured 10 inch tube pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/4 hours. Cook this for the full time because zucchini has a lot of moisture. Can use 9X13 inch rectangle cake pan - bake for 45 minutes and test if done. This freezes well too. |
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| McRitchie Winery | |||
 Just when you think you know what to expect of North Carolina wines along comes a winemaker that shows you what skill and dedication can bring to the art and craft of making wine. The tasting room/winery of McRitchie Winery sits on a little knoll above the terraced land where Sean and Patricia McRitchie have carved a small vineyard out of the hills of Wilkes County. It's a small start with young vines, but Sean brings a big background of experience from wineries in California and Oregon. Not only does his expertise show in the quality of his wines, his adventurous spirit takes flight in the unusual addition of hard cider to his line-up of wines.
You won't find it easy to choose your favorite from McRitchie's Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, or Hard Cider. Luckily, Weaver Street Market will taste these fine wines and fabulous hard cider this Friday at both Carrboro and Southern Village. Tastings - Friday July 6! Carrboro 4:30 - 6:30pm, meet Patricia McRitchie, owner. Southern Village 5:00 - 7:00pm, meet Sean McRitchie, owner. |
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| After Hours | |||
 Every ThursdayOn 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. July 5 - The Jonathan Byrd Band - original & traditional country & bluegrass July 12 - Milagro Saints - Sweet rugged Folk July 19 - Carolina Caterwaulers - breakdowns, hoedowns & songs of the South July 26 - Armand and Bluesology - house rockin' music 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 Peoples Channel is Cooking at After Hours this Week The mission of The Peoples Channel is to provide the means and promote the opportunity for area citizens to exercise free speech through media production and distribution of cable television programming. The primary goal of The Peoples Channel is to promote use of the designated access channel(s) by coordinating the use of the public access channel(s) and providing production facilities, and to provide technical assistance and media training to any individual, group, or organization interested in producing cultural, informational, entertainment, or educational media productions of interest to the community. The Peoples Channel will provide Chapel Hill and the surrounding area residents, organizations, agencies and institutions with media training, equipment, production and related services on a first-come, first-served basis, free from censorship. Their policies are designed to ensure maximum convenience and fairness for all in the public access community. Since they want public access to be available to the whole community, they welcome your suggestions on how they may improve these policies. | |||
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| Jazz Brunch | |||
 Sundays11 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: July 8 - Chris Reynolds, Swing-n-jazz - just like the name sounds July 15 - The Guilty Pleasures - traditional American Music July 22 - Different Drum - American music with a world beat July 29 - Laura Ridgeway - Jazz vocalist |
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| Movies on the Green | |||
 Southern VillageEvery Friday and Saturday, 8 PM Spiderman 3 - Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 Shrek the Third - Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14 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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| NC Wine Tour | |||
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on the bus! Weaver Street Market's Third Annual WINE TOUR!Friday August 10, 2007 Have you ever been to a vineyard and winery? Have you driven down a winding country road until row after row of grape vines appeared before your eyes? Well, I have and it is truly inspiring! Walking through a vineyard in the spring and seeing the season's first buds, or later in the summer and beholding bright, plump bunches of almost ripe grapes, is a sight I'll not soon forget. It reminds me where that amazing wine I had last night came from: the earth, sky, air and some dedicated farmers. Yes. Farmers. Wine doesn't magically appear in front of us whenever we get thirsty (although sometimes I wish it would). No, it is the product of someone's hard work and dedication that make it possible for us to chug it down on a hot night. Working a vineyard is a year-round job. Days and days of pruning, trellising, planting, and harvesting go into each bottle of wine that sits upon our shelves. It's an awesome process. Do you want to know more? Want to hear someone other than me, wax poetic about wine? Or do you wish you could tour wineries, see beautiful vines and talk to some really interesting people? Do you think this is only possible in California or Spain or Italy? Well, guess again. You can do this, here and NOW. This August we'll take you to three great NC wineries to see beautiful vineyards nestled into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, tour wineries big and small, and taste hand-made, hand-crafted wines made right here in our home state. Join us on a chartered bus, and enjoy a day packed with winery tours, beautiful vistas, great people, and best of all, terrific North Carolina wines. I have picked each winery and will personally guide you through our day-long tour. For complete details, check with our service desk in our Carrboro store. Tickets are $95 each and space is limited. Tickets go on sale June 28, so don't miss out! I'll see you on that bus! |
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| Hillsborough Farmers' Market Drawing | |||
 The Hillsborough Farmers' Market is raffling 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 $20 Gift Certificate to Roomscape. 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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| Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba | |||
Sunday, July 8, 2006, 5:00 pmCHICLE offices, 101 E Weaver St. 3rd floor over Weaver Street Market, Carrboro Free and open to the public Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba , Lyle Lansdell, UNC researcher A report by Lyle Lansdell about a sustainable-agriculture tour that she attended, (conducted by Global Exchange of San Francisco in Havana, an international human rights organization, and the Cuban Institute for Friendship between People (ICAP) from 11/23/06 to 12/4/06. You may have heard of Cuba's "periodo especiale." As delegates seeking to learn about organic farming in Cuba, we heard about the special period again and again. Even when toward the end of our travels, some in our 14-member group asked our guide to tell the hosts that we already understood about the special period, each seemed compelled to tell us their version. They related their personal experiences with much emotion. Fidel is credited with assigning a euphemistic name, so as not to dwell on the unpleasantness, to this painful period in Cuban history. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, within a month or so, Cuba no longer received vital commodities from the Russians—mainly fuel, fertilizers, pesticides, and food itself. Cubans rapidly started losing weight. They explained that in their culture this was particularly distressing because to be fat is a good thing. It means you are more substantial and more attractive. Over an 18 month period, life was very hard, with daily power outages and very little transportation. In their characteristically ingenious way, Cubans began to research how to grow their own food with their own resources. In short, they began farming organically and establishing urban produce gardens throughout Havana and all the cities and towns. For eight days, our group of fourteen farmers, educators, and researchers from the US, Australia, and South Africa, who met criteria set by the US government for travel to Cuba, toured government offices, gardens, nurseries, and research stations. Our guide was a charming, intelligent graduate of the University of Havana, who translated fact, history, and nuance in perfect American English, though she never visited the US. A documentary called "The Power of Community; How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" recounts a very similar tour conducted in 2003. Lyle is here to tell you that the information in that film is the real thing and that organic farming and other sustainable measures are alive and well in Cuba. She will show her photos of farming-related activities and other points of interest and will tell you what she learned from administrators, farmers, researchers, and even entrepreneurs. (Yes, business happens in Cuba!) Please call us at (919) 933-0398 if you want more information. |
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| Must See Movie | |||
You are invited to this special screening and dialogue with the filmmakers!What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire—a 123 minute independent documentary by local filmmakers Tim Bennett and Sally Erickson. July 8th at 7:00 pm at the Galaxy Theater, Cary $10 suggested donation This is what reviewers are saying: "Nothing less than a 123-minute cat scan of the planet and its twenty-first century human and non-human condition. ~ Carolyn Baker CarolynBaker.org "perhaps the most important media message of our time? ~Jan Lundberg at CultureChange.org "Hundreds of my readers have told me that my novel, Ishmael, should be read in every high school classroom in the world. Naturally I'd be delighted to see this happen, but I really think it would be more to the point to have 'What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire' seen in every high school classroom in the world! The two hours of this documentary are two hours that bring hope for the future of humanity by awakening and informing in the most profound yet lucid way imaginable." ~Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael What a Way to Go features interviews with Derrick Jensen, Daniel Quinn, William Catton, Richard Manning, Paul Roberts, Chellis Glendinning, Jerry Mander, Ran Prieur, William Scheslinger, Richard Heinberg, and Thomas Berry. |
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