NC Wine Tour!: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter

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NC Wine Tour!
by Cat Moleski, Features Editor
As if rolling along in a bus full of happy wine hunters isn't enough to entice you to buy a ticket for WSM's third annual wine tour, Panzanella will be catering the lunch this year. The tour will travel to Grassy Creek Winery in Elkin, NC as the second of three stops. This historic farm has been transformed into a winery of distinction with two beautiful old barns and several renovated cabins. After touring the winery, Chef Chris Capron of Panzanella will refresh you with a delicious lunch. Although the menu is not completely set, Chef Capron is thinking of grilled veggie antipasto and hors d'oeuvres followed by sandwiches and pasta salad, accompanied by a bottle or two of wine from Grassy Creek. Relax and enjoy a truly gourmet experience, safe in the knowledge that you don't have to drive yourself home! Hop on the bus!

After Hours
Jazz Brunch
Community Non-Profit Day
NC Wine Tour

Call for Board Candidates
Call for CCF Nominations
& CCF Committee

Carrboro Summer Film Fest
Hillsborough Last Friday
Saxapahaw Farmers' Market

August Farm Dinner
New art show!
NC Wine Dinner

Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

Weekly Produce Specials


	Last of the season! Organic Cherries	$4.99 lb	save $1.00 lb
	Organic Santa Rosa Plums	$1.79 lb	special buy!
	Sweet & Juicy Alabama Freestone Peaches	$1.79 lb

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Niman Ranch All Natural London Broil	$4.99 lb save $1.00 lb	USDA Choice Certified Angus Beef
	Alison's Farms All Natural Chicken Leg Quarters	$1.49 lb save $1.00 lb	Local! save 70¢ lb
	Fresh Farm Raised Tilapia Fillets	$6.99 lb	save $2.00 lb
Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials.



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. July 26 - Armand and Bluesology - house rockin' music August 2 - Equinox- jazz and pop standards August 9 - Hushpuppies- Tasty old-time songs and tunes from the Piedmont of NC August 16 - Hot Tin Roof-50s and 60s rock and roll August 23 - Dom Casual Band-50s influenced modern rock between surf and Spy August 30 - Contrazz-a trad-jazz fusion *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. *Internationalist Books is Cooking at After Hours this Week* The Internationalist Bookstore has a long history of providing the community with a venue for alternative books, information, and a place to gather. Started in 1981 by Bob Sheldon, the Internationalist has undergone a few incarnations, one in 1991 when it became an all-volunteer run organization, and again in 1999 when it adopted a non-profit member organization status. Members can use the facilities to create zines, publish their poetry, or contact the media with information about local happenings. They show movies with current event themes on Monday nights and publish a monthly newsletter. The shop itself is small, but offers a concentration of alternative political titles, feminist and minority writings, and magazines that don't always make it to the commercial shelves. As with any member-supported organization, Internationalist Books can only continue to provide these services to the community if the community supports them. Membership is $20 a year and members receive a 10% discount on all merchandise. If you haven't already been by the Internationalist, they are located at 405 West Franklin Street.
Read more about other Weaver Street Market events here.

Jazz 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: July 29 - Laura Ridgeway - Jazz vocalist August 5 - Equinox - jazz and pop standards August 12 - Susan Reeves - jazz vocalist sings blues flavored renditions of standards and lesser-known gems August 19 - The Todd Proctor Trio - rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic possibilities, from the roots of Jazz and other cultures August 26 - The Richard Tazewell Quartet - progressive jazz and Caribbean

Community Non-Profit Day

Sunday, August 5, 10 am - 2 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Every first Sunday of the month, March through November, from 10 am - 2 pm, Weaver Street Market will host nonprofit groups from our community. Local, non-profit groups will have informational tables where you can find out about the good works of our local charitable groups. Come prepared to learn, to donate, and maybe find a group you'd like to volunteer with! If your organization would like to attend: Space is limited and assigned on a first come basis so we ask that you sign up at least a week in advance and limit the number of times you sign up to three (3) per year. Also, your group must be a 501(c)(3). To apply, please email Cat Moleski at marketing@weaverstreetmarket.coop or call 919-929-0010 ext 132. Your request will be confirmed by email or phone. Come out and let everyone know what your group is doing in the community!

3rd Annual NC Wine Tour

Friday, August 10 By Peg Todloski, WSM Wine Coordinator 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. Don't miss out! I'll see you on that bus!

Call for Board Candidates

October is National Co-op Month, making it the perfect time to hold the consumer-owner election to Weaver Street Market's Board of Directors. One of the benefits of being an WSM owner is participating in governing the store, by voicing your views on ownership issues and electing members to the Board of Directors. You also may serve on the Board yourself.

Any owner in good standing for one year is eligible to be a Board member, and is encouraged to consider nominating him/herself or another owner.

Candidate application packets may be picked up at the customer service desk in the store beginning August 1, 2007. These packets include background information, details of the election process, and how to learn more about the Board and its processes. Candidates for elected positions on the Board will acquaint themselves with board governance policies and procedures prior to application. Opportunities for doing this include: reviewing the current Board policy notebook, discussing his/her candidacy with a Board member, attending a WSM Policy Governance training, or attending a board meeting. Such preparation prior to applying will help a prospective candidate to decide whether serving on the Board is a commitment he/she wishes to make. Candidates are expected to present applications in the established form by the published date; no write-in candidates are allowed.

You are encouraged to participate! Contact board@weaverstreetmarket.coop for more information.

Consider nominating yourself, or simply vote for a candidate in October. Exercising your rights as an owner is critical to WSM remaining a successful and vital part of the community.

Call for CCF Nominations & CCF Committee

Through the years Weaver Street Market has come up with many creative ways to give back to our community - from sponsoring non-profit organizations to cook at After Hours to Hope for the Holidays. There are so many wonderful local groups working to improve our community that it has been difficult to give to them all. With sustainability in mind, we created the Cooperative Community Fund to be a permanent source for donations. As the fund grows our donations will have a greater effect in our community.

Each year we will disperse the interest from the fund to local groups working on issues relating to sustainable agriculture and organic food, hunger and malnutrition, environmental protection, and cooperatives.

Small Grant Opportunity for Local Non-Profits Local groups working on issues relating to: 1) sustainable agriculture and organic food, 2) hunger and malnutrition, 3) environmental protection, or 4) cooperatives are eligible to apply for a grant from Weaver Street Market's Cooperative Community Fund. Eligible organizations must be certified non-profit and be working in Orange or Chatham County, NC. Recipients will be chosen by a volunteer committee of worker- and consumer-owners of Weaver Street Market, and will be featured in Weaver Street Market s Annual Report in early October.

Detailed information and applications are available at www.weaverstreetmarket.coop/action. The deadline for applications is August 15, 2007 at 9:00 pm.

Volunteer Opportunity for Weaver Street Market Owners Weaver Street Market is looking for a small group of committed volunteers to meet a few times this August to select the recipients of this year's Cooperative Community Fund grants. In order to volunteer, one must be: an owner of the co-op in good standing, able to work as part of a consensus-building team, able to attend all meetings, and not be affiliated with a non-profit applying for a grant.

The meetings will be held in Carrboro from 6:00-7:30 pm on Thursdays, August 16, 23, and 30 with dinner provided in exchange for volunteer time. Committee members are also requested to attend the Annual Meeting on October 18 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm.

Please contact Cat Moleski at: marketing@weaverstreetmarket.coop or 913-1588 if you have questions or are interested in serving on this committee.

Carrboro Summer Film Fest

Carrboro Recreation and Parks presents:
American Summer 2007 Film Festival
Century Center 7:00 - 9:00 pm
July 28 - Three films

Forging a Nation
Reader's Digest delivers memorable moments from America's early history.
Ollie and the Go Go's
Imitating the Beatles was a great idea while this band was young. See the surprise when they reunite to play their 40th high school reunion dance.

The Cameraman has visited our town
Tom Whiteside put together this composite of crowds in small towns across North Carolina. You may spot landmarks, relatives, and friends that you knew long ago.

Hillsborough Last Friday

Filmmakers Film Series Friday
July 27th at 8:00 pm
Hillsborough Masonic Lodge
142 West King Street
Hillsborough
Lilyan Sievernich's documentary, JOHN HUSTON AND THE DUBLINERS

At the age of eighty, John Huston completed work on a movie based on James Joyce's classic novella, THE DEAD. It was destined to be his last work and the crowning achievement of Huston's remarkable five-decade career winning the Best Film Award from the National Society of Film Critics. This moving documentary gives an inside account of the production capturing the spirit and brilliance of a Hollywood giant. Additionally, it provides keen insight and understanding into the work of Joyce. THE DEAD marked the first and only time Huston collaborated with both his son (screenwriter Tony Huston) and daughter (acclaimed actress Anjelica Huston) in a feature film. This unique family interplay as well as the grand filmmaker practicing his art, are finely detailed in JOHN HUSTON AND THE DUBLINERS.

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.

Saxapahaw Farmers' Market

Go to Market!
by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer

If you know Cindy Soehner, you probably think of her selling vegetables at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, or bread from behind the bakery counter at Weaver Street Market. When I ran into Cindy at the Saxapahaw Farmers' Market, however, she was behind a table piled high with take-out containers of homemade Greek food. It looked so good that I treated myself—the hummus-like spread I bought turned out to be a mash of spelt flour, and it was delicious. Cindy gave me a pita to go with it.

As I headed to sit on the grass, spread out in front of a music stage, I noticed many familiar faces—vendors I'd seen at market that morning. Although it's small, the Saxapahaw Market had a lot to offer—cheeses, wine, jams, honey, sewn and wooden crafts, flowers, and produce. Other vendors, like Cindy, were selling ready-to-eat food, making it possible to arrive completely unprepared and still enjoy a picnic on the lawn.

In addition to the free music, the Market offers fun and games for children. (Word of warning to neatness-oriented parents: most of the kids were wearing bathing suits.) Tents filled a corner of the lawn roped off for children—I spotted a craft table and face painting. Sprinklers and mud added to the fun of rolling down green hills in cardboard boxes and the general running-around-squealing happiness. Add to this a sea kayak attached to a zipline and something called the "children's parade," and Saxapahaw may become known as Kiddie Paradise. And if you need a break from the crowd, access to the Haw River is just a few feet down the road.

The Saxapahaw Farmers' Market is on Saturday nights through the end of August. The market opens at 5 PM, and the music plays from 6 to 8 PM. For directions and a band schedule, visit their website at www.rivermillvillage.com.

So whether it's your garden, your stomach, or your inner shopper calling you, get out to a Farmers' Market this weekend!

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.

The Carrboro Farmers' Market is open from 7 to 12 on Saturday mornings. It is located by the Town Hall in Carrboro.

The Durham Farmers' Market (opening April 7) is open from 8 to 12 on Saturday mornings. It is located in the Measurement, Inc. parking lot on the 400 block of Morris St between The Carolina Theater and the old Durham Ball Park in downtown Durham.


August Farm Dinner

Featuring items from Eco Farm Tuesday August 21, 5:30 - 9 pm Celebrate the abundance of delicious local food! Enjoy a special menu with exciting dishes created with ingredients grown on John and Cindy Soehner's farm. Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or more. Patio dining available.
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
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New Art Show

The Mirror of the Noonday Sun New Paintings by Eduardo Lapetina July 31 - October 1, 2007 Of his work Eduardo says, "My ambition with my paintings is to use symbolic shapes and colors to {express} my deepest emotions and passion for life. This leads me to apply paint to the canvas in unusual ways—by pouring, splashing, dripping, and scratching. My paintings also require layers upon layers of paint to create an involved surface texture that is as vital and as complicated as life itself. My abstract expressions are the product of many days of working and reworking." Reception: Monday, August 27, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

NC Wine Dinner

The Best of North Carolina Wines! Monday, August 13 7 - 9:30 pm Peg Todloski, our Wine Coordinator, will be presenting North Carolina wines from select NC wineries. Peg regularly disappears for days on end to visit North Carolina wineries. Her visits include meeting with winemakers, checking out vineyards and of course, tasting wines. What she has found is a state with a thriving wine industry, great people and beautiful vineyards. She's excited to share her experiences with you, through tasting tour of some of the best wines North Carolina has to offer. Join us for this exciting dinner, and enjoy plenty of food from the Panzanella Kitchen. Look for more information in our Carrboro store and Panzanella about which wineries will be represented. The cost of this event is $45 per person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the customer service desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.