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New! WSM Weekly Owner Specials see these great deals here. Eco Farm Dinner at Panzanella Right here in Orange County, Cindy and John Soehner's Eco Farm consists of twenty-three acres of forest and farm, where the weeds grow as vigorously as the flowers and the vegetables. Like many of our small local farms growing the organic way, most of the work at Eco Farm is done by hand. Both John and Cindy agree that it takes a lot of hard work to grow without the use of pesticides and other chemicals, but they freely acknowledge that they've gotten a lot of help from the farmers in this area. The Soehners will grow anything that people want to buy, and they have become known for their arugula, shiitake mushrooms, and pork sausages. More |
After Hours Music Makers at Hillsborough Jazz Brunch HB Last Friday Animal Adoption Day |
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August Newsletter & CAP Flyer Bulk Couscous on Sale New! 6" Pies |
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 Save the Date!Monday, August 24 5:30 - 9:00 pm Eco Farm Dinner John & Cindy Soehner Finding fresh goodies from Eco Farm is easy. They sell at all the local markets, Carrboro on Wednesday and Saturday, Fearrington on Tuesday and Southern Village on Thursday. Join us at Panzanella on the evening of Monday, August 24, and enjoy a special menu created to show off the wonderful, August flavors from Eco Farm. Our next Farm Dinner will be Monday, September 28 with Chapel Hill Creamery. |
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• Free Bird Whole Chickens • Weaver Street Market-made Brownies and bars • Organic Braeburn Apples • Hillsborough Sweet Ashe, Organic Sundried Tomato Chevre, & Beta Feta • Hillsborough Cheese Company Farmer's Cheese, & Camembert • Weaver Street Market-made Mom's Chicken Salad • Pet Promise Dog and Cat Food • Great Deal for all shoppers: Flying Dog Brewery, 6 packs |
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| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, August 18 through Monday, August 24. |
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| Organic Pluots |
"Flavor Grenades!" $1.99 lb |
save 50¢/lb Product of California |
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| Organic Golden Pineapples | $3.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb Product of Costa Rica |
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| Seasonal Pick! Ginger Gold Apples | New Crop! 99¢ lb |
Product of North Carolina |
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Grady's Breakfast Sausage |
$3.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb Weaver Street Market-made |
| Alaskan Wild-caught Cod Fillets | $7.99 lb |
save $2.00 lb Previously frozen |
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| Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials here. | |||
| View the August CAP Flyer here. | |||
| August Newsletter & CAP Flyer | |||
 The Weaver Street Market print newsletter is no longer direct mailed. Instead, you will find a link to it here. |
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| View the August CAP Flyer here. | |||
| Bulk Couscous on Sale | |||
 Couscous for the Common Manby Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer The characters who peopled my middle school French textbook ate a lot. In Chapter 4, they visited le restaurant and ordered le camembert and le saucisson from le garçon. In Chapter 7, when they threw la surprise party, they served la salade de fruit and les pommes frites. And when Bernard and Olivier traveled to Morocco in Chapter 10, they ate something called le couscous. As a thirteen-year-old studying French, I flipped to the vocabulary page at the back of Chapter 10 to find out what the mysterious "le couscous" was, only to find it translated to "couscous," which was not very helpful. I pictured something akin to cat food, but the teacher said couscous was like rice and we left it at that. It wasn't until years later, after college when I had to feed myself, that I discovered couscous in box-mix form. Delighted to understand it after all those years, I made a box: I boiled the water as directed, turned off the heat, and dumped the box's contents into the pot. An apprehensive ten minutes later I lifted the pot lid with low expectations, only to find a pot full of golden food. The final instructions were to "fluff lightly with fork," and then I dug in. There are many great things about couscous. For one thing, it cooks rapidly: there's no need to boil it for half an hour, and you don't have to worry about the grains sticking if you don't mix. Instead, you just boil the water and turn off the heat before adding the grains. This makes it especially good for hot summer days when you don't want the stove on for long, or for camping with a tricky camp stove. Couscous works as "filler" served with vegetable stir fry or under a hunk of steak, but its delicate flavor also tastes great alone, seasoned with just salt and olive oil. And it's easy! No need to buy a rice cooker or eat crunchy grains. Just measure correctly and the couscous will do the rest. Couscous is not only available in box-mixes like Near East and Casbah, it's also available from the bulk bins, and organic French couscous is on sale through August for $2.29/lb. If you've never made it yourself, now is the time. |
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| New! 6" Pies | |||
 Local and Sustainable~ Our new 6" pies look great, taste fantastic and everything about them screams local and sustainable. At $5.99 such a bargain speaks loudly as well. This month give a 6" blackberry peach, peach, blueberry or apple pie a try. We know you're going to love these little cuties. |
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| After Hours! |
 After Hours on ThursdayOnly two more Thursday Nights left this year! 6:00 - 8:00 pm Weaver Street Market's After Hours on Thursday nights is one of Carrboro's hottest events. Favorite local bands create an intimate musical show in the heart of the crowd and an impromptu dance for kids and adults alike. Relax, watch the sunset, and meet friends...come to After Hours! This Thursday, cooking at After Hours returns for one night only as Vimala serves her famous Indian cuisine. Proceeds will benefit the Carrboro Community Garden, a non-profit organization whose goal is to access land and other resources necessary for community members to grow food in environmentally sustainable ways as a means of creating a just world where locally grown, high quality, and safe food is available to all. For more information, visit the Carrboro Garden website. This year's entire After Hours series will be broadcast live by the friendly folks over at WCOM Community Radio. Tune in to 103.5FM or visit their website for a streaming link! Weaver Street Market is proud to partner with your community radio station to bring After Hours live. August 20: JAAFAR - Middle Eastern Jazz August 27: Gravy Boys - American acoustic |
| View more Weaver Street Market events here. |
| Music Makers at Hillsborough: Free Concerts! |
 Music Maker Relief Foundation, Weaver Street Market and the Orange County Arts Commission have teamed up to present a free summer concert series. Music Maker Relief Foundation focuses on the presentation of local roots music while Weaver Street Market, a community-based grocery store focuses on the importance of local food. Together, the two will demonstrate what North Carolina has to offer. The performance series is made possible through a grant from the Orange County Arts Commission and sponsorships from area food and beverage producers including: Homeland Creamery, Joe Van Gogh, Immaculate Baking Company, Organic Valley, Albert's Organics, Benjamin Vineyards & Winery, Grove Winery, Hillsborough Cheese Co. and Haw River Wine Man."Music Maker has been touring and supporting Southern roots musicians across the state and around the world for 15 years. We are thrilled to have an opportunity to present here in our hometown." Tim Duffy, MMRF president said. "This concert series will show that local grassroots organizations can band together with world-class results." The Music Makers at Weaver Street Market concerts began with guitar master Cool John Ferguson and will conclude with Durham legend John Dee Holeman. Justin Robinson of the Carolina Chocolate Drops will make a rare solo performance during this five-week series. The performances are free, open to the public and family friendly. The shows will run from 6-8pm at the Weaver Street Market lawn in Hillsborough, NC located at 228 S. Churton St. Here's the complete line up of all Music Maker shows running from 6-8 pm, Thursday nights, for the next four weeks! August 20th: Abe Reid - Statesville wild man Abe Reid unleashing harmonica and guitar assaults on the Weave's lawn... you won't know what hit you! Sponsored by Grove Winery and Benjamin Vineyards. August 27th: Lightnin' Wells - A veritable encyclopedia of knowledge on Piedmont Blues, Lightnin' Wells visits to educate and enlighten us, and have a grand old time! Sponsored by Homeland Creamery. September 3rd: Justin Robinson (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) - Another rare treat, a solo show from Justin Robinson of the Drops, bringing his eclectic taste and multi-instrumental vituosity. Even we have no idea what exactly we agreed to! Sponsored by Immaculate Baking and Joe Van Gogh Coffee. September 10th: John Dee Holeman plus Red Rover - The Real Deal, John Dee has been playing the blues since before your mama was born...and he's still got it, every bit of it. Ask your mama. Sponsored by the Haw River Wine Man and Hillsborough Cheese Company. Join us Thursday evenings from Aug. 13th to Sept. 10th for the best in Piedmont food and music. |
| Learn more about the Music Maker Relief Foundation here. |
| Jazz Brunch! |
 Every Sunday11:00 am - 1:00 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Jazz & More Sunday Brunch series presents: August 23: Frankie Alexander & Friends - Classic jazz standards for the introspective listener August 30: Saludos Compay - Original and South American Music September 6: Haw River Rounders - up-tempo jug band music from the 1920's & 30's September 13: One Sun - World Beat Instrumental Jazz |
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 Celebrate Last Friday at Weaver Street MarketHillsborough August 28th 5:00 - 8:00 pm Downtown Hillsborough features live outdoor music, an art walk, pie contest, and much much more. Weaver Street Market is pleased to host the gateway act live on our lawn. For more information about what's going on around town, please visit the Hillsborough Arts Council website. From 5-7pm, Weaver Street Market will be hosting a free wine sampling with a variety of favorites available for tasting. From 6-8pm, please join us for live music from the Pagan Hellcats: Dave Rutter's band of reprobates, with Lilac Lounge pal Ed Witkin in the ranks, ranging from roaring blues to disturbing Americana, and all points West. For more information or to listen to the band, check out their MySpace page. |
| Animal Adoption Day |
 Weaver Street Market in CarrboroSunday, September 13, 2:00-5:00 pm Looking for a new pet? Weaver Street Market invites local adoption and rescue individuals and organizations to bring cats and dogs in need of good homes to our Carrboro lawn. Stop by and visit with the animals and maybe find that perfect new addition to your family. Do you have animals to adopt out? Animal rescue and adoption organizations and individuals are welcome to bring animals to our Carrboro lawn. If you would like for your organization to be involved please contact Jason Baker at 919.241.1794 or email. |
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| Community Investment Initiative |
 Owner Loans are an opportunity to invest in your local food co-op!Weaver Street Market offers co-op owners an opportunity to invest their money locally through our Owner Loan Program. By loaning money to Weaver Street Market, your investment stays with a business you know and trust, and enhances the economic sustainability in our region, supports local farmers, and builds our local community. What is the owner loan program? The owner loan program is an opportunity for Weaver Street Market owners to further support the co-op by loaning money. Food cooperatives routinely use owner loans to provide additional owner capital to open a new store or strengthen the co-op's operations. |
| Read more about Investing in WSM here. |
| Cooperative Community Fund |
 We've planted a seed and it's growing steadily! Now in it's fourth year, the Cooperative Community Fund is a sustainable fund for community donations and is part of a national campaign called, 'Give where you live.' Sponsored by the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation, the fund serves as a means for co-op members and shoppers to make donations to an endowment that donates to local non-profit organizations. Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation directly invests the money raised by individual co-ops across the country in socially responsible funds such as credit unions, locally owned community banks that support cooperatives, the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, and the National Cooperative Bank. This year the fund generated $1500 in interest for Weaver Street Market to disperse to local groups while leaving the principle to grow next year's community seed! 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, Chatham, or Alamance Counties, 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. The deadline for applications is August 26, 2008 at 9:00 pm. Download an application here. |
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 3CUPS Wine Social - Wednesday 8/19The folks at 3CUPS in Chapel Hill have teamed up with The South Estes Farmers' Market to bring you a fabulous meet the farmers wine social! Meet and mingle with SEFM vendors and enjoy some hand-harvested, hand-crafted wine from small farms around the world. Details: • When: Wednesday August 19th - 6 - 8 p.m. • Where: 3CUPS, 227 S. Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 • Tickets: $15 in advance and $20 at the door • Refreshments: wine, coffee, tea, nibbles • Door Prize: all attendees are entered to win a 3CUPS gift |
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 Two Workshops left before the Hillsborough Handmade Parade on October 17!Costume and Giant Puppet Making for Adults Two Saturdays, Saturday, August 22 and August 29 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Explore your creative side! Donovan Zimmerman of Paperhand Puppet Intervention and Handmade Parade Organizer Mark Donley from the Hillsborough Arts Council will lead this comprehensive two session workshop. You will learn specific skills and techniques to create a parade ensemble with lightweight costumes and giant puppets. From concept to creation we will interpret scale and work with a variety of tools and materials including hardware, cardboard, paper mache, reed, bamboo and fabric. A River and it's Creatures - puppet and costume workshop Saturdays, September 12, 19, 26 and October 3 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at Studio 200 Carrboro "We will be creating a flowing river and the creatures that inhabit it!" Helen Buiskool and Jane Bergman will show you how to make masks, costumes and puppets that you can parade down the street with in the Second Annual Hillsborough Handmade Parade. "We will show you the basics of how to get started, advise you on materials and tools, and then let you and your imagination take off!" This is a free workshop but enrollment is limited, so if you want be part of the fun please pre-register. You can come for just one Saturday or for all four Saturdays. Please indicate the days you choose on the registration form. |
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 The ArtsCenter's Youth Performing Arts Conservatory (YPAC) will host their Theatre Jam 2 Fall Open House on August 29, 2009. The day will consist of a Day of Free Theatre Classes for prospective students. Classes will be available for students in grades 1st-12th while parents are invited to sit in on classes to observe. Administrators and faculty will be available to answer questions about the program including questions regarding curriculum, focus, and goals of each class. The YPAC Open House will be followed in September with the fall semester of YPAC classes that include Let's Make a Play!, Play On!, The Play's the Thing!, Acting Foundations, Ensemble Acting, Actor's Craft, Techniques in Acting, Youth Repertory Acting Company, Musical Theater - Curtain Up! and Musical Theater - Broadway Bound! Additional classes and workshops starting in September for middle school and high school students will be offered at the University Mall in Chapel Hill. For more information on the Theater Jam 2 Open House please contact Jeri Lynn Schulke, YPAC Director, 929-2787 ext 219 or Lawruh Lindsey, YPAC Assistant, 929-2787 ext 240. Or visit The ArtsCenter website. |
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 Preserve Toothbrushes on SalePreserve toothbrushes are on sale in August! The recycled, recyclable toothbrushes provide a great way to avoid adding a toothbrush to the landfill every few months. The plastic toothbrushes are made of 100% recycled materials (except for the bristles, which are new). Even the paper label in the case is made of recycled materials and environmentally friendly inks. The case has small holes in it, allowing it to double as a travel case. And both toothbrush and case are recyclable: you can download postage-paid mailing labels from the company's website and return the brushes and cases to the company. (Check out their recycling page here.) The brushes come in lovely shades like lettuce green and royal purple, and are on sale for $2.79. Stock up now! And while you're at it, don't forget a box of Eco Dent "Gentle Floss," the extra long dental floss that comes in a recyclable cardboard box! It's available in our Carrboro and Hillsborough stores. |
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