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F.R.E.E. Clothing & Music Swap

[ November 14, 2009; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] WHEN: Saturday, November 14, 2009

WHERE: Krankies

TIME: 4:30p - 6:30p

WHAT: Bring the clothes and music that you no longer want and get some stuff that you do!

Bring your clothes, music and a friend and leave with someone else’s pants!

Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools

Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools (read article)
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: September 6, 2009 in The New Yokr Times
Budget-battered school districts must try to salvage education for more than one million children whose lives are filled with insecurity and turmoil.

Found Objects, Recycled Materials and Pastel Paintings

[ September 13, 2009; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] This Sunday at The EM Gallery inside Krankies, there will be a daylight art opening (3:00pm-5:00pm) for “Found Objects, Recycled Materials and Pastel Paintings” art by Ralph E. Calhoun. If you can’t make it on Sunday, then it’s not too late—the show runs until October 3rd. Go check it out!

The 3/50 Project

I read about this in July’s issue of Skirt! magazine. Read it. Do it. Save your local economy

Street Farmer

Street Farmer (read article)
By ELIZABETH ROYTE
Published: July 5, 2009 in The New York Times
Can Will Allen make the inner city the next front in the good-food movement?

Worthy Causes

I was reading a magazine today and there was a feature about doing good things for other people. A couple of the suggestions mentioned two organizations that I thought were doing exceptional work and were worth writing about.
CARE (www.care.org) is a humanitarian organization that assists poor women of the world so that they can become educated, [...]

To Market, To Market

(This is a little late. Apologies.)
I gladly ventured into the rain last Tuesday to attend the first day of the Krankies Local Market and was delighted to see it humming with vendors and patrons alike. All of the items that were listed were present and at the ready on various tables: pasture-raised lamb, free range [...]

Go to Krankies Local Market!

[ May 5, 2009; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]

(via PeaNC)

Triad Buying Co-op and Krankies Coffee have teamed up to offer a truly sustainable Farmer’s Market.  The market starts this week, Tuesday, May 5th, from 11 am to 1 pm, and runs throughout the Summer and into the Fall, every Tuesday.  What sets this Farmer’s Market apart from others is that all the produce [...]

Saturday: Organic Market @ City Beverage

[ May 2, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Stop by City Beverage Co. (915 Burke St., next to Lighthouse Restaurant) this Saturday from 12-4pm for the Organic Market!  They started the market last Saturday and it was a huge success.  They will carry eggs, organic fertilizer, herbs, a little produce and lots of organic vegetable plants. Take your own bag and check it out!

The Garden

[ April 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm. April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 10:50 am. ] Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
2008 / USA / 80 minutes
SCREENINGS:
April 24 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Gold
April 26 / 9:30am / UNCSA - Main