Social Security Act
The GAA's Carolina College for Lifelong Learning presents the discussion "The Social Security Act: The Jewel in the Crown of American Social Welfare," about the origins of Social Security, by Andrew Dobelstein, author of "Understanding the Social Security Act: The Foundations of Social Welfare for America in the 21st Century."
The talk, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, will be at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center Royall Room in Chapel Hill.
The cost to attend is $15 ($5 for GAA members). For more information or to register, call (919) 843-5115 or e-mail ccll@unc.edu.
'Play Making' Workshop
Kidzu Children's Museum and PlayMakers Repertory Theatre are partnering for the first time to combine their expertise in "Play Making" and offer a dramatic art workshop for young children. Set against the backdrop of the Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" set, children will have the opportunity to warm up and perform on stage with one of PlayMakers company members, who will lead the workshop in a series of fun improvisational games meant to bring out the performer in all of us.
The event will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Kidzu Children's Museum, 105 E Franklin St., Chapel Hill.
The cost is $15 per child, ages 4-8. Call (919) 933-1455 or visit http://www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org/ for more information.
Preschool Painting
Join certified art teacher Evan Hirasawa for "Preschool Painting: The Love of Art/Painting Portraits Together," a hands-on, imaginative drawing and painting class at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Kidzu Children's Museum, 105 E Franklin St., Chapel Hill.
Hirasawa will help children explore their world through positive and nurturing instruction. Young children with special needs are welcome.
Space is limited and prepaid registration of $6 for children ages 2-7 is required. Same day registration is welcome if space is available.
Call (919) 933-1455 or click on http://www.kidzuchildrensmuseum.org/ to learn more.
'First Black Marines'
Retired history professor Melton McLaurin will discuss the topic of his new book from UNC Press, "The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines," from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday at George Watts Hill Alumni Center's Royall Room in Chapel Hill.
The event is sponsored by the GAA's Carolina College for Lifelong Learning. The men who trained at Montford Point, a segregated facility on Camp Lejeune, waited for 65 years to have their story told to the nation. Theirs is a quintessential American story, a story of dogged perseverance in the face of adversity; of devotion to duty; and of a deep seated belief, despite daily evidence to the contrary, in the ultimate triumph of the nation's fundamental ideals.
The cost to attend is $15 ($5 for GAA members). For more information or to register, call (919) 843-5115 or e-mail ccll@unc.edu
Open Mic
Live, local music is showcased in the Hillsborough Weaver Street Market's Lilac Lounge, 228 S. Churton St., Hillsborough from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Small Ponds with Caitlin Cary will perform.
Cary (Whiskeytown, Tres Chicas,) and her writing partner Matt Douglas (songwriter of The Proclivities), bonded together in Small Ponds form.
The event is free. Call (919) 245-5050 or go to www.weaverstreetmarket.coop for more information.
