BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visit Hillsborough, NC - ECPv6.15.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Visit Hillsborough, NC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250520T173149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T173149Z UID:10010017-1749823200-1749834000@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:BLAC Fest: Lunch & Film Discussion DESCRIPTION:Event Details\n\nJuneteenth Lunch & Film Discussion on Friday\, June 13\, 2025 from 2-5pm at Main Library in Hillsborough located at 137 West Margaret Lane\, Hillsborough\, North Carolina 27278. Join us for a midday gathering featuring a screening of Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches\, a catered lunch served onsite\, and engaging community dialogue and activities. The venue is ADA accessible\, and language interpretation is available upon request. Registration is preferred. This free event is hosted by the The Orange County Office of Civil Rights & Civic Life as part of its annual full day of Juneteenth Celebration events. Find details about the celebration below. \nThe Theme for 2025: Where Freedom Gathers\, We Rise  – a full day of reflection\, learning\, and joy honoring the legacy of emancipation and the resilience of Black families who reunited and rebuilt their lives following slavery. \nEvent highlights include: \n\n10–11:30am |  Opening Ceremony at the Farmers Market Pavilion | 140 E Margaret Lane in Hillsborough\nBegin the day with a Presentation of Colors by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department\, song selections from B.U.M.P. the Triangle\, and a powerful keynote by Dr. Sonny Kelly featuring an excerpt from The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans\, followed by an interactive performance by The Magic of African Rhythm. Seating and shade will be provided\, and ASL interpretation will be available.\n2–5pm | Luncheon and Film Discussion at Main Library | 137 W Margaret Lane in Hillsborough\nJoin us for a midday gathering featuring a screening of Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches\, a catered lunch served onsite\, and engaging community dialogue and activities. The venue is ADA accessible\, and language interpretation is available upon request.\n6–9pm | Evening Celebration at Eno Arts Mill | 437 Dimmocks Mill Rd #17 in Hillsborough\nJoin us for an evening of celebration featuring a live DJ\, spoken word\, and a performance by B.U.M.P. the Triangle—plus family-friendly games\, food trucks\, a vibrant community marketplace\, and a drum celebration with The Magic of African Rhythm. Bring your folding chairs and favorite games; restrooms and water stations will be available onsite.\n\nLearn more at orangecountync.gov/juneteenth2025 URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/blac-fest-lunch-film-discussion/ CATEGORIES:Film,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Juneteenth-Kickoff-Temp-Facebook-Ad_1344x950-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250611T134326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T134336Z UID:10010694-1752690600-1752697800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Spotlight Book & Film Club: "The Tainted Cup" DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Books & Film Club at Main Library in Hillsborough alternates book discussions and film viewings with light discussion. The theme of each book or film we read/watch & discuss will often mirror heritage month books and films that Main Library’s Adult Services is highlighting that month. Bring a light snack for yourself\, and join us! \nHere’s the upcoming line up: \nWed\, July 16 at 6:30pm – The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett [Book for Disability Visibility Month]\nAugust – No Meeting \nSat\, September 13th at 10:45am – Popi [1969 film for Latin & Hispanic Heritage Month]\nWed\, October 1 at 6:30pm – The Complete Persepolis (or Persepolis 1 & 2) by Marjane Satrapi [Book in Graphic Form for Global Diversity Awareness Month]\nSat\, November 8 at at 2pm – The Only Good Indian [2009 Film For Native American Heritage Month]\n“That’s it for the year. We’ll be back in Feb of 2026. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/spotlight-book-film-club-the-tainted-cup/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T230000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250722T180010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T180010Z UID:10011555-1754600400-1754607600@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Movies on the Lawn at the Rookery DESCRIPTION:Here’s the Movie line up for our “Movies on the Lawn” series! \n\nAugust 7th: Top Gun\nAugust 21: Indiana Jones\n\nBeginning each movie at 9pm- be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs! And don’t forget that it’s 1/2 priced bottles of wine night! So bring a friend\, grab a bottle\, and come enjoy some classics! Can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/movies-on-the-lawn-at-the-rookery/2025-08-07/ LOCATION:The Rookery\, 115 West Margaret Lane\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film,Food/Drink ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/492502953_122150976404585364_8148743546935238661_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Rookery":MAILTO:Richard@therookeryhillsborough.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T230000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250722T180010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T180010Z UID:10011556-1755810000-1755817200@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Movies on the Lawn at the Rookery DESCRIPTION:Here’s the Movie line up for our “Movies on the Lawn” series! \n\nAugust 7th: Top Gun\nAugust 21: Indiana Jones\n\nBeginning each movie at 9pm- be sure to bring your blankets and lawn chairs! And don’t forget that it’s 1/2 priced bottles of wine night! So bring a friend\, grab a bottle\, and come enjoy some classics! Can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/movies-on-the-lawn-at-the-rookery/2025-08-21/ LOCATION:The Rookery\, 115 West Margaret Lane\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film,Food/Drink ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/492502953_122150976404585364_8148743546935238661_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Rookery":MAILTO:Richard@therookeryhillsborough.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T123000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250611T134148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T134508Z UID:10010695-1757760300-1757766600@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Spotlight Book & Film Club: "Popi" DESCRIPTION:Spotlight Books & Film Club at Main Library in Hillsborough alternates book discussions and film viewings with light discussion. The theme of each book or film we read/watch & discuss will often mirror heritage month books and films that Main Library’s Adult Services is highlighting that month. Bring a light snack for yourself\, and join us! \nHere’s the upcoming line up: \nSat\, September 13th at 10:45am – Popi [1969 film for Latin & Hispanic Heritage Month]\nWed\, October 1 at 6:30pm – The Complete Persepolis (or Persepolis 1 & 2) by Marjane Satrapi [Book in Graphic Form for Global Diversity Awareness Month]\nSat\, November 8 at at 2pm – The Only Good Indian [2009 Film For Native American Heritage Month]\n“That’s it for the year. We’ll be back in Feb of 2026. URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/19343-copy/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film,Free GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20250908T185349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T185349Z UID:10012539-1757858400-1757869200@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Hillsborough Classic Film: Tarkovsky's "Mirror" (Russian\, 1975) DESCRIPTION:Please join the Hillsborough Classic Film Society on September 14th at 2PM at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough\, NC for the first movie of the 2025-2026 series\, “The Mirror\,” a 1975 film by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is considered to be Tarkovsky’s masterwork and it is consistently listed as one of the top movies of all time. In 2022\, the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound poll of directors and critics ranked it 8th overall by directors and 31st overall by critics. Rotten Tomatoes has it receiving 100% from the critics and 91% from audiences. \nOur speaker is Gustavo Furtado\, one of the society’s favorite presenters. Gustavo is associate professor of Romance Studies and Arts of the Moving Image as well as Co-Director of the Amazon Humanities Lab at Duke. \nThe film is free and the popcorn is free as well. To register call the Passmore at 919 245-2015 or visit our website at hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. (Please do register if you intend to be there.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/hillsborough-classic-film-tarkovskys-mirror-russian-1975/ LOCATION:Passmore Center\, 103 Meadowlands Dr. \, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4037.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0630504;-79.0775525 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Passmore Center 103 Meadowlands Dr. Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=103 Meadowlands Dr.:geo:-79.0775525,36.0630504 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014627-1765094400-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/1/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20251201T205957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205957Z UID:10014628-1765116000-1765126800@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: Chaplin's "City Lights" DESCRIPTION:The HILLSBOROUGH CLASSIC FILM SOCIETY’s holiday movie this year will be Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights:” Sunday\, December 7th\, at 2pm.  Please notice the location: this month only\, the film will be shown at the ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. \nChaplin made the film in 1931\, resisting the advent of sound just after talkies began to appear. In the essay that accompanied the Criterion restoration of the film\, Gary Giddins called it “an indelible masterwork of cinema\,” and noted that now\, nearly a century after its release\, it seems safe to call it a masterwork of Western civilization as well: \n“City Lights …  represents both a beginning\, in that it has been endlessly imitated\, and an end\, in that it has never been superseded. … Chaplin’s new art was a form of storytelling combining burlesque comedy and dreadful pathos\, each tuned to a pitch so high that the audience is jolted from one physical response to another: laughter and tears\, the two faces of Comedy and–not Tragedy but rather–the melodramatic concession of Pathos …. Familiar territory today\, but …  no one had brought it off before\, and Chaplin–the orphaned music hall clown who became\, through movies\, the most popular comedian the world has ever known–defied his partners warnings that his ambition would cost him his audience.” \nIt didn’t cost him his audience\, of course. Chaplin\, “the orphaned music hall clown\,” became\, through movies\, “the most popular comedian the world has ever known.” \nFrancesca Talenti will introduce the film and lead the discussion afterwards. Francesca is a Professor Emerita of Media Production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a filmmaker and animator\, a director and a media designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and the Guthrie (design\, Hamlet\, Pericles)\, to Sundance\, to PBS National\, by way of Mumbai\, Göteborg\, Casablanca\, and many others. She has won 18 awards and has received numerous grants. She’s led the discussion for us on Vertigo (2019); Top Hat (2022); The Searchers (2023) ; West Side Story (2024); and a Christmas program of Chaplin films back in our second year of operation\, 2019. \nAs always\, the film is open to the public and free\, and the popcorn is free too. If you would like to attend\, please sign up by going to our website\, \,scrolling down to the line “PLEASE REGISTER HERE\,” and clicking on the link. \nAnd\, once again\, please don’t confuse the location: this month only the film will be shown in the Orange County Public Library\, 137 West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough. (A  note for those who are helped by the presence of  subtitles: Since this is taking place in the Library Meeting Room subtitles would be difficult or impossible to see; luckily this is\, by and large\, a silent film.) URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-chaplins-city-lights/2025-12-07/2/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-26-at-10.01.59-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T074622 CREATED:20251217T142948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T142948Z UID:10014638-1766325600-1766336400@visithillsboroughnc.com SUMMARY:Classic Film: City Lights DESCRIPTION:The 1931 Chaplin film\, “City Lights\,” will be shown Sunday\, December 21\, at 2pm at the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough. Originally scheduled for December 7\, the date was changed to avoid conflict with the town parade. All are welcome; the film and the popcorn are free. For more details go to the website of the Hillsborough Classic Film Society\, hillsboroughclassicfilms.com. \n  URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/classic-film-city-lights/ LOCATION:Orange County Main Library\, 137 W. Margaret Ln\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ORGANIZER;CN="Hillsborough Classic Film Society":MAILTO:gcorrado@aol.com GEO:36.0742437;-79.1006122 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Orange County Main Library 137 W. Margaret Ln Hillsborough NC 27278 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=137 W. Margaret Ln:geo:-79.1006122,36.0742437 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR