Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival Takes Place in Chapel Hill, NC, – Aug. 26, 2011

Do you bake Chapel Hill’s most luscious cupcakes? Put it to the test by entering the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill’s Cupcake Challenge. Local celebrity judges will decide who goes home with a gift and bragging rights of “Chapel Hill’s Most Luscious Cupcake”. Call the Horace Williams House at 919/942-7818 or e-mail to (psch1858@mindspring.com) for contest rules and entry form. Deadline for registering is Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at 4pm, no exceptions. Judging is Friday Aug. 26, at 6pm at the Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival at the Horace Williams House.

The Cupcake Challenge is part of the Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival, a quirky event that began 7 years ago. The Cupcake Festival is a celebration of the birthday of Horace Williams, an influential UNC philosophy professor and the last private owner of the Horace Williams House. All are welcome. This year’s festival is Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, from 7-9pm. There is a $5 admission at the door.

Events include:

Judging of the cupcakes by a panel of local celebrities. Attendees may sample cupcakes.

Cupcakes, donated by local businesses, will be plentiful for all to enjoy.

Music on the lawn, 7 – 8:30pm

Winners announced at 8pm

Raffle draw at 8:15pm. Grand prize is a cupcake tree full of cupcakes from the contest.

The Horace Williams House is located at 610 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, NC.

For further information call 919/942-7818, e-mail at (psch1858@mindspring.com) or visit (www.chapelhillpreservation.com).

Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, NC, Calls for Exhibition Applications

Applications are now available for artists wishing to exhibit at the Horace Williams House (HWH) in Chapel Hill, NC, during the 2012 calendar year. To receive an application, contact the Preservation Society Office at 919/942-7818 during office hours (Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm and Sun., 1-4pm) or e-mail to (psch@mindspring.com) or visit our website (www.chapelhillpreservation.com).

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, May 12, 2011 by 3pm. We do not accept online submissions or late submissions. Artists will receive notification of the results by the end of June 2011. All North Carolina artists able to deliver and remove work from the HWH on a designated schedule may submit applications to exhibit.

Preservation Society of Chapel Hill (NC) Host Auction to Save Sea Turtles Mural – Dec. 2, 2010

The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill is teaming up with the Framer’s Market and Gallery, The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and local merchants to raise money to restore The Sea Turtles mural, first painted in 1993 by Michael Brown, located at the corner of Columbia and Rosemary Streets in Chapel Hill, NC.

This 30′ x 70′ mural has a lower and upper portion which differ greatly in restoration needed. The upper portion with the turtles has significant fading but it is otherwise in relatively good condition. It needs repainting to restore its former luster and a protective clear coating to slow future fading. The lower section is in poor condition and suffers from fading and peeling which is the result of lime leaching from the mortar. Repair of this section would include a pressure wash to remove flaking paint and a complete cleaning. Afterwards the area would be repaired and cleat coat added.

Please join us Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, from 7 – 9pm at the Horace Williams House for a silent auction and an evening of Turtle-themed desserts, coffee and wine. A sample of the silent auction items include pearl earrings donated by J. Mason Jeweler, pillows from the Better Sleep Store, sketches of murals by Michael Brown, a certificate for a party of ten from Bailey’s Sports Grill and many more. Start your holiday shopping Dec. 2, 2010, at the Horace Williams House.

All proceeds from the silent auction will go to benefit the Painted Walls Project to preserve and restore The Sea Turtles mural on Columbia Street – so join us to help Save Our Turtles!

The Painted Walls Projects is a community effort to restore and preserve Chapel Hill’s unique downtown murals.

Many of our wonderful murals are in need of repair and restoration.

The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill is located in the Horace Williams House at 610 East Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill.

For more information call 919/942-7818, e-mail at (chpreservation@mindspring.com) or visit (http://chapelhillpreservation.com/).