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Chapel Hill, NC
61Events this week
9Free things to do
90New spots
95New stories

● Checked Sunday, September 13, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Chapel Hill

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 61 events, day by day →

John and June Allcott Gallery: Michelle Inez Hinojosa and Barbara Pearsall

Monday 8am · Chapel Hill

Fun d'Mental Trivia

Monday 7pm · Ment Beverage Co. · Free

Devon Gilfillian

Monday 8pm · Cat's Cradle

New Rider Course- eCourse + Range ~ Raging Bull Harley Davidson

Wednesday 6pm · Raging Bull Harley-Davidson

Systema Martial Arts: Free Trial Class for Beginners

Wednesday 7:30pm · Triangle Aikido · Free

New in Chapel Hill

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Jenkins Bettye

Shopping

Locally rooted blooms: Jenkins Bettye has spent over 40 years turning Chapel Hill moments into flowers, with Bettye's Flower Design creating everything from heartfelt sympathy tributes to celebratory keepsake arrangements.

bettyesflowerdesign.com ↗

Chapel Chill

Bakeries & Sweets

Crave-worthy local scoops: Chapel Chill churns handcrafted premium ice cream right in the shop using housemade, natural ingredients, so the flavors actually taste like themselves.

chapelchillnc.com ↗

Rougarou (Imbibe)

Restaurants

A taste of NOLA nearby: Rougarou (Imbibe) brings a little Crescent City to Chapel Hill with an ever changing Cajun menu, fine wine, and rotating local beers and ciders.

108henderson.com ↗

Chapel Hill’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Chapel Hill’s best →

Most read in Chapel Hill

The five stories Chapel Hill readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. The Triangle's 30 best restaurants of 2026

    Axios Raleigh has compiled a list of the Triangle's 30 best restaurants, ranking them based on quality of food, service, vibe, beverage offerings, and length of establishment's history.

    Full story at axios.com ↗

  2. Bill Belichick offers cryptic update on missing son after Jordon Hudson comments

    Bill Belichick, the North Carolina football coach, has been absent from the team following reports of family tension over girlfriend Jordon Hudson.

    Full story at irishstar.com ↗

  4. 2 downtown Raleigh additions and Chapel Hill’s first entertainment district

    Three new ventures are set to arrive in the Triangle this fall, including Chapel Hill’s first entertainment district, a luxury furniture flagship in downtown Raleigh, and a limited-time public art installation in Downtown Raleigh’�s Warehouse District.

    Full story at heraldsun.com ↗

  5. UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke to combine herbaria, creating the third-largest university plant collection in the United States - UNC News

    UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University will unite their herbaria collections under the management of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.

    Full story at uncnews.unc.edu ↗

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