Chapel Hill/Carrboro History

[Zoo_View]

I should attend one of the tributes of Dex Fest…….problem is I have never liked the music.

 

[Zoo_View]

The Open Eye Cafe...it is still there. Long ago it was, I believe, Scott Rent-All.

Dex was the best. I could always count on him...if I could track him down...to play a benefit for whatever I was fighting back in those days. He washed dishes sporadically at The Hardback Cafe when I worked there too. I've got some good Dex stories like you. Crow has become a mystery. Do you know anything about him these days?

There really are Big Doings in Chapel Hill/Carrboro over the next few days...

Dex Fest celebrates the life and influence of a local legend

Dex Fest 2025 is happening across four nights at four different venues in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The festival is a celebration of the life and legacy of local musician Dexter Romweber.

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You’re correct on it being Open Eye and being Scott Rent-All. I just never can remember the name, Open Eye.

 

[finesse]

You’re correct on it being Open Eye and being Scott Rent-All. I just never can remember the name, Open Eye.

I went there a lot more when it was Scott than Open Eye.

 

[donbosco]

Crow is in the area………well, he was……..he might still be.

My brother and Crow attended the AA meetings at the building off Smith Level together for a while. They were “reasonably close” - as close as two addicts can be - Crow is sober at times…..but, unfortunately not long-term.

Crow’s younger brother and I talk on the phone every 3-6 months….keeping track of our siblings…..your question reminds it’s been 6 months…..I need to call him.

Have you ever seen Athens, GA: Inside-Out?

 

[Zoo_View]

Have you ever seen Athens, GA: Inside-Out?

No.

I’m guessing I should.

Is it on-line or in a library? I should buy it.

My aunt lives in Athens (her husband was the long-time Dean of UGA’s School of Education; an academic psychologist); and, her granddaughter is a FR in the limited admission honors program at UGA.

I should buy it and watch it and send it to them.

 

[donbosco]

No.

I’m guessing I should.

Is it on-line or in a library? I should buy it.

My aunt lives in Athens (her husband was the long-time Dean of UGA’s School of Education; an academic psychologist); and, her granddaughter is a FR in the limited admission honors program at UGA.

I should buy it and watch it and send it to them.

Unfortunately it only viewable by purchase. I have the dvd but ways of viewing it are diminishing all around.

 

[Zoo_View]

Unfortunately it only viewable by purchase. I have the dvd but ways of viewing it are diminishing all around.

I’m looking online and wondering if I want to spend $30-40 on a DVD that is scratchy as hell.

Gonna check at the library.

 

[donbosco]

“In 1941, Crook opened Crook’s Corner, a fish shop in a former filling station at West Franklin Street and Merritt Mill Road in the town’s historically Black business district. Crook lived in the back of the store, where she also sold fabric remnants from a nearby cotton mill, flowers and pecans.”

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