Monday, April 25
• Nature’s Book Club – 9 am, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. Choosing among the countless foods nature offers, omnivores have to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Pollan’s work traces different food chains from ground to table, reveals the hidden components humans ingest, and explains how food tastes reflect their environmental and biological past. Weymouth Woods, 1024 Fort Bragg Rd., Southern Pines, 910-692-2167. Free and open to the public.
• Planting for Success in the Sandhills – noon to 1 pm, Free Lunch and Learn program. Janet Peele of Aberdeen Florist & Garden Center will talk about plants that are proven winners. Peele will share her years of experience of growing plants in the Sandhills. Bring your lunch, Ball Visitor Center, Sandhills Horticultural Gardens. Gardens provide drinks. Register by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• SEARCh Family Support Program – 12 pm - 1 pm, parent support group meeting, at Moore County Health Department Training Room, Carthage. A time for those with children who have behavioral, emotional, or learning challenges to share their experiences and learn from others. Lunch and material are free. To register, contact Shirlyn Smith @ 919-906-7103 or toll free 877-776-6599 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• “Memory Monday” – 4 pm - 5 pm, “Creativity in Older Adulthood: Good for Memory, Good for Mood” part of the Hippocampus School for the Healthy Brain series. Topic will be presented by Taeh A. Ward, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist with Pinehurst Neuropsychology. 215-0900, Senior Enrichment Center, 8040 NC Highway 15-501, West End.
• Eagle Springs Baptist Church – 5:30 pm, Children's Bible Study and Fellowship (ages 3-12), 6 pm, Middle School and High School Youth Group.
• Weight Watchers Meeting – 5 pm to 6 pm, at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, 1145 Seven Lakes Drive, Seven Lakes.
• Sandhills Natural History Society – 7 pm at Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Ft. Bragg Rd., Southern Pines. Dr. Eugenia Bragina, a North Carolina State University Researcher, will speak on “Population dynamics of large mammals in Eastern Europe and Russia during political and economic upheavals since 1974." Visitors welcome. Weymouth Woods Auditorium, 1024 Ft. Bragg Rd, Southern Pines 910-692-2167 or www.sandhillsnature.org
• Sunflix at the Sunrise – Eye in the Sky, 7:30 pm. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines (910) 692-3611.
Tuesday, April 26
• Healing Service – 11 am, St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church. 1145 Seven Lakes Dr., Seven Lakes. Intercessory prayers for the sick & troubled, those in harms way, traveling, bereaved or deceased. Reverend Carol Burgess. All are welcome.
• Seven Lakes Kiwanis Club – lunch at 11:30 am, meeting at 12:05 pm. Fellowship Hall of the Chapel in the Pines. Visitors are welcome.
• West End Presbyterian Church – 2:30-4:30 pm, Tuesday Tutoring Crawford Center.
• Trivia Tuesday at Sandhills Winery – 6 pm to 8 pm. 1057 Seven Lakes Drive. 673-2949. www.sandhillswinery.com
• Seven Lakes West Landowners Association – 7 pm, meeting. West Side Park Community Center. Review agenda.
• Sunflix at the Sunrise – Eye in the Sky, 7:30 pm. Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines (910) 692-3611.