Are you looking for romantic date-night ideas in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the greater Triangle community? Memorable restaurants, cultural experiences, special events, great places to get outdoors? Every Friday morning at 8:30, Aaron Keck and his husband Brad Bednar go on 97.9 The Hill and offer their recommendations during “Date Night” on This Morning with Aaron Keck. Click here to listen back to all their past segments – and tune in to This Morning every Friday at 8:30 to hear “Date Night” live on the air.

It’s Super Bowl weekend – not typically thought of as romantic, but how can you make it romantic? Brad suggests a fun way to watch the game, while Aaron goes off on a slant route and recommends a date that celebrates both Kansas City and Philadelphia.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

Trending today: a report about a strange business that’s thriving in Utah – high demand for bearded, long-haired male models, to work as Jesus impersonators. This is popular in Utah specifically, which confuses Aaron: shouldn’t this be the sort of thing you’d see in more secular communities, where this level of irreverence is more to be expected? It takes all kinds, apparently.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

What can folks on the left do to push back against the Trump administration, and keep moving the dial in a positive direction on important progressive causes? To start answering that question, Aaron is joined by Kevin Argabright, president of the Orange County Progressive Caucus – which just got recognized as an official chapter by the state caucus.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

In today’s news: housing concerns in Chapel Hill, both for UNC students and manufactured-home residents. Also: murder charges for the 14-year-old who allegedly shot at a trooper in Chapel Hill last month; a diversity requirement goes away at UNC; a local business takes a stand against Donald Trump; and Tar Heel athletics gears up for a busy weekend – including a pivotal game for men’s basketball and season openers for men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, and softball.

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