Saturday, September 12, you’re invited to join the Eno River Association for their Festival for the Eno 60th Anniversary Celebration! This year’s event is taking a different form from the traditional Eno Fest: it’ll be at the Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham, beginning from 1-5 p.m. with a free community celebration before continuing inside the theater for a ticketed evening show that features Jake Xerxes Fussell, Tre. Charles, Pura Fé, and more. It’s all to support the work of the Eno River Association, which has been working to preserve the Eno River and the land around it for the last six decades.

Aaron welcomes H.C. McEntire – an acclaimed musician who’s also the event & store manager for the Eno River Association – to discuss this year’s event.

Conversation presented by the Eno River Association. Visit EnoRiver.org for more information about Saturday’s festival – including details about a silent auction, which is ongoing now and open to everyone.

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In today’s news: Chapel Hill-Carrboro school officials discuss a glitch that left hundreds of students without bus assignments to start the school year. Also: LUMO is back on this week’s Chapel Hill Town Council agenda; a new report finds the North Carolina lottery isn’t providing as much money to schools as you might think; UNC officials discuss the campus police response to last week’s racial incident; and UNC renames Jackson Hall…Jackson Hall.

And in sports: UNC women’s basketball head coach Courtney Banghart addresses the media two months out from the season opener; two Tar Heel field hockey stars earn all-conference honors; UNC women’s golf opens its season in Minnesota; and UNC athletics launches a new Tar Heel-branded alcohol.

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Welcome to “Tell Me Something,” a weekly feature that invites local scholars to share a single interesting, insightful, or cool thing they’ve learned in their careers that most people don’t know, which can help us better understand our world or give us new perspectives on common issues.

This week, epidemiologist Kristen Rappazzo joins Aaron to share details about an old practice whose effects still linger today: burying old junk cars along rivers to shore up their banks. (There are examples of this in western North Carolina, including along the French Broad River.)

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Trending today: With Aaron back from Dragon Con, Victor goes all in on comics, with details about DC’s popular new “Absolute Universe.” (What if Batman weren’t rich, for example?)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

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This Sunday, September 13, visit the Ackland Art Museum for an artist conversation featuring Phaan Howng, whose large-scale work “Against Nature” is now on display in the museum’s ART& gallery. Howng will speak with Lauren Turner, Ackland’s associate curator for contemporary art and special projects.

Learn more about Phaan Howng by visiting Phaan.com or by following her on Instagram.

The artist conversation runs from 2:00-3:00 p.m. It’s free and open to everyone, but advance registration is required; visit this link to register.

Aaron discussed “Against Nature” with Phaan Howng; this conversation was presented by the Ackland Art Museum.

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In today’s news: Bill Belichick addresses the media for the first time after new revelations about the internal investigation of Tar Heel football. Also: the process is under way to fill a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board; Durham County Commissioners hold a work session; Pittsboro’s Chatham Mills property gets a new owner; and Hillsborough officials pursue a townwide affordable housing strategy.

And in sports: UNC field hockey, women’s soccer, and volleyball all get weekend wins; Tar Heel baseball announces its fall schedule; and the Durham Bulls lose in historic fashion.

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Brad and Aaron are heading to Dragon Con in Atlanta this weekend – so what’s a Dragon Con-inspired local date night? Brad is inspired by its DIY culture to recommend a wine-making event in Orange County, while Aaron – who’s never been – suggests simply doing something you’ve never done before.

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.

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Trending today: Victor and Aaron discuss “charismatic megafauna” – animals that people are drawn to, which can thus be used as mascots in marketing campaigns. One of those is the humble dinosaur, and that’s creating a problem for paleontologists: uber-wealthy collectors are buying up dinosaur skeletons, leaving fewer and fewer available for scientific research. (Aaron acknowledges that’s a problem, but is more concerned by a similar situation in the art world: at least there are multiple T-rex skeletons, but once a particular Picasso is taken out of public view, that Picasso is gone.) Also, Victor and Aaron speculate on whether UNC’s paleontology department has a secret Bond villain-style underground lair. (If not, they should.)

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

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This Tuesday, September 8, is National 988 Day, raising awareness of the 988 suicide & crisis lifeline – and the importance of good mental health overall.

You can access the lifeline at any time by calling 988; you can also text 988, or visit 988Lifeline.org.

Aaron welcomes Marcy Williams of the Orange County Health Department to discuss the lifeline, when to pick up the phone and call, the importance of mental health in general, and other local and national resources available for anyone who needs them.

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In today’s news: Orange County names its new crisis diversion facility after the late County Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford. Also: a new report shows crime is significantly down this year in North Carolina; State Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. says he’s not running for reelection in 2028 (but may run for something else instead); the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board sets the process for replacing former board member Rani Dasi, while superintendent Rodney Trice apologizes for a busing snafu that’s left many families scrambling; the owners of Carrburritos set a timeline for their move to Carr Mill Mall; and we remember former UNC historian Konrad Jarausch, who drowned in Eastwood Lake earlier this week.

And in sports: UNC football general manager Michael Lombardi officially resigns amidst an ongoing investigation; Tar Heel women’s soccer and volleyball both get wins, while UNC field hockey looks to rebound from a pair of recent losses; and UNC men’s basketball coach Michael Malone weighs in on the state of college athletics, with the eligibility status of Cameron Fens still in limbo amidst a national legal battle.

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