CANCER FOCUS GROUP -- Deborah Mayer, an associate professor at the School of Nursing at UNC and a cancer survivor, will hold a focus group on women's experience with breast reconstruction, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. dmayer@unc.edu or 843-9467.

TRANSPORTATION TALK -- Local experts will discuss transportation issues from 7 to 9 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the Orange Chatham Sierra Club Group.

STORYTIME -- Lapsit Storytime for ages 1 to 2 will be held at 10 a.m. at the Orange County Public Library, 300 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough. Preschool Storytime is from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for ages 3 to 5. 245-2525.

TIME FOR TODDLERS -- Stories, songs and movement activities for children ages 18 to 36 months will be presented from 10:15 to 10:35 and 11 to 11:20 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Also on Thursdays. 968-2778.

FREE YOGA -- Yoga for cancer patients and caregivers is offered every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center. 401-9333.

FARMERS MARKET -- The Carrboro Farmers' Market will be from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 301 W. Main St. The market offers farm products, prepared foods and crafts from vendors who live within 50 miles of Carrboro. 919-280-3326.

SELF-HELP MEETING -- Recovery I, an international, nonprofit organization that offers self-help methods for managing anger, controlling depression and reducing stress, meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and every Friday at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Call 918-3677.


OCTOBER 9

ART WORKSHOP -- Richard Cloudt, cartoonist and artist, will lead a workshop on Depression era art in America at 4 p.m. at the Orange County Public Library, 300 W Tryon St., Hillsborough. 245-2525.

AUTHOR READING -- Jeffery Beam will discuss his book "The Beautiful Tendons: Uncollected Queer Poems 1969-2007," at 7 p.m. at McIntyre's Fine Books at Fearrington. 542-3030.

COMPUTER CLASS -- The Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, offers a class in Microsoft Excel II from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. 968-2780.

AUTHOR READING -- Sahar Amer, Professor of Asian and International Studies at UNC, will be at the Bull's Head Bookshop at 3:30 p.m. to read from her new book, "Crossing Borders: Love Between Women In Medieval French and Arabic Literatures." Free and open to the public. 962-5060

STORY TIME -- Story time for children is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Market Street Books , 610 Market Street in Southern Village. 933-5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com.

BOOK DISCUSSION -- The Movie/Book Club will meet at the Carrboro Cybrary, 100 N. Greensboro St., at 7 p.m. to discuss the movie "Nights in Rodanthe" and the novel by Nicholas Sparks it was based on. See the movie, read the book or both and you are invited. 918-7387, http://www.co.orange.nc.us/library/cybrary.


OCTOBER 10

COMPUTER CLASS -- The Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, offers a class in Microsoft Excel III from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. 968-2780.

PEACE VIGIL -- Vigils for peace and justice are held every Friday at the corner of Elliott Road and East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, 5 to 6 p.m. Call 942-2535.


OCTOBER 11

GARDEN TOUR -- Free tours of the display gardens of the North Carolina Botanical Garden are held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays through Nov. 29. Meet in front of the Totten Center off Old Mason Farm Road shortly before 10 a.m. http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/69/.

FARMERS MARKET -- The Carrboro Farmers' Market will be from 7 a.m. until noon at 301 W. Main St. The year-round market offers farm products, prepared foods and crafts from vendors who live within 50 miles of Carrboro. 919-280-3326.

FARMERS MARKET -- The South Estes Farmers Market at University Mall is open from 8 a.m. to noon. www.southestesfarmersmarket.org.

TOASTMASTERS -- Three Toastmasters clubs meet on Saturdays. The Chapel Hill CHAT Toastmasters meet at 8 a.m. in Room 17 of Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill. E-mail adjwold@nc.rr.com. The Chapel Hill Toastmasters meet at 8 a.m. in the University Presbyterian Church Youth Center in Chapel Hill. E-mail lorieichel@nc.rr.com. The Speakeasy Toastmasters meet at 11 a.m. on Saturdays at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, 104 South Estes Drive. E-mail info@speakeasytmc or see www.speakeasytoastmastersclub.com.

WALKING TOUR -- A 90-minute guided walking tour will explore Hillsborough's historic district. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Alexander Dickson House, 150 E. King St. Cost is $5. 732-774, www.historichillsborough.org.

VINTAGE FAIRE -- The Orange County Mental Health Association's Vintage Faire, an upmarket tag sale, will be held at University Mall in Chapel Hill on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Furniture, silver, antiques, crystal, china, fabric, artwork, collectibles, household items, holiday decorations, designer bags and accessories. Raffle drawn at 3 p.m.