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===Attractions=== One of Carrboro's attractions is the Carrboro Farmer's Market,<ref name="cnnstory1">{{Cite news |date=September 4, 2007 |title=Farmers markets feed the 100-mile diet |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/31/buying.local.food/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail |access-date=September 13, 2007 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011017/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/31/buying.local.food/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail |url-status=live }}</ref> which features local organic produce, locally produced cheeses, baked goods, and handmade crafts. Created in 1977, the Market was one of the first in the area to link farmers directly with their customers. The Market requires that everything sold must be produced within a {{convert|50|mi|km|adj=on}} radius of Carrboro.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Knowlton |first=Andrew |date=May 5, 2013 |title=America's Foodiest Small Town |url=http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/10/americas_foodiest_small_town |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424160200/http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/10/americas_foodiest_small_town |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |magazine=Bon Appétit}}</ref> In addition to the Carrboro Farmers Market, the town eateries and specialty food shops have also garnered regional<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall, Melissa |date=September 7, 2007 |title=Southern Foodways: Cliff Collins of Cliff's Meat Market |url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/09/southern-belly-cliff-collins-of-cliffs-meat-m.html |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=Serious Eats |archive-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801032227/http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/09/southern-belly-cliff-collins-of-cliffs-meat-m.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and national acclaim for their strong support of locally produced food. Carrboro is a favorite destination of [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC]] students for its relatively large number and diversity of restaurants. In 2005, Carrboro was named one of the 100 best art towns in America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Villani |first=John |url=https://archive.org/details/100bestarttownsi00vill_0/page/504 |title=The 100 Best Art Towns in America: A Guide to Galleries, Museums, Festivals, Lodging and Dining, Fourth Edition |publisher=Countryman Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0881506419 |page=[https://archive.org/details/100bestarttownsi00vill_0/page/504 504] |url-access=registration}}</ref> [[Image:Millenniumfountain.jpg|thumb|left|Millennium Fountain]] Two music venues that host national and regional acts are located in Carrboro. The ArtsCenter<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artscenterlive.org/ |title=Carrboro ArtsCenter |access-date=October 31, 2009 |archive-date=October 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022032318/http://www.artscenterlive.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> has featured nationally known roots music acts, such as [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]], [[Leon Russell]], and [[Dr. John]] as well as internationally known artists including [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] and [[k.d. lang]]. The ArtsCenter also holds art classes, dance classes, and art exhibitions. It was founded 1974 and moved from Main Street to its new location on Roberson Street summer 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McConnell |first=Brighton |date=August 28, 2023 |title=The ArtsCenter Opens, Celebrates its Upgraded Home in Downtown Carrboro |url=https://chapelboro.com/news/nonprofit-news/the-artscenter-opens-celebrates-its-upgraded-home-in-downtown-carrboro |access-date=April 10, 2023 |work=Chapelboro.com |pages=1 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829015002/https://chapelboro.com/news/nonprofit-news/the-artscenter-opens-celebrates-its-upgraded-home-in-downtown-carrboro |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Cat's Cradle (venue)|Cat's Cradle]], open for more than 50 years, hosts a diverse range of national and international musicians and performers like Nirvana, Public Enemy, John Mayer, Joan Baez, and Iggy Pop.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catscradle.com/about/ |title=Cat's Cradle About |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-date=September 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912082829/http://www.catscradle.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Paolicelli |first=Laurie |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Cat's Cradle is 54 Years Old |url=https://thelocalreporter.press/cats-cradle-is-54-years-old/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |work=The Local Reporter |pages=1 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225155643/https://thelocalreporter.press/cats-cradle-is-54-years-old/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 84-seat Dirty South Institute (DSI) Comedy Theater in Carrboro, opened in 2006, boasted a local company of 50+ active performers and a national network of comedians. It was the home of the DSI Comedy School, which offered classes to the public every month in the art of improv, stand-up and sketch comedy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2014 |title=DSI Comedy |url=http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520210328/http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/about/ |archive-date=May 20, 2006 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |publisher=DSI Comedy}}</ref> Amid scandal, DSI Comedy Theater closed on August 28, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 2017 |title=DSI Comedy Will Close August 28, Zach Ward Says |url=https://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2017/07/12/dsi-comedy-will-close-august-28-zach-ward-says |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924222151/https://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2017/07/12/dsi-comedy-will-close-august-28-zach-ward-says |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2017 |work=Indy Week}}</ref> The space re-opened a few months later as the PIT Chapel Hill, a branch of the Peoples Improv Theater founded by Ali Reza Farahnakian, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and UNC alumnus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grubb |first=Tammy |title=This former 'Saturday Night Live' writer is bringing improv comedy back to Franklin Street |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article172553511.html |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The News & Observer |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818042528/https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article172553511.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Carrboro Historic District, north of downtown, contains the distinctive architecture of the approximately 150 mill houses built by Lloyd and Carr for the mill workers at the Alberta Cotton Mill and their families. Many of these homes have since been razed, but numerous others have been restored; a number of these homes, centered on Shelton Street, are occupied by (particularly graduate) students at the nearby [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], however, increasing housing costs have resulted in a downwards trend in the student population of this area.
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