National Girls & Women in Sports Day Celebration was postponed until Sunday, Feb. 22, 10-11:30 a.m. at UNC’s Koman Practice Complex and offers free tickets to a women’s basketball home game at 12 noon.
Harlem Globetrotters make an annual visit to Lenovo Center, Raleigh, March 19 at 7 p.m.
Shaun King of Durham is TORC’s first paid employee and executive director. He’s the board chair at Bike Durham and worked at Duke. TORC is the Triangle Off-Road Cyclists, MTBers.
The Pittsboro Farmers’ Market moves Feb. 19 to a new home, Popup Park, 50 W. Salisbury St. Hours are Thursday 3-6 p.m.
Annie Tane of Orange County is a member of the 19-member SONC Athlete Leadership Council that provides advice and guidance to state officials on programming and competitions. She’s serving a two-year term and also is a vice chair of SONC’s board of directors.
Black History Month events in Carrboro: Feb. 22, Concert featuring The Four Seasons at 3 p.m. and Feb. 28, Health and Wellness Fair, 10-2. Both are at the Drakeford Library Complex downtown.
Megan Smith Lyon is the UNC softball coach. Her situation is different from most. Her husband Corey Lyon is a UNC assistant softball coach and hitting instructor so “she’s the boss at home and at work,” she told the Chapel Hill Sports Club with a smile. Megan’s a former UNC player and coached at Marshall and other schools before coming to UNC in 2023.
Biscuits & Banjos presents Rhiannon Giddens’ “Beloved Country” with Blind Boys of Alabama and two other groups April 27 at DPAC as part of an international tour that began in February in England. Tickets at ticketmaster.com.
The 22-hole Diavolo course that opened in 2020 at New Hill Park, Cary, was named the most popular disc golf course in North Carolina by UDisc.