This weekend

Here's some new items and events taking place this weekend in the area:

• "Looking Back, Facing Forward," a celebration of the former Central High School, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, at Mt. Bright Baptist Church, 211 W. Union St. The event features the Central Community Band and a panel of speakers. Refreshments will follow in the Fellowship Hall.

• The Hillsborough Moose Family Center, 202 Holiday Park Road, will hold a spaghetti dinner Sunday with entertainment from 2 to 5 p.m. Entertainers include Brian Ellis and Friends. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
Costs are $7 for adults in advance, $10 at the door; and $3 for children 12 years old and younger.For more information, call Dianne Rutledge at 484-0727 or (336) 599-2466, or send an e-mail to Rutledge_dianne@yahoo.com.
Proceeds will go toward Toys for Tots and other Moose charities.
(They say to bring your dancing shoes).

• The 12th Annual Community Dinner will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 1 in the Cafetorium at McDougle School, 900 Old Fayetteville Road in Carrboro. Tickets for adults are $8; children 10 years old and younger are $3.
Tickets are available at the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber. The Community Dinner is, according to the chamber, "a community building event, crossing economic, racial, religious and ethnic barriers and presenting a wealth of wonderful, culturally diverse food and entertainment. A large number of the tickets for the dinner are distributed to people who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend. You can feed a family of four with a $22 donation."
For more information, visit www.communitydinner.org or call Nerys Levy at 932-1532. Entertainment for 2009 includes Joy Williams African Dancers; the Cedar Ridge High School Choir; East Baile Latino, a Latino Dance Club at East Chapel Hill High School; The Taptasions, Prince Miah; and the Girl Toyz, an "Eat Local" theater performance.

• New Horizon Church, 100 New Horizon Place in Durham (just over the county line), will feed 400 families in need from Orange and Durham counties at 9 a.m. Saturday. Volunteers will be on hand to provide non-perishables, produce, personal care items and a stuffed animal or book for children. The international organization Feed the Children is partnering with the church for this event.