Frank Heath

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 9 dated events in the chronology →

1. 1986 Frank Heath buys Cat's Cradle David Robert and his partners sold the Chapel Hill club to Frank Heath and Richard Fox in 1986; Heath became sole owner in 1987 and still runs the club. People: Frank HeathNC Arts Council: Hip History: Cat's Cradle Is Still Rocking After 50 Years
2. February 1989 Cat's Cradle opens at 206 West Franklin Street After its lease ran out on September 1, 1988, at 320 West Franklin Street, the small room known as the shoebox, the club held its grand reopening in February 1989 at 206 West Franklin Street, its fourth location, where it stayed until 1993. People: Frank HeathThe Daily Tar Heel, February 15, 1989, p. 1 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, January 18, 1989, p. 1; Chapel Hill Historical Society: Cat's Cradle, 300 East Main Street; Open Orange: Cat's Cradle
3. 1993 The Cat's Cradle moves to Carrboro After about six months dark, the club reopened in the former Nice Price Books space at 300 East Main Street, a standing-room hall holding about 750. People: Frank HeathNC Arts Council: Hip History: Cat's Cradle Is Still Rocking After 50 Years
4. May 19, 1993 Cat's Cradle closes its last Franklin Street location The owners of the building at 206 West Franklin Street sold to a developer, and the club scheduled its last show there for May 19; Frank Heath then spent about six months looking for a new site. People: Frank HeathPink House Forever (blog): End of a Franklin Street Era for Cat's Cradle (reprint of Indie-List Digest #31, May 15, 1993)
5. 2013 Cat's Cradle opens the Back Room The club added a second room holding about 200 people beside its main hall at 300 East Main Street. People: Frank HeathChapel Hill Historical Society: 300 East Main Street (Cat's Cradle)
6. February 3, 2015 Frank Heath tells the Carrboro Board of Aldermen that the Cat's Cradle has outgrown its building At the second public hearing on a proposed arts and innovation center and hotel at East Main Street, Heath said the Cat's Cradle and the ArtsCenter were both too big for their buildings and that expansion had become urgent. He called it a dilemma for a small town with two successful arts organizations. People: Lydia LavelleSearch the index · Chapelboro: Cat's Cradle Owner to Carrboro BoA: Growing Arts Scene Presents 'Dilemma'
7. December 2019–January 2020 Cat's Cradle marks 50 years with an anniversary concert series The "Cat's Cradle Turns 50" series put 50 acts on stage over six nights at the Carrboro club. People: Frank HeathNC Arts Council: Hip History: Cat's Cradle Is Still Rocking After 50 Years
8. March 11–13, 2020 Cat's Cradle plays its last shows before the pandemic shutdown Destroyer played the main room at 300 East Main Street on March 11, 2020, and Songs From the Road Band played the Back Room on March 13, the club's last shows before COVID-19 closed it. Heath said he began rescheduling on the night of March 11, when the NBA suspended its season, and the March 14 shows were cancelled.Search the index · Chapelboro: Venues in a Pandemic: Cat's Cradle
9. July 31, 2020 North Carolina musicians release Cover Charge to benefit the Cat's Cradle Twenty-five North Carolina acts, among them Superchunk, the Mountain Goats, Tift Merritt and Iron and Wine, recorded cover songs for an album to raise money for the closed Carrboro club. Musician and UNC professor Florence Dore organized it, and Heath said presales were running better than expected.Search the index · ABC11: Cat's Cradle: North Carolina musicians team up for fundraising album for beloved Carrboro music venue