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Get ready for three full days of extreme satisfaction and personal fulfillment when Original Sewing & Quilt Expo comes to Raleigh!
Get ready for three full days of extreme satisfaction and personal fulfillment when Original Sewing & Quilt Expo comes to Raleigh!
Get ready for three full days of extreme satisfaction and personal fulfillment when Original Sewing & Quilt Expo comes to Raleigh!
Jesmyn Ward joins Quail Ridge Books with Salvage the Bones, winner of the 2011 National Book Award in Fiction. Set in rural Mississippi in the 12 days preceding Katrina, she's created a pitch-perfect account of struggle and community in the rural South.
In Goldfinger, the third in the James Bond series, Bond uncovers Goldfinger's plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. In Goldfinger, the blue print for future Bond movies is complete: two Bond girls (one with double entendre); a memorable main villain and amusing but legal henchman; and, of course, the gadgets. Sean […]
Beginning June 29 and ending August 27, 2012, the Page-Walker Arts and History Center at 119 Ambassador Loop in Cary will feature a unique art quilt exhibit titled Narrative Threads.
First Friday is a free self-guided tour of downtown’s cutting edge cultural hot spots. Local art galleries, art studios, alternative art venues, and museums stay open late the first Friday of every month to welcome thousands of art-seeking enthusiasts downtown. The event runs from 6 pm-9 pm, but some venue hours may vary. Attendees […]
What is RAW? RAW is an indie arts organization for artists, by artists. Every month RAW hand selects and showcases artists in film, fashion, music, art, performing art, hairstyling, makeup artistry and photography. RAW creates a one night showcase event that features local creativity in all of its flavors. Visit www.RAWartists.org for more […]
The author of Against Happiness, Eric Wilson, brings us Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away. Wilson explores our cultural obsession with doom, gloom, and gore with zeal and a great deal of wit.
Enjoy Marbletinis, mingling and a movie to the MAX with our new event series, featuring an inspiring documentary. It's a perfect way to liven up a night out downtown, so join us for the ultimate movie experience! Doors open at 5:30pm, and we’ll be serving up specialty Marbletinis, beer, wine and light appetizers. […]
Jeff Bridges stars as Jeff "the Dude" Lebowski. Some thugs mistake the Dude for a millionaire Lebowski, rough him up, and soil his carpet, which "really tied the room together." This sends the Dude on an Odyssey to meet the millionaire Lebowski and recover the rug. Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, […]
The Last Waltz was a concert by The Band filmed on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco. Martin Scorsese filmed the concert and produced this film, which features concert performance and interviews with members of The Band. The Band was joined by more than a dozen special guests, including Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, […]
Four photographers, all age 24, embrace figurative digital photography as the new standard.
Four photographers, all age 24, embrace figurative digital photography as the new standard. Photography by Nathan Wellman, Adam Hajnos, Julian Thomas and Gerri Fernandez, guest curated by Georges Le Chevallier at Block Gallery. “4 x 24,” runs from August 2 through September 17.
First Friday is a free self-guided tour of downtown’s cutting edge cultural hot spots.
