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Join Tour D'Coup on April 29 for the Cock-A-Doodle-Doo COCK-Tail Party. Tickets are $25 and the party features drinks, delicious food, a deviled egg tasting bar featuring recipes by Debbie Moose and a silent auction filled with surprises. Sponsorships are also available. Buy tickets here. Interested in sponsoring the COCK-Tail Party or the 2012 […]
First Friday is a free self-guided tour of downtown Raleigh’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.
It's springtime in the garden. Come one, come all! Put on your whimsical garden hats ladies and gents, then enjoy the many pleasures and pure merriment that a May stroll in the garden can bring. All these amusements, plus perusing the dazzling botanical and non-botanical silent auction items, sipping on a cool drink, and […]
Join the Logan gardening experts for this free class on Rose Care. Learn tips to keep your roses blooming and healthy. RVSP requested for this free class. Email info@logantrd.com with the number attending and the class name.
Raleigh's weekly, local, food and craft market featuring garden and oven-fresh goodies, handmade uniquities and more. Every Saturday from 9-1 pm May-Nov.
The Fourth annual Got to be NC Festival will be held May 18-20, 2012. Come enjoy a mix of food, music, carnival rides and games, antique farm equipment and grandstand entertainment.
The Raleigh Arts Festival will bring the best visual and performing art and artists to Downtown May 19 – 20 around Moore Square and City Plaza. Artsplosure offers art from the works of 170 independent visual artists from across the United States; the tunes of 15 Main Stage and North Carolina Stage performers; […]
Electronics Recycling on May 19, 2012, Oak Park Shopping Center, 6001 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, NC 27612
Take Control of Your Diabetes educates and motivates people with diabetes to take a more active role in managing their condition.
The Henside the Beltline Tour d’Coop is a one-day garden tour in Raleigh. The Tour teaches visitors about keeping hens and gives them garden ideas and inspiration.
Sports Illustrated writer and NPR commentator Frank Deford returns with Over Time: My Life As A Sportswriter. He offers a history of American sportswriting and a chronicle of the heroes and the characters of just about every sport.
Economist Enrico Moretti brings us The New Geography of Jobs. A rising young economist at Berkeley, Moretti argues that where you live will soon determine how successful you are and how it benefits centers of innovation. Book Description from the Quail Ridge Books website: There are many factors that determine a person’s s uccess in […]
CityCamp Raleigh is three days of open sourced talks, workshops and hands-on problem solving to re-imagine the way the Web, applications, technology and participation will shape the future of our city.
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 […]