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Save the Date for Couture for a Cause Couture for a Cause is an annual fashion show fundraiser benefiting Activate Good. Join us for hors d'oeuvre, silent & live auction, cash bar, red carpet welcome, and a runway show. Local designers team up with Activate Good nonprofit partners to create outfits inspired by their missions. […]
Urban Ministries' 10th annual Stone Soup supper! Enjoy a delicious bowl of homemade soup while helping Urban Ministries help others! Chef Donna Lupo and her staff will be preparing their delicious Kentucky Burgoo and Vegetarian Chili with ingredients donated by US Foods. Suggested donations are $8 for a bowl, $4 for children, and $10 for […]
2014 "Plates for the World” WHERE: Plates Neighborhood Kitchen, 301 Glenwood Avenue Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27603 WHEN: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 WHAT: Plates Neighborhood Kitchen is again teaming up with Stop Hunger Now to turn November 27th into a hassle-free Thanksgiving for people with a philanthropic spirit but who don't […]
Six String, The Town of Cary, The Cary Theater and Jon Shain are pleased to announce the return of our Post Turkey Day Jam Benefit hosted by The Jon Shain Trio. Additional performers will include The Swang Brothers, Lynn Blakey, Jim Watson, Jeff Hart and more surprise guests. All proceeds will benefit The Interfaith Council […]
Jonathan Byrd is a preacher's son, a Gulf War veteran, and a Kerrville New Folk award winner from seven generations of North Carolinians. A Jonathan Byrd show is musical theater, bringing together the Texas songwriting tradition with southern storytelling and hot guitar picking in the line of North Carolina greats Doc Watson and Tony Rice. A stalwart […]
Raleigh City Farm is excited to celebrate our third birthday this month and to share the Farm’s progress with our community of supporters. Please join us Saturday, April 18 for our bEARTHday and BrewHaha sponsored in part by New Belgium Brewing. We’re proud to partner with our farm entrepreneurs and the other environmental entrepreneurs and […]
The Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce’s 35th annual “Meet in the Street” arts and craft festival will be held Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in downtown Wake Forest. Nearly 200 artisans' booths featuring handcrafted arts and crafts will line South Taylor Street, South Brooks Street, and South White Street. […]
The Raleigh Typhoon scavenger hunt and urban adventure returns June 27 with TWO Typhoon games: Extreme Challenge and Pub Crawl! Extreme Challenge check in at 12:30pm and Pub Crawl check at 4:30pm, both events followed by a prize/wrap up party! Grab friends and form a team to tackle hilarious games and solve puzzles while visiting […]
On four Sundays in July and August, Raleigh Little Theatre and Raleigh Brewing are offering free outdoor movies in the Stephenson Amphitheatre at RLT! Gates open and the preshow activity begins at 7:00PM, the movie will play at 8:00PM. The movies are (listed in order of what is showing on what date), Charlotte’s Web, A […]
Event: Joel Lane Museum House presents a fundraiser, Pool Party Fundraiser Time: Sunday, August 23, 2015* 6:00 to 8:00 pm *Rain Date August 30 Location: In a private home in Five Points, Raleigh. Address will be given to ticket purchasers when their purchase is confirmed Admission: $80 per person. Advanced purchase strongly […]
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.
Each weekend, the Commercial and Education buildings, the Shoppes at Dorton and the outside grounds are host to hundreds of dealers, craftsmen, and booths.
The Saturday Market is a Farmer’s Market hosted at Rebus Works, 10 am - 1 pm every Saturday, rain or shine. They feature fresh, local produce, eggs, baked goods, handmade items, and specialty foods. Come early and stay to stock your fridge for the week and have lunch. On the Shelves Anne's Apothecary Escazu Chocolates […]
Fairview Garden Center will host the third annual “Flora and Food Trucks” series this spring every Saturday from April 2 until May 28. Flora and Food Truck events are held 11:30 am until 2:30 pm. The Fairview Garden Center hours of operation are: Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. […]
Join the Raleigh City Farm for Wine+Weeds on Wednesdays where we gather as a community to drink some wine (if you care to) & help weed the Farm (starting April 20, 2016 - October 2016).