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Free First Friday show with Archbishops of Blount St! For fans of: Pietasters, The Specials and English Beat. Archbishops of Blount Street play ska music unlike anyone from Roanoke Rapids to Wilmington, from Greenville to Greensboro. There are ten guys in the band! We have five gentlemen who play fiery horns, five who sing like […]
We're delighted to host the Bull Spec third annual summer speculative fiction event, led by editor Samuel Montgomery-Blinn, on Saturday, August 3, at 7 p.m.
Borrowing their name from Ben Folds’, “Rockin The Suburbs”, these male-middle-class-and-white musicians manage to seriously rock without ever taking themselves too seriously. The members of Rockin’ The Suburbs came together in 2012 with a common appreciation for the not-so mainstream. Tired of being all alone in their white boy pain, they drew upon a broad […]
The authors of two new Savor the South cookbooks join us on Sunday, August 4, at 3 p.m.: Miriam Rubin with Tomatoes and Kelly Alexander with Peaches.
Anne Marie Pace presents Vampirina Ballerina Hosts a Sleepover on Monday, August 5, at 10 a.m. at a special Storytime.
She wears many hats: activist, attorney, writer, and award-winning author. With honesty, candor, and humor, Melody Moezzi now shares Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life with us on Wednesday, August 7, at 7:30 p.m. She chronicles her experiences as a manic-depressive Iranian-American Muslim woman with both clinical and cultural bipolarity.
Midtown Beach Music Series - August 8th Liquid Pleasure
Balaban and Makuck: Double Event at Quail Ridge Books
Movies By Moonlight: SECRETARIAT at Booth Amphitheatre
Formed in 2005 as a collaborative project between roommates, Jack the Radio is the brainchild of seasoned songwriters George Hage and A.C. Hill. In 2009, taking aim at a groove-heavy, southern-tinged gap in the Raleigh music scene, Hage strapped on his electric guitar, Hill, his weathered acoustic, and they set out to broaden their sound. […]
Logan hosts this FREE ART SHOW featuring all kinds of local art including 2D, 3D, performing, musical and more.
He's back - both author Howard Owen and protagonist Willie Mays Black. Publishers Weekly wanted a sequel to Oregon Hill, and now both action and Willie are back in The Philadelphia Quarry. Find out what's new with this crime-investigating reporter on Sunday, August 11, at 3 p.m.
Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo over 40 Food Trucks on Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC
Dark Star Orchestra @ Lincoln Theatre!!
"The All Stars Tour 2013" featuring: EVERY TIME I DIE Chelsea Grin Veil of Maya Terror Stray From Path Capture The Crown IWRESTLEDABAREONCE For All Those Sleeping Structures Ice Nine Kills Dayshell 2PM Doors 2:45PM Show DAY OF: $25.00 ADVANCED: $22.50 Purchase Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/s/38032306
