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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.
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
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.
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
The Wine Feed is hosting a first anniversary celebration at a FREE outdoor event on Sat., May 19 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the parking lot of the Carter Building on Glenwood Ave (located next to The Wine Feed at 18 Glenwood Ave, Suite B Raleigh, NC 27603).
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
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.
2011/12 NC Symphony Pops Series Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 7:30pm Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh James Bagwell, conductor Perhaps best known for her work with the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs, singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant joins the North Carolina Symphony for a single performance. Over the past 30 years, her distinctive voice, gift […]
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 […]
In From Russia with Love, the second Bond movie, James Bond is on the search for a Russian decoding machine known as Lektor. Bond needs to find the decoder before the SPECTRE organization does. The search leads Bond to Istanbul (where, naturally, he becomes romantically entangled with a beautiful woman, Tatiana Romanova), whilst dodging […]
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.
