Discover Southwest Raleigh: Go to a Carolina Hurricanes Game
One of the items on my fall bucket list was to go to a Carolina Hurricanes game. Since making the list, I've been to two games. The first game was on Friday, October 11 against the LA Kings. It was a total sports weekend for my family. My mom was in town and we took...
Design a Neighborhood Park in Southwest Raleigh
An empty 2.4 acre piece of land along Lineberry Drive and Sierra Drive, just south of the Farmer's Market, could be a neighborhood park in the future. And you can help shape what that park will be when it grows up. Are you ready to put your creative mind to work and...
Activate Good Announce its 5th Annual Couture for a Cause Fashion Show and Auction
Guest post by Amber Smith, Executive Director, Activate Good Activate Good has announced its fifth annual Couture for a Cause fashion show to be held on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Marbles Kids Museum, located in downtown Raleigh. Doors open at 7 PM and the show...
2013 City of Oaks Marathon Street Closures
Guest post by the City of Oaks Marathon Race Crew The 7th Annual Raleigh City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 at 7:00 am. The race will start and finish at the N.C. State Bell Tower on Hillsborough...
Discover Southwest Raleigh: The North Carolina State Fair
While not on my original fall bucket list, I had to add the North Carolina State Fair to the must-do things in Southwest Raleigh. With almost 1 million visitors this year, the fair is a familiar time of year for my family. Attractions, exhibits, food, rides, games,...
Bucket List: A social way to discover Raleigh and beyond
This fall, I decided to start a bucket list for things in Southwest Raleigh. With a little help from Offline, a technology company in the Triangle powered by two guys named David, the experience has never been more social. The Bucket List includes experiences,...
Pop A Top at Rebus Works: Food Truck/Beer Pairing with New Belgium
Rebus Works is hosting our annual October event: "Pop A Top" and this year we have teamed up with one of the newest North Carolina breweries, New Belgium Brewing Company. This event is unique because we have paired the various New Belgium beers with food trucks. Join...
Explore the Greenway at the Third Annual Festival in Motion
Don't miss the free fun this Saturday, September 28th, at the Walnut Creek Wetland Center, 10:00am - 2:00pm for the third annual Festival in Motion. Come for the fitness challenges, food trucks, nature games, and live music or just relax along the Walnut Creek...
Raleigh Rampage: A Smashing Success at SPARKcon
One of my favorite parts of SPARKcon this year was Raleigh Rampage. The interactive show set-up in the Wells Fargo plaza was a scale version of downtown Raleigh made out of cardboard blocks, complete with monster and robot costumes. The point: destroy the city and...
Can SPARKcon Draw 40,000 to Downtown Raleigh?
If 500 hours of scheduled events over four days highlighting the Triangle's creative talent and perfect weather can't draw thousands of people to downtown Raleigh to SPARKcon, I don't know what else could. OK,let's not talk about getting a sports complex in downtown...
Parks in the Creative District: Discovery Days at Pullen Park
Are you looking for some unique morning events to take the kids to this fall? Discovery Days is a new series of events with exciting nature and animal themes to be held at Pullen Park through September and October. It will feature a variety of wildlife and nature...
Shopscotch weekend at Rebus Works
Hopscotch weekend at Rebus Works is going to be an overdose of see-able, hear-able, and edible art. We start off with Shopscotch, which is two days of shopping and music, as part of the official Hopscotch Day Party on Friday and Saturday from noon-5pm. This outside...
Brunch with Legs McNeil
Brunch with Legs McNeil on is happening this Sunday, September 8th from 11-2pm. It includes a performance by Dexter Romweber. Legs will be reading from "Please Kill Me" and signing your favorite copy afterwards. Tickets are $35 dollars in advance and $40 at the door....
Small Business Spotlight :: Ornamentea
The Small Business Spotlight series features small businesses and their owners, to get a feel for what truly makes Southwest Raleigh a great place to live, work, learn, and play: the people. Ornamentea is one of my personal favorite shops in Southwest Raleigh, and...
Volunteer Opportunities at the Southeast’s Biggest Creative Explosion
Guest post by Visual Art Exchange Come have a blast volunteering at the 8th annual SPARKcon! This free, four-day festival (produced by Visual Art Exchange) showcases and celebrates creativity in the Triangle. You name it, we've got it: a fashion show; circus, dance...
Small Business Spotlight: SweetWater Ices from NYC
The Small Business Spotlight series features small businesses and their owners, to get a feel for what truly makes Southwest Raleigh a great place to live, work, learn, and play: the people. This edition of the Small Business Spotlight features two New York City...
Packapalooza 2013 in Pictures
It was a great day to be on Hillsborough Street for Packapalooza and to celebrate all things NC State. The weather was perfect and the music was fun. Compared to last year, Packapalooza seemed to have more vendors, more activities, and a much bigger turnout. Which is...
Raleigh Little Theatre Presents “Art”
The 2013-14 season at Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) begins with Yasmina Reza's Art. Lines are drawn and old friends square off when one purchases a canvas that is essentially a pure white painting. Art will be performed in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre and...
Packapalooza 2013: Music and Activities–Wolfpack Style
It's an all day block party on Hillsborough Street from 2:00 - 10:00pm on Saturday, August 24, 2013. Packapalooza is great for anyone in Raleigh. "It's free, it's family oriented. It's great incoming students, returning students, alumni coming back, family, friends,...
Discover Karate, Kata, and Kumite at SPARKcon
Ready to learn martial arts at this year's SPARKcon? Bill Tracy and Josiah Brooks teach Wado-Ryu Karate, a traditional Japanese marital art. We each have nearly eleven years of experience in the discipline, and teach classes at Carolina Pines through the Raleigh Parks...
Limited Early Bird Registration Available for All Things Open
There is a new conference coming to town. The spotlight on All Things Open has a great speaker line-up with well-known open source experts descending upon Raleigh, the open source city, on October 23-24, 2013. Early Bird registration for All Things Open was recently...