Raleigh community events

White Out Lung Cancer Fashion Show

Friday, Jun 7 6:30p

The Burning Coal Theater - Murphey School Auditorium, Raleigh

Join us for the perfect fashionista’s night out at Burning Coal Theatre, just on the edge of downtown Raleigh...

Music Makers

Saturday, Jun 8 11:00a

Play around with orchestra instruments with the North Carolina Symphony’s Instrument Zoo. Create Out of this World art and meet a special guest from the symphony...

Barleyjuice

Wednesday, Jul 10 7:00p

Tir Na nOg, Raleigh

Barleyjuice is one of the most popular Celtic bands on the circuit, they travel to Ireland and through various parts of Europe keeping the music alive, a seriously brilliant, and fun show, this ban...

Green Energy Workshop – Solar Energy

Sunday, Jun 9 2:30p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

Calling all power pioneers! Join us for electrifying solar energy play in the courtyard. Sponsored by Duke Energy.

“Freedom Coming, Freedom for All: the Emancipation Proclamation in NC” lecture by Earl Ijames

Thursday, Jun 6 7:00p

Joel Lane Museum House, Raleigh

Earl Ijames will speak on “Freedom Coming, Freedom for All” on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7 pm at the Visitors Center of the Joel Lane Museum House. Admission is $15 for the general public...

Future Vet with Banfield Pet Hospital

Saturday, Jun 15 1:00p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

Future vets and animal lovers! Participate in Banfield Pet Hospital's FutureVet® interactive program led by a veterinarian...

Guest Star Scientist – Food Masters!

Sunday, Jun 23 1:00p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

Join the FoodMASTER team from ECU and play around with the science of food and how healthy eating gives you the energy to play...

Hockey Fun with the Carolina Hurricanes

Saturday, Jun 29 1:00p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

Carolina Hurricanes staff members will be at the museum for hockey fun...

David Gillham, City of Women

Tuesday, May 28 12:00p

Quail Ridge Books & Music, Raleigh

Tuesday, May 28, at noon Lunch with new author David Gillham, City of Women This moving and masterful debut brings war-torn Berlin to life, and reveals the extraordinary mettle of women tested to t...

Guest Star Scientist – Worm World

Sunday, May 19 1:00p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

What do you know about worms? Join guest star scientist Jackie Trickel from Wake County Parks and learn about these incognito invertebrates—how they help our soil, how they live and all about their...

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Ticketed event at Jones Auditorium at Meredith College.

Saturday, Jun 15 7:00p

Jones Auditorium at Meredith College, Raleigh

Best-selling author Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns) with new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, a passionate tale of the choices love inspires, and how these choices reson...

Kick-off to Kindergarten at Marbles Kids Museum (for Rising Year-Round Kids)

Friday, Jun 7 5:00p

Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh

For rising year-round kindergartners Celebrate starting school! Practice a lunch line, get moving at recess, hop on a school bus and explore circle time...

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Sunday, Jun 2 2:00p

NC Museum of History, Raleigh

The Legacy of Freedom Symposium

Friday, May 31 9:00a

North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh

The Legacy of Freedom Symposium This free two-day symposium will examine President Abraham Lincoln’s reasons for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation...