August 2018

August 1…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

August 1…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

August 2…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00

August 3…First Friday

August 3…Film Screening: “The Vietnam War” – N.C. Museum of History – 6:30

August 3…First Friday Flashlight Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 7:30

August 5…Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo – Fayetteville Street – 3:00-9:00

August 6…Dancing in the Park Fitness Celebration – Chavis Park – 6:30

August 8…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

August 8…Explore Dix Park: “Feathered Friends” – (Ages 2-6) – Dix Park – 11:00

August 8…History a la Carte: “Magic Beans” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00

August 8…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

August 9…Science Cafe: “Neuse River Magic Carpet Ride” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

August 12…Skywatching at Dix Park – Dix Park – 9:00-11:00 pm

August 15…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

August 15…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

August 16…Raleigh Night Market – City Market – 6:00-11:00

August 16…Science Cafe: “Did Evolution Make You Do It?” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

August 17…Mordecai Free Friday – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-3:00

August 18…Movies by Moonlight – “Jurassic Park” – Dix Park – 7:30

August 22…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

August 22…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

August 23…Science Cafe: “Ice Cream Science” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

August 25…CaribMask Carnival Parade and Festival Village – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-8:00

August 25…Packapalooza – Hillsborough Street – 2:00-10:00

August 29…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

August 29…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

Niklas Veenhuis

June 2018

June 1…First Friday Library Open House – NC Government & Heritage Library – (109 E. Jones)- 4:00-7:00

June 1…First Friday

June 1…First Friday Flashlight Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 7:30

June 2…9th Annual Walking Tour – Historic Mt. Hope Cemetery – 10:00

June 2…Yoga in the Museum – City of Raleigh Museum – 11:30

June 2…Science Saturday: “Freshwater Mussels of North Carolina” – Nature Research Center – 2:30

June 2…Explore Dix Park – Skywatching! – Dix Park – 8:30-11:30 p.m.

June 3…“Photography and WWI” – N. C. Museum of History – 2:00

June 3…Summer Concert Series  – Milagro Saints – Fred Fletcher Park – 6:00-8:00

June 6…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

June 7…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00

June 8…Pop-Pup Dog Park – Raleigh Municipal Building – 11:00-7:00

June 9…Pop-Pup Dog Park – Raleigh Municipal Building – 11:00-7:00

June 9…Raleigh’s International Food Festival – City Plaza – 12:00-10:00

June 9…Montagnard Artists Day – N.C. Museum of History – 1:00-4:00

June 9…Walking Tour of Dorothea Dix Park – 2:00

June 10…Pop-Pup Dog Park – Raleigh Municipal Building – 11:00-7:00

June 10…Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-6:00

June 10…Music of the Carolinas – Judy Stout – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00

June 10…Summer Concert Series  – Raleigh Concert Band – Fred Fletcher Park – 6:00-8:00

June 12…Wake Audubon: “Plastic Ocean” – Nature Research Center – 7:15

June 13…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

June 13…History a la Carte: “Montagnard Journey” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00

June 13…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

June 14…Science Cafe: “Citizen Science Tips for a Healthy Home” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

June 15…Skywatching – Dix Park – 9:00-midnight

June 16…All Naval Services Day – N.C. Museum of History – 11:00-3:00

June 16…Movies by Moonlight – “Moana” – Dix Park – 7:30

June 18…Dancing in the Park Fitness Celebration – Chavis Park – 6:30

June 19…Summer Concert Series  – Mysti Mayhem Trio – Pullen Park – 7:00-9:00

June 20…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

June 20…Explore Dix Park: “Shake Your Tail Feathers” – (Ages 2-6) – Dix Park – 11:00

June 20…“Fostering Civil Engagement” – UDC Talks – COR Museum – 12:00

June 21…Summer Solstice Sunrise Yoga – Dix Park – 6:00 a.m.

June 21…Science Cafe: “Self-Control and the Brain” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

June 23…Pop-PupAlooza – Popup Dog Park – Dix Park – 12:00-6:00

June 25…Dancing in the Park Fitness Celebration – Chavis Park – 6:30

June 26…Summer Concert Series  – McCullers Crossroad – Pullen Park – 7:00-9:00

June 27…Market on Market – Exchange and Market Plazas – 11:00-2:00

June 27…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

June 27…Summer Concert Series  – U.S. Army Field Band – Pullen Park – 7:00-9:00

June 28…Walking Tour of Dorothea Dix Park – 6:00

June 28…Science Cafe: “The Private Lives of Secretive Birds” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

 

May 2018

May 1…WWI Centennial Memorial Observance – NCSU Belltower- Hillsborough Street – 3:00

May 2…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 3…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00

May 4…First Friday

May 4…First Friday Movie: “Funny Face” (1957) – N.C. Museum of History – 5:00-9:00

May 5…Parade for Fallen Firefighters – 10:00 Hillsborough St.,; Service 1:00, Nash Square

May 5…Out! Raleigh Festival – Fayetteville Street – 11:00-6:00

May 5…“Sowing the Seeds of Victory” – Bicentennial Plaza – 1:00-3:00

May 5…Confederate Memorial Day – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 2:00

May 5…Movie by Moonlight – “Spaceballs” – Dix Park – 7:00

May 6…Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-6:00

May 9…Market on Market – Market Plaza – 11:00-2:00

May 10…Science Cafe: “Morality in the Brain” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

May 11…Longleaf Film Festival – N.C. Museum of History – 4:00-10:00

May 11-13…Light the Woods with Sound – Dix Park – 8:00 each night

May 12…Longleaf Film Festival – N.C. Museum of History – 11:00-7:30

May 13…Pop-Pup Park – City Market – 11:00-7:00

May 13…Music of the Carolinas – Eliza Meyer – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00

May 14…Walking Tour of Dix Park – 6:00

May 16…Market on Market – Market Plaza – 11:00-2:00

May 16…“Metamorphisis Madness” (Ages 2-6) – Dix Park – 2:00

May 16…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 17…Science Cafe: “Keep the Hive Alive” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

May 18-20…Light the Woods with Sound – Dix Park – 8:00 each night

May 19…Artsplosure

May 19…“Meet Your State Symbols” – Capitol – 10:00-2:00

May 19…Tales and Traditions: African American Storytelling – Pope House Museum – 10:00-3:00

May 20…Artsplosure

May 20…WWI Film Series: “A Bear Named Winnie” (2005) – N.C. Museum of History – 2:00

May 21…Bus Tour of Dix Park – 5:30

May 23…Market on Market – Market Plaza – 11:00-2:00

May 23…UDC Talks: “Community-Centered Design” – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00

May 23…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 24…Science Cafe: “Your Friends, The Spiders” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

May 25-27…Light the Woods with Sound – Dix Park – 8:00 each night

May 27…NC Sugar Rush – City Market – 1:00-5:00

May 28…Memorial Day Service – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 4:00

May 30…Market on Market – Market Plaza – 11:00-2:00

May 30…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 31…Science Cafe: “Autism: Past, Present and Future” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

April

April 5…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00

April 6…Tartan Day NC – N.C. Museum of History – 9:00-5:00

April 6…Health & Fitness Expo – Convention Center – 3:00-7:00

April 6…First Friday

April 6…Teen Science Cafe: “Why Does the Mind Matter” – Nature Research Center – 6:00

April 6…WWI Film Series: “All Quiet on the Western Front” – (1930) – N.C. Museum of History – 6:30

April 6…Dinner and a Movie – Pullen Park – 7:00-10:00

April 7…Going Viral – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 10:00-3:00

April 7…Health & Fitness Expo – Convention Center – 10:00-5:00

April 7…Rock n Roll Marathon Music Festival – Redhat Amphitheater

April 7…Guided Tour of the NC State Capitol – 11:00 and 2:00

April 7…Explore Dix Park: Skywatching! – Dix Park – 8:00-11:00

April 8…Music of the Carolinas: Rissi Palmer – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00

April 11…UDC Talks: “CoLab: “Mapping as a Synthetic, Analytical, and Informative Research Tool” – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00

April 11…History a la Carte: “Refugees: Pathways to Resettlement, An N.C. Perspective” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00

April 12: “A Burden Too Great to Bear: Dix Hospital and the Civil War” – Dix Park – 6:00

April 12…Science Cafe: “Brains Know Better” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

April 13…Dinner and a Movie – Pullen Park – 7:00-10:00

April 14…What’s Out There Weekend – (Various free tours) – 9:30-4:00

April 14…20th Annual Lebanese Festival – City Plaza – 11:00-7:00

April 14…Guided Tour of the NC State Capitol – 11:00 and 2:00

April 14…Live & Local Spring Fest – Hillsborough Street – 12:00-7:00

April 15…What’s Out There Weekend – (Various free tours) – 9:30-4:00

April 15…Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra – N.C. Museum of History – 2:00

April 19…Science Cafe: “Jordan Lake: A Watershed Moment” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

April 20…Dinner and a Movie – Pullen Park – 7:00-10:00

April 21…Guided Tour of the NC State Capitol – 11:00 and 2:00

April 26…Walking Tour of Dorothea Dix Park – Dix Park – 6:00

April 26…Science Cafe: “The Physics of Solar Ovens” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

April 27…Dinner and a Movie – Pullen Park – 7:00-10:00

April 28…Triangle SciTech Expo – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 9:00-4:00

April 28…National History Day – N.C. Contests – N.C. Museum of History

April 28…Raleigh Heritage Bike Tour – Begin at Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00 & 1:00

April 28…Guided Tour of the NC State Capitol – 11:00 and 2:00

April 28…Letterland – Pullen Park – 10:00-4:00

April 28…Brewgaloo Street Festival – Fayetteville Street – 2:00-10:00

April 29…Pop-PupAlooza Dog Park at Dix Park – 12:00-6:00

 

March

March 1…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00

March 2…First Friday

March 2…Teen Science Cafe: “Expedition Antarctica” – Nature Research Center – 6:00

March 7…Imurj-ing Ideas for Dix Park – Imurj – 6:00-8:30

March 8…Science Cafe: “Health Effects of E-Cigarettes”  – Nature Research Center – 7:00

March 10…Movie by Moonlight at Dix Park – “Spaceballs” – 6:00-9:00

March 11…Music of the Carolinas: Rip the Calico – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00

March 14…Explore Dix Park: EGGcellent Adventures (Ages 2-6) – 11:00

March 14…History a la Carte: “The Impact of Farm-to-Table Economies” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00

March 15…Brain Awareness Night – Nature Research Center – 6:00-9:00

March 17…Reptile and Amphibian Day – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 9:00-5:00

March 17…St. Patrick’s Day Parade – 10:00

March 17…Wearin’ ‘O the Green Festival – City Plaza – 10:00-5:00

March 22…City of Raleigh Environmental Awards – City Market – 6:00

March 22…Dorothea Dix Park Public Meeting – Fletcher Theater – 6:30-8:30

March 22…“How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

March 23-25…Vietnam Veterans Day Weekend – N.C. Museum of History

March 24…Egg Hunts! – 11:00 “sharp” – 4 parks in DTR: Chavis Park, Mordecai Historic Park, Pullen Park, & Roberts Park

March 25…WWI Film Series: “Sergeant York” (1941) – N.C. Museum of History – 2:00

March 25…Spring Fling Adult Egg Hunt – Dix Park – 3:00-6:00

March 29…Science Cafe: “Preparedness for a Flu Pandemic in 2018 vs. 1918” – Nature Research Center – 7:00

March 29…Home Buying 101 – Imurj – 7:00-8:30

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