30 Ways to Win the Game of Social Media
To celebrate Carolina Parent’s 30th anniversary, let’s highlight 30 winning moves on social media — for kids and adults.
For almost 200 years, farmers brought their wheat and corn to what is now Yates Mill to have their grains ground into flour and meal. Today, you can stop by the Yates Mill visitor center to see a...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
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Join Mindful Families of Durham, a Buddhist-inspired spiritual community that supports area parents, caregivers, and their children in the practice of mindfulness and the understanding of the...
Cost: Free
Where:
Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27705
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Sponsor: Mindful Families of Durham
Contact Name: Adam, Laura, Josh, Sumi
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Take your budding paleontologist on a quest to unearth colorful dinosaur eggs. Explore the Dinosaur Trail where you will find fun activities, adventure, and prehistoric excitement, including...
Cost: $7 for egg hunters, $2 for accompanying adults. Museum admission not included.
Where:
Museum of LIfe and Science
433 W. Murray Ave.
Durham, NC 27704-3101
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Sponsor: Museum of Life and Science
Telephone: 919-220-5429
Contact Name: Heather Hill
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Step back in time with our 19th-century costumed interpreters and watch the millstones at work grinding corn into meal. Preregistration is encouraged. Tours are not available between Noon-1:00 p.m....
Cost: $5/Adult, $4/Senior (ages 60+), $3/Child (ages 7-16), Free/Child (6 - under)
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
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Explore the rocks of Crowder through hands-on science. Conduct scientific tests to discover the hidden identity of rocks. Learn the three types of rocks and play the rock cycle game. All ages....
Cost: Free
Where:
Crowder County Park
4709 Ten-Ten Road
Apex, NC 27539
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Celebrate Earth Day by coming to the park to learn fun facts about our blue planet, tips on how to reduce your ecological footprint, and how you can reduce waste. Take the Earth Day pledge and make...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
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Detective work in nature will take us on an adventure around the park discovering tracks and other signs wildlife leave behind. Make your own animal track. Celebrate Earth Day exploring the park....
Cost: $16 per child
Where:
Harris Lake County Park
2112 County Park Dr.
New Hill, NC 27562
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Sponsor: Harris Lake County Park
Telephone: 919-387-4342
Contact Name: Joanne St. Clair
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Ages 2-5 enjoy movement and mindfulness. Learn basic yoga elements through age-appropriate breath-work techniques, games, storytelling, and creative visualization.
Cost: $15 or use your package/membership
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Pittsboro
184 East St.
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Ages 5-13 enjoy a one-hour yoga class designed to strengthen and stretch the entire body, balance the nervous system, improve body awareness, encourage the development of communication and social...
Cost: $15 or use class pass/membership
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Pittsboro
184 East St.
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Ages 5-13. Homeschool Yoga is a one-hour class designed to strengthen and stretch the entire body, balance the nervous system, improve body awareness. Weave in art and journaling before or after...
Cost: $15 or use class pass/membership
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Pittsboro
184 East Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Expand your hiking experience by learning how to identify animal tracks, scat, and other signs that they leave behind. Learn more about the mammals in our area by studying their skulls and scat....
Cost: Free
Where:
Lake Crabtree County Park
1400 Aviation Pkwy.
Morrisville, NC 27560
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Sponsor: Lake Crabtree County Park
Telephone: 919-460-3355
Contact Name: Carol Cunningham
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Ages 11 and older with disabilities make coffee cake and yogurt parfait. Register online. Choose course #120056.
Cost: $19/resident, $24/nonresident
Where:
Herbert C. Young Community Center
101 Wilkinson Ave.
Cary, NC 27513
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Celebrate Earth Day by coming to the park to learn fun facts about our blue planet, tips on how to reduce your ecological footprint, and how you can reduce waste. Take the Earth Day pledge and make...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
Website »
Ages 2-5 enjoy movement and mindfulness. Learn basic yoga elements through age-appropriate breath-work techniques, games, storytelling, and creative visualization and more.
Cost: $15/child, use your package/membership.
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Chapel Hill
781 Mt Carmel Church Rd
chapel hill, NC 27517
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Learn how to reuse everyday objects to reduce trash. Blow bubbles, make musical instruments and create bird feeders. Get crafty and save the planet by reducing, reusing and recycling. All...
Cost: Free
Where:
Crowder County Park
4709 Ten-Ten Road
Apex, NC 27539
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Telephone: (919) 662-2850
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Try your hand at back-to-basics living, just like the Ingalls and Wilder families experienced in the late 1800s and as is described in the Little House on the Prairie book series. Do your farm...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
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Ages 11 and older with special needs explore Swift Creek to discover fish, salamanders, crayfish and more. Dress to get wet. Register online. Choose course #121545.
Cost: $2/resident, $3/nonresident
Where:
Stevens Nature Center/Hemlock Bluffs
2616 Kildaire Farm Rd.
Raleigh, NC
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Telephone: 919-387-5980
Website »
Ages 11-17 create old-fashioned taffy and hard candy using ingredients like caramel, marshmallow and chocolate. Register online. Choose course #119996.
Cost: $18/resident, $23/nonresident
Where:
Herbert C. Young Community Center
101 Wilkinson Ave.
Cary, NC
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Ali Standish discusses her new book, "August Isle", that tells the story of one girl’s journey to a magical seaside town, where she uncovers her family’s long hidden...
Cost: Free
Where:
Quail Ridge Books
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
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Telephone: 919-942-7373
Website »
Celebrate Earth Day by coming to the park to learn fun facts about our blue planet, tips on how to reduce your ecological footprint, and how you can reduce waste. Take the Earth Day pledge and make...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
Website »
Farm Animal Days gives children a chance to see and touch farm animals and learn about agriculture. See tractors, enjoy free ice cream and more. Register online.
Cost: Free
Where:
NC State University Beef Educational Unit
4505 Mid Pines Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27695
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Connect with your baby, other parents and yourself during this adult-focused postpartum yoga class. Recommended for babies newborn to walking. Take a mat, a blanket for your little one, and...
Cost: $15 or use class pass/membership
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Pittsboro
184 East Street
Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Meet other families in your community in a recreation setting. The play room will be reserved for parents and their young children. Sports and recreation equipment will be available...
Cost: Free
Where:
Sanderford Road Center
2623 Sanderford Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
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Sponsor: Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department
Telephone: 919-831-1898
Contact Name: Adam Sproles
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Discover the joy of cooking with storybook characters. Ages 3-5 with parent. Register online. Choose course #120083.
Cost: $23/resident, $30/nonresident
Where:
Herbert C. Young Community Center
101 Wilkinson Ave.
Cary, NC
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Farm Animal Days gives children a chance to see and touch farm animals and learn about agriculture. See tractors, enjoy free ice cream and more. Register online.
Cost: Free
Where:
NC State University Beef Educational Unit
4505 Mid Pines Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27695
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This after-school class for kids in grades 3-5 offers fun learning yoga poses and mindfulness techniques to reduce stress. Grades 3-5.
Cost: $15/class, or use your class pass/membership.
Where:
Kids Mindful Movement - Chapel Hill
781 Mt. Carmel Church Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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Learn about what lives in those woods and and unravel nature mysteries. Take a hike to help staff find animals, plants and fungi. Make a nature craft, participate in animal...
Cost: Free
Where:
Piedmont Wildlife Center
364 Leigh Farm Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
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Sponsor: Piedmont Wildlife Center
Telephone: 919-489-0900
Contact Name: Noelle Dalhouse
Website »
Enjoy free, live performances from the best artists from around the Triangle in front of Stone Theatre as well as kid-friendly activities.
Cost: Free
Where:
Park West Village
Morrisville, NC 27560
Ages 11 and older with special needs watch the movie "Spiderman". Drinks and light snacks provided. Register online. Choose course #121047.
Cost: $2/resident, $3/nonresident
Where:
Cary Senior Center
120 Maury O'Dell Place
Cary, NC 27513
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Parents learn to help children with special needs manage anxiety and worries. Register online. Choose course #121427.
Cost: $11/resident, $15/nonresident
Where:
Cary Senior Center
120 Maury O'Dell Place
Cary, NC 27513
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The kick off for the 3rd annual Series of Fortunate Events to benefit Arts Access. An evening celebrating the artists, hosts, sponsors, and Honorary Chair Martha Keravuori of the...
Cost: $50/person
Where:
AIA NC (American Institute of Architects) Building
14 Peace Street
Raleigh, NC 27604
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Sponsor: Arts Access
Telephone: 919-833-9919
Contact Name: Penny Arrowood
Website »
Join artist Jacklyn Bowie for an immersive and collaborative project that will be projected on the exterior walls of the Gregg Museum. The projections will be inspired by the museum’s spring...
Cost: Free
Where:
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
1903 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
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Sponsor: Gregg Museum of Art & Design
Telephone: 919-515-5335
Contact Name: Evelyn McCauley
Website »
See more than 1,500 cars, including hot rods, classic cars, custom cars, trucks through 1987 and others. Enjoy a demolition derby, kids activities and more.
Cost: $10-$22
Where:
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607
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Farm Animal Days gives children a chance to see and touch farm animals and learn about agriculture. See tractors, enjoy free ice cream and more. Register online.
Cost: Free
Where:
NC State University Beef Educational Unit
4505 Mid Pines Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27695
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Enjoy imaginative play in a natural setting. Materials provided. Register online. Choose course code #231348.
Cost: Free
Where:
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
5229 Awls Haven Drive
Raleigh, NC 27614
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Sponsor: City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Telephone: 919-996-6764
Contact Name: Wilkerson staff
Website »
Enjoy springtime temperatures at Waverly Place during the second spring Wine Walk. With a $15 donation to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, visitors receive a sampling glass plus a Waverly Place...
Cost: Visitors receive a sampling glass plus a Waverly Walk Passport that allows acces
Where:
Waverly Place Shopping Center
302 Colonades Way
Cary, NC 27518
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Enjoy fun, games, friendship and more every Friday.
Cost: Free
Where:
Sanderford Road Center
2623 Sanderford Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
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Sponsor: Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department
Telephone: 919-831-1898
Contact Name: Adam Sproles
Website »
Relax in the courtyard with food and jumbo games. All ages.
Cost: Free
Where:
Edison Johnson Community Center
500 W. Murray Ave.
Durham, NC
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Enjoy free, live performances from the best artists from around the Triangle in front of Stone Theatre as well as kid-friendly activities.
Cost: Free
Where:
Park West Village
Morrisville, NC 27560
Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert. Based on the third installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now...
Cost: $28-$81
Where:
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 E South St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
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Telephone: 919-996-8711
Website »
Come experience the wonder of Japanese koi fish, a living art. Meet national experts and local hobbyists. Learn how to care for your pond and fish. Enjoy various raffles, auctions,...
Cost: Free
Where:
Raleigh Elks Lodge #735
5538 Lead Mine Rd
Raleigh, NC 27612
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Sponsor: ZNA Carolina
Telephone: 919-818-0289
Contact Name: Robin
Website »
See more than 1,500 cars, including hot rods, classic cars, custom cars, trucks through 1987 and others. Enjoy a demolition derby, kids activities and more.
Cost: $10-$22
Where:
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607
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See more than 1,500 cars, including hot rods, classic cars, custom cars, trucks through 1987 and others. Enjoy a demolition derby, kids activities and more.
Cost: $10-$22
Where:
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607
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Spring Daze features more than 180 North Carolina artists, entertainment on four stages, delicious festival food and Cary’s annual Earth Day Celebration. The Children's Village at the...
Cost: Free
Where:
Bond Park
801 High House Rd.
Cary, NC 27513
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RTP Young Women In Bio, in coordination with Graduate Women in Science RTP, hosts its annual Spring Into STEM event on April 27 for middle school girls. Throughout the morning, participants will...
Cost: Free
Where:
BRITE Building at NC Central University
302 E Lawson Street
Durham, NC 27707
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Sponsor: Women in Bio
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Celebrate all things strawberry. Enjoy inflatables, food trucks, craft vendors, kiddie rides, facepainting, a classic car show and more.
Cost: Free
Where:
Technology Dr., off Hwy. 42 W.
Garner, NC 27529
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Celebrate crossing the finish of Girls on the Run's spring season. Join more than 2,000 runners and walkers of all ages, genders and physical abilities, along with hundreds of volunteers and...
Cost: $30-$35
Where:
American Tobacco Campus
300 Blackwell St.
Durham, NC 27701
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Sponsor: Girls on the Run of the Triangle
Telephone: 919-401-6307
Contact Name: Jamie Botta
Website »
Dogs and their owners take part in a benefit event to help homeless pets. Register online.
Cost: $35/adult, $20 ages 14 and younger.
Where:
Booth Amphitheatre
8003 Regency Pkwy.
Cary, NC 27518
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Throw paint on walls, jump over a huge 20-foot, green sofa, enjoy a massive food fight and much more at the YMCA Families On! Challenge, presented by Delta. This family race is...
Cost: See website for fees
Where:
Vollmer Farm
677 North Carolina 98 Hwy E
Bunn, NC 27508
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Sponsor: YMCA of The Triangle
Website »
Celebrate Earth Day on April 27 at the Museum as we throw a giant party for the planet! Local conservation groups and our friends at Paperhand Puppet Intervention will join us for a day of...
Cost: Free to members / Included with admission
Where:
Museum of Life and Science
433 W Murray Ave
Durham, NC 27704
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Telephone: 919-220-5429
Contact Name: Matt Pusateri
Website »
Letterland brings letters to life by turning them into colorful characters, each with their own personality and stories that go along with their sounds. Children will be welcomed by...
Cost: Free
Where:
Pullen Park
520 Ashe Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27606
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Celebrate spring in Mebane with live entertainment, vendors, kids' activities, a car show and more.
Cost: Free
Where:
Downtown Mebane
Mebane, NC 27302
Ages 1-5 and caregiver delight in the discoveries of nature. Register online. Choose course #121599.
Cost: $8/resident, $10/nonresident
Where:
Stevens Nature Center/Hemlock Bluffs
2616 Kildaire Farm Rd.
Cary, NC
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Telephone: 919-387-5980
Website »
Author David Silkenat will discuss his book, “Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War,” and historian Earl Ijames will lecture on the...
Cost: $3 per adult, $2 for ages 5 to 16 years, and under age 5 is free.
Where:
Bennett Place
4409 Bennett Memorial Rd.
Durham, NC
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Celebrate the return of feathered friends with game booths, activities, crafts and more.
Cost: Free
Where:
Blue Jay Point County Park
3200 Pleasant Union Church Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27614
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Learn about all the beautiful home designs from Stanley Martin now selling in 12 Oaks. Kids will have the opportunity to plant something at the model home while also having fun inside a bounce...
Cost: Free
Where:
12 Oaks - Stanley Martin Model Home
116 Oaks End Drive
Holly Springs, NC 27540
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Sponsor: 12 Oaks
Telephone: (919)-557-6850
Website »
Enjoy a half-hour tour (starting at 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 or 3 p.m.) to view the main power drive and milling machinery while exploring the mill's history and aspects of its preservation. All ages....
Cost: $5/Adult, $4/Senior (ages 60+), $3/Child (ages 7-16), Free/Child (6 - under)
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
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Telephone: 919-856-6675
Website »
An afternoon of accessible theater, music and dance featuring performers with and without disabilities. Enjoy performances by: Diantha Lopez (Musician), Doug Kapp (Comedian), Eddie Cisneros...
Cost: $25/person
Where:
The Cary Theater
122 E. Chatham Street
Cary, NC 27511
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Sponsor: Arts Access
Telephone: 919-833-9919
Contact Name: Penny Arrowood
Website »
Enjoy free, live performances from the best artists from around the Triangle in front of Stone Theatre as well as kid-friendly activities.
Cost: Free
Where:
Park West Village
Morrisville, NC 27560
Enjoy a magical evening of dancing, crafting, stories and more. Dress as your favorite storybook character or dress in your royal best, and take a new look at the library after the doors close...
Cost: Free
Where:
Cameron Village Library
1930 Clark Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27605
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Adults enjoy an evening gala to support Marble's Kids Museum.
Cost: $75/member, $95/nonmember
Where:
Marbles Kids Museum
201 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh , NC 27601
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Walk with a park naturalist to look and listen for wildlife in the woods and fields as daylight transitions to night. Ages 4 and older; children must be accompanied by an adult. Trails are not...
Cost: $2
Where:
Wilkerson Nature Preserve
5229 Awls Haven Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27614
View map »
Sponsor: City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
Telephone: 919-996-6764
Contact Name: Wilkerson staff
Website »
Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert. Based on the third installment of J.K. Rowling’s classic saga, fans of all ages can now...
Cost: $28-$81
Where:
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 E South St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
View map »
Telephone: 919-996-8711
Website »
Come experience the wonder of Japanese koi fish, a living art. Meet national experts and local hobbyists. Learn how to care for your pond and fish. Enjoy various raffles, auctions,...
Cost: Free
Where:
Raleigh Elks Lodge #735
5538 Lead Mine Rd
Raleigh, NC 27612
View map »
Sponsor: ZNA Carolina
Telephone: 919-818-0289
Contact Name: Robin
Website »
Learn basic canoeing skills and a bit about the millpond's history, then head out to explore the pond's many features as seen only from the water. Canoes, paddles, and life jackets are...
Cost: Free
Where:
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
View map »
Telephone: 919-856-6675
Website »
