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Today's events for families in the Triangle are posted below. To find future events, click on the date on the monthly calendar to the left and click on "search."
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Date:
May 8, 2012 to July 28, 2012
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Date:
May 9, 2012 to July 29, 2012
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Date:
May 15, 2012 to August 4, 2012
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Book Babies Storytime at East Regional Library
Date:
May 16, 2012 to August 5, 2012
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Al Norte al Norte: Latino Life in North Carolina
Time: 10am
Location: East Regional Library
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Al Norte al Norte: Latino Life in North Carolina
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This bilingual exhibit features 51 compelling images with English and Spanish descriptions by the Pulizer Prize-winning photojournalist Jose Galvez, whose photographs reveal the diversity and strength of the state's growing Latino community. ...More Details
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This bilingual exhibit features 51 compelling images with English and Spanish descriptions by the Pulizer Prize-winning photojournalist Jose Galvez, whose photographs reveal the diversity and strength of the state's growing Latino community. ...More Details
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am-9pm
Location: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
Summary: This exhibit pairs 34 master works by modern sculptor Alexander Calder with work by seven young artists. ...More Details
At the Speed of a Girl — Celebrating 100 Years of Girl Scouting
Time: 10am-9pm
Location: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
Summary: This exhibit pairs 34 master works by modern sculptor Alexander Calder with work by seven young artists. ...More Details
At the Speed of a Girl — Celebrating 100 Years of Girl Scouting
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This exhibit features the history of the Girls Scouts of America organization, founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. ...More Details
Beauty and the Beast
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This exhibit features the history of the Girls Scouts of America organization, founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. ...More Details
Beauty and the Beast
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 8pm
Location: Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Summary: See the Carolina Ballet perform a ballet based on the beloved fairytale. Also features the ballet premier of Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. ...More Details
Bike with a Ranger
Time: 8pm
Location: Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Summary: See the Carolina Ballet perform a ballet based on the beloved fairytale. Also features the ballet premier of Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. ...More Details
Bike with a Ranger
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 6pm
Location: William B. Umstead State Park
Summary: Enjoy a leisurely bike ride on the trails and learn about the people that lived on the land before the park was protected land. Meet at the Bike and Bridle Trail Head. Ages 10 and up; helmets required for ages 15 and younger. ...More Details
BounceU Apex
Time: 6pm
Location: William B. Umstead State Park
Summary: Enjoy a leisurely bike ride on the trails and learn about the people that lived on the land before the park was protected land. Meet at the Bike and Bridle Trail Head. Ages 10 and up; helmets required for ages 15 and younger. ...More Details
BounceU Apex
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: BounceU
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BounceU Open Bounce
Time: 12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: BounceU
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BounceU Open Bounce
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: BounceU Apex
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BounceU Preschool Playdate
Time: 12:30-2:30pm, 3:30-5:30pm, 5:30-7:30pm
Location: BounceU Apex
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BounceU Preschool Playdate
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am-noon
Location: BounceU
Summary: Ages 7 and younger. ...More Details
Children's Storytelling at Chick-fil-A
Time: 10am-noon
Location: BounceU
Summary: Ages 7 and younger. ...More Details
Children's Storytelling at Chick-fil-A
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9:30:00
Location: Chick-fil-A
Summary: Kids make a craft and enjoy sing-alongs. ...More Details
Crafternoon
Time: 9:30:00
Location: Chick-fil-A
Summary: Kids make a craft and enjoy sing-alongs. ...More Details
Crafternoon
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time:
Location: Bull City Craft
Summary: Crafts for ages 4-6, 3:30-4:30pm; ages 7-11, 4:30-5:30pm. ...More Details
Crazy for Quilts: An Ackland-Kidzu Collaboration
Time:
Location: Bull City Craft
Summary: Crafts for ages 4-6, 3:30-4:30pm; ages 7-11, 4:30-5:30pm. ...More Details
Crazy for Quilts: An Ackland-Kidzu Collaboration
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 4-5:30pm
Location: Ackland Art Museum
Summary: Investigate paintings, quilts, collages and photographs. Make a bookmark and collaborate on a quilt for display at Kidzu. ...More Details
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa
Time: 4-5:30pm
Location: Ackland Art Museum
Summary: Investigate paintings, quilts, collages and photographs. Make a bookmark and collaborate on a quilt for display at Kidzu. ...More Details
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of Art
Summary:
Jiggy for My Jelly Roll
Time: 10am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of Art
Summary:
This exhibit features more than 60 works by internationally celebrated artist El Anatsui, including driftwood pieces created in Denmark, metal sculptures constructed from thousands of Nigerian bottle tops, chainsaw-carved woodwork and more. Many works have never been seen outside of Africa.
...More DetailsJiggy for My Jelly Roll
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Location: Herbert C. Young Community Center
Summary: Learn how to make a jelly roll and enjoy strawberry-banana smoothies. ...More Details
Kazoom Preschool Show
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Location: Herbert C. Young Community Center
Summary: Learn how to make a jelly roll and enjoy strawberry-banana smoothies. ...More Details
Kazoom Preschool Show
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am and 11:10am
Location: Kazoom Children's Theatre
Summary: Stage show with music and puppets. See website for details. ...More Details
Knit and Nurse
Time: 10am and 11:10am
Location: Kazoom Children's Theatre
Summary: Stage show with music and puppets. See website for details. ...More Details
Knit and Nurse
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 2pm
Location: The Diapering Doula
Summary: Knit or nurse and enjoy the company of other moms. Take yarn and needles. ...More Details
Knit Night
Time: 2pm
Location: The Diapering Doula
Summary: Knit or nurse and enjoy the company of other moms. Take yarn and needles. ...More Details
Knit Night
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 7pm
Location: SweetBottoms Baby Boutique
Summary: For seasoned and new knitters. ...More Details
Looking Closely, Sixteen Slices of Love, The Salvage Series and Transluclandia
Time: 7pm
Location: SweetBottoms Baby Boutique
Summary: For seasoned and new knitters. ...More Details
Looking Closely, Sixteen Slices of Love, The Salvage Series and Transluclandia
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9am-9pm
Location: Durham Arts Council
Summary: Four exhibits feature abstract quilts inspired by nature, photographs of people in urban settings, paintings inspired by metal salvage areas and dump yards and abstract mixed media wall hangings. ...More Details
Moms and Tots Yoga
Time: 9am-9pm
Location: Durham Arts Council
Summary: Four exhibits feature abstract quilts inspired by nature, photographs of people in urban settings, paintings inspired by metal salvage areas and dump yards and abstract mixed media wall hangings. ...More Details
Moms and Tots Yoga
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30-11:45am
Location: Hillsborough Yoga & Healing Arts
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Music Together
Time: 10:30-11:45am
Location: Hillsborough Yoga & Healing Arts
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Music Together
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9-9:45am
Location: World In Motion Dance, Movement & Music Center
Summary: Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. ...More Details
Nature Storytime at Duke Gardens
Time: 9-9:45am
Location: World In Motion Dance, Movement & Music Center
Summary: Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. ...More Details
Nature Storytime at Duke Gardens
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: Doris Duke Center, Duke University
Summary: Enjoy a story in the gardens, then discuss the garden connection. Drop-in book club ...More Details
Our State Dog: North Carolina's Plott Hound
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: Doris Duke Center, Duke University
Summary: Enjoy a story in the gardens, then discuss the garden connection. Drop-in book club ...More Details
Our State Dog: North Carolina's Plott Hound
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This traveling exhibit from Western Carolina University explores the history and evolution of the Plott hound, a legendary hunting dog and the only dog breed known to have originated in North Carolina. ...More Details
Pop-in-Playtime
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: North Carolina Museum of History
Summary: This traveling exhibit from Western Carolina University explores the history and evolution of the Plott hound, a legendary hunting dog and the only dog breed known to have originated in North Carolina. ...More Details
Pop-in-Playtime
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Pump It Up of Raleigh
Summary: Two-hour drop-in play. Take socks. No reservations required. ...More Details
Preschool Art Class
Time: 3-5pm
Location: Pump It Up of Raleigh
Summary: Two-hour drop-in play. Take socks. No reservations required. ...More Details
Preschool Art Class
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 1-2:30pm
Location: Time to Shine Preschool
Summary: Two art projects, music, dancing, puppetry, acting and more. ...More Details
Preschool Playcraft
Time: 1-2:30pm
Location: Time to Shine Preschool
Summary: Two art projects, music, dancing, puppetry, acting and more. ...More Details
Preschool Playcraft
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 11am-noon
Location: Bull City Craft
Summary: Creative arts. ...More Details
Preschool Storytime
Time: 11am-noon
Location: Bull City Craft
Summary: Creative arts. ...More Details
Preschool Storytime
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Preschool Storytime at Barnes & Noble
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Preschool Storytime at Barnes & Noble
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: African American Families in North Carolina
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: African American Families in North Carolina
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: Wilson Special Collections Library, 4th floor
Summary: This exhibit highlights several African American families in North Carolina, many of which have long and deep roots in the state that span generations. Features the 19th-century letters of Dr. Manassa Pope in Raleigh, Grigsby Family Reunion programs, items relating to civil rights activist Floyd McKissick and his family, and archival photographs, letters and news clippings of other African American families from across the state ...More Details
Storytime at Flyleaf Books
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: Wilson Special Collections Library, 4th floor
Summary: This exhibit highlights several African American families in North Carolina, many of which have long and deep roots in the state that span generations. Features the 19th-century letters of Dr. Manassa Pope in Raleigh, Grigsby Family Reunion programs, items relating to civil rights activist Floyd McKissick and his family, and archival photographs, letters and news clippings of other African American families from across the state ...More Details
Storytime at Flyleaf Books
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30:00
Location: Flyleaf Books
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The (R)evolution of Media
Time: 10:30:00
Location: Flyleaf Books
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The (R)evolution of Media
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Raleigh City Museum, Historic Briggs Building
Summary: This exhibit explores the history of newspaper, radio and television in Raleigh. ...More Details
The College Essay
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Raleigh City Museum, Historic Briggs Building
Summary: This exhibit explores the history of newspaper, radio and television in Raleigh. ...More Details
The College Essay
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 6-7:15pm
Location: Cary Senior Center
Summary: Brainstorm essay topics, learn the do's and don'ts of essays and evaluate real life essays of students admitted to top colleges. ...More Details
Time for Toddlers at Chapel Hill Public Library
Time: 6-7:15pm
Location: Cary Senior Center
Summary: Brainstorm essay topics, learn the do's and don'ts of essays and evaluate real life essays of students admitted to top colleges. ...More Details
Time for Toddlers at Chapel Hill Public Library
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:15-10:35am and 11-11:20am
Location: Chapel Hill Public Library
Summary: Stories, songs and movement activities. ...More Details
Toddler and Preschool Storytime at Chick-fil-A
Time: 10:15-10:35am and 11-11:20am
Location: Chapel Hill Public Library
Summary: Stories, songs and movement activities. ...More Details
Toddler and Preschool Storytime at Chick-fil-A
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10am
Location: Chick-fil-A
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Toddler Storytime at Barnes & Noble
Time: 10am
Location: Chick-fil-A
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Toddler Storytime at Barnes & Noble
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Toddler Storytime at East Regional Library
Time: 10:30am
Location: Barnes & Noble
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Toddler Storytime at East Regional Library
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10:30am
Location: East Regional Library
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Trail Tales: The Honeybee and the Robber
Time: 10:30am
Location: East Regional Library
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Trail Tales: The Honeybee and the Robber
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 1:30-2:30pm
Location: American Tobacco Trail
Summary: Enjoy the story by Eric Carle and search for insects. Meet at the White Oak Parking Lot. ...More Details
Wee Walkers: Happy and Hoppy
Time: 1:30-2:30pm
Location: American Tobacco Trail
Summary: Enjoy the story by Eric Carle and search for insects. Meet at the White Oak Parking Lot. ...More Details
Wee Walkers: Happy and Hoppy
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 10-11am
Location: Stevens Nature Center/Hemlock Bluffs
Summary: Children discover the shapes, textures, sounds and smells of nature. Ages 1 and up with parent. ...More Details
Wicked
Time: 10-11am
Location: Stevens Nature Center/Hemlock Bluffs
Summary: Children discover the shapes, textures, sounds and smells of nature. Ages 1 and up with parent. ...More Details
Wicked
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: See website for showtimes.
Location: Durham Performing Arts Center
Summary: So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. The Broadway musical features the untold story of the witches of Oz. Children under 4 not admitted. ...More Details
Wii Rock!
Time: See website for showtimes.
Location: Durham Performing Arts Center
Summary: So much happened before Dorothy dropped in. The Broadway musical features the untold story of the witches of Oz. Children under 4 not admitted. ...More Details
Wii Rock!
Date:
May 17, 2012
Time: 4-5:15pm
Location: Cameron Village Regional Library
Summary: All ages enjoy a video game. ...More Details
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Time: 4-5:15pm
Location: Cameron Village Regional Library
Summary: All ages enjoy a video game. ...More Details
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