Like Alex the Lion from Madagascar would exclaim, "Here come the people, Marty! Oh, I love the people! It's fun-people-fun time!" We like to believe the lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) in Durham are thinking the same thing.…
Take me out to the ball game. For the first time ever, Major League Baseball (MLB) and Gatorade will be hosting a Draft Combine, featuring both high school and college baseball players. Over 100 players have been hand-picked to attend…
A partnership between North Carolina Museum of Art and Dorothea Dix Park is attempting to make Raleigh the “City of Sunflowers.” On NCMA’s side, there’s its 2.5-acre field, which was first planted in 2018 and blends sunflowers, cosmos, and zinnias—plus,…
Drs. Joya and Drew Lyons are spouses and owners of Smile Savvy and Cosmetic Dentistry, the state’s only cosmetic dentistry practice owned by a Black couple. The Lyonses are also parents to 7-year-old Brielle and 2-year-old Trace, who was born two months premature. We caught up with the busy pair to talk about juggling homeschool while running their practice, why…
A new theme has landed at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh (201 E. Hargett St.). Marbles Outdoor Adventures injects the sights and sounds of the natural world throughout the site. The exhibition and station changes correspond with a new film…
Gather a group of fathers, invite grandpa, or grab the kids for a daytrip or weekend getaway. Bad music, tall tales, and dad jokes are encouraged. Here are four destinations for dads, all within driving distance of the Triangle
The beloved theme park is opening again
June 7-13, kicks off the return of Triangle Restaurant Week. Organizers and participants are eager to jumpstart the restaurant industry this summer after an unpredictable year. The summer version will include 47 restaurants across the Triangle offering 2 to 3…
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In Partnership with NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources According to America's Health Rankings, North Carolina is currently nationally ranked in the bottom third of many health measures and 35th in the country for overall health status. To help…
From IMAX films to boy bands
The unofficial beginning of summer - Memorial Day Weekend - is upon us, and there is a new and really exciting family event scheduled at First Fruits Farm in Louisburg, NC. Less than an hour’s drive from Raleigh, the…
Oh say can you see, all the upcoming Memorial Day weekend events in the Triangle? Compared to last year, this may feel like either a warm welcome or an overwhelming amount of things to sift through. We took the heavy…
Time to make those vacation plans, Triangle families
Cool off this summer by visiting these pools, lakes and waters parks around the Triangle and beyond.
A few hours at a local pizza restaurant with singing animals on stage, screaming kids, and the incessant pings of arcade games is enough to put me over the edge. I can usually hold it together, but as soon as my kids start screaming or fighting in the car, I lose it. The reason for this, like some of our…
