EVENTS

Today

• Raleigh Board of Adjustment Meeting | Mon., Jan. 10 | 1 p.m. | Virtual | Free | The board will discuss a variance request to expand the parking lot of 11009 Ingleside Pl., considering the expansion’s impact on forestation areas around the property. 🌳
• Game Night | Mon., Jan. 10 | 7-9 p.m. | Transfer Co. Food Hall | $2.50 | Snag a ticket at the door to participate in this game night hosted by The Triangle Board Games and Bars group — and feel free to B.Y.O.G (bring your own game). 🎲
• Air Hockey Tournament | Mon., Jan. 10 | 9-11 p.m. | Boxcar Bar + Arcade, 330 W. Davie St. | Free | Claim your spot in the tournament by 8:45 p.m. to compete for fun prizes. 
• Concert Singers of Cary Auditions | Mon., Jan. 10 | 7-9:30 p.m. | Cary Arts Center Theater, 101 Dry Ave., Cary | Free | Audition to join the Concert Singers of Cary in its 31st season. 🎶

Tuesday

• Compost at NC State | Tues., Jan. 11 | 12-12:45 p.m. | Biltmore Hall, 2820 Faucette Dr. | Free | Learn how to compost with resources + tips for those living both on and off campus.
• Creative Journaling and the Creative Process | Tues., Jan. 11 | 6-7 p.m. | 437 Dimmocks Mill Rd., Hillsborough | $100 | Create + customize your own journal while exploring writing, drawing, painting, photography, and collage.  ✍️
• Puzzle Challenge | Tues., Jan. 11 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Hi-Wire Brewing, 800 Taylor St., Durham | Free | The fastest team to complete a 500-piece puzzle wins a gift card.

Wednesday 

• Dreamfest | Wed., Jan. 12 | 7 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Celebrate the opening day of Dreamfest, an event honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a presentation of “Reflecting the Times: Saving the Nina Simone Childhood Home.” 

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

NEWS NOTES

Weather

•  48º | Sunny | 9% chance of rain 🌤️

Announced 

• A museum focusing on NC Black builders + the history of Dix Park is popping up at Dix Park’s All Faiths Chapel from Sat., Jan. 15 to Sun., Feb. 27. The two exhibits, “We Built This: Profiles of Black Architects & Builders in NC” + “From Plantation to Park: The Story of Dix Hill,” will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.  

Development 

• In a $6.6 million deal, local developer Stephens Enterprises LLC purchased properties in the Glenwood South district including My Way Tavern, Glenwood South Tailors + Total Row Fitness. The developer was motivated to buy because the properties are “in the path of ongoing redevelopment.” 🏢 (Triangle Business Journal)

Civic

• The City of Raleigh’s Building Up-fit Grant application is open now through Sun., Jan. 30. The funds will assist businesses with improvements, renovations, and additions to the interior of their commercial properties. To see if your business qualifies, check out the City’s Q+A page. 💰

State 

• On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to create a Clean Transportation Plan that launches NC’s transition to electric vehicles. The order also set new targets of reaching a 50% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 + net zero by 2050. Read the full order here. 🔌 (The News & Observer)

Biz

• Triangle Business Journal is recognizing the accomplishments of dynamic and outstanding businesswomen in the Triangle with their 24th annual Women In Business Awards. Did anyone come to mind? Nominations for each of the award’s various categories are open now through Mon., Jan. 17. 🏆
• Dave and Busters will reopen at a new location — 1111 Walnut St., Cary, close to the soon-to-be Epic Games global headquarters — on Mon., Jan 17. Epic Games bought out the previous location inside Cary Towne Center. 🎮

Coming Soon 

• Burlington Stores will open a new Durham location at 1515 North Pointe Dr. on Fri., Feb. 25. The new location will be the Triangle’s fifth Burlington site after another Durham site opened last March. The NJ-based company has also recently opened stores in Concord, Hickory, and Monroe. 🧥 (The News & Observer)

Arts

• The NC Museum of Art’s “Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouvea Visionary'' exhibition + immersive video projection of Mucha’s famous Slav Epic is open to the public now until Sun., Jan. 23. Find tickets to the exhibition here. 🖼️
• Redbud Writing is now offering an online “Intro to Memoir” course. The virtual class will feature writing exercises, discussions, readings, and workshops. Beginning Thurs., Jan. 13, the course will run every Thursday for six weeks. Sign up here. ✒️

Raleighite 

• Local Gail Fuller is the winner of the 2021 NC Peanut Growers Association’s cooking competition. Gail won the “Peanut’s & Thanksgiving” themed contest with her Oriental Peanut Slaw. Try out the winning recipe here. 🥘

Sports 

• Charlotte FC has released their inaugural season schedule. Single-match tickets will be on sale Fri., Jan. 14 with the first home match slated for Sat., Feb. 5 against the LA Galaxy. ⚽ 

Number

• $250,000. That’s the amount Western Carolina University aimed to raise for scholarship support on Giving Tuesday, but they didn’t hit that amount. Instead, WCU raised $443,517 thanks to 443 generous donors. *

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Editor's Pick: Some of you may remember that I was a founding City Editor for RALtoday. While I’m now really enjoying my time as a Multi-city editor, it’s been awesome being back in the old stomping grounds these past several weeks. My time in Raleigh is wrapping up (again), but I’ll be followed by two incredible, local editors living + breathing all things Raleigh. 

 

What’s something you want to know about the incoming RALtoday editors? Ask away. They might just share their answers to your question in an upcoming newsletter. 

 

I tested them first by asking for their favorite Sunday Funday activity in the City of Oaks, and they passed with flying colors (in my book, at least) with the answers Boxcar Bar + Arcade and a trip to Purr Cup Cafe.    

 

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