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• Mrs. Claus Banned from Raleigh Chistmas Parade, Elves Riot

  I guess the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association would like a lump of coal in their stocking this year. [...]
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  Fetched: November 22, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  

• SAS and Its ‘Good Life’ Featured in The New York Times

  ‘The Good Life’ gets a good shakedown. [...]
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  Fetched: November 22, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• Bonded Llama Open House Sunday Afternoon

  Bonded Llama is open for the public today. [...]
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  Fetched: November 22, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• Downtown Raleigh Free Wifi to be Down Thanksgiving Weekend

  You’ll Wireless-less in the downtown core for a few days next week. [...]
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  Fetched: November 20, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  

• Furbish Studio Opening Saturday on Glenwood South

  Modern home accessories and more at a new boutique on Glenwood. [...]
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  Fetched: November 20, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  

• Raleigh Undercover at Tir Na Nog: Save the Date(s)

  Raleigh Undercover returns for a second year at Tir Na Nog. [...]
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  Fetched: November 19, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  

• Art + Technology Talk at Visual Art Exhange

  Thursday night VAE hosts artists to talk about the connections between tech and Art.  [...]
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  Fetched: November 18, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  

• MKM Performing A capella at Express Library today at Noon

  Raleigh’s sheltered sing some tunes [...]
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  Fetched: November 18, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

• Five Questions with The Monologue Bombs

  The full band version of the Monologue bombs debuts this Friday at The Pour House. [...]
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  Fetched: November 18, 2009, 12:23am EST
  

• North Carolina Ranks 37th in Health

  For what looks like the third straight year, The Old North State finished at an almost pathetic 37th out of 50 states. [...]
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  Fetched: November 18, 2009, 12:23am EST
  

• Circle K Alleycat Sunday November 22nd

  Bike race for a good cause. [...]
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  Fetched: November 17, 2009, 6:18pm EST
  

• Bowerbirds: Tiny Desk Concert on NPR

  Raleigh-based Bowerbirds are this week’s featured band on the NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Click through for the fifteen minute video. [...]
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  Fetched: November 17, 2009, 4:18pm EST
  

• Raleigh Institute of Contemporary Art Sets Opening Date

  Mia Yoon and Jason Craighead have founded an atelier school with a dozen professional studio artists as the initial instructors. See an exhibit of each instructor’s work on December 4th during the RICA pre-registration from 5-9 pm at City Market. The school itself will open January 18, 2010 at 2123 [...]
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  Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  

• Know these Buildings? Win this Poster.

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  Fetched: November 17, 2009, 12:21pm EST
  

• Posh Nosh Open House at Mahler Gallery Wednesday

  Catering company’s Fall Open House in one of the newest galleries in Downtown Raleigh. [...]
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  Fetched: November 16, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  

• Love Language In Rhythm Video

  An interview and live performance from one of Raleigh’s 2009 breakout bands. [...]
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  Fetched: November 16, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  

• Spize Cafe to Launch Dinner Friday

  Dinner featuring Thai Fondue, along with Asian beers and a selection of organic wine. [...]
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  Fetched: November 16, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  

• WakeUp’s Annual Meeting Monday November 16th

  Wake County’s most active nonpartisan political group hosts an evening about the big issues we are facing today, and tomorrow. [...]
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  Fetched: November 13, 2009, 6:22pm EST
  

• Wake County Libraries Book Sale

  Why the new location for the Wake County Libraries’ Annual Book Sale is good news for you [...]
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  Fetched: November 13, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

• Shaun Richards Interview: Women and Children First

  Tonight Shaun Richards’ Show: Women and Children First opens at the new Flander’s location, 302 West Street at 6PM. One of Raleigh’s rising stars, we talked to Richards about where he’s been, the work he’s showing tonight and the new work hes creating at his current residency in Omaha at [...]
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  Fetched: November 13, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

• Gears of War 2 Gets More Love (for War)

  The accolades keep coming for Epic Games’ Gears of War 2. [...]
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  Fetched: November 12, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  

• Triangle Arts Mixer

  CAM/now, Golden Belt and The Cotton Room at Golden Belt are proud to announce the inaugural Triangle Arts Mixer. Dance to the tunes of dj Yes! sputnik, enjoy some light food, and hit up the cash bar next Friday, November 20th from 6-9 at The Cotton Room at Golden Belt. [...]
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  Fetched: November 12, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  

• Chemistry: Coffee, Internet, and Dancing in Warehouse District

  Is Davie Street the new Glenwood South? Another club in the area would signal so. [...]
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  Fetched: November 12, 2009, 10:20pm EST
  

• Durham’s Freelon Designing Smithsonian Museum

  How many people get to design a building on our National Mall in Washington DC? Add Durham’s Philip Freelon to that list of people. [...]
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  Fetched: November 11, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  

• Digital City - 11 Reasons Raleigh is Awesome.

  I’m starting to think that websites are created just to put Raleigh atop some list or list why it’s cool. [...]
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  Fetched: November 11, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  

• Old Hat Records Releases Gastonia Gallop

  Raleigh-based Old Hat Records releases a new compilation of great old music. [...]
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  Fetched: November 11, 2009, 3:30am EST
  

• Vernacular Studio Shows Images of OPNET Technologies Office

  The Raleigh architectural practice Vernacular Studio has revealed images of OPNET Technologies offices in Cary. [...]
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  Fetched: November 10, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• City of Raleigh Planning Water Incentive Program

  Raleigh is planning to offer incentives for homeowners who use rainwater catchment devices and drought resistant landscape solutions. [...]
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  Fetched: November 10, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• Oak City Time Trade Kick-Off Party

  Maybe you’ve heard the buzz surrounding Raleigh’s new time bank, Oak City Time Trade, or even caught the presentation at ideaSPARK. The website is up and transactions have begun. This Thursday, Rebus Works will host Oak City Time Trade’s kick-off party. [...]
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  Fetched: November 10, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• Early 20th Century Graphic Design in Raleigh

  Following up where Late 19th Century Graphic Design in Raleigh left off, here are a few examples of collateral from the turn of the century. [...]
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  Fetched: November 10, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• Raleigh-Cary Ranks as 6th Most Dangerous Metro for Pedestrians

  Look both ways before crossing. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 10:21pm EST
  

• ACC Men’s Soccer Championship This Week in Cary

  Venture to Cary for some of the best in college soccer. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 10:21pm EST
  

• Paste Magazine - Gears of War 2 11th Best Game of the Decade

  The Delta Squad takes out another enemy, making friends along the way. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Village Kabob (Afghan Cuisine) Now Open on Peace Street

  A new restaurant in an old spot, known for restaurants. Luckily, this one will be open for more than lunch. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Tonk Playing Marsh Woodwinds

  Check out Tonk kick up some honk. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Dos Taquitos Centro Tequila Dinner

  1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila, Floor. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Attention Raleigh Hipsters: The XX Playing Local 506

  The” second coming” are coming for the “first time” to the Triangle area. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Chris Heagarty: Wake County’s Newest Representative

  Wake County received its newest representative in the General Assembly last week in Chris Heagarty. The former director of the NC Center for Voter Education, Heagarty was tapped to fill Ty Harrell’s vacant seat and was sworn in by Gov. Perdue last Wednesday. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Downtown Noise: The Debate Continues

  When living in a downtown of a city, there are a few things to realize. [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 5:20pm EST
  

• Attention Raleigh Hipsters: The XX Playing Local 506

  The” second coming” are coming for the “first time” to the Triangle area. [...]
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  Fetched: November 04, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  

• Solas Applying to Play Music Outside

  Tonight the Council hears Solas’ proposal to begin playing amplified music outdoors [...]
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  Fetched: November 03, 2009, 5:25pm EST
  

• Help Save the Jackpot (Green) House

  There’s a plea to help save a crumbling Raleigh relic. [...]
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  Fetched: November 03, 2009, 5:25pm EST
  

• Tir Na Nog Local Beer Local Band November Schedule

  Do the turkey dance! [...]
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  Fetched: November 03, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  

• Five Questions with The Jesus Lizard

  How many of you out there remember that The Jesus Lizard - supported by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Wilmington’s underrated Brickbat - was the first band to play at Cat’s Cradle’s current Carrboro location, back in November of 1993? If you remember that show, I’m willing to bet [...]
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  Fetched: November 03, 2009, 8:25am EST
  

• New Megafaun Video: Impressions of the Past

  If only life was this easy. [...]
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  Fetched: November 02, 2009, 10:21pm EST
  

• The Snap: 6:30 a.m.

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  Fetched: November 02, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  

• Bike Ride to Show Council Support for Hillsborough Bike Lanes

  Tomorrow the council reconsiders bike lanes on Hillsborough Street. [...]
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  Fetched: November 02, 2009, 9:23am EST
  

• Trick or Tini at Humble Pie

  Humble Pie and Design Box host a Halloween Party. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Hillsborough Street Celebrates the Coming Transformation

  Tomorrow Hillsborough Street celebrates 10 years of working toward a new vision. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• The Internet Summit in Raleigh Next Week

  Next week Raleigh feels a bit like Silicon Valley. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Isaac Hunter’s Tavern Makes a Comeback

  The area’s favorite watering hole from the late 1700s plans to reopen on Fayetteville Street. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Starmount CD Release party tonight at Marsh Woodwinds

  Starmount will throw a party for “Tyranny of the Sphere” at 8pm at Marsh Woodwinds.  The album was released this past Tuesday. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Megafaun on WUNC’s The State of Things

  Friday at noon. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Christopher Counts wins Moore Square Design Competition

  The jury’s decision shows an emphasis on tradition. Hopefully maintaining what is already great about this park, while keeping an eye toward the future of downtown Raleigh. [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
  

• Trader Joe’s Opens Friday Oct. 30

  Its not downtown, but at least you don’t have to go to Cary anymore. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 8:28pm EDT
  

• Mema’s Biscuits aka The Biscuit Station To Close Saturday

  Better make a biscuit run because this Raleigh landmark ends its twenty year run on Saturday. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 8:28pm EDT
  

• Bison Beer Brunch at The Borough (Sunday)

  Go to the Borough before 4pm. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Carolina RailHawks Having Open Tryouts in December

  Goooooaaaalllll! [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Raleigh Convention Center Awarded LEED Silver

  The Raleigh Convention Center joins only six other convention centers in the nation to be awarded LEED Silver certification. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Dos Taquitos Day of the Dead Bike Ride Sunday

  All Souls’ Day [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Lincoln Theatre Moving to Membership, Adding Liquor

  Downtown’s biggest private venue to become membership only. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• Yes! sputnik Halloween Dance Party Yeti steaty GO!

  There is going to be a serious throw down at Helios on Halloween. Yeah, I said Helios. [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• The Postmarks and The Huguenots at Tir Na Nog

  Florida-based indie pop sensation comes to town Wednesday, and for free you can’t beat the price! [...]
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  Fetched: October 29, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  

• The Mystical Legislative Building

  Goodnight Raleigh traces the history and controversy of our Legislative Building. [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
  

• The City Plaza’s New Sculptures

  Three new sculptures have been installed on the City Plaza for a few weeks now.  Today as the Plaza officially opens, these Sculptures along with the decorative light towers, establish the first new art installs on Fayetteville Street. [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
  

• Pat Fitzgerald’s Zoom Raleigh Opens on Fayetteville Street

  Tonight is the official opening of Zoom Raleigh a rich interactive interface that has been installed in the window of the Urban Design Center right on Fayetteville Street. [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
  

• Demo Derby At The Fairgrounds This Weekend

  Bear witness to the mechanical mayhem from the Grandstands! [...]
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  Fetched: October 22, 2009, 2:58pm EDT
  

• Downtown Raleigh Free Wifi is Live

  Surfin’ RDU [...]
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  Fetched: October 22, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  

• Third Video of The Bowerbirds on Pitchfork’s Cemetary Gates

  Today Pitchfork features The Bowerbirds playing Bright Future in an old chapel. Is this follow up their final performance for this series? [...]
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  Fetched: October 22, 2009, 10:01am EDT
  

• New Raleigh Cherry Bounce Showcase Friday at Berkeley Cafe

  UPDATE: Our Secret Band has canceled. Everything else is the same. New Raleigh will be hosting a Cherry Bounce Showcase on Friday night at Berkeley Cafe on W. Martin Street. The lineup has changed just a bit in the past few days but one thing is still the same, it will [...]
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  Fetched: October 22, 2009, 12:57am EDT
  

• The Hood Internet Playing AhPeele Afterparty on Saturday

  Dance up and down Capital Boulevard all night long. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 10:59pm EDT
  

• A Second Video of The Bowerbirds on Pitchfork’s Cemetary Gates

  Today Pitchfork features The Bowerbirds playing Chimes in an old chapel to follow up their Northern Lights performance yesterday. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 10:59pm EDT
  

• Krispy Kreme Opening in City Plaza on Saturday

  Hot Doughnuts in Downtown [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 10:59pm EDT
  

• Five Questions with A Rooster for the Masses

  You probably think you know A Rooster for the Masses. They’ve been Raleigh favorites for years, making politically progressive, agitpop that made you think while dancing your ass off. A series of line-up changes has left the band with two original members, and a sound that has evolved along with [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• Wu-Tang’s Raekwon At Schoolkids Thursday!

  The Chef dices it up in Raleigh… Wu Wu Wu Wu [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• Social Media Business Forum to Feature Laura Fitton

  This Friday, the Social Media Business Forum, brings social media leaders to the Triangle. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• City to Pursue Hydroelectric Dam on Falls Lake

  City Council votes today. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• Bowerbirds Perform on Pitchfork’s Cemetary Gates in a Chapel

  The Bowerbirds perform Northern Lights off of their new album on Pitchfork’s Cemetary Gates. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• Fashion and Art Party at Revolver

  Jump off the weekend early with paintings, fashion models, music, and cocktails this Thursday night. [...]
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  Fetched: October 21, 2009, 5:59am EDT
  

• James B Hunt Library to break ground Friday

  Centennial Campus’s Centerpiece is on its way: The James B. Hunt Jr. Library will be a beautiful and inspiring “signature” building that embodies the essence of Centennial Campus as a community built around knowledge. [...]
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  Fetched: October 20, 2009, 10:04am EDT
  

• The Snap: Carter-Finley

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  Fetched: October 19, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  

• Halloween Party at Fourteen

  Heads Will Roll. [...]
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  Fetched: October 19, 2009, 2:55am EDT
  

• Cherry Bounce Magic Monday at The Raleigh Times

  Music and Magic. [...]
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  Fetched: October 19, 2009, 2:55am EDT
  

• West Side Story Ticket Giveaway

  2 Tickets to the Broadway hit! [...]
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  Fetched: October 16, 2009, 4:57pm EDT
  

• Monotonix Destroyed The Pour House

  Pics and video from last night’s rowdy show! [...]
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  Fetched: October 16, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
  

• #BalloonBoy Captivates Bored Nation

  As if it were the sequel to Disney’s Flight of the Navigator, the oddly-shaped silver balloon took to the skies. [...]
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  Fetched: October 16, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• LGBT Center of Raleigh Coming Out Party Saturday

  Come on out! [...]
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  Fetched: October 16, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• The Collectors Gallery to Reopen in City Plaza

  The Collectors Gallery is set to reopen the weekend of Raleigh Wide Open 4, bringing premiere fine craft to Fayetteville Street. [...]
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  Fetched: October 15, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
  

• H&M Coming to Crabtree, Not Downtown

  This is great news for locals (as well as others across the state that frequent the cheap but fashionable retailer), but the fact that The Downtown Raleigh Alliance talked with the company in 2006 without making a deal is a bad blow to the future of substantial retail in Downtown [...]
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  Fetched: October 15, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
  

• The Rosebuds Jam “Leaves Do Fall” Acoustic at Raleigh Denim

  I’m a desperate man and that terrifies me. [...]
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  Fetched: October 14, 2009, 3:54am EDT
  

• Five Questions with Tonk

  Based on the individual band members’ reputations, their show at this Saturday’s Cooke Street Carnival should totally rock, in a theoretical way at least because they’re actually a honky tonk country band. Plus they’ve worked the Lowenbrau theme into one of their songs. They get an A+ for that alone. [...]
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  Fetched: October 13, 2009, 9:03pm EDT
  

• West Side Story Opens This Week

  “When you’re a Jet you’re a Jet all the way. From your first cigarette to your last dying day!” [...]
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  Fetched: October 13, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
  

• Chocolate Covered Bacon and Deep Fried Ho Ho’s at the State Fair

  The fattest reason to go to the fair. [...]
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  Fetched: October 12, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
  

• Next Triangle TweetUp at the State Fair on October 22nd

  TweetUp? We hardly know each other! [...]
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  Fetched: October 12, 2009, 11:55am EDT
  

• Bill Maher Tapes HBO Special in Raleigh in February

  Real Time host and Religilous star brings his philosophical banter to Progress Energy Memorial Auditorium. [...]
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  Fetched: October 12, 2009, 11:55am EDT
  

• The Well (Bar) Replaces Fosters Gone Ugly in Five Points

  Hopefully a bit better than before. [...]
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  Fetched: October 12, 2009, 9:58am EDT
  

• Monotonix Will Destroy The Pour House on Thursday

  All the way from Israel, just to destroy. [...]
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  Fetched: October 12, 2009, 5:56am EDT
  

• The Snap: Western Blvd. Bridge

  [...]
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  Fetched: October 09, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• Smartest City CNN Video

  CNN has picked up on the “Smartest City in America” story. [...]
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  Fetched: October 09, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• Downtown Raleigh Getting Wifi on October 23rd

  Only for outdoor use. Connection map and instructions inside. [...]
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  Fetched: October 08, 2009, 4:55pm EDT