First Night Raleigh
2007presented by Artsplosure 2 pm until Midnight. Annual family-friendly New Year's celebration held in downtown
Raleigh. Over 100 performances at 25 locations.
Admission "buttons" which participants wear
pinned to their coats or hats go on sale December 1st at over
70 outlets, including Harris Teeter stores in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill area. Button prices:
all buttons are $9
in advance (ages 5 and under free); at the event, buttons for for kids age
6-12 are $10 and $12 for
adults.
2 - 6pm: The Children's Celebration
7pm - Early Acorn Drop (a count down to the New Year at 7pm so that
families with younger children can enjoy watching the Acorn drop without
waiting until midnight.) Evening Performances begin featuring 100 performances in 25
downtown Raleigh venues
10:30 pm: Main Stage entertainment begins.
Kids Exchange
Consignment Sale & Parents Fair - "Clean your closets and fill
your pockets with $$$." The Triangle's Premier Consignment
Sale!
NC State Fairgrounds, Jim Graham Building.
Giant consignment fair offers gently used kids' & maternity clothes,
baby equipment, furniture, toys and much more. Check the website for sale hours: www.KidsExchange.net. To consign, register online; if no
internet access: (205) 824-8245. General info: Julie@KidsExchange.net.
Volunteers shop first! Business Exhibitor space also available. This event will takes place again in Summer (July) 2007 - dates TBA. www.KidsExchange.net
Fri.,
January 5, 2007
First Friday at
NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
11 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Friday, January 5, 2007 Enjoy exhibits, food and a free "Natural Horror Picture Show"
movie from 5 - 9 pm every First Friday of the month at the North Carolina
Museum of Natural Sciences.This Friday the movie will be
"The Phantom Planet" (1961), starting at 7 pm.
(Description of the film from the Museum's website: "See a 6-foot astronaut shrink to six inches before your very eyes! See the Moon Maidens! See the attack of the Fire People! Arrive early for a film short from the AV Geeks archive." Also featured will be live music with
The Scarlet Divide. 6 pm; beverages and snacks will be available from the Acro Cafe.
(919) 733-7350, ext. 302 or toll-free 877-4NATSCI.
Sat.,
January 6, 2007
Carnival
of the Animals presented by the NC Symphony (Young People's Series) at the Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh,
NC.
January 7, 2006, shows at 11 am and 2 pm.
From the NC Symphony website: "Take a trip to our musical zoo with Camille
Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals dubbed the “grand zoological fantasy." Joan Landry leads the North Carolina Symphony in the fantastic animal parade. Through the magic of music, you’ll hear lions roaring, hens clucking, a slow-moving tortoise, lumbering elephants, happy kangaroos, braying donkeys, swans-a-swimming, and even a cuckoo here or there. Perfect for the whole family, this performance is musical storytelling at its best.
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Sat. and Sun.,
January 13 & 14, 2007
53rd Antique & Collectible Toy-Doll &
Hobby Show.
Raleigh, NC State Fairgrounds, Kerr Scott Building. Free
parking. 225 tables of modern to antique toys & collectibles,
dolls, Barbie, Nascar, action figures, western toys, comics, coins, etc.
Sat. 9-4 and Sun. 10-4. Admission adults $5 adults daily; $7 weekend pass, ages 15 & under free.
(919) 553-4285.
Weds.,
January 24, 2007
Lollipop Series
for Children presents "Animalia" with Hobey Ford's Golden Rod
Puppets at the Carrboro Century Center, 100
N. Greensboro St., Carrboro
Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 10:30am - 11:30am. Animalia explores the world of animals through Hobey's incredibly realistic carved foam puppets, as butterfly and frog
metamorphosize before your eyes; birds, whales, frolicking dolphins, a wolf, and otter soar through the theater.
Hobey breaks out of the traditional puppeteer booth turning the entire
theater into his performance stage with a collection of large animal
puppets that soar above the heads of the audience and dive and swim
throughout the theater.
$3 per participant; Ages: 3 - 5.
(919) 918-7364.
Sat. and Sun.,
January 28 & 29, 2007
ASTRONOMY DAYS at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
11 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Saturday, January 27, 2007, 9am - 5pm and Sunday, January 28, Noon - 5pm.
From the website: "A day of astronomical proportions featuring out-of-this-world
presentations, a cosmic array of exhibits and displays, and a universe of activities that will send you into orbit!"
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