May 20th -26th Triangle

by Michael & Pam Davison
www.Parkgeek.com

Welcome to all of you who I met at Artsplosure last weekend. I hope that this newsletter will make planning your downtime a breeze and give you more time to get out there and enjoy the amazing array of events the Triangle offers. Thank you also, to all of you who have forwarded the ParkGeek.com newsletter on to a friend. We truly appreciate your help in spreading the word.

For more info on everything going on, go to www.Parkgeek.com click on "Event Search" and fill in the dates. Be sure to include Friday through Sunday so you don't miss anything. Select the search button and start planning! See below for more...

Celebrate North Carolina during the third annual Got to be NC Festival. Come enjoy a mix of food, music, carnival rides and games, antique farm equipment and grandstand entertainment. And best of all, admission is free for all ages! The only paid events are the grandstand shows each day and the Carolina Pig Jig barbecue contest on Saturday.

The State Fairgrounds will also be hosting the Raleigh Summer Boat Show & Sale and WRAL's Wellness Weekend. The Wellness Weekend will feature tons of fun family activities combined with important health and medical information as well as dancing, aerobics, health tests and screenings, jazzercising, soccer, rock climbing and a community blood drive. This weekend also marks the date for the Wake County 4-H Horse Show.

The Museum of Life and Science will be celebrating the metamorphisizing magic of the butterfly at their Annual Butterfly Bash.

Saturday morning, Regency Park will be the site for a free outdoor Yoga class. The event is open to the public and all levels are encouraged to attend. Reservations are recommended, so click through for the details.

Come enjoy an exciting day of learning about Track and Field events at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park. This event is free to children ages 7 through 14 and will give children an opportunity to learn the skills of running, in addition, to the field events involved in track and field.

Womble Park will be the site for a BBQ & Family Fun Day. The event is a fundraiser for the family of Eve Griffith (age 2) who is fighting bilateral Wilms Tumor. The event will feature lots of great food, music, kids games, a silent auction, a bounce house, a cornhole tournament and photo sessions.

Celebrate North Carolina during the third annual Got to be NC Festival. Come enjoy a mix of food, music, carnival rides and games, antique farm equipment and grandstand entertainment. And best of all, admission is free for all ages! The only paid events are the grandstand shows each day and the Carolina Pig Jig barbecue contest on Saturday.

The State Fairgrounds will also be hosting the Raleigh Summer Boat Show & Sale and WRAL's Wellness Weekend. The Wellness Weekend will feature tons of fun family activities combined with important health and medical information as well as dancing, aerobics, health tests and screenings, jazzercising, soccer, rock climbing and a community blood drive. This weekend also marks the date for the Wake County 4-H Horse Show.

The Museum of Life and Science will be celebrating the metamorphisizing magic of the butterfly at their Annual Butterfly Bash.

Saturday morning, Regency Park will be the site for a free outdoor Yoga class. The event is open to the public and all levels are encouraged to attend. Reservations are recommended, so click through for the details.

Come enjoy an exciting day of learning about Track and Field events at Buffaloe Road Athletic Park. This event is free to children ages 7 through 14 and will give children an opportunity to learn the skills of running, in addition, to the field events involved in track and field.

Womble Park will be the site for a BBQ & Family Fun Day. The event is a fundraiser for the family of Eve Griffith (age 2) who is fighting bilateral Wilms Tumor. The event will feature lots of great food, music, kids games, a silent auction, a bounce house, a cornhole tournament and photo sessions.

Join a Park Ranger at William B. Umstead State Park Thursday for a peaceful hour of fishing on Big Lake. The CATCH program includes instruction on the basics of fresh water fishing, as well as how to identify the different species found in the lake. On Sunday afternoon, take a short guided hike along Potts Branch Trail as you learn about the critters that live in the park's Streams and Waterways.

Thursday night at Durant Nature Park, you are invited to take a Family Walk in the Park.

This weekend's Family Wildlife Series at Blue Jay Point County Park features creatures Slippery, Slidey and Slimey. Kids are welcome, but not required.

Enjoy an evening stroll in the woods with your family to listen for frogs, owls and other animal sounds "that go bump in the night" during Harris at Night at Harris Lake County Park.

Historic Yates Mill Pond County Park invites you to join them for a Mill Heritage Tour. The tours incorporate a discussion about the Mill's business and social history, some background on the mill's owners and a guided tour of the first floor of the fully restored mill. The tours will run both Saturday and Sunday. If you haven't been over to Yates Mill County Park, it is a great weekend destination. The interpretive center has wonderful displays explaining how the mill worked and the wildlife that lives in the park. The mill is beautiful and there are some great trails and flower gardens around the park.

Magnificent Millipedes will be the featured critter at the American Tobacco Trail. Help them explore where they like to live as you roll logs and rocks to find the hidden creatures lurking underneath! Make a terrarium fit for the millipedes, pill bugs, earthworms and others that you may find on your search.

Calling all teens. The Carrboro Century Center will be hosting a Teen Talent Show. Auditions are Thursday night and the Talent Show will be Friday night.

It's Third Friday is Durham this weekend. Enjoy a downtown gallery crawl with live music and more.

Also in Durham, Movies in the Park will feature Let's Get Married under-the-stars at Durham Central Park.

Live music and classic cars will be heating things up for the Fuquay-Varina Downtown Cruise-In. The evening will also offer guided tours of the Fuquay-Varina History Museum and a hula-hoop contest for children and adults.

Turning Points in African American History at the North Carolina Museum of History will incorporate a panel discussion of the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot, the impact of the Civil War on African Americans in North Carolina, and the Civil Rights movement. While you are there, you are invited to check out their new exhibit, Behind the Veneer: Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker

In addition to these events listed, there are several other events going on throughout the Triangle. For more information on everything going on, go to www.Parkgeek.com and start planning! I hope to see you out there.

Sincerely,

Michael & Pam Davison