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The Cameron Village Underground, Revisited

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The underground music scene is returning to Cameron Village — this time above ground on Daniels Street near Carolina Café. Cameron Village Live kicks off at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 25 with a DJ on stage. CV Live is a nod to the Village’s fabled history in the emergence of local rock music while celebrating today’s newest music and fashion. Live is a free public event, and will run to 10 p.m.

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Education Building, Raleigh, N.C.

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This week Flashback Friday picks up our postcard tour of the state government buildings encircling Capitol Square. We began our tour nearly a year ago, and have visited the Justice Building, and the former NC Supreme Court and Revenue buildings thus far. Our fourth stop is the former Education Building on Edenton Street.

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Olivia Raney Library, Raleigh, N.C.

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Raleigh’s long lost Olivia Raney Library is the subject of this week’s Flashback Friday postcard. The beautifully detailed building, which, to me, evoked the image of a grand ‘Italian palazzo,’ once stood prominently at the corner of Hillsboro and Salisbury Streets, opposite the State Capitol.

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