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A Lighting Sighting on Hillsborough Street!

Goodnight Raleigh has received  reports about some colorful activity observed on Hillsborough St. last night. “I saw hundreds — make that, thousands — of colors emanating from the D.H. Hill Library book tower. They were moving back and forth, to and fro, mixing and blending — it was quite a sight!” one passerby told us. No, our source was not experiencing an encounter of the third kind, nor an ‘encounter’ of any other kind. What he witnessed was the first testing of the lighting sequencing of the famed Joe Cox Color Wall.

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A Few Recommended First Friday Stops

There may be thunderstorms for Friday’s forecast, but don’t let that keep you at home. There are a lot of great shows to check out for First Friday.

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Blog to be Featured on WKNC’s ‘Eye on the Triangle’

Tune in tonight next week at 7PM to WKNC (or tap in to the web stream) to hear some of the contributing photographers to Goodnight Raleigh discuss the blog, night life, culture, art, local issues, and the growth of Raleigh.

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