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The Newest Muppets of Salisbury St.: The Balcony at King’s Barcade

King’s Barcade rejoined Downtown Raleigh a few weeks ago, and with that reopening saw the newest muppets to arrive to Salisbury Street area.

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Scumfest!

A couple of weeks ago, the buzz going around town was all about Hopscotch. However, unbeknown to the majority of Raleigh’s indie-rock mainstream, another music festival was in the works: Scumfest 2010 Caboose Reunion Party.

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photoSPARK: The First Photography Show in SPARKcon


The photoSPARK traditional gallery.

This past weekend’s fifth annual SPARKcon was an amazing event showcasing our local arts and creativity. The cool thing about SPARKcon is that it’s ‘for the people by the people’, so it is only possible through donations and volunteer work. This year’s event had a lot of great new additions, thus making it the largest and most successful SPARKcon! One very exciting new addition was the first ever photoSPARK. In the past, photography may have been included in some artSPARK shows, but this year local photographers really got a chance to stand out and shine in their very own show.

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Raleigh, Capitol of N.C.
by Raleigh Boy

Capitol_elevated view_web

This week Flashback Friday soars high above Raleigh’s beloved State Capitol. The sophisticated 19th century Greek Revival building has stood on this spot for 175 years. We’ll also take a peek at the history of this building and its predecessors. So climb aboard and enjoy the flight!

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