Caniac Carnival Coming September 20
The Carolina Hurricanes will be hosting the Caniac Carnival on Sunday, September 20. The event features activities for individuals of all ages including rides, interactive games, a live band and more. There will also be an autograph session with select Hurricanes players, live interviews with players and coaches and a special Canes practice.
This year the event includes the new Crazy Caniac Challenge . Participants will run two laps around the RBC Center (approximately 2 miles), but will stop after one lap to down two hot dogs and a 12 oz soft drink. See the link for registration info.
10th Annual Caniac Carnival Schedule
9:00 a.m.
- Sign-in for the Crazy Caniac Challenge Opens
- The Eye, the official team store, opens
9:30 a.m.
- Autograph wristband distribution begins
10:00 a.m.
- Caniac Carnival Rides and Entertainment Begin
- Crazy Caniac Challenge (two laps around the RBC Center)
- Box Office opens
11:00 a.m.
- Building opens for autograph session participants (wristband required)
11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m.
- RBC Bank Autograph Session
1:00 p.m.
- RBC Center opens for General Public
1:15 p.m.
- Select Players, coaches address the fans before practice (RBC Center lower bowl)
2:00 p.m.
- Carolina Hurricanes Open Practice
3:00 p.m.
- Caniac Carnival Rides and Entertainment End
Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week Begins
Today begins
Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week
, a weeklong dining showcase of downtown’s culinary talent. During dinner hours thru Sunday night, select restaurants displaying Restaurant Week flags will offer three-course prix fixe dinners for $20 to $30.
President and CEO of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, David Diaz, says, “We’re excited to bring the Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week to residents, patrons, and visitors alike. This promotion extends diners a unique opportunity to eat at some of downtown’s most reputable restaurants at very affordable prices.â€
Although no tickets are required, reservations are strongly recommended (when applicable). Online reservations can be made at almost half of the venues through OpenTable. These reservation links are available on the Restaurant Week website. Menus will also be posted as they are submitted by participating venues. For more information from your mobile device, visit www.YouRHere.com/mobile .
Participating Restaurants
- 18 Seaboard
- Globe
- Second Empire
- 42 nd Street Oyster Bar
- Humble Pie
- Sitti
- 518 West Italian Cafe
- The Irregardless Cafe
- Solas
- The Big Easy
- Jibarra
- Sono
- Bogart’s American Grill
- The Mint
- Sullivan’s Steakhouse
- Caffé Luna
- Mo’s Diner
- Tasca Brava
- Dos TaQuitos Centro
- Poole’s Diner
- Wild Ginger
- The Duck and Dumpling
- Posta Tuscan Grille
- Zely and Ritz
- Fins
- Red Room
The Week Ahead
As summer dies down, the schedule seems to get busier. Monday begins Downtown Restaurant Week, which is a great way to get out and explore some of the great downtown restaurants. The Wake County Public Schools return to the class on Tuesday. On Thursday Tim Wilson begins his stay at Charlie Goodnights while The Embers play at North Hills. The NC Museum of Art begins one of its last features before its Winter hiatus. Gone With The Wind will be the outdoor movie as well as the theme for many features around the NCMA all weekend. Next weekend marks La Fiesta del Pueblo as well as the Body, Mind, Spirit Expo at the fairgrounds. Sunday is the big day for Friesen’s 5K Fun Run as well as this year’s Kenny Chesney show at Walnut Creek. See more details at the gogoraleigh Google Calendar . Let’s go do it!
Polar Ice House Melts Away Summer
The Polar Ice Houses in Wake Forest and Garner are planning a big day to melt away summer. Today will be their open house, which includes $1 admission and $2.50 skate rental, free food, DJ music, figure skating demonstrations, prizes and appearances with Icey the polar bear mascot. Special on-ice games will include:
- Turkey Bowling – Who knew there was another use for a frozen turkey? Slide the Thanksgiving bird down the ice for a strike in this unique and festive take on a traditional bowling game. Score the most strikes and you win!
- Ice Hockey Shoot-outs – Get in the spirit of the Carolina Hurricanes as you test your skills shooting the puck on net and scoring against other competitors.
- Sled Races – With the 2010 Vancouver Olympics around the corner, it’s time to jump on a sled and see if you’ve got what it takes to race your friends against the clock.
The event goes from 1pm to 4pm at both Polar Ice House locations
Polar Ice House Garner
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103 New Rand Road
Garner, NC 27529
(919) 861-7465
Polar Ice House Wake Forest
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1839-200 S. Main Street
Wake Forest, NC 27587
(919) 453-1500
101 Lounge Schedules Political Series
101 Lounge + Café has released the schedule for Politics 101, a series geared towards local politics and the candidates involved in the 2009 election cycle for Raleigh. The series is composed of informal information sessions hosted by candidates that will be held throughout the month of September. All candidates for city council and mayoral races were invited to host an event for downtown residents and workers that are open to the public. "Raleigh has become very politically active and 101 is excited by the response from our elected officials and candidates for this series." Says Jen Heasty, Event Coordinator for 101 Lounge + Cafe. "101 supports the diversity of the voters and embraces planning events to help educate and bring downtowners together in an informal, relaxed atmosphere."
During the September series, each candidate is provided a 2-hour block in 101’s upstairs lounge to be used however the candidate desires. Some candidates have chosen to speak on specific topics, while others are planning to use the time to relax and answer questions that WakeCounty voters would like addressed.
Politics 101 Candidate Schedule for September:
- September 2, 6pm-8pm: Rodger Koopman (Raleigh City Council – District B)
- September 3, 11:30am-1:30pm: Lee Sartain (Raleigh City Council – At-Large)
- September 8, 6pm-8pm: Ted Van Dyk (Raleigh City Council – District D)
- September 9, 6pm-8pm: Gregg Kunz (Raleigh Mayor)
- September 14, 6pm-8pm: John Tedesco (Board of Education – District 2)
- September 18, 5:30pm-7: 30pm: Russ Stephenson (Raleigh City Council – At-Large)
- September 21, 6pm-8pm: Charles Meeker (Raleigh Mayor)
- September 22, 8pm-10pm: Mark Enloe (Raleigh Mayor)
- September 28, 5:30pm-7: 30pm: Mary-Ann Baldwin (Raleigh City Council – At-Large)
Oktoberfest Coming to Cary
Beginning September 17, celebrate Oktoberfest at the Bavarian Brathaus in Cary . For the first time, the Brathaus is organizing its own Oktoberfest, featuring Bavarian-style fun, entertainment, and live music. For seven weeks (ending October 24) the Bavarian Brathaus will become “a haven of beer drinking, live entertainment, and partying.†Kicking off the season will be a four-day extravaganza from Thursday, September 17 th to Sunday, September 20 th .
Massive pork shanks, homemade Brats, Stein glasses of German beers and more will be served by dirndl-clad waitresses. Guests will be encouraged to dance as live musicians are coming in from NC and VA just for this event.
The ticket price of $38.00 includes the entrance fee, four-course Bavarian dinner, live entertainment, and door prizes starting at 7pm inside and out. All Tickets need to be pre-booked in person or by calling the Bavarian Brathaus at 919-859-5299.
Glenwood and Wade To Be Repaved
The NCDOT announced yesterday that they will soon be accepting bids to repave Wade and Glenwood Avenues. From mync.com’s article , Wally Bowman, a DOT Division Engineer said,â€We would ideally like to be resurfacing roads between a 12- to 15-year cycle. There’s just not enough money to do all the roads during that cycle." Glenwood Avenue was last resurfaced in 1987, and is widely believed to be the worst driving surface in Raleigh. The repaving is expected to be completed by the end of June.
Bada Bing Pizzeria Coming to Glenwood
The pizza wars are starting up on Glenwood. Bada Bing Pizza is coming to 222 Glenwood. They will take the space formerly occupied by the European Espresso & Wine Cafe. The Raleigh Telegram reports that it is by the same people who recently opened Cashmere (next to Sullivans).
Canes Change April 8 Game Time
The Carolina Hurricanes announced that their April 8 game against Montreal will begin at 7:30pm. The game time is to accommodate coverage by CSN. (This new time is reflected in the gogoraleigh calendar as well as the gogoraleigh Hurricanes calendar. Updates to the downloadable calendars will be made soon.)
Clayton High Teacher to be on Jeopardy!
On September 25, Clayton High School Science teacher Andy Srinivasan will appear on Jeopardy! (WTVD, 7:30p)
Lollipop Shop Coming to North Hills
The Lollipop Shop
is about to open its 7th store. It will be in North Hills where the Alltel store was (next to Gold’s Gym). The sore offers 21 colors of M&Ms, homemade pixy sticks, jelly beans, and tons of retro candy and toys. (I know a great dentist, btw 😉 )
Wake County Public School Bus Routes Available
The Wake County Public School System recently posted bus route information for the upcoming school year . Also don’t forget that gogoraleigh is your source for all 5 main WCPSS downloadable calendars. There is also a version of each at Google Calendar. See the Calendars page for more info.
BB&T Plans for New North Hills Office
As reported here
in June of 2008, BB&T will not only be razing their current office at Six Forks and Rowan, they will also raze the neighboring building that once house Bank of America.
The site plan
(.pdf) shows a replacement 2-story 7,146 square foot office building purported to be similar to the
one on Kildaire Farms Road
(near Maynard).
Unfortunately the building will sit against its rear property line, making pedestrians navigate the moat of parking in order to access the building. What is interesting about this project, however, is the 5-lane wide drive-thru plaza. The plaza is oriented such that all lanes have satellite delivery (none abuts the building), and travel is perpendicular to the building; very odd. The site plan gives no indication as to traffic flow for the Six Forks Road access, however this will most likely be a right-in/right-out access. (It appears that the trend in this area is to limit yellow line crossings in between signaled intersections.)
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