Cook Wins Club Award
North Hills Club General Manager, C.W. Cook, has been named the recipient of The Excellence in Club Management Award for 2008. It is a prestigious honor bestowed annually to only three general managers across the country. The Excellence in Club Management Award, co-sponsored by McMahon Group and Club & Resort Business magazine, and is an annual award that recognizes private club general managers and chief operating officers who have exhibited outstanding skills in managing their club.
The award is selected in each of the following three categories:
- Country/Golf Clubs with 600 or More Full-Privilege Members
- Country/Golf Clubs with Under 600 Full-Privilege Members
- City, Athletic or Specialty (Non-golf) Clubs of All Types
This is a tremendous honor as no other club manager in the State of North Carolina has ever been selected as the recipient of this award.
Ryan Adams Concert On Palladia today
MTV’s HD concert channel, has been showing a one-hour Ryan Adams concert on Palladia (TWC 292) filmed in Jamaica around 2002. It re-airs today at 2:00pm, next Saturday (12/20) at 6:00pm, and next Sunday (12/21) at 10:00am.
Soleil Redesigns
The planned 43-story Soleil Center is going back to the drawing board, according to the N&O’s Jack Hagel . Due to the current lending market and sluggish sales in high-end condos, the project will be built in two phases. The sorely-needed 300-room, 14-16 story Westin hotel portion will be built first. In the future, should the condo market the return, the project could be topped with 25 more stories of condos.
What happens now, architecturally speaking? The project will hopefully be a graceful structure in its interim. If it is a obviously truncated design, then what happens if the high-end condo market doesn’t return? Is Raleigh stuck with yet another ugly high-rise?
Some critics will celebrate in victory as they feel this is an admission that the Soleil concept was flawed. However one cannot say that we should extend the city’s agreements for people like Greg Hatem and for the Reynolds (who were not able to sell condo portions of their projects downtown) due to the “rough economy”, while also saying that Soleil isn’t being built as-planned because it is a flawed concept. The economy is the overriding factor with all of today’s incomplete projects.
Hopefully all of these projects’ complete build-outs will see the light of day. It would be nice for people to have as many housing choices as possible in this market.
Dancing With The Stars Coming to RBC Center
The Dancing With The Stars’ current tour will be hitting the RBC Center on January 28. Scheduled to perform are Alec Mazo, Cheryl Burke, Cody Linley, Derek Hough, Edyta Sliwinska, Fabian Sanchez, Karina Smirnoff, Kym Johnson, Lacey Schwimmer, Lance Bass, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Mark Ballas, Marlee Matlin, Maurice Greene, and Toni Braxton. Tickets are on sale now .
Navigating to the DPAC
The new Durham Performing Arts Center has gotten plenty of press coverage, but the pervasive question is,”Where is the thing?” It is basically behind the Blue Monster in the DBAP (beyond Left Field in the Bulls’ stadium).
Here is a Google map
Here is a detailed view of the area , including the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, the Performing Arts Center, and the American Tobacco Complex.
Ruth’s Chris Offers BOGO Deal
Friday and Saturday only! Ruth’s Chris at North Hills is offering a free Petit Filet or New York Strip with the purchase of another entree. The restaurant serves dinner from 5pm to 11pm.
‘Vanities’ Sets A Date
“
Vanities: A New Musical
“, the new Broadway musical featuring Raleigh native Lauren Kennedy, will open on February 26 at the
Lyceum Theater
(
map it
) in NYC. Previews of the production will begin on February 2.
The musical features music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum and chronicles the lives of three friends from the 1960s to the 1980s. The show also stars Sarah Stiles and Anneliese van der Pol .
LA Times Features Filtering Mailman
Last week, Raleigh mailman Steve Padgett confessed to filtering junk mail for recipients on his route. Apparently he had seven years worth of junk mail “piled up in his garage and buried in his yard”.
The Los Angeles Times ran an article Saturday chronicling Padgett and his fans from his route. It’s a good, short read.
Buddy Guy Coming to Tarboro
Eric Clapton’s favorite guitar player,
Buddy Guy
, will be playing Saturday night in Tarboro’s
Keihin Auditorium
(2009 W. Wilson St.) Tickets are $25, and can be purchased through
www.etix.com
, or by calling (252) 823-5166. The show starts at 8 p.m.
Bill Cosby Coming to Durham
Durham’s new performing arts center is on a roll. Bill Cosby is coming March 29 for two shows (5pm and 8:30pm). Tickets go on sale at 10:00am TODAY .
David Sedaris Coming to Durham
Durham’s new performing arts center continues its incredible inaugural season by welcoming author (and Raleigh native)
David Sedaris
on April 11.
Tickets go on sale
at
10:00am TODAY
.
Ferris Idea Wheeled Through Council
The News & Observer’s David Bracken has a good story outlining a Raleigh resident’s idea for a Ferris wheel at Pullen Park. Bill Garrabrant is a wheel enthusiast, and has been lobbying the Raleigh City Council for years to add a wheel to the park. By selling naming rights the city could raise enough money to handle the $84K annual operating costs.
Sounds like a neat idea! The Santa Monica Pier wheel sold for $132K this year to a guy in Oklahoma City. Not a shabby pick-up. There are other wheels out there for sale , too. While we’re at it, the Cedar Point people are trying to sell off parts of the Geauga Lake park that they bought and destroyed. Maybe one of those or one of these used coasters would be a great addition.
Robin Williams Coming to Durham
The Durham Performing Arts Center will welcome Robin Williams on Friday the 13th…of March 2009. Tickets are $75 – $100 and go on sale tomorrow at Ticketmaster outlets at 10am.
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