Mar

Taylor Swift Returning to RBC Center

On Thursday, November 17, Taylor Swift will return to the RBC Center. This one sold out in minutes last year, so if you are interested, be ready to pounce on tickets.

Note: Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 8, at 10am at Ticketmaster outlets.

Posted by Dana on March 30, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Geek Dad Coming to Raleigh Library

Fans of the Geek Dad will surely descend upon the Raleigh Express Library (across Fayetteville St. from WTVD) tomorrow (Wednesday) at Noon. The Geek Dad will be here speaking and demonstrating a few projects from his upcoming book, Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun . The event is free and open to the public. Vouched parking for the Express Library is available at 216 W. Cabarrus St.

Posted by Dana on March 29, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Rush Concert Postponed

The Rush concert originally scheduled for Friday (4/1), has been moved back one night to Saturday, April 2. Doors remain 6:30 pm with show time at 7:30 pm.

Tickets for the previously scheduled performance will be honored at the rescheduled date. Fans requiring a refund may do so at point of purchase.

Posted by Dana on March 29, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger Coming to TWC

On Saturday, August 20, Journey is coming to Walnut Creek. Opening are Foreigner and Night Ranger. If you were ever a Journey fan, you’ll enjoy them today. Steve Perry is missing, however replacement singer Arnel Pineda sounds exactly like him, and the band is really tight. Foreigner is still guitarist Mick Jones and replacements, and the lineup is almost the same as what he brought to Cary last year (drummer Brian Tichy is replaced by Jason Sutter). Night Ranger is one of my guilty 80’s pleasures. The core members of Jack Blades (bass, lead vocals), Kelly Keagy (drums and “Sister Christian” singer…among other songs), and Brad Gillis (lead guitar) are joined by Joel Hoekstra (guitar) and Eric Levy (keyboards).

If you haven’t seen Gillis or Schon play guitar live, you are really missing out. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster outlets.

Posted by Dana on March 21, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Follow NCSU Coaching Candidates on TV

Today Sidney Lowe officially resigns from his coaching post at N.C. State University, casting a new light on the NCAA and NIT tournaments for NCSU fans seeking the right coach. Back in January I posted a list of coaches who are fairly young and finding success at smaller schools. Some of these coaches continued to have excellent seasons, and others didn’t.

Let’s revisit this list, however, with the tournament schedules in mind. The list appears in the order in which each coach’s team will play over the next four nights.

Format: Name (school) – Sagarin Computer Ranking, Tourney Seed, Air Time (Network)

Season Over (No Bid or Tourney Loss)

Fred Hoiberg (Iowa St) – #87
Ron Everhart (Duquense) – #75
Randy Bennett (St. Marys-Cal) – #43, NIT 2-seed. 11p (ESPN2) – Lost by 1 in 1st round

Wednesday

Gregg Marshall (Wichita St) – #64, NIT 4-seed. 7p (ESPN2)
Tad Boyle (Colorado) – #49, NIT 1-seed. 9p (ESPN3.com)
Ken Bone (Wash. St) – #55, NIT 2-seed. 10p (ESPNU)

Thursday

Blaine Taylor (ODU) – #39, NCAA 9-seed. 12:40p (truTV)
Chris Mooney (Richmond) – #36, NCAA 12-seed. 4:10p (TBS)

Friday

Mark Turgeon (Texas A&M) – #33, NCAA 7-seed. 4:10p (TBS)
Chris Mack (Xavier) – #35, NCAA 6-seed. 7:27p (truTV)
Mark Fox (Georgia) – #52, NCAA 10-seed. 9:45p (CBS)

Advancing, Next Game TBA

Cuonzo Martin (Missouri St) – #73, NIT 3-seed. 8p (ESPN3.com)

If you would like to add these events to your Google Calendar, simply follow the link below.

Posted by Dana on March 15, 2011 | Tags: Sports , TV . | ( 2 ) Comments

Mar

McCreery One of Idol’s Favorites

Garner’s Scotty McCreery is making a big impact on this season of American Idol . He may resemble Clay Aiken, but his voice is decidedly different. Entertainment Weekly posted their odds for each contestant and have the 17-year old, deep-voiced country crooner finishing third, with 6-1 odds on winning it all. The story is found on page 48 of this week’s issue.

With the Canes making a push to the playoffs and with Duke and Carolina entering the NCAA tournament in the top 8, and with McCreery’s showing thus far, it looks like we may have a busy Spring in Raleigh.

Idol airs Wednesday at 8pm.

Posted by Dana on March 15, 2011 | Tags: Music , TV . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

TTA Adds Free Wi-Fi to Buses

tta Riding the TTA just got a lot more productive. Forty two of the system’s buses now have free wi-fi service. There is no registration fee, however users will have to accept the Terms of Service agreement. The signal is orginates in the front of the bus, so sit there for better service. Only the buses sporting the “Wi-Fi Onboard” logo have the service, and these buses will be rotated through the routes. So, there is no guarantee that your trip will have Wi-Fi service currently, but chances will even improve as the system adds the service to more buses in the future.

Just as a reminder, the TTA is the regional transit system that efficiently connects popular destinations in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and RTP. There is a free park-and-ride lot near the NC Museum of Art, which offers excellent service to destinations in the western part of the triangle (more on that later!)

Wi-Fi FAQ

Posted by Dana on March 15, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 4 ) Comments

Mar

Subscribe to Gogo’s Google Calendar for Complete NCAA Tournament Action

It’s NCAA tourney time and you guessed it! Gogoraleigh is your source for importing calendar events for all of the games. It is a Google Calendar which contains all 36 First Round games. Keep following it, though, as the next round games will be added as soon as they are determined. Subscribe in Google Calendar , on your Android Phone, iPhone , iPad other capable device!

The two area teams playing include:

UNC vs. Long Island – Friday at 7:15 pm (CBS)
Duke vs. Hampton – Friday at 3:10 pm (truTV)

This year’s tournament will be broadcasted on four different networks for the first time. The games will appear in Raleigh on these Time Warner Cable Channels:

SD

CBS – 3 and 105
TBS – 34 and 302
TNT – 26 and 301
truTV – 44 and 313

HD

CBS – 1105 and 5.1
TBS – 1302
TNT – 1301
truTV – 1313

Posted by Dana on March 14, 2011 | Tags: Exclusives , Sports . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Surprise! Prince Is Coming

On Wednesday, March 23, Prince will play the RBC Center in Raleigh. Tickets go on sale Monday morning (3/14) at 10am.

Posted by Dana on March 11, 2011 | Tags: Music . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Decemberists Coming to The Walt

On Saturday, June 11, The Decemberists will return to Raleigh. This time the show is at The Walt, in downtown Raleigh. Best Coast opens. Ticket presale is already over. Public tickets go on sale soon. Check the Decemberists’ website for more info.

Posted by Dana on March 8, 2011 | Tags: Other . | ( 6 ) Comments

Mar

Neil Young Coming to DPAC

On Friday, April 15, Neil Young will come to Durham’s DPAC. Ticket presale begins Thursday (3/10) at 10am.

Posted by Dana on March 7, 2011 | Tags: Music . | ( 0 ) Comments

Mar

Primus Coming to Raleigh

On Tuesday, May 31, Primus will return to Raleigh. This time they will be at Memorial Auditorium. Opening band is not announced yet. Presale tix begin tomorrow (3/8) at 10a (pw: cheese). No word from The Pit about the inclusion of Pork Soda on the menu that night.