Break a World Record, Compete in Guitar Hero and more this weekend
8 May
Random weekend events in the Triangle:
FRIDAY
* I love that show “Cash Cab”. I usually suck at trivia (as my former roommate Tim Donnelly can attest), but I can actually answer a lot of the questions on that show. The show’s host, Ben Bailey, will be in Raleigh tonight and Saturday, performing standup at Goodnight’s Comedy Club. Tickets are $22.75 each, but if you’re a fan, it might be worth checking out.
* If you’re trying to save money, here’s a great deal. The Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill is lowering its ticket prices to $1 this weekend to any regularly-scheduled planetarium show. The special is good from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Sunday
SATURDAY
* There’s a Confederate Memorial Service at the Silent Same Statute on UNC’s campus at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. The service includes a performance by the 11th NC Regiment Band, which will be in full uniform and play with period instruments. Figured some of you history buffs might want to head over there.
* Saturday marks U.S. Postal Service’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive. So if you have some extra non-perishables set them next to your mailbox Saturday to help out those in need. Also, in case you didn’t know, the price of a stamp will increase Monday from 42 cents to 44 cents.
* Cash Cab guy performs Saturday night too. (See above)
* Put your Guitar Hero skills to the test while raising money for the Boys & Girls Club of Wake County. There’s a Guitar Hero World Tour Tournament from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Best Buy in Knightdale. The tournament will feature Triangle Guitar Hero master Blake Peebles, who I interviewed earlier this year:
* Participate in the “World’s Largest Coffee Break”. The folks at Ten Thousand Villages in Cameron Village are participating in the effort to set a new record for the Guiness Book of World Records. At 3 p.m. coffee drinkers are invited to raise their mugs and join others in time zones across North America to break the record. The effort is part of the day-long World Fair Trade Day event at the store.
SUNDAY
* The $1 Planetarium ticket deal I mentioned above ends today.
As always, please add any events that you’ll be attending or that you want to promote in the comments section.
This wonderful list was just e-mailed to me by my friend, Steve:
My local events list for the weekend:
8 May: The Godfather Parts I and II, new remastered prints, opens tonight, Carolina Theatre, Durham http://www.carolinatheatre.org
8 May: Carrboro ART STOMP!, Wootini, The MERCH, and The Stations, Carrboro
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115628313848
9-10 May: The Bain Project, Raleigh
http://www.bainproject.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=84381937166
The Bain Project will open the doors of Raleigh’s historic E. B. Bain Waterworks to the public in May. Visitors are invited to explore the building and the site specific installations and performance art created by The Bain Project’s artists.
Dates: May 9-10, 16-17, 2009,
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm
Closing Reception: May 17, 5-7pm
Tank Performances: each day at 2 and 4pm Tea Ceremony: May 9, 1pm Tucked away just south of downtown Raleigh, the E. B. Bain Waterworks possesses what has been called one of the finest interior spaces in Raleigh. The facilities were phased out and closed in the late eighties.
Over the last nine months twelve local artists have explored the site and history of this architectural gem. The artists’ experiences are embodied in works of art throughout the building’s interior.
9 May: Designers Downtown Market – parking lot of Ornamentea 9am-3pm (rain date 10 May) http://www.designersdowntownmarket.com/
FB: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=73481892639
9 May: Transactors at Burning Coal “a two-act show, the first being short,stand-alone forms and the second being an extended multi-scene piece” 8pm http://www.burningcoal.org/
9 May: show at Pinhook
from Ross Grady’s excellent weekly “things to do” email to a.m.c-h (Note:
I highly recommend Ross’ website http://www.trianglerock.com/ ):
“Grappling Hook (http://www.myspace.com/torchmaraudersgrapplinghook)
Le Weekend (http://www.myspace.com/leweekendleband)
Minor Stars (http://www.myspace.com/minorstars)
The Pinhook, Durham
The first half of this evening (7:00 – 9:30 pm) is the latest installment of Pinhook Arts. To wit:
Brian Howe and Ashley Howe- film
Langston Fuze- spoken word
Joanna Catherine Scott- novelist
Little Green Pig- theater
Khristian Weeks- sound performance
Then, at 10:00, the rock commences(…)
12:00 – Grappling Hook
11:00 – Le Weekend
10:00 – Minor Stars ”
9 May: Trash-O-Rama 2009, Volume 11 Tavern, Raleigh
(lineup: Antiseen, Joe Buck Yourself, Crank County Daredevils, Dexter Romweber, Psychocharger, Kings Of Hell, Memphis Morticians, The Tremors, Mean Mean Man and the Brass Knuckle Band)
10 May: Ed Stephenson and the Paco Band, Burning Coal Theatre (Musicoal
series) flamenco
http://www.burningcoal.org/
http://www.edwardstephenson.com
Well friday was the youth type of guitar hero world tounrament comp. and a 12 year old from Raleigh won that, then Saturday, Blake won by the following of Shannon Redd (:
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