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Growing Green in the Triangle this Thursday
Thursday the Triangle chapter of the Emerging Green Builders will host an all day series of workshops to educate the public and further the dialog on green building in the Triangle.
Vagina Trivia Night hosted by Raleigh Vagina Monologues
Sexiest trivia night ever tonight at The Borough.
Joe’s Place is Closing
In a heart-felt letter the owner of Joe’s place thanks his customers and announces his closing after 29 years. “This Friday, January 30th, we’ll serve lunch at Joe’s Place for the last time,” says the letter. Full letter below the fold.
Raleigh 2030: Brown vs. Board of Education for Bikes?
The small army of city and county officials who are in charge of drafting the Raleigh 2030 Comprehensive Plan have been dealing with a mountain of issues and information. The Bike Facilities Map looks like the work of a strung-out spider with a box of rainbow sharpies. There are bike lanes planned for thoroughfares throughout town, but close to the center Raleigh will not be following the example of Berlin or Amsterdam, with their dedicated bike lane systems. Raleigh is going a more American route, believing separate-but-equal to be false (and difficult to fund).
New ARE Prep Workshops coming to NC
AIA North Carolina has announced three new Architect Registration Exam preparation workshops.
NC State’s Coach Yow Dies
The women’s basketball coach at NC State, Kay Yow died this morning. Ending her long battle with Cancer.
What to Do in Raleigh: A Visitor’s Guide
For this week’s Q&A we want to know where in Raleigh you take your out-of-town guests. What sites and businesses around town represent what our city’s really about? Let’s put our heads together. Some of our writers answer below; tell us your spots in the comments.
Sustainability NOW on Saturday
A local symposium featuring NC speakers talking about positive steps toward becoming sustainable NOW! Starts at 9 am tomorrow morning.
AV Geeks: How To Be A Proud American (Again)...
Still feel those winds of patriotism blowing? AV Geeks pays homage to our new president in the latest screening of 16mm films on Sunday night.
Kooley High Movie Debut At Galaxy Cinema
The new documentary on Kooley High, One Day, will only be playing one day on the big screen. See it Saturday.
Metamorphosis
My faith in systems, political, economic, religious, has been over the years largely eroded away. Presidents, Popes and Plutocrats. Paah! So 9/10. A dimming ember of interest in the piddly, jittery pond of humans, save what we inflict upon this home of ours, this fragile world, has led me back to a renewed, always humbling study of geology, put on the back burner apres my undergraduate years at NCSU and a general requirement class, Rocks for Jocks it was called, conducted in a cavernous lecture hall by Dr. Victor Cavaroc, an ironic and wise sort imbued of the patience perfect for a geologist. [Below the fold, Tuesday’s inauguration becomes embedded in the sedimentary layers of time.]
