Community News in Raleigh

Tonight is the first formal dinner at the new Raleigh Convention Center and it will honor 13 Raleigh citizens and one organization by inducting them into the Raleigh Hall of Fame.

Between the opening of our new convention center and the third annual Raleigh Wide Open festival, there will be plenty of activity on Fayetteville street this weekend.  As you’re making the rounds be sure to stop by the opening of an exciting new exhibit at the Raleigh City Museum.  Titled The [R]evolution of Media, it tracks the history and development of newspaper, radio and television in Raleigh and will open to the general public this Friday.

WUNC’s Dave Dewitt featured a story about competition between local news organizations, specifically WRAL and The News & Observer.
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You may not have made it to any of the recent concert benefits for Cy Rawls, but if you still want to help out, there is a great opportunity tonight.  Help the cancer victim and work that steel trap mind in a rousing game of Triva.  Match wits against the hippest and brightest that Raleigh has to offer at Riviera tonight at 9pm.

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Almost two years after burning down, The Latta House (and the foundation that shares its name) has received funding for an archaeological dig of the property as well as money for a future memorial park.