If you have put off buying your tickets for The Avett Brothers until the last minute or simply don’t have enough pennies saved up, you are in luck. New Raleigh has a pair of tickets to see them this weekend at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre - Saturday night (July 26th). The show is almost sold out, so get on your dancing shoes and click through for more instructions on how to win.
The “most anticipated movie of the summer” doesn’t hit theaters for 24 more hours but the bat has been released upon Raleigh with a special IMAX screening on Wednesday evening to a packed house. The film is, in a couple of words, perpetual, energetic and intense.
If you are in town for the 4th of July, Independence Day Celebrations, there are no shortage of options. You can catch the symphony at Koka Booth, or a huge fireworks show at the Fair Grounds or from anywhere within a mile of it. Don’t forget about the Paride- the democratic bike tour that is sure to be an alt-Independence celebration. Check out our 4th of July Map & Guide
On Sunday night, June 29th, AV Geeks presents That Damned Metric System!, a video compilation of films created during America’s push to adopt the metric system during the 1970’s.
Often referred to as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, the Dead Sea Scrolls will be making a six month stop in Raleigh at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The exhibit will feature 12 scrolls from the collection, which consists of about 1,000 texts, fragments, and documents that were discovered in caves around the settlement of Qumran, and date back to 200 B.C.
The exhibit runs from June 28- December 28, 2008. It might seem a bit pricey for tickets ($22 for adults), but a chance to view documents that last saw the light of day 2,000 years ago is worth it.
For more information, visit the exhibit website here.
