Tonight you have the chance to see a great young bluegrass band at the Pour House. Packway Handle Band the 2008 for Athens’ Best Americana Band Award and New Raleigh is giving away two tickets to see them.
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Music
The Packway Handle Band at the Pour House
Arts
Santaland Diaries Coming to Theatre in the Park
“I had two people say that to me today, “I’m going to have you fired.“ Go ahead, be my guest. I’m wearing a green velvet costume; it doesn’t get any worse than this. Who do these people think they are?“
Restaurants
Biscuit Station Becomes Mema’s Biscuits
Downtown’s long-standing breakfast joint, The Biscuit Station, is now Mema’s Biscuits, but don’t expect any big changes. The owner, affectionately known as “Mama”, passed away and her two daughters took over the business as of November 1st. So while the name has changed, the weathered sign remains the same, as do the friendly staff, dated decor, and the hot fluffy biscuits.
Community Transit
Last Minute Alert: Speak Your Mind on Public Transit!
The City of Raleigh is planning a new bus line that will provide service in a loop around the Downtown and Glenwood South areas in 2009. A public forum will be held today at 3:30pm to discuss the new route.
Restaurants
Sitti Opens Monday, Upscale Lebanese from Neomonde
The wait is over for the much anticipated collaboration between Empire Eats and Neomonde. Sitti opens this Monday. The space has a wonderful familial feel to it as the walls are lined with photographs of both side’s Lebanese family members, one of the most poignant being a painted portrait of Greg Hatem’s grandmother. (Sitti is the Lebanese word for grandmother.)