News in Raleigh

Update: Now opening Thursday
Wednesday Thursday will mark the highly anticipated reopening of Poole’s. The longtime diner has seen several iterations in the last years, but this latest incarnation is one built on the kind of experience and market sensitivity that almost assures its success.  Ashley Christensen, most notable for her tenure and evolution of Vin, has constructed a diner that will appeal to the longtime Poole’s customer as well as a much larger audience.

More on Poole’s below the Fold

A final first Friday for 2007 and this months theme is commerce.  But really, is there a better gift than good art?

Shaun Richards and a few more in the FF Agenda for December 7th.

Raleigh city council is holding a public hearing on Tuesday, December 11 at the Pullen Park Arts Center to review the proposed roundabout design for the intersection of Hillsborough and Morgan streets. This will be the fourth hearing on the contested roundabout design.

At the first hearing the engineering firm PBS&J met with a critical review from the individuals in attendance. Among other concerns, the major issue was that the design would ineffectually increase traffic flow rather than calm it—which was the original intent.

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NCSU’s College of Design’s Animation Program will hold its bi-annual show this Friday at 7pm in the new Burns Auditorium.  Last year the program grew to include a new graduate program in animation- this will be the first opportunity to see work from this years new graduate students as well as work from the second year students. 

This show is consistently entertaining and offers a window into a very interesting department at the College of Design.  Animation is an art form all its own and to see the production by these young students is very inspiring, particularly considering the significant production and technical hurdles that they had to overcome.

The Advanced Media Lab’s website can be seen at onebitpixel.com.

Noted Science Fiction author and literary lecturer will be reading from his latest addition to the Ender’s Game saga.