☀️ A Little About The Inbox! - June 9th

Happy Monday Raleigh! A while back I wrote a post called A Little About YOU!, which is still one of the best received things we’ve shared.

Frankly, It’s a little slow on events to start the week (aka rest up while you can), so I thought it was time to do A Little About ME… err, US, or rather the Inbox as a whole.

But first…

…Welcome!

I wanted to start off saying hello to all the new readers, we’ve had an influx of people joining us and we are almost at our first big milestone of 1000 readers.

As we really only started our socials / sharing the newsletter around 3-4 months ago, I’ve been super excited about the growth in such a short time and I am working on ways to turn this into much more than a newsletter (ideally a community of sorts).

June 9th - Today

• Lucky Tree is back with their bi-monthly Free the Mic (Open Mic) Event. Each event, join 30+ Artists, get henna tattoos, and shop the store — details below:

• The Clockwork x Sneaky Fox Closing Party is Today after the multiple days of Soccer in the area with the TST 7v7 ending today as well! They have 4 DJ’s slated for the evening, a promised invite-only after-party, and fundraising benefits — details here.

About Your Author - 1 of 3 ☀️

My name is Mason and I run The Raleighwood Inbox.

I was born and raised in / around Raleigh, living in Florida during my college years, only to move back to the place I grew up in around 5 years ago. I did a short time in Wilmington as well (psst, check out the Wilmy Weekly).

My motivation for starting this was built on my desire for community and my interest in local events, development, music, and frankly anything new and exciting.

I ran with this interest by hosting my own Meetup Events through 2021-2024 and earlier this year The Raleighwood Inbox was born out of an attempt to connect more people with the cool things this area has to offer.

This entire thing has been me trying to join those worlds of newsletter & community space, using my skills in tech, writing, and design.

Future Raleigh Events

• The Market at Raleigh Iron Work is this upcoming Saturday from 11AM-4PM, enjoy live music and 40+ local vendors, at this pet friendly, family friendly event — info here.

• Just a reminder that Father’s Day is next Sunday! Keep an eye out for events we will be sharing and remember to pick up a gift (if that’s your thing) if you haven’t already.

• As far as events go that day, Tap Yard has their Dad’s Day Out: Bourbon & Cigar Event, tickets for that event are here and include 3 drinks and a cigar — more here.

• Also on Sunday, Seeing Red, an exhibition focused on this single color launches at NCMA at 10AM, see the full event and write-up down below:

• On June 19th, Five Points Comedy Night returns to The Rialto. Show starts at 8PM and features the top local and headlining comedians on the area — tickets here.

June 9th - Today

• The Silver Doors, Slow Teeth [stoner rock] @ Longleaf Hotel & Lounge | 7:30PM - FREE

• Woe, Mo'ynoq, Obsidian Tongue, Nganga [black metal] @ The Pour House | 8PM - $18+

• The Disco Biscuits [jam band] @ Lincoln Theatre | 8PM - $51+

• The Fellas [funk/jazz] @ Slims | 9PM - Possible Cover

June 10th - Tomorrow

• Beer & Banjos [bluegrass] @ Bowstring Pizza | 6:30PM - FREE

• Open Mic [any genre] @ Slims | 9PM - FREE

What We’re Working On - 2 of 3 ☀️

• In Person Events: With an 85% in favor rating for events (poll from last newsletter), I think this one deserves to go forward.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ Please do, in-person events are the best

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ No way buddy, stick to the newsletter

• Discount Cards: I am still working on the full list of vendors but we are building out a local discount deal bundle, aka handpicked places in different categories (think brewery, coffee shop, art store, etc.) that all offer a discount at a set (affordable) price.

In a survey from few weeks ago, nearly 40% of you said you were interested in discounts, so this is a direct effort from that feedback.

More to come on that very soon.

• Merch: Frankly, this is a bit of a passion project. We had an small/medium portion of our readers ask for merchandise (hats, shirts, etc) and I just enjoy designing things — that shop went live last week at shop.theraleighwoodinbox.com.

Seasonal Designs are only up for the Summer, so get them while you can!

• Giveaways: Starting this month, we will be doing giveaways for a variety of different places and events, with some of these taking place on our Instagram page — check us out here.

As one of the perks for our paid readers, each of you will get 3x the raffle entries for each event for as long as you’re an active Supporter of The Inbox.

• And Much More: This category is a bit of cop-out but we’ve got a ton of ideas and partnerships brewing, but the ones above are the ones moving at a good enough pace to start sharing. AKA, stay tuned for more.

• Didn’t make it out to Gipson Play Plaza this weekend? Read some of the (positive) thoughts people have had on the new build here on reddit and see some highlights from the weekend at this Instagram post here.

• Can’t decide between a Dog or Cat? Meet Kitty the Chihuahua! She is over at Crisis Dogs in Garner as they look to find her a new home — link & info here, photo below:

• Boatman Spirits Co. just (soft) opened up in Seaboard Station, promising a full cocktail bar, Mediterranean street food, and a distillery onsite producing Vodka, Gin, & more:

• I always call out Beer & Banjos here in Raleigh but did you know there is another Tuesday event at Speakeasy in Carrboro? Every Tuesday at 7PM — event(s) here.

• Pottery Paint & Sip is tomorrow at KōMANA Brewing in Cary, one ticket gets you a pottery piece, all painting supplies, and two drink vouchers — details here.

• Apex has it’s first Sip N’ Stroll, dubbed The Local Spot Social District, allowing patrons to enjoy alcohol within designated downtown areas — see the map below, details here:

NC State Hockey 🏒 

NCSU Hockey just announced 2025-26 Season Tickets with an early bird discount jersey if you purchase before the 30th — more info at their site here.

NC FC ⚽️

Taking this one late in stoppage time, the FC score in the 94th minute to take a 1-0 win over the Hartford Athletic. Their next game is at away on the 14th.

NC Courage ⚽️

The Courage played yesterday against Washington, up in DC. They fell 1-3, leaving them near bottom of the league. They aim to pick things back up this Saturday as well.

The Soccer Tournament ⚽️

The Finals are today! The Women’s game will kick off at 7PM, then Men’s at 8:30PM — watch live on YouTube or get tickets to the game here to see who wins the $1 Million.

June 9th - Monday - Patchy rain nearby, High 92°F, Low 68°F

• Sunrise: 05:58 AM, Sunset: 08:30 PM - Moon: Waxing Gibbous 🌔

June 10th - Tuesday - Heavy rain, High 86°F, Low 73°F

• Sunrise: 05:58 AM, Sunset: 08:30 PM - Moon: Waxing Gibbous 🌔

Long Term Goals - 3 of 3 ☀️

To wrap things up, I want to create more community in Raleigh, have that be the foundation for new ideas and partnerships, then cultivate that into a local first way of thinking that brings everything (within reason) back to the neighborhood level.

I don’t know what that all looks like yet but I am aiming high.

In my head, I picture a bar/music venue social Third Space, curated community meetups, and genuinely good resources to both find the best of Raleigh and maybe share ways we can all work towards that goal together.

Even better if we can make this happen elsewhere too… but change starts small.

However, only time will tell (and hopefully you all will tell me what you’re looking for as well) as this is certainly not something I can startup by myself.

Anyway, enough rambling today, I know this was an abnormal newsletter but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless.

See you Wednesday for a return to form with more events and updates!

— Mason at The Raleighwood Inbox