Tonight at 7PM, check out Flour & Barrel for a 4 course, 4 cocktail meal with live fire performances — Night of Fire info here.

Triangle Wine & Food is hosting a Soirée at Raleigh Iron Works with a variety of winemakers — drinks and bites.

The Pour House ⛪ Ritual Arcane [hard rock] 8PM - $17

Join Durham poet and curator Jameela F. Dallis in the West Building of NCMA for a night of poetry from her book with snacks and drinks — details.

Martin Marietta 🎸 Little River Band [pop/soft rock] 7:30PM - $75

KINGS 👑 Glitterer [post-hardcore] 8PM - $20

Slim’s 🎤 Karaoke After Party [varies] 11PM - FREE

Cozy Raleigh Home, Near Iron Works: 3 bed, 2 bath, 1200SF | $550K

Garner Area, Community Pool, Garage: 3 bed, 3 bath, 1822SF | $350K

Lakefront in Garner, 2 Kitchens: 4 bed, 5.5 bath, 6062SF | $2.49M (yep)

It’s First Friday! Check out downtown as early as 4PM and see the full itinerary of things to do over at the DRA website — linked here (personally, I tend to check out the vendors/music over by Raleigh Times).

As part of First Friday, CorR Museum is hosting a Modern Showcase of Triangle Skate Photographers sharing their favorite photos and the stories behind them — starts at 6PM, register for free.

Chapel of Bones is hosting their monthly goth night event, starts at 8PM, has a few varying artists playing in the EDM, industrial, punk genres — details.

The Rialto is hosting a locally made short film, Tandem, which is advertised as a bicycle romance movie based here in Raleigh. The mayor and many local organizations will be attending the viewing — tickets here.

Bitter Social 🎧 Jermania Dance Party [house/varies] 7PM - $5

Cannonball Music Hall 🤘 Aittala, Wrath of Sirens [metal] 7:30PM - $12

The Davie 🎙 Daddy’s Soda [acoustic rock duo] 8PM - FREE

Slim’s 🎙 Medium Heat, Secret Monkey Weekend [indie] 8PM - FREE

Looking to recycle anything electronic? Fenton over in Cary has a recycling event from 12-3PM to dispose of old electronics responsibly — info.

As mentioned in the monthly, Astronomy Days takes places Saturday and Sunday after a reschedule — space themed event at NCMNS, all weekend.

Family friendly Blacklight Pottery Painting, starts at 5:30PM at Trophy Brewing & Taproom — info.

Junction West has a Galentines event with a live DJ this weekend too, local vendors, slumber party theme — includes sparkling wine too.

Speaking of the gals, GRL MARKET is hosting a Women’s Maker Market over at Transfer Co. Food Hall as well — starts at noon, free to the public.

Another event worth re-mentioning, the Krispy Kreme Challenge (a Raleigh staple and fundraising event) starts at 8AM sharp — 12 donuts, 5 miles.

Neptunes 🔱 Gray Young, Candy Coffins, Notions [indie/rock] 7PM - $10

Moon Room 🌕 Peter Lamb & The Wolves [jazz] 8PM - FREE

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, find a spot to cheer on your team or come for the half time show — check out the Hartwell puppy bowl Sunday as well.

Game starts at 6:30PM otherwise, maybe check out Fortnight or Flying Saucer if you’re looking for a spot to hang out for it.

NCMA East Building 🎻 Sights & Sounds [soloist/classical] 2PM - $22

Not much going on for a Monday but The Music Man Sr. is going through the week — performers are 55+ for this one hour rendition of a classic.

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Incendiary has a Bourbon flight tasting night for Whistlepig — details.

Blackbird Books & Coffee has a Writers Club from 5-7PM, chat, write a bit, share your thoughts with other writers — info below:

Bowstring Brewyard 🪕 Beer & Banjos [bluegrass/folk] 6:30PM - FREE

No new updates this week, still working on some cool local tools, prepping some new event ideas, and working through new member deals.

Didn’t see a ton here this week but I will double down on it next week in case I missed something notable.

However, consider this your reminder to register to vote by Friday the 6th here in NC — register here if you haven’t and check your status here.

The Carolina Hurricanes have scored points in each of their last 9 games and Brandon Bussi continues his pace of record goalie wins in the NHL. The Canes sit atop the metro by 9 points, 2nd in the East, 3rd in the League.

NC State Men’s Basketball pulled out a close win, 84-83 over SMU last night as well, currently sitting 4th in the ACC on a 5 game win streak.

The Women’s team plays FSU tonight, also sitting 5th in the ACC after a close game Monday, falling 61-59 to UNC.

2nd newsletter each week, focused on local stories and cool folks.

A podcast/video content to be further setup.

Two new local resource websites and plans for a refresh of the current one.