Showers & Flowers - May 9th

Good Morning Raleigh and Happy Friday!

As many of today’s events tend to focus around holidays and this weekend is no different. This Sunday (if you forgot) is Mother’s Day, so look forward to markets and flowers galore.

But we’ve got plenty more to cover as well, let’s get into it.

• Speaking of Mother’s Day (or for you new grads, congrats!) stop by the Flower Cart Pop-up over next to Cantina 18 from 11-2PM today to pickup pre-made bouquets or work with them to create your own — click here to learn more.

• Tonight from 5-9PM enjoy the movie Tangled for Second Friday Movie Nights @ Moore Square, food trucks and music start at 5, with the movie going until 7:30 — more here.

• The Mama Knows Best Market is tomorrow from 12-4 at the Hartwell, featuring live music, donuts, flash tattoos, fresh flowers, & more — see below:

• Mother’s Day Tea, an afternoon tea experience at NCMA offers allergen friendly menus with sandwiches, tea, coffee, cocktails and more — see details here.

• Did you know Walter Magazine and Maywood Hall (by Trophy Brewing) have a book club? If not, check out their next event on May 14th to join Joy Callaway and Kristy Woodson Harvey for cocktail hour, snacks, wine, and more — info below.

• The abandoned Sears at Crabtree Valley Mall will soon become a Dick’s House of Sport, a more interactive sporting venue similar to their sporting goods store — click for more.

• Did you know we had a semi-local professional ultimate frisbee team? Well now you do! You can catch your first Carolina Flyers game tomorrow night at Durham County Memorial Stadium — more info here.

• Happy belated birthday to The Mecca, in downtown Raleigh! They celebrated 95 years this past week — see their official post about it below.

• The Gresham Lake (near 540/Capital Blvd) Annual Spring Flea Market is tomorrow at 10am, check out the event at this link to learn more.

• As suspected the Greensboro Gargoyles (ECHL) have announced the Carolina Hurricanes as their official affiliate team. Check out the official announcement video — linked here.

• Chancellor Kevin Howell just completed his first week at NC State as the new chancellor! He is the 15th to serve in the role and the 3rd NCSU alumnus to have the honor — see more about him in the post below:

May 9th - Friday

• Carson Hill [acoustic] @ Jim Graham Bldg (Vintage Market) | 9AM (yes, AM) - FREE

• Holy Roller, Shagwuf [alt-country] @ The Pour House | 8PM - $15+

• Save Ferris, Keep Flying, Plastic Flamingos [ska] @ Kings | 8PM - $25+

May 10th - Saturday

• Dunlow [songwriter] @ Clockwork | 7PM - FREE

• Jeremy ‘Bean’ Clemons [jazz] @ Moon Room | 8PM - FREE

• Helath, Author And Punisher [metal] @ Lincoln Theatre | 8PM - $30+

May 11th - Sunday

• Jazz Sunday [jazz] @ Incendiary Brewing | 2PM - FREE

• Lydia Saint George [folk] @ Berkeley Cafe | 5PM - FREE

• Nattali Rize, Ashley Larue [reggae] @ The Pour House | 7PM - $12+

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• hurricanes: coming off a win in game 1, the canes played game 2 away again, this time losing 1-3 in regulation. we take on the caps again at home this sunday for game 3.

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• NCSU: Men’s Basketball in the ACC will have 18 conference games, instead of the recent format of 20, to help with scheduling conflicts — read more on the change here.

• NC FC: Coming off a loss against Charlotte, the FC hope to bounce back against Orange County at home TONIGHT at 7PM.

• NC Courage: The Courage take on Orlando Pride tomorrow at home, at 7:30PM. The Pride are ranked 2nd but your Courage gave the 1st ranked team a loss a few weeks ago, so cheer them on if you can!

• NASCAR Regional: The Acorn City 160 tonight has been postpone due to rain, the next race is scheduled for May 16th. This is the second week in a row a race has been rescheduled due to weather.

• The Durham Farmers’ Market has their Strawberry Shindy tomorrow from 8-12PM at Durham Central Park complete with free strawberry cupcakes, strawberry samplings, seasonal vendors and more — see the flyer here.

• The Geek and Grub Market in Apex is happening tomorrow from 4-9PM at Optimist Farm in Apex. They offer cosplay, game merch, vendors, and more — link here.

• Dinsey’s Asteria Community over in Pittsboro has started it’s first phase to buy 1,500 acres of land, landing 217 for $23 million recently — see more about the interesting community concept at this link.

• Still in a Star Wars mood? Five County Stadium in Zebulon (home of the Mudcats) is bringing Solo: A Star Wars Story to the field tonight for FREE. The event is blanket only seating in the outfield and gates open at 6PM — link to event here.

• A Place at the Table is hiring! They are looking for a Catering Sales & Operation Manager, more details can be found here at their careers link — click here.

• Interested in learning how to actually work towards a better city? Check out the summer workshop for Triangle students / young professionals work towards solving the issues of city planning, displacement, policy & more — more info at CITYBUILDER.

May 9th - Friday - Patchy rain, High 80°F, Low 61°F

• Sunrise: 06:14 AM, Sunset: 08:08 PM - Moon: Waxing Gibbous 🌔

May 10th - Saturday - Overcast, High 71°F, Low 54°F

• Sunrise: 06:13 AM, Sunset: 08:09 PM - Moon: Waxing Gibbous 🌔

• Something I learned today was that commercial Kitchen Spaces exist, thanks to this reddit thread, which pointed to a location in Wake Forest that allows you to be a vendor while they handle the FoH operations — more about Flavor District here.

• Want to help plan the future of Wake County Parks & Recreation? Drop in at any of the dates below to share your vision for the parks & nature preserves — more here.

It’s been a long week for me and sometimes it is hard to get these done to the standard that I aim for each day. The newsletter on Wednesday was the most popular one we’ve had since I started this project, so thank you for continuing to read each day.

See you Monday!

— Mason at The Raleighwood Inbox