Crank Arm in Downtown Raleigh has their weekly night ride, roughly an hour for 10-15 miles — info.

Every Wednesday join Pullen Dance at the Pullen Park Community Center for a night of Ballroom Dancing, no partner required — details.

Peck & Plume (Cary) 🎷 Ricky Bugel / Scott Sawyer [jazz] 6PM - FREE

The Portal HQ 🎤 Open Mic Night [varies] 8PM - Possible Cover

Slim’s 🤘 Run Hill, Vermillion Green, Idlebrain [punk] 9PM - FREE

The Blackhawks take on the Hurricanes this Thursday at 7PM — schedule.

Don McmMillan (the engineer turned comic, famous for his powerpoints) comes to Raleigh Improv (it’s in Cary for some reason) — tickets at 7PM.

From 6-9PM, the NCMA Art Heist Dinner takes place with a curated menu and clues along the way — find who stole the art!

Art in Bloom, a festival of art and flowers, returns to NCMA March 18th — get tickets as soon as Thursday.

Cannonball Music Hall 🎸 2 Bands, every Thurs. [varies] 7PM - $12

Chapel of Bones 🦴 Solemn Shapes, Mostly Mesh [punk] 7PM - $12

Pour House 🤘 Willingdon, Grace Lucia, Emerson Bruno [rock] 8PM - $15

Slim’s 🎙 You Me & Kyle [local indie rock] 9PM - FREE

Cape Cod Style, Screen Porch: 3 bed, 2 bath, 1767SF | $415K

Bedford Area, Large House, w/ Garage: 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2193SF | $600K

North Hills, Wood Fireplace, 2 Car Garage: 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2132SF | $650K

Celebrate 7 years with Burial Beer Co. over at Transfer Food Hall, tunes by DJ Rootboi, specials from Crude Bitters & Methodical Coffee — info.

Fornight Brewing over in Apex has some new Baseball Shuffle tables! Play from 6-8PM and join a tournament after — learn more.

The Bike Library has 2 more watercolor workshops left, starts at 6PM and the event is FREE but you will need to bring your own supplies — details.

The Great Cover Up returns! This stacked lineup consists of surprise cover bands all weekend with donations taken at the door — Friday and Saturday starting at 7PM:

The Rialto 🎙 Blue Dogs [folk/blues] 8PM - $36

Eastside Music Venue 🎸 Soul Livin’ [jazz/blues] 8PM - $13

The Raleigh Brewing Book fair is back! Running from 4-8PM find a wide range of genres, indie authors, DIY bookmarks, & much more! — info.

Yates Mill Park is hosting a History Hike this weekend at 2PM — details.

Looking to add some plants to your collection? Plantmania comes to the NC Fairgrounds this weekend — green thumbs here.

NCMNS Astronomy Days is going all weekend as well, starts at 10AM both days & learn about the universe with hands on booths — space out here.

Slim’s 🤘 Auroras Hope [90s grunge] 9PM - FREE

Bitter Social 🎧 No Visa Dance Party [hip-hop] - 9:30PM - $10

Pour House 🎸 Spencer Thomas, Jordan Foley [americana] 9PM - $12

Oberlin Library at the Village District has a Pokemon Trade & Craft event happening for free at 2PM — trade cards, make a necklace, all ages.

Back with another vendor market, the Vintage Market returns to Wolfe & Porter from 12-5PM — check out the details here.

Raleigh United Mutual Aid also has their Yarket (Yard Market), all proceeds from vendors go to aid organizations — info on the event.

KINGS 👑 Bayway, Shattered Realm, & More! [hardcore] 7PM - $20

NCMA SECU Auditorium 🎻 Ulysses Quaret [classical] 2PM - $22

It’s a slow day, we could all use the rest on Monday anyway.

Slim’s 🎙 Bobcat & Joe’s Cousin One Man Band [rockabilly] 9PM - FREE

The Blackbird Books & Coffee event is back for January! This month they are talking about The Merge by Grace Walker — see their events here.

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

Dinner Club is next week but signups end early, be sure to snag a spot if you haven’t already! — signup here.

Big Cat is opening in the Spring in the Mordecai / Oakwood area, brought to you by the same folks who help with Ajja, Centro, Kings, and more — details.

Oak City Music is ending it’s Jazz Jam at Neptunes for the time being (after 3 years) as they look to move to a new spot — see the announcement.

The North Hills rezoning to 37-stories has been approved — learn more.

Mac’s Speed Shop in Five Point has closed, per sign on exterior of building.

As of writing this, the Hurricanes 🏒 are 2nd in the NHL, trailing only the Avalanche after 3 strong conference performances beating the Panthers 9-1, the Devils 4-1, and the Sabres 2-1.

NC State Men’s 🏀 fell to Georgia Tech 78-74 this past weekend, but took #18 Clemson to OT with an 80-76 win on the road last night.

NC State Women’s 🏀 fell to #8 Louisville, 88-80 as they look to bounce back with Virginia this Sunday, currently sitting 4th in the ACC.