Enter to Win Cary Jaycees Photo Contest

Story from staff reports. Photo by Thibault Martin-Lagardette.

Cary, NC – Calling all local shutterbugs! The Cary Jaycees and the Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival are hosting the Fourth Annual Amateur Photo Contest. Winners will be displayed at Spring Daze in Bond Park on April 28th. Read more

Music: Remembering Earl Scruggs

Cary, NC – Banjo-picking legend Earl Scruggs died yesterday at the age of 88. He was a favorite son of North Carolina and forever changed the music we call bluegrass. Read more

Business: Getting Creative with Recyclables

 

Cary, NC- Betsy Dessau’s passion for recycling and re-use began during the first Earth Day when she was in college collecting IBM punch cards. This March 31, Betsy will celebrate the opening of her new venture  the Cary Creative Center that aims to literally turn trash to treasures. Read more

Abba Comes to Cary – Tix on Sale Friday

Cary, NC – The concert season continues to take shape at Booth Amphitheatre in Cary with the addition of “ABBA – The Concert” on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 30. Read more

Kickstarter: Help a Cary Dad Make a Jazz Record

Story and photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – Cary musician Michael Pelz-Sherman works as a programmer but has a PhD in Music. Now he wants to make a jazz album and you can help. Read more

60 Weekend Events in Cary

The Cary Citizen Calendar of Events is edited by Lindsey Chester. Photo by The Culinary Geek.

Cary, NC- 60 events this weekend in Cary and most of them are free. We’re talking hot dogs, caterpillars, art, theater, a coupon swap, an auction, puppets, baseball, vintage cars and more than 50 other things. All this weekend in Cary on the Calendar of Events.
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B-52s Coming to Cary

Cary, NC – Booth Amphitheatre has announced that the B-52s wil headline the line-up for Band Together NC, a benefit on Saturday May 12.  Read more

Spring: The Week of the Pear Blossoms in Cary

Cary, NC – Spring does not obey the laws of man. It comes and goes when it pleases, sometimes earlier, sometimes later, but always in it’s own sweet rhythm and time. This week, the pear blossoms are out, turning Cary into a Dr. Suess fairyland of white. Read more

Sundance Winner About Game Development Comes to Cary

Cary, NC- A Sundance Film Festival winner about video game development is coming to Cary’s Galaxy Cinema. With game dev a big sector in the Triangle tech scene, expect this documentary to draw a big crowd. Read more

Cary 6-Year-Old Helps Illustrate National Children’s Book

Story from staff reports. Pictures courtesy of Bob Staake.

Cary, NC –  It’s not every day that a 6-year-old in Cary gets to see her drawings published in a major picture book — but then it’s not every 6-year-old whose uncle is a well-known children’s author and illustrator. Read more