RICHARD CALLAHAN
RICHARD CALLAHAN
919-946-3256
919.946.3256
callahanr@hpw.com
WHAT'S FREE AND GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
There are lots of fun, FREE
events happening in
Downtown Raleigh, North
Carolina.
My family and I like to walk
to these events from our
home downtown, so I hope
to see you at some of
these!
MAY 2010
May 1....Mordecai Blast from the
Past - 10:00-3:00
May 1....Downtown Raleigh Festival
of Hope - Raleigh Rescue Mission -
10:00-2:00
May 1....N.C. Fallen Fire Fighters
Memorial Weekend - 10:00 parade;
ceremony at 1:00 - Nash Square
May 2....Writer's Block: "Sweet
Carolina: Favorite Desserts and
Candies from the Old North State" -  
N.C. Museum of History 3:00
May 4....Time for Tots: Suited to a
Tea - N.C. Museum of History - 10:00
May 5....Downtown Raleigh Farmers
Market - City Plaza - 10-2
May 5....History Corner: Mother's
Day - N.C. Museum of History - 10:00
May 6....Fayetteville Street Walking
Tour - 10:00 - Raleigh City Museum
May 7....Music on the Porch -
Seaboard Station - Way Down -
6:00-9:00
May 7....First Friday
May 7....Natural Horror Picture
Show- N. C. Museum of Natural
History - 7:00
May 7....First Friday Concert at City
Market - Big Rick and the Bombers-
7:00-10:00
May 8....Capitol Statuary Tour  - N.C.
Capitol - 12:30
May 8....Raleigh 101 for Kids -
Raleigh City Museum - 2:00
May 9....Music of the Carolinas: Film:
A Singing Stream: A Black Family
Chronicle - N.C. Museum of History -
3:00
May 11....Time for Tots: Suited to a
Tea - N.C. Museum of History - 10:00
May 11-13....Meet the Animals Week -
N.C. Museum of Natural Science -
10:00-2:00
May 12....Governor's Mansion and
Gardens open for tours - 9:00-12:00
May 12....Downtown Raleigh
Farmers Market - City Plaza - 10-2
May 12....Storytime with Katie at
Marbles Kids Museum - 10:30
May 12....History a la Carte - Indian
Education and Jim Crow - N.C.
Museum of History - 12:00
May 12....Reading Allowed - Express
Library Fayetteville Street  - 2:00
May 13....Fayetteville Street Walking
Tour - 10:00 - Raleigh City Museum
May 14....Music on the Porch -
Seaboard Station - Countdown
Quartet - 6:00-9:00
May 15 & 16....Artsplosure
May 15....Fifth Annual Tour D'Coop -
10:00-4:000
May 15....International Migratory Bird
Day - N.C. Museum of Natural
History - 12:00-5:00
May 15....Make It, Take It: Blimps -
N.C. Museum of History 1:00-3:00
May 15...."Murder in the
Courthouse: Reconstruction and
Redemption in the N.C. Piedmont" -
Raleigh City Museum - 2:00
May 18....Science Cafe: "Geologic
Forces in N.C. and Beyond"  
@ Tir Na Nog - 6:30
May 19....Downtown Raleigh
Farmers Market - City Plaza - 10-2
May 19....Urban Design Lunch
Forum - "Using Strategic
Partnerships to Achieve
High-Performance Public
Landscapes" - Raleigh Urban
Design Center -
12:00-1:30
May 20....Fayetteville Street Walking
Tour - 10:00 - Raleigh City Museum
May 21....Music on the Porch -
Seaboard Station - Zydecopious -
6:00-9:00
May 22....Celebrate North Carolina:
Turning Points in African American
History - N.C. Museum of History
9:30
May 26....Breakfast Science
Cafe:Urban Evolution - Response to
Human Disturbance - N.C. Museum
of Natural Science - 8:30
May 26....Downtown Raleigh
Farmers Market - City Plaza - 10-2
May 27....Fayetteville Street Walking
Tour - 10:00 - Raleigh City Museum
May 28....Music on the Porch -
Seaboard Station - Green Hope
Grass - 6:00-9:00
May 31....Capitol Memorial Day - 10-4


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