http://www.gogoraleigh.com The Latest in Retail, Entertainment, and Development in Raleigh Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great news for Crossroads Plaza in Cary! The Crossroads location of Bear Rock Cafe is the latest to close in the faltering chain. Luckily, though, the space will be occupied in the late spring by Jason’s Deli. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/11/jasons-deli-replacing-bear-rock-at-crossroads/ Yoho Asian Bistro’s now-shuttered North Hills location has a notice on the door. Printed on North Hills’ stationary, the note announces that “Spring Rolls”, an Asian Fusion restaurant, will be replacing Yoho this spring. Given the source of the notice, it isn’t likely that these will be the same owners. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/11/yoho-at-north-hills-closes-spring-rolls-replacement-coming/ In spring of 2006 Herb Sendek accepted a job offer from Arizona State, ending his 10-year tenure as N.C. State’s basketball coach. While the coach had led the Wolfpack to five straight NCAA tournament appearances, attendance was poor during Sendek’s tenure, and many Wolfpack fans felt that Sendek had reached ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/11/a-blurb-on-herb/ On Friday, May 21, The Swell Season will make their return to Raleigh. This time the stars of the film Once will play at the amphitheater at the North Carolina Museum of Art. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/10/the-swell-season-coming-to-ncma/ Alt legends The Church will be coming to the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh on April 29. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/10/the-church-coming-to-lincoln-theatre/ Now you can download the ultimate guide to the ACC Tournament. The 16-page booklet contains player and team statistics, schedule information, and tournament brackets. It’s must-have for any ACC basketball fan, and it’s FREE! Follow these instructions for assembly: Download ACCGuide2010.pdf Print ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/10/download-the-ultimate-acc-tournament-guide/ TBJ is reporting that Chapel Hill’s Performance Bicycles is opening a store in Sutton Square in May. The store will be about 9,000 square feet. The bike chain has 90 stores nationwide. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/08/performance-bicycles-coming-to-sutton-square/ In honor of tonight’s Oscars, Theatre In The Park is hosting a big Oscar Night Gala. The Master of Ceremonies will be Larry Stogner and the Host will be Ira David Wood III. Tickets are $50, ($100 for VIP) Red carpet ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/07/theatre-in-the-park-hosting-oscar-gala/ The guys who made the famous treadmill video are back. With a staggering number of cascading mechanisms featured, OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” video is rightfully the internet’s newest viral sensation. The band will be in Raleigh May 11 at the Lincoln Theatre. Earl Greyhound and Robert ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/05/ok-go-coming-to-lincoln-theatre/ Oldies kings The Spinners will be bringing their act back to Raleigh this summer. On June 12 they will play at Memorial Auditorium. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/05/the-spinners-coming-to-memorial-auditorium/ The Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary is where John Prine will land next in the Triangle. His concert is scheduled for May 7 and features Old Crow Medicine Show (famous for “Wagon Wheel”) as the opening act. Tickets are on sale now. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/05/prinemedicine-show-to-play-cary/ One of the great rock bands of the 90’s will be returning to Raleigh on Wednesday, April 21. Alice In Chains will be playing at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium. The concert is part of the “Broadway Series South” (huh?). Tickets go on sale Friday morning (3/5) at 9am. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/03/02/alice-in-chains-coming-to-memorial-auditorium/ Tom Petty announced his summer tour today, and it begins with a May 6 date at Raleigh’s Time Warner Cable Pavilion. He’ll be supporting his first studio album in eight years, Mojo. Joe Cocker will open. Presale tickets go on sale on Wednesday (3/3) morning at 10am. Tickets go ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/25/tom-petty-coming-to-twc-pavilion/ Joe Ovies at the WRAL SportsFan blog astutely points out today that McDonald’s ad for Canada honoring the hockey Team Canada features crowd shots from none other than…Raleigh. Click on the link, then watch the “Anticipation” ad. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/25/caniacs-featured-in-canadian-mcdonalds-ad/ Channel 17 ran an informative crawl during last night’s Olympic broadcast. It regarded cable customers who get to their HD on NBC by literally tuning the TV to 17.1. If these viewers cannot get their TV to tune into the HD version of the Olympics, they should try rescanning their ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/25/fixing-olympics-qam-troubles/ Amos Lee will be playing the Lincoln Theatre on April 6. Tickets are $22 in advance. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/23/amos-lee-coming-to-lincoln-theatre-2/ WRAL’s site features a section called “Because It Is Friday: show each other some love today”. I don’t know if this icon exactly expresses the sentiment they intended. I know a few Republicans who would say this is the way things are… http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/19/sign-of-the-times/ That incredible voice from the 2003 season of American Idol is putting on a single concert in Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium. The concert is at 8pm on March 12 and tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow at Noon. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/18/clay-aiken-coming-to-memorial-auditorium/ Beginning today, WRAL is swapping 2 of their 3 biggest local sports talk acts. Adam Gold and Joe Ovies will move to the afternoon drive-time slot on 99.9FM while Mark & Mike will be taking over the morning drive-time slot on 620am. It is a very interesting move ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/18/sports-radio-swaps-lineup/ Three Days Grace, Adelitas Way, and Chevelle will be coming to the RBC Center on Saturday, April 10. http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/17/three-days-grace-playing-rbc-center/ After an abysmal start to the season, the Carolina Hurricanes enter the Olympic Break as the NHL’s hottest team. Is there room to make the playoffs? Let’s see… The boys are only about 8 points out of being in the conversation. Had they just won 1 game every month, ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/15/canes-poised-for-playoff-run/ Band Together NC, a nonprofit organization that uses musical events to raise funds and awareness for select Triangle charities, has announced that acclaimed reggae, hip hop fusion artist Michael Franti & Spearhead will top the bill for this year’s charity concert May 22 outside Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh. ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/15/michael-franti-spearhead-to-headline-band-together/ Of course, you know, I’m talking about nurturing a drought-resistant lawn that is beautiful year round, right? The three times to fertilize a Tall Fescue lawn are the beginning of September (with seeding), Thanksgiving, and Valentine’s Day. The first two are most important as they aim at stimulating good, ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/12/valentines-day-is-time-to-fertilize/ The new Harris Teeter at North Hills East opened this week and introduced a new concept in grocery shopping to North Carolina, the 2-story grocery store. The design is part of the New Urbanist-styled North Hills East, which replaces a failing, low-rise apartment complex with a tightly-designed, semi-urban mixed use ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/12/north-hills-harris-teeter-failure-on-multiple-levels/ Charlotte Checkers owner Michael Kahn today announced his purchase of the AHL’s Albany River Rats, a Carolina Hurricanes affiliate. The AHL team’s new name will be the “Charlotte Checkers”, and the team will play its games in the Time Warner Cable basketball arena in Charlotte. The ECHL Charlotte Checkers will ... http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2010/02/10/hurricanes-top-minor-league-team-moving-to-charlotte/