Nov

Moore Square Model on Display

The Urban Design Center is now showing the model for the Moore Square redesign. The $184K plan will be on display 9-5p, M-F, thru November 17. The Urban Design Center is at the NE corner of Fayetteville and Hargett Streets in downtown Raleigh. More information is available at the City of Raleigh’s website.

Nov

Amy Sedaris Signing at Quail Ridge Tonight

Multitalented Raleigh-native nut extraordinaire Amy Sedaris will be at Quail Ridge Books tonight promoting her latest book, Simple Times . The event is a ticketed event and begins at 7:30. Amy will will personalize and sign her older books and DVDs, as well, but will not be signing memorabilia.

Posted by Dana on November 10, 2010 | Tags: Comedy . | ( 0 ) Comments

Nov

Meat House Coming to Quail Corners

The most anticipated retail outlet in North Raleigh has entered its next chapter. I recently reported a new location for The Meat House coming to Falls Village. However it appears that plans have changed, and the meat market will instead open its first Raleigh store in Raleigh’s Quail Corners, in the old Eckerd Drugs location. They expect to open in February.

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Posted by Dana on November 9, 2010 | Tags: Retail . | ( 2 ) Comments

Nov

Caniac Coach Gives Lifts to RBC Center

This year there is finally a way to ride a shuttle to games at the RBC Center. Pepsi, a few local restaurants, and other sponsors have teamed up to offer the Caniac Coach, a free shuttle bus to all home Hurricanes games, the NHL All-Star Game, major concerts, and select other events.

The shuttle departs from a few area restaurants such as:

Spring Rolls (North Hills) – 55 minutes prior to game time,
Tir Na Nog (Downtown) – 48 minutes prior to game time,
La Volta (Downtown – thanks cecil! ) – 52 minutes prior to game time,
more?….

Seats are on a first-come, first-server basis, and no purchase is necessary.

Unfortunately there isn’t a good or official website for this service. If you have seen the service being available from anywhere else, please let everyone know in the comments! Note: The service now has a website outlining pickup locations and times.

Posted by Dana on November 9, 2010 | Tags: Sports , Transportation . | ( 7 ) Comments

Nov

Bon Jovi Coming to RBC Center

Last decade’s 9th biggest touring act, Bon Jovi , is coming to the RBC Center on Monday, February 21. Tickets go on sale on Friday (Nov 12) at 10am.

I wonder if John remembers what city is home to Broughton High School…

Posted by Dana on November 8, 2010 | Tags: Music . | ( 1 ) Comment

Nov

Pulse 102 Hits the Airwaves

Last night Curits Media flipped the switch on two area frequencies, simulcasting a station they call “ Pulse 102 ”. This format, aimed at women (25-34), is a streamlined blend of high-energy hits. Artists such as Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha are featured on the station. The station debuts with 10,000 songs in a row and can be heard on both WPLW 102.5 (Hillsborough) and WWPL 102.3 (Smithfield).

Posted by Dana on November 1, 2010 | Tags: Radio . | ( 16 ) Comments

Nov

“My Carolina Today” Features Jerry Nowell

Most students at UNC begin their two years in the school’s General College. It is a college where students take survey courses across the curriculum while seeking an appropriate major. In the course of this study, many students are bound to take a class that is completely perpendicular to their own aptitudes, and the only salvation is a good teacher. One of those teachers for me was Jerry Nowell, a philosophy T.A. that actually make Immanuel Kant digestible for a few weeks there in 1990. I glazed over while studying the reading material, but it was only when I heard Nowell’s explanations that I was able to make sense of Kant as well as several political theorists.

Nowell went on to work in his family’s modern furniture business in Cary and has been a strong supporter of the area’s fascinating Modernist Architecture movement. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma earlier this year. His approach to this diagnosis is the subject of Today’s episode of “My Carolina Today” on NBC17 . The show airs at 11am .

Here is the press release:

October 30, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jerry Nowell, a man who normally prefers to remain in the background running his award-winning store Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture in Cary, is going before the cameras next week to discuss his battle with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, and the fundraiser he’ll launch in November to benefit Multiple Myeloma Cancer Research at Duke Medicine.

Nowell will be a featured guest on NBC 17’s “My Carolina Today” show on Monday, November 1, at 11 a.m. Joining him will be Dr. Cristina Gasparetto, a specialist in laboratory and clinical research in the field of multiple myeloma at Duke Medicine.

Multiple myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.

Nowell, 49, was diagnosed in May after a routine check up. Since then, he’s been sharing his progress on Facebook and planning “Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma” in association with the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The furniture store has been sponsoring holiday-season charitable fundraisers for several years. Nowell’s decision to make cancer research at Duke the recipient of this year’s fundraiser was obviously personal.

“While there is currently no cure for multiple myeloma, on-going research raises great hope that emerging therapies may turn it into a manageable disease and, ultimately, lead to a cure,” he said.

Dr. Gasparetto will discuss some of those advances when the show airs.