Parks and Recreation

Get ready to dash for drumsticks — there are seven turkey trots to get you up and moving on Thanksgiving Day around the City of Oaks.
The fourth iteration of this festival is coming to Dorothea Dix Park April 6-7. Dreamville has featured the best and brightest in hip-hop and R&B since 2019 thanks to rapper J. Cole.
Spread your wings in the skies of Raleigh, whether that means a foot off the ground at a trampoline park or two miles in the air while skydiving. This one is for the daredevils looking for a leap around Raleigh.
Can you kick it with these adult sports leagues in Raleigh? From kickball to basketball, there are plenty of ways to play.
The peanut-shaped traffic circle is just one of many improvements potentially coming to Lake Wheeler Road. As a Complete Street, this road will cater to all transportation types, from foot to bus.
Prepare your paddles and putters — a giant pickleball + golf complex is coming to Raleigh. Pin Point will be just outside the beltline near Purr Cup Cafe.
Meet in Garner’s White Deer Park for a Groundhog Day Celebration featuring Snerd, NC’s official weather-predicting groundhog.
We are teaming up with The Great Raleigh Cleanup for an Earth Day Extravaganza filled with activities like a yoga flow, sustainable vendors, and a showing of “Wall-E” on Sunday, April 21 in Moore Square.
Taylor White, a multidisciplinary Raleigh artist, is turning a portion of her family owned Boylan Heights property into The Yard, a bar, cafe, and off-leash dog park.
This cafe space once served burgers to those visiting Moore Square. That space is now vacant and we want to know: What should go in its place?
Average daily walking trips dropped by 36% in the US between 2019 and 2022 — see how the City of Oaks compares + where to get your steps in.
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Owner Steve Malik announced North Carolina FC would attempt to become part of the USL Division One, but the team will discontinue until their bid is potentially accepted. Plus, NCFC needs a 15,000 occupancy venue to join USL Division One.
Nineteen Raleigh + Triangle restaurants have been named to the esteemed Michelin Guide after its first foray into the American South. Here’s what we love at these spots — and what the Michelin inspectors might have, too.
There’s plenty of new faces representing the Wolfpack this basketball season. Here’s what you need to know before you root for NC State this season.
Instead of throwing your pumpkins away, consider donating them to local farms through Pumpkins for Pigs.
Spoiler alert: Traffic isn’t great in the 919. We dove into the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s congestion data so you don’t have to.
Beer drinkers can rate brews all over the world on the popular app Untappd — here are some of Raleigh’s most popular beers. Don’t forget to save this one for lager.