Events
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
On Saturday, Nov. 1 from 9AM-3PM, Peek-a-Do! the salon for kids will be celebrating its third birthday by having a fundraiser and book drive for Mrs. Reuther's classroom at Club Blvd. Elementary! The classroom was destroyed by fire on Oct. 8 and Mrs. Reuther needs our help to get the supplies she needs to help her students learn. Mrs. Reuther has been teaching in Durham Public Schools for 18 years and has touched the lives of hundreds of children. Please help us to get her the supplies she needs to teach hundreds more! Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Marbles Kids Museum will be celebrating Halloween on Friday and Saturday with lots of crafts and other activities all day. Kids will be able to decorate pumpkins, build a scarecrow and print with vegetables. A Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt is self-led and ongoing in Castaway Cove. Marbles will be dressed up in their Halloween best both days.
Start: 9:00 am
The fifth annual bike ride benefits Habitat for Humanity of Durham, Bike 31, 62 or 100 miles. The start and finish is at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Register in advance or the day of. Check in begins at 8 a.m. The race starts at 9. Click here for more information. Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Kids and adults will delight in creating projects, discovering one another's creativity and learning about art together. There's a different theme each week at this regular program at the N.C. Museum of Art. Sept. 6: Salute to the Trees Sept. 13: Decoding Hidden Messages Sept. 20: Build It! Sept. 27: Folktales in Art Oct. 4: Organizing Chaos Oct. 11: Exploring Connections in Art Oct. 18: Getting 3-D Effects Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Learn more about Wake County's K-12 magnet school program, visit with representatives from each magnet school, inquire about the application process and collect information. Learn more about Wake County's magnet school program by clicking here. Start: 10:15 am
End: 10:35 am
Join us at Cameron Village Regional Library for a storytime for pre-walking babies. Great for working families! A 20-minute program for prewalkers, parents or caregivers interact with their babies using books, rhymes, fingerplays and music. Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:30 am
Join us at Cameron Village Regional Library for a storytime designed for families and children, both preschool and toddler. This 30 minute program is great for working families and consists of stories, songs, flannel boards and more! Start: 11:00 am
Grey Seal Puppets performs "Salsa Cinderella" at the Doris Duke Center at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. We saw this production last spring in Raleigh and my three-year-old loved it. It's the classic Cinderella tale only all the characters are the ingredients for salsa. Very funny. Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:45 pm
Raleigh Dance Theatre's Storybook Tales Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly, Jonathon and the Gingery Snare, and Snow White A popular family-oriented production based on favorite childhood stories. Jonathon and the Gingery Snare is a narrated ballet with live music written and composed by Durham-based Pulitzer prize winner, Robert Ward, about a boy searching for a pet within the percussion Fancy Nancy is a series of books written by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Build a scarecrow and enjoy refreshments and other activities. Forms to support your scarecrow are provided, along with the stuffing. Bring your scarecrow's wardrobe. Scarecrows remain on display at the arts center. The festival is free, but scarecrow space is limited, so register. Other family activities scheduled. Start: 11:00 am
Kids are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and join the N.C. Symphony for a Halloween Spooktacular featuring spine-tingling music and fun. Another performance is at 2 p.m. Go here for the details. Part of the symphony's Young People's Series. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Come join in on the fun!! Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School is hosting an afternoon of Family Fun at Spring Forest Road Park on Saturday afternoon. Kids are welcome to wear costumes. This event is a fundraiser for new playground equipment for the public charter school. The Sand Box Kids and Family Fun Band will perform. There'll be inflatables, games, art table, face painting, clown, food, and more! Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Not ghosts as in dead people, but as in the architectural ghosts of buildings no longer around. Learn all about Durham's streetscapes of the past. Click here for more details. Start: 2:00 pm
Kids are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and join the N.C. Symphony for a Halloween Spooktacular featuring spine-tingling music and fun. Another performance is at 11 a.m. Go here for the details.
Part of the symphony's Young People's Series. Start: 3:00 pm
End: 4:45 pm
Raleigh Dance Theatre's Storybook Tales Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly, Jonathon and the Gingery Snare, and Snow White A popular family-oriented production based on favorite childhood stories. Jonathon and the Gingery Snare is a narrated ballet with live music written and composed by Durham-based Pulitzer prize winner, Robert Ward, about a boy searching for a pet within the percussion section of the orchestra. Fancy Nancy is a series of books written by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Start: 8:00 pm
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center presents "Scare-o-lina Skies," a special version of it's popular "Carolina Skies" show to celebrate Halloween. The show runs at 8 p.m., Oct. 24-25 and Nov. 1. A family edition appropriate for kids ages 5 to 12 is at 4:30 p.m., Oct. 26. Go here for the details. | ||
