Boat Jail comedy show at Neptunes tonight 8-10PM. We have a surprisingly fantastic comedy scene here. Goodnight’s Comedy Club has another prelim round of their “NC’s Funniest” competition tonight as well, but my pick would be Boat Jail (it’s the last one, host/producer Sam Mazany is moving to NYC next month - and he is the real deal). And if you’re recommending a food hall, I suggest Transfer Co. to the east. Much cooler vibe, better food options (Locals Seafood is the best seafood in the city, hands down. Bul Box has an amazing deal with their Signature Box, Benchwarmers has damn good bagel sandwiches). Morgan St has some good sh!t though, and to call-back, a monthly comedy series hosted by Spencer Bland (Lunchbox Comedy Hour I believe, something like that).
Thank’s for the suggestion, but I am not into comedy shows unless they are like the larger more famous people, and that’s because I’m generally not into comedy shows. Was looking for some Art/Music/Educational Stuff to do.
example of what I would do if we had HSR (provided travel time is 1 hour): Conception Art Show - Charlotte Tickets, Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite, Go out to dinner, check out a museum, and go home. Two Hours Travel time in total Is not that bad.
To each their own. For music, always check the Kings/Neptunes and Slims schedules. Though they are usually 21+
Also speaking of We Claim Raleigh- they’re having an informational meeting tonight 5:30-6:30ish at Union Station.
Perhaps we have different opinions of what makes an overrated or underrated place. Pretty much everyone who goes to Asheville expects it to be pretty nice. And while it mostly lives up to the hype, at least as a visitor, I doubt many people go there and get their socks knocked off unexpectedly. The places I would consider underrated are places where you might get sent on a business trip with no preconceived notion of what the city might be like, or where you may even expect it to be boring or even a dump, and instead wind up being quite pleasantly surprised.
I like both Raleigh and Asheville for what they are and several times a year make long weekend trips to both. Raleigh has the state museums, clubs, entertainment, and university’s with their learning opportunities.
The KSO that I referring to in Ashbury East are not downtown that the press covers a lot, but Grove Park Inn, Biltmore, Stuntman Castle (which not sure is still around), and river arts district and really funky area out Haywood Rd.
How come I find nothing online about this We Claim Raleigh group?
Nothing on the internet just on Facebook. The group seems sketchy to me. All of their Domain info was “redacted for privacy” why does an organization need privacy? And their website doesn’t even have SSL. http://weclaimraleigh.com/home
But then again this looks legit We Claim Raleigh (@weclaimraleigh) • Instagram photos and videos
Lol relax. It’s essentially two people and some of their friends, in the 25-30 age range. All creatives, most good friends of mine. “Big things have small beginnings.”
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Wilmington, NC falls into that last category for me. Was so pleasantly surprised when I visited there for work.
Since they are your friends, what are their key interests for the city?
-Better/more affordable housing options, especially for younger folks, immigrants, and creatives
-Better public transit options
-Keeping living costs in the city affordable in general, so it doesn’t just become a playground for the rich
-More opportunities for the arts (trying to get away from stale, generic stuff and to get more weird, more local)
-Younger, more progressive types in City Gov’t positions
Thanks for that summary!
I love the video very much, But…something that I want to share, I had friends from Sweeden visit me Just this passed week, while they were here the first thing that came out of their mouths were, how do we get around this lovely town of yours ? they didn’t want me to drive them everywhere which I did not mind at all…But they wanted to ride the Transit Buses here in Raleigh, and so they did. for them the only problem was that it took them too long to get to where they needed to go, and they were in no hurry at all, they loved Raleigh overall but noted that the city needed more Buses and a rail system, to which i told them that Raleigh does not have. My friend plans to return to visit me next year.
Article about the e-sports competition at the convention center this weekend. Says 7,000 will be watching in person but over 7 MILLION will be watching online. Even says there will be Raleigh ads during breaks.
“When there are short breaks in the games this weekend, the city will livestream promotional ads to let viewers from around the world better discover Raleigh, Gold said.”
-This is pretty big globally, advertising wise.
I just walked by the Convention Center and there was a long line of people waiting to get in… and more younger people downtown everywhere basically heading towards the convention center…
While I personally could care less about watching people play video games, e-sports is an up and coming thing and will be huge in another 10-20 years. My son (who is 8) spends hours watching other people play video games on youtube. This ‘sport’ will progress very quickly in the coming years as this generation of kids turns into young adults. Raleigh can get in on the ground floor of this movement.
I think for substantially less money then the city could spend on an MLS or MLB stadium, it could build a state of the art e-sports area. And the area has a potential homegrown corporate sponsor (Epic) within spitting distance.
It’s really a no-brainer. And I think an indoor e-sports venue could be designed as an arena that could host concerts as well.
Exactly. I’m kind of in the same boat. I’m more of a casual gamer so I prefer to play rather than watch but if anyone hears anyone turning their nose up at e-sports locally, correct them on the spot! It’s a hugely growing industry and Raleigh has the potential to be a part of it.
The article posted earlier in the week actually goes into detail the investments we are taking to be world class for e-sports.
“Recently, the city teamed up with Big Block, a Los Angeles-based creative services company specializing in esports, to evaluate local facilities and educate them on the business of esports in the lead up to the event. As a direct result of our partnership with Big Block, Raleigh, N.C. has quickly ascended to the global stage and is well for positioned to host world-class esports events”
Says 2019 will see 27% increase from 2018 in revenue, this is clearly taking off.
That’s about typical for Raleigh: activities/investment that is geared more towards kids.