Rescheduled 25th African American Cultural Celebration at NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, Feb. 28, 10:30 to 4:30.
The 26th Triangle Lebanese Festival March 21-22 at 241 Horizon Dr., Raleigh, features food, music, dance, kids games. Free.
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, home of the Carolina Hurricanes, ranked 19th among 32 NHL stadiums, and likely will move up when planned improvements are made inside and outside the arena, theathletic.com reported. Bell Centre, Montreal, was first, MSG 10, TD Garden Boston, 18, Capital One, Washington, 27.
Running low on paperbacks for winter nights? Chapel Hill Public Library has a Paperback Pop-Up Saturday, Feb. 28, 10-1 in Room D by Friends of the Library. Books will be $1.00 each and organized by category.
North Carolina added 145,907 people last year, more newcomers than any other state except Texas and Florida. This made NC the ninth largest state (11.2M), the Census Bureau reported.
Facility rentals by Chapel Hill are a big business. Rental income, primarily from soccer fields, totaled $635,297.75 for the last fiscal year (2025), compared to $553,141.13 for the previous year. Figures include all rentals from picnic shelters to pickleball, basketball courts, soccer (grass, turf), skate rink.
Cultural Food Truck Festival with black-owned trucks and vendors will be held Saturday, Feb. 28, 3-10 at Durham Central Park. Also, music by Pushabay Killas and a kids zone.
North Carolina FC men won’t field a USL Championship league team this year. They’re planning to join the new USL Division One (Premier).
Holi Festival March 14, 12-3 at Cedar Fork Community Center, Morrisville.