Cary, NC – Cary hosts it’s 15th annual Kite Festival on March 13th. Each year the festival is held at Bond Park’s large multipurpose field at 1pm. An event for children of all ages, it’s a great way to spend the afternoon. Free and open to the public.

Photo by Bob Lanahan of CPA
Cary, NC -  Cary Photographic Artists (CPA) will hold an opening night reception March 15th, from 6:30 til 8:30 pm for their collection of photographic art at the Raleigh Convention Center. The show will run through from  May 24, 2010. This is their first large scale show and the [...]

Cary, NC- Saturday, while most everyone in Cary was snug in their warm beds, Green Hope High School hosted The Mardi Gras 5 K race.
The course was  sanctioned by USA Track & Field, the national governing body for track & field, long distance runnning, and race walking in the United States.
Racers started in the Green [...]

Cary, NC-  Lester Thomas, the president of Ujima, sent us a few pictures from the annual African-American Celebration in Cary last week.
The celebration marked the 12th year that Ujima and the Town of Cary held the event at the Herb Young Community center in downtown Cary.
Thanks for the pictures, Lester!

After months of preparations, The Grove School held their grand opening Thursday Feb 25th. An initiative of Knowledge Universe, this preschool in Cary and another in Plano, Texas are models for future Grove Schools across the country.

If you would like your child to take part in some unusual and challenging course offerings, check out PAGE’s (Partners for the Advancement of Gifted Education) Super Saturday at the Cary Academy on Saturday April 10.

Classes are offered for children aged K- 8th grade and range from Lego Robotics, Scrabble Club, Chess, IMACS, Dinosaurs, Egg Drop, Engineering on the Road and more. There are two sessions…

Cary, NC – This just in and we wanted to share-
Tired of all those old documents taking up valuable space in your attic/ basement or other much needed storage area?
This Saturday from 10am- Noon Cary residents can bring up to 3 boxes of old documents to the Crossroads Campus of Hope Community Church. The church [...]

An interesting aspect of being part of CaryCitizen is that I learn about the different musical groups that perform in our diverse town – for charity. Recently a friend asked that we add an event to the CaryCitizen calendar.

CARY, NC –Charlie Chiklis, founder of the Moonlighters, passed away last August, but his legacy lives on. The band will be celebrating his life and his music by offering a free concert in Cary on March 5th. While there is no entrance fee, donations will be collected throughout the evening to be given in Charlie’s [...]

photo: courtesy Sabrina Tyndall
Cary, NC- The crowd was swinging at the Cary Senior Center earlier this month.  Dads enjoyed a great night twirling their daughters around the dance floor at Cary’s annual Daddy- Daughter Dance.  Dads (or significant Father figures) were invited to bring their girls aged 4-12.
The evening featured a DJ, a portrait of [...]