Friday:

April 25

Cary Art Loop

6-9 p.m.

Cary Art Loop highlights Triangle arts & culture in the Cary area offering extended hours for participating art galleries, restaurants, coffee houses, and other businesses that showcase art, music and more! For more, www.caryartloop.org.

PAQA-South: ART QUILTScultures

Professional Art Quilter's Alliance-South

Page-Walker Arts & History Center , 1st floor gallery

Medium: fiber arts

Artists’ Reception Fri Apr 25 6-8 p.m.

The Professional Art Quilt Alliance-South presents ARTQUILTScultures, our sixth annual international juried exhibition of innovative quilts, with the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary , North Carolina . For more visit, www.artquiltersouth.org

Eric Saunders: Landscapes - Mostly Natural

Page-Walker Arts & History Center , 2nd floor gallery

Medium: photography

Artist’s Reception Fri Apr 25 6-8 p.m.

Outdoor landscapes in both color and black and white, Southwestern, and Northwestern United States – digital manipulation of images. For more call, 460-4963

Sharon L. Hill

Jordan Hall Arts Center Gallery

Medium:  Oil on Canvas

Artist’s Reception:  Fri Apr 25 6-8 p.m. For more, call (919) 469-4069

Saturday:

April 26

Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival 2008 - NR

Fred G. Bond Metro Park , 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Enjoy the arts in the Park with the 15th annual Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival!

Featuring over 150 local artists, entertainment on four stages throughout the festival, Children’s Village, concessionaires with your favorite festival foods, and the beautiful, serene setting of Bond Park, this festival promises to be the best yet! Bring the entire family for a day of art, entertainment and good food in the Park!

The Town of Cary Earth Day Celebration will be held in conjunction with Spring Daze 2008. Exhibits will provide information on the role you can play in preserving our natural resources and protecting the environment.  The whole family will enjoy the hands-on activities and games that will show you how you can make every day Earth Day. 

Free and open to the public. For more, call (919) 469-4061 or visit www.townofcary.org.

Concert Singers of Cary team up with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra to present Russian Night Under the Stars

Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park , 8 p.m. (Gates open at 5 p.m. )

RSO is joining forces with the Concert Singers of Cary for an uplifting performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky for chorus and orchestra.

Tickets: Adults $20, Students $10, Children Under 12 Free

For more, call the RSO box office at (919) 546-9755 or visit www.raleighsymphony.org.

Carolina RailHawks – Professional Soccer

WakeMed Soccer Park , 7:30 p.m.

Come out and watch the Carolina RailHawks take on the Charleston Battery in the season home opener. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or by calling the Carolina RailHawks. For more, visit www.carolinarailhawks.com or (919) 859-5425.

Sunday:

April 27

US Women’s National Team vs. Australia -  Soccer

WakeMed Soccer Park , 7 p.m.

Come out and watch the US Women’s National Soccer Team take on Australia this Sunday at 7 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park . Tickets can be purchased by calling the Carolina RailHawks. For more, visit www.carolinarailhawks.com or (919) 859-5425.

PRIMARY CONTACTS:

April Raphiou, Deputy Public Information Officer, (919) 481-5091

Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 460-4951