Wide Awake

Monthly event & entertainment guide for east-central North Carolina in @wakeweekly, @butnercreedmoor, @TheWilsonTimes, @JohnstonianNews & @NashEnterprise

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Wide Awake Wilson @TheWilsonTimes | Country music singer Gene Watson will be in the house at Wilson’s Boykin Center Friday, Sept. 3, for a 7:30 p.m. show.
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Wide Awake Wilson @TheWilsonTimes | The eighth season of the Downtown Beats & Eats series is scheduled to take place in Wilson’s Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park with a total of four events: two in September and two in October
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Wide Awake Wilson @TheWilsonTimes | “Magic To Do: A Stephen Schwartz Revue” headlines the seventh annual benefit concert for the Jonathon Scott Bennett Scholarship Endowment in partnership with Barton College.
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Wide Awake Wake County @WakeWeekly | Save money and skip the line at this year’s N.C. State Fair by purchasing your tickets in advance. FastTrack gate admission, attraction tickets and several carnival options are on sale until Oct. 14 at reduced prices
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Wide Awake Nash @NashEnterprise | Russ Varnell & His Too Country Band will perform at Nash Arts Center Sept. 11 in downtown Nashville.
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Wide Awake Wilson @TheWilsonTimes | County fairs have changed since the first American fair was held in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1807 and featured only a small sheep shearing demonstration, but they all have their roots in one thing — agriculture
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Wide Awake Granville @ButnerCreedmoor | Hot pepper sauces aren’t for everyone, but clearly enough people enjoy them to warrant an entire festival and bragging rights for winning the North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest to be held this year on Sept. 11
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Wide Awake Johnston @JohnstonianNews | Since 1949, crowds have swarmed Benson to celebrate Mule Days, a festival originated to celebrate farmers and build community spirit by centering the celebration around the town’s main draft animal, the mule.
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The N.C. Department of Transportation needs volunteers to help clean up trash along roads during the Adopt-A-Highway Fall Litter Sweep from Sept. 11-25.
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The Travis Manion Foundation, a veteran service organization, will host the Raleigh 9/11 Heroes Run 5K race on Sept. 11 at the Jefferson L. Sugg Farm Park.
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The Sharpsburg Tri-County Senior Activity Center & Community Resource Center will hold a grand opening at 10 a.m. Sept. 1 at 3721 S. Hathaway Blvd.
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Dove hunting season will be separated into three segments: Sept. 4 through Oct. 2, Nov. 6-27 and Dec. 9 through Jan. 31. All hunters must follow applicable migratory game bird licensing requirements and hunting regulations.
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Barton College & the Sallie B. Howard School of Arts and Science along with Calvary Episcopal Church will present a staging of the 1938 three-act play in and around Calvary’s historic churchyard cemetery in Tarboro at 7 p.m. today through Saturday.
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The Juniper Level Botanic Garden and Plant Delights Nursery supplied 45 specifically requested plants for “The Starling,” an upcoming Netflix film starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline and Timothy Olyphant.
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“We will take care of your babies. We will love them. We will keep them safe,” said Vinson-Bynum Elementary Principal Jenny Hayes. “We will do everything in our power to make them have the best year ever.” @WilsonSchoolsNC #firstdayofschool
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A lot has changed around Wilson in the last century, but Dick’s Hot Dog Stand has been a constant for generations — and there are no plans to change anytime soon.
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Can’t wait to see my good friend @GKButterfield this Sunday for the March on Washington event! Who’s going to join us?

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The Wilson County Health Department will hold a large-scale COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic on Saturday. Shots are only for registered immunocompromised patients. To determine eligibility and register, call 252-360-0500. @WilsonCountyHD @wilsoncountygov
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We're celebrating 20 years of Associate Editor Lisa Boykin Batts' popular food column, Rather Be Cooking. Read this week's column at https://t.co/AUbz4NGik7 and visit the Opinion homepage on https://t.co/Wssh33xjRX for an archive of previous installments

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N.C. Insurance Commissioner @MikeCausey will speak during the @WilsonNCGOP's monthly social on Tuesday at the Elks Lodge in Wilson. @NCInsuranceDept
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