Gipson Play Plaza Grand Opening
2025-06-08 09:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | DIX Park, 1030 Richardson Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27603
Date: Saturday June 7 – Sunday June 8
Location: 715 Biggs Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
Get ready to play, explore, and celebrate—join us for the grand opening of Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park, where adventure begins!
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Pride Ride: LGBTQ+ Trolley Tour
2025-06-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Mordecai Historic Park, 1 Mimosa St, Raleigh, NC, 27604
Join Raleigh Historic Sites for a ‘Pride Ride’ celebrating the city’s LGBTQ+ history!
This tour will highlight historic locations, neighborhoods, businesses, churches, and other points of interest important to the evolution of Raleigh’s LGBTQ+ community.
Tickets are $12 per person. For questions or more information, please call the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center at 919-996-4364.
Times: 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Ages: All
Cost: $12 per person
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Prince Lunsford Lane's Return to Raleigh, 1866 - A Talk with Dr. Craig Friend
2025-06-08 14:00 - 15:00 | City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC, 27601
Join us for a talk by Craig Thompson Friend, author & professor of history at North Carolina State University, and celebrate Dr. Friend’s upcoming book “Becoming Lunsford Lane, The Lives of an American Aeneas.
Lunsford Lane’s story is a biography for our times: a man searching to define life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a changing American society scarred by contentious politics, economic challenges, class tensions, loss of political rights, and racial violence.
Date: Sunday, June 8
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Ages: All
Cost: Free
