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Tonya Council remembers cracking pecans in the kitchen with her grandmother, the famous Mama Dip.

Doughman, the intense competition that combines biking, swimming, running, and, of course, eating, is returning to Durham for its sixth year. While registration for the race is closed, you can still volunteer or come watch the race.

Kenny Chesney at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh leads our picks this week.

We say goodbye to one of our Five Faves and hello to a new sports bar in Wake Forest.

Looking for something to do this weekend? We have the lowdown on free festivals and a special performance by hip hop legends Naughty by Nature.

The annual Got to Be NC festival, which celebrates North Carolina agriculture, kicks off Friday at noon. Rides, food, exhibits will fill the state fairgrounds through Sunday.

The Oak City 7 will run on alternating Thursdays in City Plaza starting May 30.

'Que will be at American Tobacco Campus. The menu will feature Mitchell's whole-hog, pit-cooked barbecue.

It is all about free outdoor concerts this week.

A new bar moves into Glenwood South and Morrisville just got a little sweeter.