Raleigh
The Easter Bunny will take his seat for photos at both Triangle Town Center and Crabtree Valley Mall starting this weekend.
Theatre Raleigh’s latest family show "Where Words Once Were” continues this weekend at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts. The 70-minute show is best for ages 9 and up and tells the story of a city where most words are illegal.
NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s popular annual open house is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday. During the free event, visitors will get a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility and get a chance to see all kinds of animals and demonstrations.
Myra’s Angels Foundation Family Fun Day Carnival is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, at North Hills’ Midtown Park. The day includes food trucks, raffles, games, bounce house and live music. Admission is free for this fundraising event that supports Myra’s Angels, which provides care packs filled with basic essentials for kids who are homeless or in foster care.
The NC Symphony’s youth series will present the Carnival of Animals at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday. Kid-friendly activities take place an hour before each performance, which run about an hour each. The performance will include music, along with the Paperhand Puppet Intervention. Tickets are $27 each.
Local author Gillian McDunn will celebrate the launch of her beautiful debut book, "Caterpillar Summer," at 2 p.m., Saturday, at Quail Ridge Books in North Hills. The book, for kids ages 8 to 12 or so, is mostly set in North Carolina. I highly recommend it.
Read my Q&A with McDunn for more about the book and Saturday's event.
And Three Bears Acres, featuring a 50-acre outdoor play area, opens for the 2019 season on Thursday.
Durham
Check out the Museum of Life and Science’s Science on a Sphere, a new exhibit where you can explore the surface of Mars, look at weather patterns around the globe, watch a visualization of all the airplanes in the air at one moment worldwide and more. The exhibit comes to the museum thanks to a partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Chapel Hill
UNC and Duke’s baseball teams will square off during games Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Individual tickets start at $7.
UNC and Duke lacrosse teams are slated for a 2 p.m., Saturday, game at the UNC Lacrosse Stadium. Tickets are $5. Kids 6 and under are free.
Rodeo on Rosemary is 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday. The afternoon includes activities and 14 food trucks to support TABLE, which serves more than 650 children each week through hunger relief programs. The event takes place in the parking lot at the intersection of Rosemary and Columbia streets. Activities include a bounce house, games, and The Circulator, Chapel Hill Public Library’s mobile unit.
Cary
The Cary screens
Cat Video Fest 2019 Friday and Sunday. Tickets are $8. The festival raises money for local cat charities and features viral cat videos.
North Carolina FC plays a 7 p.m., Saturday, game against Charleston Battery at WakeMed Soccer Park. Tickets start at $14.
Carrboro
Carrboro’s annual Kite Fly is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, at Hank Anderson Community Park, 302 NC Hwy 54 West. It’s free. Bring your own kite.
