WRAL At Home Coverage

Metropolitan Opera: Free opera every night Jan. 18-24
The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the pandemic. Read on for the performance schedule for this week which they are calling, "Leading Ladies: Opera's Greatest Heroines."

Tara Lynn: Three ways to serve as a family on MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Everyone can be great because everyone can serve." Let's all be great together.

Recipe: Parmesan zucchini chips
The young chefs of Flour Power Kids Cooking Studio share this quick and healthy recipe. Watch the video and get the recipe here.

Here's how to get your Girl Scout cookie fix in 2021
Local Girl Scouts will launch cookie sales on Saturday, Jan. 16, with some innovative, contact-free sales initiatives to ensure everybody can get a Thin Mint (or 10 boxes).

Weekend best bets: Car scavenger hunt, last chance for holiday fun at Haymaker
Not a ton happening this weekend, but you can still make plans for fun.

Alamo Drafthouse's family series includes kid-friendly favorites new and old
The schedule includes the new "The Croods: A New Age," along with the "Emperor's New Groove," "Sing" and "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure."

Newly discovered comet may be visible later this year
Astronomers will be keeping an eye on Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard), discovered Jan 3, 2021. It could be the brightest comet of the year as it approaches in late December 2021.

Recall expanded for dog and cat food after reports of at least 70 pet deaths
The FDA has expanded the recall of select dog food and cat food products after reports of 80 illnesses and at least 70 deaths linked to pets who ate the recalled product.

Weekend best bets: First Friday in downtown Raleigh
We have your guide to socially distant fun at home and out and about.

Amanda Lamb: No plans
I wish I had some great wisdom to impart as we enter this new year after a very challenging 2020. In many ways, while there is hope on the horizon due to the vaccines, we are still in the very same place we've been for months--unable to make plans.

Weekend Best Bets: First Night, Chinese lanterns
While many New Year's Eve events are canceled this year, you can still celebrate at home or stay safe out and about with our picks.

Weekend best bets: Watch 'A Christmas Carol,' 'Nutcracker' from your couch
Watch these holiday classics at home this year or go check out some holiday light displays.

Kids can't 'catch their death of cold,' so send them outside this winter
Outdoor play is essential, especially during COVID.

Raleigh opens new 25-acre park, playground
Raleigh purchased the property, which is north of the intersection of US Highway 401 and Interstate 540, in 2012.

'Play' with the N.C. Symphony through One State, One Score
The N.C. Symphony has launched a really fun new community initiative called One State, One Score. As part of a collaborative project, the public is invited to "play" with the Symphony virtually by performing part of Beethoven's Ode to Joy from the Symphony No. 9.

Durham app, local Christmas light fan team up to offer self-guided holiday light driving tours
A locally built app and a local lover of Christmas lights have teamed up to offer contactless, socially-distanced and self-guided driving tours of festive holiday lights across the Triangle.

Holiday Recipe: Lemon bars
This recipe for lemon bars was a go-to when I was a child, and remains a favorite in my house today.

Weekend best bets: Oakwood Candlelight Tour, holiday shopping
We have a few ideas for fun this weekend, including a few suggestions for last minute holiday shopping.

Expect to wait: Nights of Lights causes hours-long lines on Raleigh's Western Blvd.
When WRAL's Nights of Lights officially opened to the public on Wednesday night, traffic backed up along Raleigh's Western Boulevard. Police cautioned that wait times could be up to three hours to access Dix Park.