WRAL At Home Coverage

Read Across America Day goes virtual with Renee Chou, Gilbert Baez
Read Across America Day goes virtual on Tuesday during the pandemic, and one of the guest readers will be WRAL's own Renee Chou.

Avoid cooking these foods in your air fryer
While air fryers offer a healthier take on fried foods, experts say some foods are better off not being air fried.

Tweens, teens can register for Wake Forest's online esports tournament
Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host another online esports gaming tournament. This one will feature Rocket League, a vehicular soccer video game, and take place on Saturday, April 24.

Take the Kids: Take a quick road trip to Wilson to explore its Whirligig Park
The park, which stretches across a city block in downtown Wilson, opened in November 2017 and pays homage to Simpson, a talented artist who created these massive whirligigs on his family farm in Wilson County.

Cook Like the Pros: Moe's award-winning salsa
Learn how to make this salsa recipe that was created by Cristina Rubio, general manager of Moe's Southwest Grill at American Tobacco Campus. It was selected as one of the top three finalists in Moe's salsa contest last year and will be served in restaurants across the country.

Weekend best bets: Theatre, music and movies ahead
We have your guide to socially-distant fun this weekend.

Metropolitan Opera: Free opera every night Feb. 22-28
The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore opera performances every night during the pandemic. Read on for the schedule this week.

At a time when we need more laughs, local comedy business grows to offer exactly that
Jeris Donovan has spent much of her career on or around a stage. For 25 years, she's performed and taught improvisation, starting at the famous Second City in Chicago. She took a few years off when Donovan, her husband and two daughters moved from Los Angeles to Wake Forest in 2010. But she returned to teaching improv and coaching professional actors at Moonlight Stage Company in 2014.

Poe Center to offer free #YouthCulture series for parents, tweens, teens
Poe Center for Health Education is launching a free spring workshop series for middle schoolers, higher schoolers and parents that covers everything from substance use prevention to internet safety.

Take the Kids: Sarah King takes her kid to check out the new Dino Safari in Raleigh
As we headed into the exhibit's fictional Pangea National Park, I had to reassure my five-year-old son that these dinosaurs weren't real.

Recipe: Sheet pan chicken fajitas
Flour Power Kids Cooking Studio shares this easy recipe for a quick weeknight meal. And watch Flour Power's kid chefs whip up a veggie version of this yummy dinner recipe.

Get crafty at home with kits, classes from Scrap Exchange
If you're looking for something new to do with your kids at home as this pandemic drags on, I wanted to direct you over to the Scrap Exchange, which is offering some online activities and creative packs for kids.

Dino Safari opens at NC State Fairgrounds
The Dino Safari, a completely drive through experience, runs through March 7 and includes 40 giant robotic dinosaurs.

Scotty McCreery added to Big Night In for the Arts lineup
WRAL has teamed up with arts councils from Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake Counties for a live event in March to help benefit the arts community devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Weekend best bets: Drive-through dinosaur tour and explore Black history in Durham
We have some fun tours coming up this weekend that you can check out from your car.

Two Durham tours explore Black History
"Driving Through Change: A Tour of Civil Rights History in Durham" explores 13 locations in downtown Durham.

House of Raeford chicken pick-up scheduled for Thursday in Durham has been moved to Feb. 25
If you were scheduled to pick-up your pre-ordered House of Raeford bulk chicken from Kings Park International Church in Durham on Feb. 18, the pick-up date has been rescheduled to Thursday Feb. 25, due to bad weather.

The dinosaurs are coming! N.C. State Fairgrounds to host drive-through Dino Safari
Tickets are on sale now for Dino Safari, which will feature 40 full-size moving dinosaurs from Feb. 18 to Feb. 28 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds.

Weekend best bets: Virtual Krispy Kreme Challenge, Valentine's Day ideas
The Krispy Kreme Challenge has gone virtual, plus we have some ideas to get you ready for Valentine's Day.