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Events
Performances
at the Progress
Energy Center for Performing Arts
Performance: A
Christmas Carol
When: Performances scheduled through Wednesday, December
13
 Theatre
In The Park's original musical comedy adaptation of A Christmas
Carol, based on the book by Charles Dickens and adapted for
the stage by Ira David Wood III, first premiered in 1974. It has
been performed each year since and has become the theatre's major
fundraiser.
Cited as "one of the most successful shows in North
Carolina theatre history,"A Christmas Carol has enjoyed
critically acclaimed tours to England and France. (One British reviewer
wrote: "Given a West End theatre, this show could run for years!")
It is now one of the most popular holiday events in the Southeast.
For more information, click here.
 Performance:
Cinderella
When: Performances scheduled through Sunday,
December 17
When it's time to deck those halls, head downtown to the Progress
Energy Center for the Performing Arts A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater
where the beautiful lass-who-lost-her-slipper makes her 23rd annual
appearance in hopes of finding her Prince Charming. Raleigh Little
Theatre's visually stunning production has been delighting audiences
in the Triangle area for generations. Combining elegant costumes
and scenery, with song, dance, conniving step relatives and resourceful
fairy-folk, RLT's Cinderella brings just the right mixture
of comedy and romance to add the sparkle of magic to your holiday
season!
For more information, click here.
 Performance:
Nutcracker
When: Friday, December 15 - Saturday, December
23
This year marks the fifth
annual production of Carolina Ballet's spectacular Nutcracker,
the timeless holiday tradition that delights the inner child in
us all.
For more information, click here.
***For complete event listings at the Progress Energy
Center for the Performing Arts, click here.***
 
Holiday
Lighting of the Trees Ceremony
When: Friday, December 8 (5 pm-6 pm)
Where: 100 Block of Fayetteville St
Join in on the holiday festivities. At
5 pm on Friday, December 8, Raleigh
residents, patrons and visitors are encouraged to join Mayor Charles
Meeker for the first-ever holiday lighting of the 64
trees lining Fayetteville Street. The ceremony will be held
on the
100 block of Fayetteville Street between Morgan
and Hargett Streets.
Enjoy carriage rides and carolers
at this celebratory ceremony.
For more information, click here.
 First
Night Raleigh
When:
Sunday, December 31 (3 pm-midnight)
Where: Fayetteville
St and Surrounding Venues
A New Year's Eve celebration of the arts featuring
performances in venues throughout downtown Raleigh. This event
includes a Children's Celebration, early and late countdowns, the
People's Procession, music, dance, theatre, comedy, the giant Acorn
Drop, and fireworks.
For more information, click here.
Business
Openings
 Yancy's!
Where: 319
Fayetteville St.
Hours of Operation:
Sun-Sat (11 am-1 am)
Phone: (919) 821-7171
Website: www.yancysjazz.com
Yancy's! is now open for business at their new
home on Fayetteville St., across from the Courthouse and beside
Channel 11. Everything you loved from the original City
Market location is alive and well and just bigger and better!
Yancy's! has the most advanced audio/video set-up anywhere in
NC, the biggest high definition TV in Raleigh, the most incredible
bar imaginable and 7500 sq. ft. of good music, great food and
large times as only Yancy can provide!
Yancy's! features an incredible lunch buffet for $7.95 and a value
priced dinner menu that is the talk of the town. Yancy's! also
features valet parking as well as outdoor dining (weather permitting).
Reservations are accepted for parties of 8 and up. Yancy's!
is also currently accepting reservations for New Years Eve for
the few spaces left. This is the hottest ticket in town so don't
delay!
For the menu, ongoing updates and entertainment
schedules, click
here.
 Whimsical
Cookies
Where: 317
Blake St. in City Market
Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat (10 am-5 pm), Sun (1-4
pm), call for seasonal extended hours
Phone:
(919) 859-8042
Website: www.whimsicalcookies.com
After five years of running Whimsical Cookies out of her home and
over the internet, Traci Glass has opened a store. You can find
her seven days a week at 317 Blake St., decorating her brightly
colored signature cookies. These cookies come in hundreds of shapes,
including shoes, dresses and martinis. They're packaged in boxes
and painted reusable ceramic pots. She also offers chocolate chip
cookies, double chocolate chip cookies and biscotti.
Phyllis York Brookshire, chief operating officer of York Simpson
Underwood Realty, has been a Whimsical Cookies customer for years.
"We are so lucky to have Whimsical Cookies in downtown Raleigh.
Traci's cookies are simply amazing. Now I can send cookie packages
to my friends and drop into the store for a snack when I'm in City
Market. Life is good!"
Whimsical Cookies creates gorgeous works of art that you can eat.
You will have to see -- and taste -- them for yourself to believe
it. Whimsical Cookies invites you to their grand opening
celebration
on Saturday, December 9. Come
by the store and enter to win cookies, cupcakes and other fun
prizes. A City Market event offering sleigh rides with Santa,
will also take place that day. Santa will pick passengers up right
outside of Whimsical Cookies' door from 10:30 am until 2:30 pm
for free sleigh rides.
News
Lock,
Take, Hide 
Larcenies from motor
vehicles and motor vehicle parts accounted for 37 % of all
the larcenies reported in Raleigh last year. These larcenies represented
22 % of all the Raleigh Part I crimes, categorized as four
violent crimes and three property crimes to include burglary, larceny,
and motor vehicle theft, reported to the FBI. Many of these incidents
are crimes of opportunity and can easily be prevented.
The Downtown Raleigh
Alliance and the Raleigh Police Department recently launched
an educational program to proactively reduce motor vehicle related
larcenies. Dozens of bright yellow and red “Lock, Take,
Hide”
signs have been mounted on sign posts in downtown Raleigh. These
signs encourage drivers to lock their cars, take
their keys, and hide their belongings.
In 2003 the Lock, Take,
Hide Larceny Prevention Program, launched in downtown Dallas, proved
to be remarkably effective. Within the first three months, law enforcement
reported a 50% decrease in larcenies related to motor vehicles and
motor vehicle parts.
Raleigh law enforcement
indicated that thieves often pull door handles looking for unlocked
vehicles and usually don’t break windows or pry doors
open unless they see something inside that looks valuable.
Victims of larceny lose both valuable property and valuable
time. Often they have to deal with damaged property, such as
broken windows and pried doors. You can help prevent crime by
following these three simple precautions:
lock your car, take your keys,
and hide your belongings.
Economic
Development Report
The Downtown Raleigh Alliance
is pleased to announce that the third quarter economic development
report is now available for download. The report provides in-depth
examination and analysis of new development committed to downtown,
street-level business openings and closings, office occupancy rates,
intriguing residential sales figures, and much, much more. Please
click here
to access the report and the exciting information contained therein.
10%
Discount at Capital City Grocery
When: Offer
valid through Sunday, December 31
Where: Capital City Grocery at Seaboard Station
Print the coupon below
and redeem for your 10% discount off your next grocery purchase
or gift card purchase at Capital City Grocery
For more
information about Downtown Raleigh, visit www.GoDowntownRaleigh.com.
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