Today
Sixth Annual Martin Luther King Community Day of Service. Starts at 8:30 a.m. Projects throughout the Triangle. In Durham County, volunteers will paint rooms and hallways at the Durham Center for Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee Ave., Durham, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. In Orange County, volunteers will assemble toiletry and disaster kits at Christ United Methodist Church, 800 Market St., Chapel Hill, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. In Wake County, volunteers will paint a mural and do cleaning and organizing at Haven House, 706 Hillsborough St., #200, Raleigh, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
MLK Day of Service Volunteer Orientation. Orientation sessions for volunteers to help Wake County seniors, adults with disabilities and family caregivers. 9-10:30 a.m., Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, and 2-3:30 p.m., Southeastern Healthcare, Beacon Plaza, 3911 New Bern Ave., Raleigh.
MLK Day of Service and free dental care bus. CAARE Inc., 214 Broadway St., Durham. Dental bus 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Day of Service
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Services needed include painting, plumbing, carpentry and decorating of the dental office.
31st Annual Martin Luther King Holiday Memorial March. Departs at 11 a.m. from the Morgan Street side of the State Capitol in downtown Raleigh. Information: www.king-raleigh.org
Day of Service. Volunteers will spend the afternoon doing a variety of tasks to help maintain and beautify the natural area around Stevens Nature Center. To volunteer, call 387-5980. 2 p.m., Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, 2616 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary.
YWCA MLK Day-On, led by the YWCA Greater Triangle, the North Carolina Social Justice Project and the Community United Church of Christ. A community forum moderated by Frank Stasio, host of WUNC’s “The State of Things.”
3 p.m., Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh.
8 a.m. 31st Annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park.
11 a.m. 31st Annual Martin Luther King Holiday Memorial March. Departs from the Capitol in downtown Raleigh.
Noon 31st Annual Martin Luther King Noon Ecumenical Observance, Progress Energy Center For The Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.
Noon- 6 p.m. Art exhibit in honor of Martin Luther King, Obama Art Museum, 1201 W. Lenoir St., Raleigh, call 280-2284
3 p.m. YWCA MLK Day-On, led by the YWCA Greater Triangle, N.C. Social Justice Project and Community United Church of Christ. A community forum moderated by Frank Stasio, host of WUNC's "The State of Things." Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh.
3-7:30 p.m. Fulfilling the Dream Blood Drive at N.C. Central University, Miller-Morgan Building, NCCU campus, Durham.
5:30 p.m. 31st Annual Martin Luther King Evening Musical Celebration, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, downtown Raleigh.
7-9 p.m. "He was a Poem, He was a Song." Free program explore Martin Luther King's legacy in music and poetry. Sonja Haynes Stone Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, 150 South Road, Chapel Hill.
Tuesday
Stop Hunger Now Challenge at Wake Tech’s Northern Wake Campus, 9 a.m., Building A, Rooms 124 and 126, 6600 Louisburg Road, Raleigh.
10:40 a.m. Unity March and Wreath-laying Ceremony at N.C. Central University in Durham. Meet at the Alfonso Elder Student Union on Fayetteville Street and proceed to Centennial Garden.
11 a.m.-noon. MLK Celebration at Wake Tech's North Wake Campus, Building D, Room 125, 6600 Louisburg Road, Raleigh.
Wednesday
7:30 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture by CNN's Soledad O'Brien at UNC-Chapel Hill. Memorial Hall, 140 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill. Free. For ticket information, call 843-3333.
