Plan your weekend: Celebrate Latino culture at Ritmo Festival in Cary
Triangle events to add to your daybook:
Longleaf Film Fest
Friday-Saturday; N.C. Museum of Art, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh; free; longleaffilmfestival.com
The third annual Long Leaf Film Festival features 60 juried films that highlight the best of North Carolina, regional and international short- and feature-length narrative films.
Front Porch Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; Franklin Street and North Blount Street area, Raleigh; nando.com/frontporch2017
More than 50 artists will take part in this annual walk and sale, with proceeds this year going to help support artists in Haiti. It takes place in the Oakwood/Mordecai neighborhoods and features pottery, painting, jewelry, photography, sculpture and more.
Ritmo Fest
Noon-6:30 p.m. Saturday; 316 N. Academy St., Cary; free; townofcary.org
The family-friendly Ritmo Latin Festival celebrates Latino music, dance and visual arts. You’ll also find a kids zone, craft vendors and lots of food from the Hispanic world.
Spring in Morrisville
4-9 p.m. Saturday; 240 Town Hall Drive, Morrisville; free; nc-morrisville.civicplus.com
The town’s annual SpringFest will have live entertainment, midway games, rides, live music and some great food trucks. Admission is free, but the rides and games require purchased tickets.
Bike Durham’s HiSTORIES
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; Museum of Durham History, 500 W. Main St., Durham; free; museumofdurhamhistory.org
A leisurely 5-mile tour through downtown Durham and the American Tobacco Campus led by historian and Durham native Ernest Dollar. Dollar will stop at various locations to tell some of the city’s stories.
This story was originally published May 11, 2017 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Plan your weekend: Celebrate Latino culture at Ritmo Festival in Cary."