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LEARN ABOUT RALEIGH'S HISTORY: April is Raleigh History Month. You can explore and celebrate Raleigh's rich history at these 10 sites of the Raleigh Heritage Trail.

* African American Cultural Complex: Tours by appointment. 119 Sunnybrook Road. 250-9336.

* Haywood Hall House and Gardens: Open for tours 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays. 211 New Bern Place. 832-8357.

* Historic Oak View County Park: Tea party, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19. Exhibit "Seeing the Light: How Electricity Changed Rural North Carolina," through June. 4028 Carya Drive. 250-1013.

* Historic Yates Mill County Park: Corn-grinding tours, April 19 and 20. Regular tours are 2 to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Fee: $5; $3 for children. 4620 Lake Wheeler Road. 856-6675.

* Joel Lane Museum House: Tours on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. 728 W. Hargett St. at St. Mary's St., 833-3431

* Mordecai Historic Park: Victorian tea party, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 19. Tickets: $5. 1 Mimosa St. at Wake Forest Road. Call for reservations, 857-4364

* State Capitol: Civil War era troop encampment and character interpretations. April 26. 1 E. Edenton St. 733-4994. To schedule a tour of the Capitol building, call 807-7950

* Olivia Raney History Library: Lecture "Digitized Colonial Records," 7 p.m. April 22. 4016 Carya Drive. 250-1196

* Raleigh City Museum: Former NCSU basketball players will talk about the 1983 Wolfpack season. 1 p.m. Saturday. Children's program, "Fayetteville Street Mysteries," a walking tour. 2 p.m. April 19. 220 Fayetteville St. 832-3775

* Richard B. Harrison Library: Community historians talk about Raleigh's historically African-American neighborhoods. 7 p.m. April 17. 1313 New Bern Ave. 856-5720

HEAR DISCUSSION ABOUT MONEY AND DOING GOOD: Deans from the Duke University Chapel and law school will discuss money and the greater social good during an event titled "What would you do with $100 million?"at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in Room 3041 of law school. Contact: Mandie Sellars, 684-2921.

HEAR KENYAN POLITICAL LEADER TALK ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S ELECTIONS: Wahu Kaara, a parliamentary candidate in Kenya's recent elections, will give two lectures in the Triangle this week. The first will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Global Education Center, at the UNC-CH campus.The second will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Old Trinity Room, West Union Building, at Duke Unviersity.

ATTEND LECTURE ON GOSPEL OF JESUS: The Rev. Peter Gomes, a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, will deliver a free public lecture titled "The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?" at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of UNC's Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill. Contact: Lisa Katz, 962-2093.

HEAR NOBEL PRIZE RECIPIENT TALK ABOUT SCIENCE: Nobel Prize co-recipient Dr. Oliver Smithies will give a free public talk about "Reflections on a Lifetime of Science" at UNC-CH's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Smithies, Excellence professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UNC-CH, was co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Smithies' talk also will feature a moderated question-and-answer session.

Seating is limited to the first 300 people, and doors to the Morehead Banquet Hall will open at 6:45 p.m.

For more information about Smithies' presentation, visit www.moreheadplanetarium.org or call 962-1236. The planetarium is at 250 E. Franklin St. on the UNC campus. Parking is available in the UNC visitor lot adjacent to the center.

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