Arts & Culture

Take Five: Triangle events to add to your daybook

The new “Starring North Carolina!” exhibit will show off items from the state’s involvement in making movies and TV shows – like the No. 26 Wonder Bread race car from the movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.”
The new “Starring North Carolina!” exhibit will show off items from the state’s involvement in making movies and TV shows – like the No. 26 Wonder Bread race car from the movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” North Carolina Museum of History

Abracadabra

The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion Broadway-style magic show promises to be family friendly but also hip and sophisticated.

7:30 p.m. Friday; Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave., Cary; $22-$26; townofcary.org

Ricky Bobby’s car

The new “Starring North Carolina!” exhibit will show off items from the state’s involvement in making movies and TV shows – like the No. 26 Wonder Bread race car from the movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” as well as items from “Bull Durham,” “Iron Man 3” and more. Exhibit opens Saturday and runs through Sept. 6, 2015.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh; $6-$10; ncmoh-starring.com

T is for Turkey

It’s not officially Thanksgiving until the kids make some kind of crafty turkey to stick on the fridge. At this event they’ll use recyclable materials and feathers to fashion a rafter of turkeys. Preregistration required.

11 a.m.-noon Saturday; Crowder District Park, 4709 Ten Ten Road, Apex; $4; wakegov.com

For the kids

The fifth QDR Country for Kids concert, which benefits the N.C. Children's Hospital, will have performances from Kacey Musgraves, Jason Michael Carroll, Montgomery Gentry and The Cadillac Three.

7 p.m. Saturday; Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham; $25-$75; dpacnc.com

One magic slipper

This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical has everything you want in “Cinderella” – pumpkin, glass slipper, masked ball. Shows start Tuesday; tickets go fast.

Through Nov. 23; Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham; $35-$80; dpacnc.com

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