Take Five: From Cow Patty Bingo to Opera in the Pines

Rock Your World

Sidewinder, Band of Brothers and Nightshift play this annual benefit concert, which gives 100 percent of donations to the Hope for Haiti Foundation and to Dew4Him Ministries. There’s also a silent auction and celebrity bartenders.

‘Junebug’ screening

It was Amy Adams’ breakthrough role, and one of the best movie depictions of small-town North Carolina ever set to film. The screening is part of the museum’s “Starring North Carolina!” exhibit (“Junebug” was filmed in and around Winston-Salem).

Cow Patty Bingo and 5K

Play Cow Patty Bingo and support the Rolesville High School athletic program. Here’s what happens: a local cow roams the football field (marked off in 3-by-3-foot squares corresponding to ticket numbers) until it “drops a patty” on a square, declaring a winner. Each $5 ticket is one chance to win the $500 prize. There is also a 5K race, an iPad mini raffle, food, games, live music, dance performances, local vendor booths and other family activities.

Paws and Pours

What wine pairs purrfectly with browsing fuzzy kittens and shaggy puppies? They can probably tell you at Second Chance Pet Adoption’s Paws & Pours wine tasting/pet mixer, where you can meet adoptable animals while tasting five different wines. Plus, hors d’oeuvres and a gift basket raffle.

Opera in the Pines

Maestro Timothy Myers will lead the N.C. Opera Orchestra alongside performances by Durham-based Kidznotes. You can take picnics, coolers, wine and beer to this casual event – and also the kids, because ages 12 and under are free on the lawn.

This story was originally published May 7, 2015 at 9:00 AM with the headline "Take Five: From Cow Patty Bingo to Opera in the Pines."