Take Five: Explore lives of the teeny with Paperhand Puppets
Itty bitty lives
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day, Aug. 7-Sept. 7; Forest Theatre, 123 S. Boundary St., Chapel Hill; $8-$15 (free for ages 2 & under); paperhand.org
Paperhand Puppet Intervention opens its run of “A Drop in the Bucket: The Big Dreams of Tiny Things.” They’ll use puppets, masks, stilts and more to illustrate the lives of the itty bitty. (Note: Show moves to N.C. Museum of Art Sept. 11-13.)
Tunes at Brightleaf
7 p.m. Friday; Brightleaf Squae, 905 W. Main St., Durham; free; historicbrightleaf.com
Enjoy some acoustic roots music from Chapel Hill-based Craicdown at Brightleaf’s weekly summer concert series. Bring a chair, but no outside food or drinks.
Get the dirt on dirt
1-4 p.m. Saturday; N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh; free; ncmuseumofhistory.org
Learn about N.C. soils (hey, it’s interesting!), visit the “Dig It!” exhibit and make a “dirt dessert” to take home.
For Kay Yow
6:30 Saturday; Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 409 Blackwell St., Durham; $12.99; rexhealth.com/fieldofhope
The “Field of Hope” Durham Bulls game will raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in support of the fight against women’s cancers. There’s a raffle and giveaways, plus the Rex Mobile Mammography Unit.
Lasso a lobster
4-9 p.m. Sunday; along Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh; downtownraleighfoodtruckrodeo.com
Check out the popular Cousins Maine Lobster truck and at least 50 others from across the state at this evening Food Truck Rodeo.
This story was originally published August 6, 2015 at 9:00 AM with the headline "Take Five: Explore lives of the teeny with Paperhand Puppets."