Take Five: Smiles for miles with Harlem Globetrotters in town
Triangle events to add to your daybook:
Spring book sale
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday; Orange County Library, 137 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough; focplnc.wordpress.com
Library book sales are the best for stocking up on gently used tomes. Hardcovers are $2, paperbacks and DVDs are $1, kids books are .50 — and on Sunday, you can get a whole bag of books for $5.
Time for rasslin’
8 p.m. Friday; Dorton Arena, 1025 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh; $15-$75; big-time-wrestling.com
What’s more retro than wrestling matches in Dorton Arena? And where else can you see Flex Armstrong whip up on Big Poppa Pump? Plus, there’s a meet and greet from 6-8 p.m.
Cue the whistle
3 p.m. Saturday; PNC Arena, 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh; $21.50-$133.50; thepncarena.com
There will be smiles for miles when the Harlem Globetrotters get to town — especially with former UNC player El Gato Melendez on the roster.
Oscars on IMAX
7:30 p.m. Sunday; Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett St., Raleigh; $15-$20; imaxraleigh.org
Strut the Red Carpet, mingle like a movie star with some champagne and hors d’oeuvres, and then watch the Oscars on the big screen.
Campaign comedy
7:30 p.m. Monday; Page Auditorium, 402 Chapel Dr., Durham; $10 ($5 Duke students); dukecampaignstop2016.org
Stand-up comedians and SiriusXM Insight hosts Pete Dominick, John Fugelsang and Dean Obeidallah will host their radio shows from Duke during the day (free, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Penn Pavilion) and perform their Electoral College Comedy Show that evening.
This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Take Five: Smiles for miles with Harlem Globetrotters in town."