7 things to do in the Triangle this weekend: Paperhand, beer fest, more
Triangle events to add to your daybook:
NASCAR and moonshine
5-9 p.m. Friday; N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh; free; ncmuseumofhistory.org
Meet legendary driver Junior Johnson and watch a documentary short and a feature-length movie about him, plus get a sample of Midnight Moon moonshine (as long as it lasts).
Beer, bourbon, ‘cue
6-9 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday; Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary; $29-$89; beerandbourbon.com
The Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival offers, well, beer, bourbon and barbecue! Plus, seminars and live music all day. Tickets get you a sampling glass and barbecue plate.
The Beautiful Beast
7 p.m. Friday-Sunday through Sept. 4, plus Labor Day; Forest Theatre; 123 S. Boundary St., Chapel Hill; $8-$15; paperhand.org
Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s “Beautiful Beast” show explores beauty and magic through the monsters and beasts that inhabit our dreams and folktales. (Shows move to N.C. Museum of Art Sept 9-11.)
HBD, Bull City Records
Friday and Saturday; multiple venues, Durham; see bullcityrecords.com for details.
Superchunk, Dirty Little Heaters, Dry Heathens and others play independent record store Bull City Records’ two-night birthday party, celebrating 11 years as a Durham institution. Events take place at Pinhook and Ponysaurus Brewing.
The force re-awakens
9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; N.C. Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh; $6 (free for museum members); ncartmuseum.org
Two straight nights to catch J.J. Abrams’ 2015 resurrection of the “Star Wars” saga, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on the big screen.
Squealin’ 4 Hope
10 a.m. Saturday; St. John’s United Holy Church, 3201 Jack Mitchell Road, Zebulon; free; unitedhopecdc.org
This event, sponsored by the non-profit United Hope CDC, features a barbecue cook-off contest and arts and crafts, plus food bookbag and school supply giveaways. Proceeds benefit area residents in need.
Food truck rodeo
4-9 p.m. Sunday; Fayetteville Street, Raleigh; downtownraleighfoodtruckrodeo.com
It’s a half-mile of food trucks spread out over 11 city blocks. The more than 50 trucks attending come from all over the state, and there’s sidewalk seating.
This story was originally published August 4, 2016 at 12:00 PM with the headline "7 things to do in the Triangle this weekend: Paperhand, beer fest, more."