Public Library Pop-up + Story time 📚 Sign up for a library card, check out items & return borrowed materials w/ Wake County Public Libraries. 📗 Tues, Aug 13 📘 10am-12pm 📙 10:30am - Story time w/ music & movement for pre-readers Stone Houses Visitor Center & Outdoor Classroom

Ever wondered about all the buildings? Who Dorothea Dix was? What's happening to transform the campus into a one-of-a-kind urban park? Join us for a free Guided Walking Tour to explore the past, present and future of Dix Park! Dates, Details & Sign up: dixpark.org/calendar

Come one, come all... It's Kirby Derby y'all! ✨ This Saturday, August 17, Raleigh's wackiest community event and soapbox derby gets rolling at Dix Park. Kirby Derby details at dixpark.org. RSVP: facebook.com/events/4528081… 📷 IG: @bethglobal

🍂 Fall Program + Event Guide is live! 🍂 Embrace the spirit of the season with a variety of FREE indoor and outdoor activities that are sure to captivate all ages. Check out our comprehensive guide at dixpark.org

Yoga, movies, birdwatching, disc golf, libraries, and more! Find something this fall at Dorothea Dix Park. | #DixPark

🥏⛓️ Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, Dix Park's 9-hole Pop-up Disc Golf Course offers the perfect mix of long, open fairways & lightly wooded holes to keep your game exciting & fun. 🍂 Open for Play 🍂 September 6 - October 27 dixpark.org/discgolf

"You belong among the wildflowers... You belong somewhere you feel free" – Tom Petty 🌼 📷: Wildflower Patch along the Rocky Branch Greenway at Dix Park

Have you stopped by the Stone Houses? Meander through the beautifully landscaped grounds, check out the giant Attun sculpture, and stop into the Visitor Center. Visitor Center Hours Thursday & Friday | 9am-2pm Saturday & Sunday | 9am-5pm dixpark.org/stone-houses

Join the Raleigh Youth Council at our first meeting of the school year! The program allows high school students to build leadership skills, volunteer, participate in civic engagement, and meet other teens around Wake County. bit.ly/4dHFSvT

Happy #NationalDogDay! 🐾 Next month, Raleigh Police Animal Control Unit hosts rabies & microchip clinics at a park near you! Dog & cat rabies vaccination, free microchips & distemper vaccinations. Sept 15 | Anderson Point Park Sept 29 | Dix Park Chapel ow.ly/QPwo50T4sBo

RendezvousPark Thomas Dambo Troll, Mamma Mimi! can’t wait until we got ours next year Dorothea Dix Park Dix Park Conservancy Raleigh Parks

🥁 Drum roll, please! We're thrilled to introduce the Dix Park Artist in Residence Program—a unique opportunity for NC artists to create & showcase their work in one of Raleigh’s most iconic settings! 🚨Deadline: Sept 27 Apply: ow.ly/xwjn50T6ORx Raleigh Arts

We have some exciting changes coming to Lake Wheeler Road! One of the improvements we are proposing is a peanut roundabout at Mercury and Good Streets. This traffic slowing measure will allow a smooth traffic flow along the roadway. #CompleteStreets

It was a great honor to have National Park Service at one of our Raleigh Parks this week! Officials were in town to discuss investments in local park projects, which for us, means $8,679,930 in grant funding for the future Smoky Hollow Park! | #RaleighGov #RaleighParks

Our natural world is filled with talented architects from beavers to birds to bees. 🐦Preschool children learn how wild creatures create & build through songs, games & nature experiences! Little Explorers: Animal Architects Mon Sept 16 11am-12pm Details: dixpark.org/event/little-e…

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A cultural exhibit, “Centuries in the Making: A Cultural Legacy of South Park and East Raleigh Neighborhoods,” is now open in Historic South Park! Visit John P. "Top" Greene Community Center to see it. bit.ly/4czywcM

Pop-up Disc Golf Opens Friday! 🥏⛓️ Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, our 9-hole pop-up disc golf course offers the perfect mix of long, open fairways and lightly wooded holes. 🍂 Open for Play: Sept. 6 - Oct. 27 🍂 More Info: dixpark.org/discgolf

SAVE THE DATE!🎃 Falling for Local is October 5th at Dorothea Dix Park! Celebrate autumn with a market and festival featuring: 🛍 100+ local vendors 🌮 50+ food trucks 🍺 NC craft beer + ciders 🎃 Pumpkin patch 🎸 Live music 🏰 Kids Zone 🚜 Hay rides And more! ℹ️ shoplocalraleigh.org/slr-events/fal…

Be sure to join us Monday night from 6-7:30 p.m. for a South Street community open house at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts! Topics: 🎸 Red Hat Amphitheater relocation 🚗 Traffic impacts 🚶‍♀️ Chavis-Dix Strollway City staff will answer your questions at the event! Details: raleighnc.gov/government/new… |