Free Things to Do in Fayetteville This Weekend

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Free events galore this weekend in the Fayetteville area!

Friday, May 15, 2015

*Lollipops Concert (Cape Fear High School Orchestra)
"Let's Go to the Movies"
10-11:30 a.m.
East Regional Library
4809 Clinton Road
Fayetteville, NC 28312-8401

*Meet the Cat in the Hat
Meet The Cat, get story, craft and treat
Barnes and Noble
7:00 pm
Glensford Commons, 121 Glensford Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28314

*Orienteering and Map Reading

Raven Rock State Park

2:00 pm

Meet at Visitor Center

Bring your own compass if you have one.

910-893-4888

Saturday, May 16, 2015

*Stedman Party in the Park
10 a.m.- 10 p.m
192 Euclid Street, Stedman, NC 28391
Kids activities, bands, dancers, street dance, army bands, Airborne chorus, vendors, corn hole tournament.

*Create Your Own Robot

11-12 a.m.

West Regional Library

7469 Century Circle Fayetteville, NC 28306

Registration is required by visiting the library or calling 487-0440. All ages.

*Movie at the Library

"Alexander and the No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day"

11 a.m.-12:30 pm

North Regional Library

855 McArthur Road
Fayetteville, NC 28311

*Sandhills Sankofa Festival

11:00 am-6:00 pm

African American Culture Festival

Music, vendors, art, gospel music

Spring Lake Recreation Center

245 Ruth St
Spring Lake, NC

*Clark Park Nature Hour
"Amphibians"
10:00am-11:00 am
Clark Park
631 Sherman Drive
Fayetteville, NC

Call to register. 910-433-1579

*Movie Under the Stars
"Boxtrolls"
Smith Lake Recreation Area
Open to the Public
Bring Blankets chairs
No outside food or drink allowed.
Door prizes/giveaways

*Senses Hike for National Kids to Parks Day
Carver's Creek
6 p.m.
2505 Long Valley Road, Spring Lake, NC 28390

*Holistic and Wellness Super Expo

10:30am-5:30pm

Demonstrations and seminars on yoga, meditation, herbs, martial arts, acupuncture, etc.
CHARLIE ROSE AGRI-EXPO CENTER
1960 Coliseum Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28306

Register online for seat http://steppress.org/

Donations appreciated

*Lafayette Doll and Toy Club Show

Headquarters Library

10:30 am-5:30 pm

300 Maiden Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28301-5032

Sunday, May 17 2015

*Party for the Pine
Celebrate the birthday of a 467 year old tree
Weymouth Woods
Visitor Center
3:00 pm
1024 Ft. Bragg Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Hike to the tree with a park ranger, and then have cake!
http://ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/wewo/events.php

*Sudan Shriner's Parade
11:30am-12:30pmIntersection of Broad Street and Wilson Ave
Dunn, NC

*Family Renaissance Fair

12-4pm

North Carolina Museum of Art

2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607

Royalty, craftsmen, jugglers, bards,fairies, warriors

Schedule: http://ncartmuseum.org/calendar/event/2015/05/17/family_renaissance_fair1/1200

List of Free U.S. Museums

Free Admission Museums

There's no time like winter for museum hopping! And you can save your pennies with this list of free admission museums. One for each state to get you started!

Alabama Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, AL	Hawaii Hawaii State Art Museum Honolulu, HI	Massachusetts Museum of African-American History Boston, MA	New Mexico University of NM Museum Albuquerque,NM	South Dakota Dahl Arts Center Rapids City, SD
Alaska Alyeska Round House Museum Girdwood, AK	Idaho Herrett Center for Arts and Science Twin Falls, ID	Michigan U of M Natural History Museum Ann Arbor, MI	New York Bronx Museum of Arts Bronx, NY	Tennessee Tennessee State Museum Nashville, TN
Arizona Arizona Museum of Natural History Mesa, AZ	Illinois Illinois State Museum Springfield, IL	Minnesota Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis, MN	North Carolina Airborne and Special Ops Museum Fayetteville, NC	Texas Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of Art Bentonville, AR	Indiana Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN	Mississippi Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson, MS	North Dakota Dickinson Museum Center Dickinson, ND	Utah Fort Douglas Military Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah
California California Science Center Los Angeles, CA	Iowa University of Iowa Museum of Natural HistoryIowa City, IA	Missouri St. Louis Science Center St. Louis, MO	Ohio Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH	Vermont Vermont National Guard Museum Burlington, VT
Colorado The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum Golden, CO	Kansas Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art Manhattan, Kansas	Montana Yellowstone County Museum Billings, MT	Oklahoma Gene Autry Museum Gene Autry,OK	Virginia Chrysler Museum Norfolk, VA
Connecticut Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT	Kentucky The Filson Museum Lousiville, KY	Nebraska Joslyn Art Museum Lincoln, NE	Oregon Jordan SchnitzerMuseum Eugene, OR	Washington Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA
Delaware Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts Wilmington, DE	Louisiana Louisiana State Exhibit Museum Shreveport, LA	Nevada Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center Reno, NV	Pennsylvania Fireman's Hall Museum Philadelphia, PA	West Virginia Bedford Museum Bedford, VA
Florida Museum of Florida History Tallahasse, FL	Maine Hudson Museum Orono, ME	New Hampshire Hood Museum of Art Hanover, NH	Rhode Island Rhode Island State House Providence, RI	Wisconsin Rahr-West Art Museum Manitowoc,WI
Georgia Georgia Museum of Art Athens, GA	Maryland Walters Art MuseumBaltimore, MD	New Jersey Heritage Glass Museum Glassboro, NJ	South Carolina Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum  Myrtle Beach, SC	Wyoming Fossil Country Frontier Museum Kemmerer, WI