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The Craig Woolard Band at North Hills

Jason Peck — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:17:07 +0000

The Craig Woolard Band will perform tonight for the weekly Midtown Music Series here at North Hills Raleigh.

According to the band’s website, Craig Woolard performed for 27 years with The Embers before going out on his own. In 2005, he and the band won “group of the year” at the Carolina Beach Music Awards. You can listen to some of their music here.

Also tonight – ZSpotlight is having a sushi tasting party at Mura. Doors open at 8pm and sushi will be served at 9pm, 10pm, and 11pm. The event will be a Stoplight Party: wear red if you’re “off limits,” yellow if “it’s complicated, proceed with caution,” or green if “single, go ahead!” Tickets are $11. Click here for more info.

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Brooks Wood at Mura on Thursday Nights

Jason Peck — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:31:33 +0000

Brooks Wood is a cool dude who happens to also play some good music. You can hear some of his songs on his MySpace page. Or if you’re going to be over at North Hills on Thursday nights anyway for the Midtown Music Series, you can stop by Mura afterward and listen to Brooks Wood while getting some dinner and drinks. He plays at Mura every Thursday night from 7-10pm through June. He’s moving to New York City in July, so go see him while you still can.

Here’s a video of Brooks Wood at Mura from last Thursday.

The man can sing and play. He’s also on Twitter, if you want to follow him there.

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Russ Thompson Live at Mura Tonight

Jason Peck — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:31:18 +0000

Russ Thompson will be playing music tonight at Mura starting at 7pm.

Russ Thompson is a great accoustic guitarist/songwriter, and he’s been playing music in the Raleigh/Durham area for the past six years. You can hear some of his songs on his MySpace page.

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Music from Russ Thompson Every Thursday Night at Mura

Jason Peck — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:50:53 +0000

Every Thursday, Mura has live music in the bar area from Russ Thompson. Music starts at 7pm and will go until closing time.

Russ Thompson is a great accoustic guitarist/songwriter, and he’s been playing music in the Raleigh/Durham area for the past six years. You can hear some of his songs on his MySpace page. Russ also plays at The Blue Martini every Monday night starting at 10pm.

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Midtown Music Series and Luau Recap and Pictures

Jason Peck — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:51:01 +0000

Yesterday some friends and I headed over to the Commons at North Hills for the music they have there every Thursday. We were planning on going to the luau at Mura later, but wanted to check out the music first. The area was pretty packed. It seems like more people show up to hear the music each week, and yesterday I’d estimate there were about 2,000 people there. Most people were standing, but others brought their lawn chairs to relax in.

The Music

The Mardi Gras Band put on a good performance and when they took a break an emcee came out and encouraged people to come up front for some shag lessons. People seemed to be having a lot of fun and it was crowded, but not so much that it was uncomfortable.

The Luau

At around 8:30ish people started heading over to the luau at Mura. They had roped off an area outside Mura with tables, a Red Bull mini-bar, and a DJ who was spinning over by the fountain. There was a long line to get in, and the line wasn’t moving very quickly. But there was a girl passing out leis so this was a good distraction from the wait. We finally got to the front of the line and I found out that I’d mistakenly reported the price of admission and sushi. I’d heard it was $10, when it was really $15. But the money went to a good cause (Muscular Dystrophy Association) so I paid and went in.

We met up with the MyNC.com crew (see picture below), who were there getting the word out about their community website, which features sections for Raleigh, as well as other areas of North Carolina. I definitely think they’re doing some cool stuff with this, as it seems they understand the trend towards citizen journalism and user-generated news.

The Food

After talking with a few other friends and meeting some new people, we decided to investigate the food situation. Unfortunately there was no food yet (after 9pm). People had gathered by the one table where the sushi was going to be and were waiting to eat. Eventually they brought the sushi out but it took a while to get through the line to get food.

For the $15 admission fee you received two tickets, which were good for one plate of sushi each. I’m definitely glad I waited, as the sushi was excellent. The only things I would have done differently would be to get the sushi out earlier, utilize more than one table so the lines would be shorter and include some options for vegetarians — I’m not one, but I’ve come to accept them…I don’t make fun of them nearly as much as I used to

Overall it was a good event benefitting a great cause. For anyone else that attended the luau, what did you think?

The Pictures

See below for some pictures from the music and luau. Click the thumbnails twice to see the largest versions. You can also see these pictures and others on Flickr.

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Hawaiian Luau at Mura

Jason Peck — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:58:49 +0000

Who’s ready to get lei’d? At 9:00 pm on Thursday after the music at North Hills there will be a luau at Mura outside on the patio. The cost is $10 and proceeds will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Assoication. It should be a fun time, with music, good food (I’ve heard there will be BBQ pork and pineapple fried rice, as well as sushi), and a raffle.

Sponsors include Budweiser, Absolut and Red Bull. NBC-17 will be covering the event and doing some live video streaming, and I’ll be there taking pictures and video as well. Come out to the event and help support the MDA in their mission to fight neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans.

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