No Kidding!
Raleigh, NC Chapter

Thirsty 3^rd Thursday Happy Hour
Thursday, May 15th, 7:00pm

Join other childfree adults on the Third Thursday of this month at Jack Astor's (2300 Walnut Street, next to the Ale House) in Cary. You'll find plenty of high quality beer on draft, plenty of free parking and great conversation. So, pull up a chair and say "Hi". Any ?

Walk with the Tigers at CPT
Saturday, May 17th, 11:00am

My husband and I would like to host a No Kidding event at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Pittsboro. This is a rescue and sanctuary for carivores, mostly tigers, and they get some of the income to run this rescue by guiding tours for the public. We would like to host a tour on Saturday May the 17th at 11 am and we will be the guides for this private tour. This tour is about an hour and a half to two hours long dependng on the participation of the group and is a walking tour on a dirt trail. The cost for the tour is $12 per person and there is also a $3 fee if you would like to take pictures. Please by May 1st to let me know that you would like to go because we need a head count to give the employees at CPT.

Wine with Vegetarian Cuisine
Saturday, May 17th, 6:00pm

Do you like wine? Do you like vegetarian dishes? Would you like to find out what sort of wonderful things can happen when you put the two together? A Southern Season in Chapel Hill is offering a Saturday Wine Nights: Wine with Vegetarian Cuisine event on May 17th from 6-8pm. This will be a self-guided wine tasting that includes vegetarian appetizers. The chef from the Weathervane will prepare vegetarian Hors d'oeuvres and will pair them with 4-5 wines. When you visit a station, you get a wine pour and it's paired with an Hors d'oeuvre. Sound like fun? I'm going and would love to host this as an NK event--any and all are warmly welcomed! If you're interested in coming, and we can make plans to meet up. Tickets are only $21 and may be purchased from A Southern Season by phone: 919.929.7133 or via their online event link.

May Book Club
Saturday, May 24th, 11:00am

The book for May is THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath. It can be found under Fiction in the library or bookstore, though it is largely autobiographical; also considered to be a modern classic. (247 pages). A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens in a society that expects electroshock to cure the despair of a sensitive, questioning young artist whose search for identity becomes a terrifying descent toward madness. THE BELL JAR was published one month after her death. Plath was also posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for her Collected Poems. Please if you would like to attend and I will send details & directions.

Par 3 Golf
Saturday, May 24th, 4:00pm

Do you play golf or want to try? Come out to Knight's Play off Ten Ten Road in Apex and play with some others. The course is great for beginners and challenging enough for experienced players. If you have a few clubs or can borrow some, come on out around 4:00pm on May 24th. If we have a large group, we can play a few 4 somes and have a little tournament. Best ball is always fun where each player hits from the same spot (wherever the best shot landed). Knight's Play is a Par 3 course so most holes are not too long. They serve beer and food such as sandwiches and burgers. The cost is $15/person to walk 18 holes or $25/person to ride 18 holes in a golf cart. if you are interested by May 19th so I can make Tee times.

June Book Club
Saturday, June 28th, 11:00am

The June book for discussion is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The clever and inventive tale works on three levels: as an intriguing science fiction concept, realistic character study and touching love story. Henry De Tamble is a Chicago librarian with "Chrono Displacement" disorder; at random times, he suddenly disappears without warning and finds himself in his past or his future, usually at a time of importance in his life. This leads to some wonderful paradoxes. Please if you would like to attend and I will send details & directions.