Links and Videos, Part 2

• Triangle on the Cheap
  • Day by Day Triangle Holiday Guide–Christmas and Holiday events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and beyond, for 2021
  • North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival in Cary starts November 19
  • WRAL Nights of Lights 5K (plus info on bike-thru and drive-thru)
  • Magic of Lights drive-through at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
  • Raleigh Market at NC State Fairgrounds every weekend
• Visit Raleigh
  • The Biggest Holiday Events in Raleigh, N.C.
• Visit NC
  • Holiday section
  • Holidays Sparkle In Signature Events Across North Carolina

• The best free stuff while you’re stuck at home – Here are the free games, movies, ebooks, video tools and more to help you cope with self-quarantine. (May 14, 2020)
• Free entertainment to help you survive coronavirus social distancing – HBO, Battlestar Galactica, MasterClass, Marvel comics, Cards Against Humanity and lots more, including movies, books, concerts, guitar lessons and exercise classes. (May 8, 2020)

• All the crossword puzzles, Sudokus, quizzes, and brain teasers you’ll need to keep your mind active (March 20, 2020)
• 5 party games to play online with friends while you’re staying inside (March 20, 2020)
• 7 board games you can play online with friends while you’re staying inside (March 18, 2020)

Library of Congress: Free classic books for kids of all ages – available online, no download or checkout required

Disney: Reading A Story – Yvette Nicole Brown reading “Elena and the Secret of Avalor” (March 24) | Ally Maki reading from “Toy Story: Storybook Collection” (March 25) | John Stamos reading “A Kiss Goodnight” (March 26) | Jason George reading from “5-Minute Marvel Stories” (March 27) | Ashley Eckstein reading “Star Wars: The Galaxy Needs You” (March 30) | Ming-Na Wen reading “A Place For Mulan” (March 31) | Jeff Goldblum reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (April 1) | Tony Hale reading “Forky In Craft Buddy Day” (April 2) | Mike Greenberg reading from “5 Minute Marvel Stories” (April 3) | Elle Duncan reading from “5 Minute Mickey Mouse Stories” (April 4) | Paige O’Hara reading from “Disney Princess My First Bedtime Story” (April 5) | Angela Kinsey reading from “Frozen: 5-Minute Stories” (April 6) | Sofia Wylie reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (April 7) | Ginnifer Goodwin reading “Judy Hopps and the Missing Jumbo-Pop” (April 8) | Milo Manheim reading from “5-Minute Marvel Stories” (April 9) | Daisy Ridley reading “Star Wars: BB-8 On The Run” (April 10) | Brenda Song reading from “5-Minute Princess Stories” (April 11) | Elizabeth Olsen reading from “5-Minute Easter Stories” (April 12) | Joonas Suotamo reading “Star Wars: Chewie and the Porgs” (April 13) | Ciara Renee reading from “Frozen: 5-Minute Stories” (April 14) | Auli’i Cravalho reading “Moana and the Ocean” (April 15) | Michael Ealy reading “The Good Dinosaur” (April 16) | Anthony Daniels reading from “Star Wars: Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection” (April 17) | Meg Donnelly reading from “5-Minute Marvel Stories” (April 18) | Anna Cathcart reading from “5-Minute Easter Stories” (April 19) | Courtney B. Vance reading “Bolt: One Ridonculous Adventure” (April 20) | Peyton Elizabeth Lee reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (April 21) | Christy Carlson Romano reading from “5-Minute Girl Power Stories” (April 22) | Colin O’Donoghue reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (April 23) | Lea Salonga reading from “5-Minute Princess Stories” (April 24) | Kristin Schaal reading from “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious” (April 25) | Alex Honnold reading from “Star Wars: Myths and Fables” (April 27) | Bear Grylls reading from “5-Minute Disney Classic stories” (April 28) | Matthew Morrison reading from “Toy Story: Storybook Collection” (April 29) | Jamie Chung reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (April 30) | JD McCrary reading from “5-Minute Disney Classic Stories” (May 1) | Kal Penn reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (May 2) | Anika Noni Rose reading from “5-Minute Princess Stories” (May 3) | Bobby Moynihan reading “Star Wars: C-3PO Does NOT Like Sand!” (May 4) | Ben Barnes reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (May 5) | Cynthia Erivo reading “5-Minute Girl Power Stories” (May 6) | Jodie Sweetin reading from “5-Minute Girl Power Stories” (May 8) | Erin Andrews reading from “5-Minute Girl Power Stories” (May 12) | Frankie Rodriguez and Joe Serafini reading “Inside Out” (May 15) | Clark Gregg reading from “Star Wars: Myths & Fables” (May 18) | Ginger Zee reading from “5-Minute Mickey Mouse Stories Stories” (May 19) | Randall Park reading from “Mickey & Friends: My First Bedtime Storybook” (May 20) | AJ Michalka reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (May 22) | Bill Farmer reading from “365 Bedtime Stories” (May 28)

Patrick Stewart: #ASonnetADay – Shakespeare sonnet number 116 | 1 | 2 (one of Patrick’s favorites) | 3 | 4 | 6 (skipping 5 – too hard) | 7 | 8 | 10 (skipping 9 – offensive) | 11 | 12 (“I hope you’re ready for this”) | 13 | 14 | 15 (“Very difficult”) | 16 | 17 (“One of my favorite”) | 18 (“Perhaps the most well-known sonnet in the book”) | 19 | 21 (skipping 20) | 23 (skipping 22) | 24 | 25 (an unusual one, but extraordinary) | 73 (for Sir Stirling Moss) | 26 | 29 | 29 again and 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 (Shakespeare’s Birthday – bonus: A chorus speech from Henry V) | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 (One of my favourites) | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50| 51 | 52 | 53 (I like this one) | 54 | 55 (a beauty) | 56 | 57 by guest sonneteer Jonathan Frakes | 60 (no idea how to do 59) | 61 | 62 | 63 (been on “a very brief hiatus” since May 21) | 64 (June 30: back – been writing a memoir) | 65 | 71 (skipping 66 through 70) | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 77 (cranberry beans, but no 76) | 76 (here it is) | 78 | 79 | 80 (on the eve of Sir Patrick’s 80th birthday) | 81 by guest sonneteer Sir Ian McKellen | 82 | 83 (perhaps the most difficult one so far) | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 and 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 128 | 129 (new foster dog) | 130 | 132 (skipping 131 because he doesn’t like it) | 137 (couldn’t make sense of 133-136) | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 and last

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: Goodnight with Dolly (Thursdays, April 2 – June 4, 7:00 – archive with activity sheets, parent reading tips, and more) – “The Little Engine That Could” (April 2) | “Coat of Many Colors” (April 9) | “Llama Llama red Pajama” (April 16) | “Max and the Tag-Along Moon” (April 23) | “There’s a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake” (April 30) | “Last Stop on Market Street” (May 7) | “Violet the Pilot” (May 14) | “I Am a Rainbow” (May 21) | “Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon” (May 28) | “Pass It On” (June 4 – final episode)

Library of Congress: Engage – ways to engage with authors you love and ways to connect to the Library’s resources from anywhere in the world

<a href=”https://www.scholastic.com/site/pilkey/dav-pilkey-at-home.html”Dav Pilkey At Home – Dav Pilkey drawing, reading aloud, and following his mantra — Always Be Creative!

Harry Potter At Home – free online collection of child-friendly activities, videos, puzzles, illustrations, quizzes, creative ideas, articles and much more