Upcoming events

    • 23 Feb 2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Main Gallery

    Cary and the Friends of Page-Walker present the return of beloved local musician Bill Leslie to the Page-Walker Arts & History Center with Exploring Paradise, a preview up his upcoming album, Paradise, due out Fall 2025. He will perform songs inspired by places of incredible beauty and charm, with titles including "Autumn in Vermont," "Tuscan Trilogy," and "April in Asheville." He will also perform all-time favorites and share photos and stories from his book Blue Ridge Reunion.

    Bill Leslie is the two-time winner of the Peabody Award, the nation's highest honor in broadcasting. Composer of more than a dozen music albums, including Scotland-Grace of the Wild, named World Music Album of the year in 2013, he is also a landscape photographer.

    Light refreshments served at intermission.

    HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS: 
    Concert tickets can be purchased for $25 at:

    • The Cary Theater (122 E. Chatham St.; Box Office hours are W-Sat, noon-6 p.m.; 919-462-2055)
    • 04 May 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center

    The Friends will be hosting their 13th annual Herbfest on Sunday, May 4 from noon to 4:00 p.m. on the lovely grounds of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in downtown Cary. Guests will have the opportunity to visit booths selling herbs, native plants, and perennials; in addition to craft booths where local artisans will sell items related to gardening and nature.

    Our must-see butterfly release will take place at 2:30 p.m.  A special activity for the kids will be available, and our popular Young Friends bake sale featuring delicious treats will take place all day.

    Festival-goers can tour the Anne B. Kratzer Educational Garden, including a close-up look at the historic 1850’s Page smokehouse. Guests can also learn about the Pollinator Garden at the Page-Walker, a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat that features wild plants.

    Guests are also invited to tour the beautiful and historic Page-Walker Arts & History Center, once run as the Page-Walker Hotel, built in 1868.  The Page-Walker Arts & History Center is a Cary Historic Landmark.

    If you would like to be a vendor at Herbfest, please complete an application Food/craft vendors are asked to reflect the theme of Herbfest, which is centered on gardening, herbs, native plants, perennials, nature, cooking, and the contribution these pursuits make to a healthy lifestyle.


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