Celebrate Mardi Gras and raise money for a good cause at the Ninth Annual Fat Tuesday Benefit for Meals on Wheels of Wake County at 6 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh. Read more

With all the top-notch hospitals in the Triangle, Western Wake seems pretty set from a health care perspective. But more and more, people are starting to embrace nontraditional alternative forms of medicine to take their health and wellness into their own hands.

In light of the wintery weather predicted this weekend, The Health Choices Marketplace that was originally scheduled for this weekend at the Kerr Scott Building at N.C. State Fairgrounds has been rescheduled for Feb. 20-21 at the Exposition Center at the fairgrounds. It will showcase representatives from local providers of natural, alternative, holistic and integrative health services. Read more

Discover a new way to read the magazine now as a flip book. Check it out and let us know what you think. It’s a new digital way to experience the magazine. Access is free, you just need to go online and register to receive access. It’s the perfect way to read the magazine if you’re not near your paper copy and in the future, we hope to offer enhanced visuals.Read more

After watching the devastating effects a magnitude 7 earthquake unleashed on Haiti on Jan. 12, there’s a call to action in our hearts to do something. In Haiti’s greatest time of need, organizations, charities and churches in the Triangle are looking for volunteers, donations and items to help the relief efforts in Haiti. Here’s how you can help:Read more

Mariachi Cobre joins forces with the North Carolina Symphony and guest artist Anne Harley for Fiesta Latina, a whirlwind musical tour of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh’s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, on Jan. 15 and 16.Read more