The Triangle Events Guide Tuesday, January 6th Edition

Looking for things to do across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Pittsboro, Knightdale, and beyond? You’re in the right place. The Triangle Events Guide for Tuesday, January 6, 2026 highlights free events, discounts, live music, trivia, arts experiences, and community gatherings happening all across the Triangle. Whether you’re saving money, meeting friends after work, or discovering something new, there’s plenty to enjoy today.

🎉 All-Day Deals & Experiences

Walgreens Senior Day

All Day | 20% off | Walgreens (multiple locations)

Rewards members age 55+ receive 20% off eligible purchases.

Blades and Badges Day at Skate Fenton

All Day | Discounted | Fenton, Cary

First responders and military receive $3 off skating admission (check website for hours).

🍻 Afternoon & Early Evening Events

Tequila Tuesday

11:00 am – 8:00 pm | Discounted | BMC Brewing, Pittsboro

Mystery Pint Night: Pull to Win

3:00 pm | FREE | Oak City Brewing Company, Knightdale

Illuminate Art Walk

4:45 pm | FREE | Downtown Raleigh

Explore public art installations and creative spaces throughout downtown.

“Glue & Good Intentions” Vision Board Night

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | FREE | Ment Beverage Co., Durham

🐶 Community, Culture & Nightlife

Pints and Pups Adoption Event

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | FREE | Ponysaurus Brewing Co., Raleigh

North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | $16.74–$30.64 | Koka Booth Amphitheatre

A stunning nighttime walk-through featuring illuminated lantern displays.

Adult Coloring Night

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm | FREE | Hi-Wire Brewing at Golden Belt, Durham

Bond Brothers Run Club

6:00 pm | FREE | Bond Brothers Beer Company, Cary

Beer & Banjos

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm | FREE | Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard, Raleigh

🧠 Games, Music & Late-Night Fun

Survey Says: Family Feud Night

7:00 pm | FREE | Bombshell Beer Company, Holly Springs

Music Bingo

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | FREE | Gizmo Brew Works, Durham

Video Game Night

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | FREE | Moon Dog Meadery and Bottle Shop, Durham

Tricycle Trivia

7:00 pm | FREE | Crank Arm Brewing, Durham

BEERthoven: Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

7:30 pm | Pay What You Can | Atomic Clock Brewing Co., Durham

Movie Night

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm | FREE | Ponysaurus Brewing Co., Durham

Karaoke Night

8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | FREE | Boxcar Bar + Arcade, Durham

Open Mic with a Live Band

9:00 pm – 11:59 pm | FREE | Slims, Raleigh

📌 Plan Your Tuesday in the Triangle

From art walks and adoption events to trivia, live music, and late-night karaoke, Tuesday proves you don’t need a weekend to have fun in the Triangle. Bookmark DoRaleigh.com and check back daily for the latest Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill happenings.

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ICE, Border Patrol tactics meant to scare North Carolina immigrants – Axios Raleigh

Dec 3, 2025 – Immigration

Deliberately aggressive immigration tactics in North Carolina sow fear, confusion

The aggressive tactics used by immigration agents in North Carolina, which advocates say sow fear and confusion, aim to persuade immigrants to leave the U.S. voluntarily, Border Patrol’s chief recently affirmed.

Driving the news: Federal agents surged into Charlotte and the Triangle last month, and were documented wearing tactical gear and masks while making arrests in public places, sparking widespread fear.

• The Department of Homeland Security reports making over 250 arrests in “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” and Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintains a permanent presence here.

What they’re saying: Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino has not sat for an interview with Axios Raleigh or Axios Charlotte, despite multiple requests, although he did discuss the work of the “mean green team” in Charlotte on a recent podcast.

• “There’s a strategy here … And that is — self-deportations,” Bovino told the retired federal agent interviewing him.

The big picture: DHS did not provide statistics about self-deportations before our deadline, but told The Atlantic’s Nick Miroff that around 35,000 people self-deported this year by using a government app that arranges plane tickets.

• Miroff writes that immigration agencies “have embraced and promoted imagery of harsh street-level immigration enforcement to sow fear and intimidate people into leaving.”

Zoom in: Andrew Willis Garcés, a Greensboro-based strategist for Siembra NC, an activist group that supports immigrants, told Axios that masked agents chasing people as they take out the trash, do landscaping or go to church has that effect.

• “That’s the goal. It’s to make people afraid to go to work or go to school,” Garcés said.

Case in point: Photographer Logan Cyrus, who lives in east Charlotte and documented Border Patrol activity there last month for the Charlotte Optimist, told Axios that “it was kind of surreal having these people dressed in combat gear all over the neighborhood.”

• Border Patrol agents, including one armed with a gun, penned in his vehicle and questioned him one morning, Cyrus said.

Cyrus said a “palpable fear” lingers in Charlotte, mixed with defiance and confusion.

• “It seems like cruelty is the point to a lot of this. Even if they’re not catching anybody, the fact that they’re scaring people is part of their whole operation,” he said.

Between the lines: Garcés and Cyrus both say that in North Carolina, agents have shied away from media and others recording them.

• Still, violent images that feed the sense of fear have emerged, like a Getty image of a bloody takedown inside a fast food restaurant under construction.

Context: Siembra NC is a networkof mostly volunteers that assembled to support immigrants during President Donald Trump’s first administration. They document immigration enforcement and chase down rumors submitted to their hotline (336-543-0353).

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ICE, Border Patrol tactics meant to scare North Carolina immigrants – Axios Raleigh