Join Cameron Village for a magical evening on  Thursday, November 20th from 5-8 p.m. for the Annual Holiday Open House! Music takes over every block with strolling carolers, the Raleigh Boy's Choir and more. Don't forget pictures with Santa, Horse and Carriage Rides and even a real snow slide. Your favorite stores are lit up for the night for a living holiday window display competition judged by WRAL's Linda Loveland, Elizabeth Gardner and Monica Laliberte. Entertainment includes magical poodles, jugglers, stilt walkers, a train ride and aerialists performances. Shopping is a must as well. Many boutiques will be offering one-night specials. Spend $100 and receive a $25 Cameron Village gift certificate! See you on November 20th for a little shopping and a whole lot of holiday cheer! Website.

Downtown Retail Shops are designing their storefront faces with public art to create a festive ambiance for the thousands of people who will be shopping Downtown Raleigh this season. Help spread holiday cheer as shoppers walk the streets, dine at eateries, and wander in and out of stores searching for that one-of-a-kind gift. Window decorations will be up from Saturday, November 22 to New Year's Day, January 1st. Post your favorites on Instagram and tag them @downtownraleighalliance.

For more information, please contact: Ashley Melville, 919.821.6972.

Small Business Saturday - Every day across America small businesses are there for our communities, our families, and us. They aren't just businesses-they're neighborhood landmarks. Support independent downtown Raleigh retailers this holiday season!

As the city quickly becomes a shopping destination for the holidays, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance invites you to participate in Shop Small Business Saturday Downtown for a unique experience where you'll find a treasure trove of eclectic stores in the vibrant center city. To view Shop Downtown retailers, click here.

In 2010, Small Business Saturday began to help businesses with their most pressing need - getting more customers. The event encourages people to shop at small businesses on Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year the big day is Saturday, November 29th. Follow all of the buzz @DowntownRaleigh with hashtag #DRsmallbizSat.

The first major exhibit about the state's role in the film industry. The NC Museum of History presents this blockbuster exhibit celebrating North Carolina's films, television shows, cast members and production crews. The museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate. Now through Sept. 6, 2015, see costumes and props from movies and television shows: "Bull Durham," "Last of the Mohicans," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Dawson's Creek," "Sleepy Hollow" and dozens more. Learn how the Tar Heel State became one of the nation's top film and television production locations and home to the largest film studio outside of California ─ EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington. Did you know more than 3,000 films and television programs have been made in NC, beginning in the early 1900s with silent movies that were shot in western North Carolina?

The interactive exhibit showcases hundreds of film-related items from the 1900s to the present. Among them are 13 artifacts on loan from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

North Carolina's movie scene changed dramatically in the 1980s, when producer Dino De Laurentiis arrived to film "Firestarter," based on a Stephen King novel. He liked the area so much that he decided to build a studio in Wilmington, thus launching the path to "Hollywood East." Since then, hundreds of major motion pictures, independent films, made-for-TV movies, television shows, and documentaries have been filmed across the state. Leonardo's mask from the 1990 movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," filmed mainly in Wilmington.

So much to see - A letter jacket, cheerleading outfit, scripts and more from the 1998-2003 television series "Dawson's Creek," the first series to occupy multiple soundstages at EUE/Screen Gems Studios.

Ricky Bobby's No. 26 Wonder Bread race car from the 2006 movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," featuring scenes shot at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Rockingham Speedway.

A costume worn by Jennifer Lawrence, who portrayed "Katniss" in the 2012 movie "The Hunger Games," filmed in western North Carolina.

Visitors to Starring North Carolina! also can explore the history of early filmmaking and learn about the many ways North Carolinians have watched and continue to experience movies.  

Exhibit Admission  - Purchase exhibit tickets at Website or in the Museum Shop. $10 per person, ages 18 and up, $6 each, ages 7 to 17, 60 and up, active military personnel, college students with ID, $6 per person, groups of 10 or more with reservations-Click Here to make reservations. Free, ages 6 and under & museum members. Website.