If you missed seeing your favorite mythbusting duo in person at the NC Science Festival in 2010, you've got another chance to see them at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in March.

Are you curious to see what happens to those boxes and newspapers you recycle? Or do you wonder why only certain types of plastics are on Raleigh's recyclable items list? You can get the answers to these questions and more during a special tour of Sonoco Recycling.

Larry's Beans, the fair trade and organic coffee maker, is offering a free coffee tasting and insider tour of its "green"-ovated bean plant on Saturday, May 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The recent renovation of the bean plant features passive solar design, wind-powered vents, rainwater harvesting, fruit bushes and even dual flush toilets. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m., and the tour begins at noon.

So if you're intrigued by this green renovation, or by tasting organically certified and fair trade coffee and local fare, sign up by e-mailing your name, phone number and number of those attending to info@larrysbeans.com. Space is limited to the first 45 people to sign up, so you better hurry.

Are you looking to put a little more green in your home? Have you seen
great ideas on TV, but want to see how the results look in person? Now
you can with the 5th Annual Green Home Tour.

When I arrived for the Duplin Winery Tour, one of the first things I was handed was a bookmark that said cool, sweet & easy. These are good word to describe both the tour and the wine.

Get a glance behind-the-scenes of the annual Henside the Beltline Tour d'Coop.

Former Raleighite Ryan Adams doesn't come around his former hometown too often anymore -- he hasn't played here since June 2005, and the Triangle is conspicuously absent from his current tour itinerary. So is the rest of North Carolina. But if you check his current tour T-shirts (which went on sale at the opening date in San Francisco this week), the lineup of cities appears to show Charlotte at the very end:

That's small and hard to read, so here's a bigger version. No word yet on a date or venue in Charlotte; but you'll be the first to know.

(Thanks, Dean.)