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April Happenings

Charlotte is hoppin’ this month with fun things to do!

Performing Arts: Stomp, Bring it on: the musical, Shatner’s World, A Raisin in the Sun, Don’t Cry for me Margaret Mitchell, NC Dance: Dangerous Liasons

Concerts: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hot Chelle Rae, Daughtry, Natalie Cole, Trace Adkins,Van Halen, Sugarland, Young the Giant, Cage the Elephant, The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show, Alive after Five, Joan OsborneMerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC

Just for laughs: Jerry Seinfeld , Lewis Black, Jeanne Robertson

For the foodie: Taste of the Nation , Charlotte Wine and Food Festival ,BBQ Cookoff

Sporting Events: Charlotte Bobcats v New York Knicks, Jordan Brand Classic, NoDa Grand Prix, Wells Fargo Championship, Queen’s Cup, Charlotte Knights Home Opener, Charlotte Hounds Opener

Marathons: Celebrate Better Health 5k, Charlotte Walk to Cure Diabetes

For the kids: Disney’s Phineas and Ferb, Salt and Pepper, Busytown, Easter Egg Hunt, Geocaching, Sesame Street Live: Elmo’s Superheroes, Wizard of Oz

Other fun things: Passport for Fashion, World and Parade Festival, Charlotte Auto Fair, Science Festival with Mythbusters Adam and Jamie, 8th Annual Hope Floats Duck Race , Science and Technology Expo, International Pillow Fight Day, Violins of Hope, Sensoria Arts Festival, Dances of India , 2nd Annual Kings Drive Art Walk

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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March Happenings

Put a spring in your step and check out these fun activities in the month of March!

Performing Arts: Jersey Boys, The Music of Michael Jackson, Around the World in 80 Days, Sleeping Beauty, Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Bad Dates, Pilobolus , Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil , Jazz at the Bechlter

Film: Charlotte Film Festival, The Hunger Games movie opening

Sporting Events: Harlem Globe Trotters, CIAA and CIAA events, NCAA March Madness

Comedy: Laugh for the Cure, An Evening with Martin Short, The Royal Comedy Tour

Concerts: The Black Keys, Mute Math, HinderGeorge Benson, The Moody Blues, Mavis Staples, Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt, Gabriel Iglesias, R.Kelly , Needtobreathe, Casting Crowns

St. Patrick’s Day: St.Patrick’s Day Festival , Green River Revival at the US National WhiteWater Center

For the kids: Sesame Street Live, Bugapoolza, Girl Power, Charlotte Youth Ballet’s Cinderella, Peter Pan the Musical, Peter Rabbits Garden

Marathons: Get your Rear in Gear 5k, Race to the Top

Other fun things to check out: Miss NC and Miss SC pageant and Southern Garden to Table and Intergalatic Bead and Jewelry Show and 5th Annual Aquavina Wine Festival

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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October Happenings

Free Concerts

FreeMore Fridays with concerts from 5-8 p.m. every Friday of the month on the corner of Freedom and Morehead. 107.9 The Link’s Matt and Ramona broadcasting live.

Local Festivals

Renaissance Festival Step back in time with games, food, performances, rides, etc.

Oktoberfest offers an opportunity to sample of over 350 beers while enjoying live music.

Latin America Festival features authentic cuisine, arts and crafts, and performances.

Great Grapes Wine, Arts and Food Festival offers a sampling of over 200 wines, cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts.

State Festivals

For a weekend getaway, the NC State Fair in Raleigh, NC is always great fun. Take the train to the fair to experience the Tar Heel State by rail.

Fast Fun

Bank of America 500 NASCAR race

Philanthropic Fun

For a $10 donation, sample chili at the 8th Annual Plaza Midwood/Chantilly Chili Cook-Off.

Race for the Cure supports the Susan G. Komen foundation.

Uptown Fun

Wells Fargo Community Celebration offers free admission to the Mint Museum and the Bechtlter Museum of Modern Art, plus many more.

Seasonal Fun

Amazing Maize Maze at Rural Hill

For brave souls, there’s Scarowinds at Carowinds and the  Beyond the Grave , a ghost tour through uptown.

The Great Pumpkin Wall  enchants residents in the Elizabeth neighborhood each year.

Don’t forget to bring the little ones to the Charlotte School of Law for a fun afternoon of trick-or-treating throughout the library on October 28 !

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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Welcome to Charlotte!

Whether you are a native of the Queen City or new to the area, we’ve compiled a list of how you can enjoy all that North Carolina’s most populous city has to offer.

Sporting Events: Panthers Football, Knights Baseball, Bobcats Basketball, Checkers Hockey, NASCAR, Charlotte Roller Derby, Charlotte Hounds, Charlotte Eagles , Charlotte Lady Eagles, Carolina Speed, Charlotte Rugby Football Club

Concerts : Time Warner Cable Arena, Ovens Auditorium (site of our Graduation 2009) Bojangles Coliseum, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, NC Music Factory , Visulite Theatre, Neighborhood Theatre , Double Door Inn

Performances, Plays and Musicals: Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Opera Carolina , Charlotte Symphony , Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, Theatre Charlotte,Knight Theatre (site of our 2011 Graduation), Comedy Zone

Art, History and Culture: Mint Museum, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Levine Museum of the New South, Harvey B. Gantt Center, McColl Center for Visual Art , Billy Graham Library , The Light Factory , Carolinas Aviation Museumgallery crawls , NASCAR Hall of Fame , Charlotte History Museum

Get into Nature at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden , the Charlotte Nature Museum or the Carolinas Raptor Center . Go for a hike at  Crowders Mountain.

For kids of all ages: Discovery Place, Children’s Theatre of CharlotteImaginon:the Joe and Joan Martin Center, Carowinds , Lazy 5 Ranch

Shopping in and around Charlotte: South Park Mall, Northlake Mall , Carolina Place Mall, Concord Mills Mall, Birkdale Village , Westfield Eastridge Shopping Mall

Parks&Recreation: Freedom Park, Frazier Park, Park Road Park , area Greenways. YMCA, Whitewater Center

Dining:

Morehead Street: Pinky’s Westside Grill, Burger Company, Picante Mexican GrillSavor, Open Kitchen, Dilworth Neighborhood Grill, Art’s BBQ

Wilkinson Blvd: Dairy Queen, Bar-B-Q King, Subway (located inside the Super Wal-Mart), Little Caesars, Burger King

Freedom Drive: COOK-OUT, Showmars, McDonald’s, KFC, Captain D’s, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s

Charlottetowne Avenue/Kings Drive: Wendy’s, Zoe’s Kitchen, Chipotle, La Paz, Hickory Tavern, Arby’s, Subway, Pizza Hut, Original Pancake HouseMama Ricotta’s, Wok Express, Dunkin’Donuts, Maharani, Great Harvest Bread Co., Pizza Fusion, Which Wich, Trader Joe’s, Zoe’s Kitchen, Cherry Berry, Dressler’s, Pisces Sushi Bar/Lounge, Vivace, Bojangles

South Blvd: Chipotle, Luna’s Living Kitchen, Five Guys, Noodle&Company, Chick fil-A, Owen’s Bagels, Einstein Bagels,  Nova’s Bakery, Beijing Chinese, Fuel Pizza, Sub Station II, Ice House, Big Ben’s, The Liberty, Pewter Rose, Mac’s Speed Shop, McDonald’s, Burger King

South End: Phat Burrito, Price’s Chicken Coop, Pike’s Old-Fashioned Soda Shop, Common Market

7th Street: Hawthorne’s Pizza, CrispSunflour Bakery, Lupie’s Cafe , Showmars, Starbucks, Cajun Queen, Jackalope Jack’s, Philosopher’s Stone, Kennedy’s, Ho Ho Cherry House, Sub Station II, Jersey Mike’s

Elizabeth Ave: Nothing but Noodles, 1900 Mexican GrillCuisine Malaya, Carpe Diem, Customshop, 88 China Bistro, Elizabeth Creamery

Plaza Midwood: Whiskey Warehouse, The Penguin, The Diamond, Dish, Zada Jane’s, Soul Gastrolounge, Bistro La Bon, Midwood Smokehouse, Loco Lime, Kickstand Burgers, Intermezzo Pizzeria, Krazy Fish, Lulu, Akahana Asian BistroSomething Classic Cafe, Central Coffee Company , Fern, Thomas Street Tavern, Nova’s Bakery, The Peculiar Rabbit

Park Rd/Woodlawn Ave: RuSan’s, Fran’s Filling Station, Toast Cafe , Starbucks , The Flying Biscuit Cafe, Jason’s Deli, Chick fil-A, Which Wich, Sushi 101, Qdoba, Carolina Soda Shop, Subway, Bruegger’s Bagels, Fuel Pizza, Wendy’s, McDonald’s

Selwyn Avenue: Mellow Mushroom, Yoforia, Reid’s Fine Foods,

South Park: BRIO, Del Frisco’s, Ruth’s Chris, Georges Brasserie, The Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano’s, Cowfish Sushi and Burgers, PF Chang’s, Terrace Cafe, Dean and Deluca, Firebirds, California Pizza Kitchen, McCormick and Schmick’s, Whole Foods, Earth Fare, Bojangles, Donato’s Pizza

Costwold: Jack in the Box, Chick fil-A, Bojangles, Table 274, Bruegger’s, Wolfman Pizza, The Pizza Peel and Taproom, Krispy Kreme, IHOP, Starbucks, Mama Fu’s Asian House, Salsarita’s, Dairy Queen, Eddie’s Place,

East Blvd:  Moe’s Southwest Grill, Bruegger’s Bagels, Big Daddy’s Burger Bar, Something Classic Café, Starbucks, Brixx, Cantina 1511, Caribou Coffee, Outback Steakhouse, Showmars, Lebowski’s, Dilworth Coffee , Smoothie King, Carolina Smoothie, JJ’s Red Hots, Crisp, Jersey Mike’s, Menchie’s, Berrybrook Farms, Copper, Thai Taste

NoDa: Amelie’s 24 hour French bakery, Cabo Fish Taco, Crepe Cellar, Growler’s Pourhouse , Salvador Deli,Revolution Pizza, The Dog Bar, Solstice Tavern, Boudreaux’s, Jack Beagles, Smelly Cat Coffeehouse

The EpiCentre: Vida Mexican Kitchen y cantina, Moe’s, Wild Wing Cafe, Enso, Jason’s Deli, Bruegger’s Bagels, Five Guys, Firehouse Subs, Libretto’s Pizzeria

Other sites to check out:

http://www.charlottesgotalot.com

www.charlottemagazine.com

www.charlotteobserver.com

www.charlotte.creativeloafing.com

www.charlotteonthecheap.com

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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