January Happenings

Happy New Year from the Charlotte School of Law Library! Start 2013 off with a bang with any one of these fun activities:

Winter Jam
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus

Jeff Dunham

Repticon

Umphrey’s McGee, Bloc Party,The Marshall Tucker Band, Justin Beiber

Restaurant Week

Sister Act, The Magic Flute, Shen Yun, Bryan Adams, Next to Normal, Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo
Jay Philips, Hannibal Buress, Rob Schneider, Don DC Curry, Jeff Dye

The Bridal Showcase

Monster Jam

China National Symphony Orchestra

The Foreigner

MiniCon
4th Annual Where’s Waldo? Bar Crawl

Trail Race, CRC Winter Classic

For the kids: The Secret Garden, Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Brother Rabbit Spinning Free,

Introduction to Geocaching, Rookie Science: the science of snow, Strange Matter, Innovative Works, Tiny Tots Storytime, Nature Story Corner , Jack and the beanstalk, Tosco Music Party, Young Explorers: Winter Creatures, Paws to Read, Coca-Cola Ice Rink, Teen Poetry Slam, American Girl Book Club

MLK Holiday Parade

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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 Osborne, MerleFest 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~

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, Hinder, George 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~

January Happenings

Happy New Year from the Charlotte School of Law Library! Why not start 2012 off right by taking advantage of all that Charlotte has to offer? We’ve got something for everyone!

For the theatre lover:  Love, Loss and what I wore, Madame Butterfly ,Memphis , The Color Purple

For the music lover: Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies , B.B.King , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Miranda Lambert, Steep Canyon Rangers

For the comic book lover: Ichibancon

For the homeowner: Home&Landscape Show

For the foodie: Queen’s Feast Charlotte Restaurant Week

For the blushing bride: The Bridal Showcase

For brave souls: Repticon Reptile and Exotic Animal Show

For the sports fan: Good news, the Charlotte Bobcats are back!

For the funny bone: Colin Quinn, Paula Poundstone

For the kids: Family Friendly Improv Comedy Show at the Comedy Zone,  The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Borrowers

Finally, honor Martin Luther King, Jr. at the MLK Prayer Breakfast at the McCrorey Y or volunteer your time at Hands on Charlotte during their MLK Week of Service.

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

December Happenings

Christmas Lights Displays

Christmastown USA Lights Display in McAdenville has been drawing a crowd for more than 50 years!

Carolina Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway has 3 million lights over 4 miles of track.

Lights on the Square Tree Lighting in uptown

Christmas Wonderland of Lights at Zootastic Park of Lake Norman

2nd Annual Holiday Central in Plaza Midwood where Santa will arrive in a vintage red Cadillac!

Outdoor Activities

Ice Skating uptown

Sounds of the Season

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Magic of Christmas

Handel’s Messiah

The Singing Christmas Tree

Drummer Boy

Songs of the Seasons

Jim Brickman’s A Christmas Celebration

Not so Acoustic Christmas with CAKE 

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Seasonal Productions

Nutcracker

A Christmas Carol

CHAPS! A Jingle Jangle Christmas

Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life

A Tuna Christmas

The Birth

Happy Holidays by the Jami Masters School of Dance

Kid-friendly

Holiday Tea at the Ritz-Carlton (gingerbread house viewing until December 27th)

The Singing Christmas Tree for KIDS

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

The Velveteen Rabbit

Christmas at the Billy Graham Library

Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra  

Events outside Charlotte

A Huntersville Christmas

Arts at the Abbey: Annual Holiday Concert  Belmont Abbey, NC

Holiday Lights at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Christmasville in Rock Hill

Christmas in Cramerton

Kannapolis Christmas

Waxhaw Christmas Parade

Fort Mill Christmas Parade

Polar Express  Bryson City, NC

Christmas at Biltmore Asheville, NC

National Gingerbread House Competition and Display Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

Lights Before Christmas at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, SC

Cookies and Cocoa with Santa Spencer, NC

Santa on the Chimney Chimney Rock, NC

Salem Christmas  Winston-Salem, NC

Tanglewood Festival of Lights Clemmons, NC

Scandinavian Christmas Fair Raleigh, NC

New Year’s Eve

First Night Charlotte

The Charlotte School of Law Library wishes you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

November Happenings

Seasonal Activities

Statesville Pumpkin Fest games, rides, pumpkin pie eating contest

Get at jump on your holiday shopping at the Southern Christmas Show .

Belk Carolinas’ Carrousel Parade  a.k.a. Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Gingerbread House unveiling at the Ritz-Carlton, free to the public.

Bring the kids to play in the snow and meet Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney.

Party Animal

Ties and Tails Gala , sponsored by the Humane Society of Charlotte, is the only black tie event where dogs are allowed.

A feast for the ears

Foo Fighters at the Time Warner Cable Arena, Daniel Tosh at Ovens Auditorium, Boyz II Men at the Knight Theatre, George Clinton at Amos’ Southend, Josh Ritter at the McGlohon Theatre, The Boxer Rebellion at the Visulite Theatre, The Airborne Toxic Effect at the Fillmore.

Eat, drink and be merry  

If you missed last month’s Plaza Midwood Chantilly chili cook off, be sure to attend the 2nd Annual Dilworth/SouthEnd chili cook-off

18th Annual Beaujoulais Wine Festival

Need help preparing the Thanksgiving turkey? Experts are just a phone call away!

Ways to undo the damage from overindulging:

Thanksgiving Day 8K Turkey Trot  and Thunder Road Marathon

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

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~

September Happenings

With the weather finally cooling down,  we’ve compiled a list of where you can  go to get out and enjoy Fall, my  favorite season in Charlotte:

For the past 47 years, Festival in the Park has offered something for everyone at this autumnal event at Freedom Park, everything from arts and crafts, food, live music and performances.

At the Yiasou Greek Festival, you can tour their beautiful cathedral, enjoy freshly prepared authentic Greek food, everything from gyros to baklava, watch traditional dances, and try your luck in the raffle to win a trip to Greece. Rides and face painting available for the little ones to enjoy.

Year after year, people of all walks of life enjoy the 50 nations represented at UNCC’s International Festival, featuring music, food, costumes,and games. And you don’t need a passport!

Time Warner Cable BBQ&Blues  offers more than just good food and great music. You can cheer on your favorite squealer in a pig race, take a Segway tour, or participate in a 5K.

If BBQ isn’t your thing, may I suggest the Carolina Wing Festival, where you can sample the bounty from over 20 participating restaurants? Wing eating contests, music and more!

Just for the ladies: The Southern Women’s Show  boasts shopping, fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, and celebrity appearances. Also check out Fashion’s Night Out and Charlotte Fashion Week.

Have any other ideas for how to enjoy the month of September? Please feel free to comment with suggestions!

~Jamie Sunnycalb~