Category Archives: Holiday

Holiday party & our first video podcast, this Sunday!

4 Dec 09 – 4:57 pm

image via Google via this guy’s blog who got it who-knows-where
The party
If you’ve been coming to our monthly blogger/journo meetups, you’ll definitely want to come to this one. If you haven’t been coming to our monthly meetups, you’ll definitely want to come to this one.
Free drinks including the alcoholic variety. Potluck! Bring some holiday goodies [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in City, Events, Meta | Comments (16)

CLT Blog does Scarowinds

31 Oct 09 – 8:57 pm

video: Justin Ruckman; watch this video in HD on Vimeo
The kind/creepy folks at Scarowinds were nice/evil enough to help/condemn a few of us into full-on monster attire/purgatory. Victims included myself, @rLper and @StoshaD.
Have a happy/cursed Samhain!

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Entertainment, Events | Comments (1)

Friday & Saturday only: haunted carriage rides through historic Fourth Ward

29 Oct 09 – 2:28 pm

Are you trying to figure out what to do for your Halloween weekend?  How about a horse-drawn carriage ride through ‘historic and haunted’ Fourth Ward Uptown?  Southern Breezes Carriages will be offering tours this Friday and Saturday nights from 6-11pm leaving from the Square at Trade and Tryon.  Hear creepy tales about haunted Victorians, public [...]

By Rob Cummings | Also posted in City, Entertainment, Nightlife, Uptown | Comments (4)

Charlotte’s belated St. Patrick’s parade

22 Mar 09 – 8:51 pm

Due to bad weather, Charlotte’s St. Patrick’s Day parade & Charlotte Goes Green street festival were postponed a week and took place uptown yesterday. The parade featured bearded bagpipe players, dogs wearing hats, jigging teens, clowns, and lots of green. Photos slideshow is after the page break.

By James Willamor | Also posted in City, Events, Photography, Uptown | Comments (0)

Charlotte’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade

18 Jan 09 – 3:41 pm

photos: James Willamor, view on Flickr
Crowds braved the frigid temperatures Saturday morning to cheer on the bands, step teams, floats, and dancers that took part in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade on Tryon Street. Participants included the West Charlotte Marching Band, Unity Fellowship Church, Charlotte Coalition for Social Justice, Grier Heights Community Steppers, [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in City, Events, Uptown | Comments (0)

Charlotte Rings in the New Year with First Night 2009

1 Jan 09 – 7:02 pm

Thousands of Charlotte residents crowded uptown to celebrate the new year with First Night 2009. This was the first time First Night has be held in over a decade, and police were out in force to keep the event safe. First Night featured live bands, cultural performances, ice sculptures, and plenty of food vendors. Bars [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in Entertainment, Events, Music, Nightlife, Performance, Uptown | Comments (0)

Uptown ice skating

15 Dec 08 – 3:45 pm

photo credit: @sleuth
open until: January 4th, 2009
when: 11am – 10pm
where: The Green Uptown
Price: $7 admission; $3 skate rental
WB’s Holiday on Ice is one of my personal favorite things to do during the holidays. I have already have had the chance to go this year, and it was pretty great, minus a few falls. It [...]

By Matthew Tyndall | Also posted in Entertainment, Nightlife, Recreation, Uptown | Comments (0)