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Farmer's Markets
Open through October
Mount Holly
Farm Fest '09
October 10
Celebration of Local
Food and Music
Davidson
Saturdays, 8am-noon
Pumpkin Day October 17
Click Here for details
Growing
Kids booth where any child can sell what he/she has grown or picked from the
family property.
Click Here and send
email to sign up!
Saturday Market,
7:15am-noon
Pumpkin Painting
October 10, $1
Click HERE for details
Gastonia
Open until the Saturday after Thanksgiving
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October 15-25
Raleigh, NC
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Shows
Get your tickets here!
Disney On Ice: Celebrations
October 8-11
Time Warner Cable Arena
Elmo's Green Thumb
November 12-15
Bojangles' Coliseum
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Zing Zang Zoom
January 27-31
Time Warner
Cable Arena
Tickets on sale now!
GREASEDecember 1-6 Ovens Auditorium
Nutcracker
December 16
Ovens Auditorium
North Carolina
Dance Theatre presents
Cinderella
March 4-14
Knight Theatre
WICKEDThe Untold Story of the Witches of Oz May 19-June 13 Ovens Auditorium |
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Halloween Activities
Monroe-Halloween Happenings
Main St, Downtown Monroe
October 17, 10am-2pm
FREE event
Inflatables, crafts, hay ride, petting zoo and more!
Reedy Creek Haunted History Hike
Sunday, October 25, 2:30-4pm.
Reedy Creek Nature Center, 2900 Rocky River
FREE, (704) 598-8857
The haunted history of Reedy Creek Nature Preserve is one that will
leave you with goose bumps. Come explore some of the oldest historical
sites in Mecklenburg County and find out the mystery behind the history. (wwwCarolinaParent.com)
Ray's Haunted Tour & Halloween Carnival
Friday, October 30, 6:30pm-9pm
Small Fee
Trunk-or-Treat
Friday, October 30, 7pm
First United Methodist Church, 501 N. Tryon St.
FREE
www.fumccharlotte.org
Trick or treat in a safe family-friendly
environment. Bobbing for apples, pumpkin decorating,
Halloween crafts and more.
Pumpkin Patch Express
October 31, 10am-4pm
The N.C. Transportation Museum
Pumpkin Patch Fair activities and pumpkin painting
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The First Social Butterflies Charlotte Issue
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Hello Charlotte!
I am so excited to bring Social Butterflies to Charlotte! Social Butterflies is an online guide to local kid and family events in Raleigh and I am happy to now be serving your families! Raleigh, like Charlotte, is a great place for young families. The city offers big time, headliner events and the surrounding communities offer small town, grassroot activities. As a new parent, I had a tough time keeping up with all the events that our neighboring cities had to offer. I did not want to miss a thing! I created Social Butterflies as a quick and easy to read resource specifically for children's events and activities. I don't list every single activity I come across. I admit that I pick and choose the types of events that I think would appeal to you most. I love hearing from readers and I appreciate event suggestions. I will need help from you Charlotte readers as I learn your neighborhoods! I find it very important to support local small and at home businesses. There is advertising opportunity in Social Butterflies. I want your family to have a great time together and to experience all the wonderful events Raleigh and Charlotte have to offer!
I look forward to hearing from you!
Have a great month!
Kind regards,
Cary~
Mom of 2, Apex, North Carolina
CaryHeise@yahoo.com
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Community
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4th Annual Whitewater Festival
Saturday, October 3
Kids Zone 2-6pm, FREE
U.S. National Whitewater Center
Gateway Festival, Kings Mountain
Saturday, October 10
This Festival includes antiques, art, crafts, amusements, food, music,
Revolutionary Reenactors, story telling, art show, and an antique car
show. Entertainment for the whole family.
Discover Mint Hill
October 10, 10am-5pm
Mint Hill Town Hall
Vintage children's games, music, story telling, food and more!
2009 CIAO, ITALIA! Festival
October 10, Downtown Charlotte
Charlotte's 19th Annual Latin American Festival
October 11, 12pm-7pm
Symphony Park at SouthPark
Mint Museum of Art
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" Train Tour
October 9-10
N.C. Transportation Museum
Craft Attack 2009
Saturday, October 10, 10am -5pm
Independence Neighborhood Park, Charlotte, NC
Ray's Splash Planet Anniversary Party
Saturday, October 17, 10am-2pm FREE
Cake, giveaways and inflatables.
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Charlotte TRACKS is a new social network for Charlotteparents that links to 1,500-plus local resources for childrenin the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region.
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Fall Festivals
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Belmont Fall Festival
Saturday, October 10, 11am-6pm
Stowe Park
Pineville Fall Fest
Friday, October 16, 6-10pm
Saturday October 17, 10am-10pm
Art, music, rides, games and festival food.
The Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival
Weekends, October 10-November 22
Huntersville
Amusement park, a 10-stage theater, a 22-acre circus, an arts and crafts fair, a jousting tournament and a feast.
Carolina BalloonFest 36!
Hot Air Balloon Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October
23 - 25
Statesville
Hot Air Balloon Rides, live entertainment, Kid Zone and more!
AutumnFaire
Saturday October 24 -25
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Enjoy autumn themed displays, mosaics, gourd art, jams
& jellies, carriage rides and lots more!
Great Outdoor Festival
Saturday, October 24, 11am-5pm
Latta Plantation Nature Preserve
Fishing, kayaking & canoeing, arts & crafts, pumpkin patch, live animals, gem mining and more!
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 MomsLikeMe.com
is an online community of moms. Created for and by moms, it's a special
destination where you can connect locally and totally
be yourself. New moms. Working moms. Stay-at-home moms. Work-from-home moms.
At
MomsLikeMe.com, moms take on just about everything from pediatricians to
potty-training to politics. It's where moms
share stories. Swap advice. Speak their minds. Make new friends. Even make
plans to meet up live.
- Enter sweepstakes for great prizes!
- Find out about fun (and often free) events that
are close to where your live.
- Make plans to meet up with other moms for a
well-deserved Moms' Night Out!
- Network with moms from around the Charlotte area.
- Join groups that interest you or form your own
groups (complete with a calendar tool).
- Create your own photo albums, print coupons, buy
or sell in the Marketplace, and so much more.
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Websites to Check out
www.NewMomsOver40.com
A
place for midlife Moms to share their journeys
and support each
other.
If you are visiting Myrtle Beach, here is a new
site for locals and visitors!
www.TurtleTrails.info
163 Things You Can Compost
Pretty in Pink Foundation
A NC foundation helping women diagnosed with
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