Happy almost Turkey Day Smarties. This is going to be a great holiday weekend in our fair city! Many holiday events open on Friday and you can even get the family out on Tthanksgiving day – get the blood pumping at the Turkey Trot or visit one of the best parades around the Carrousel Thanksgiving Day Parade. Discovery Place is offering CSP readers a discount for their new exhibit “Cool Stuff”, see the link below. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday !
Carolinas Thanksgiving Day Parade
Uptown
November 26, 10:00am
Don’t miss the 4th largest Thanksgiving Parade’s in the US! A tradition since 1947, this is one of the largest get-togethers of Carolinians every year. Former Mayor Harvey Gantt is grand marshal. The parade is telecast regionally on WBTV, Channel 3 (CBS). The parade route begins at Tryon at 9th, turns left onto 3rd and ends at 3rd and Davidson.
Turkey Trot 8k, 5k and walk
November 26, 1 mile fun run begins at 8:30 am; 8k run begins at 9 am; 5k walk begins at 9 am; Tot Trot begins at 10 am
A good early morning workout before you dive into the Thanksgiving feast! Registration is at Bojangles on Morrison.
“Cool Stuff” at Discovery Place
Discovery Place
Opens November 27
Why do things do the things they do? Find out at Cool Stuff, the first of Discovery Place’s new exhibitions. Launch objects into the air, lie on a bed of nails, or crush a garbage can. It’s an eccentric world of physical phenomena and it’s all in your hands.
Cool Stuff will offer families the opportunity to discover the beauty and strangeness of physics; look at the world in new ways; become aware of new scientific concepts and find out what’s cool about science.
Discovery Place is offering CSP readers a $2 off admission coupon. Click here for coupon: http://www.discoveryplace.org/assets/pdfs/charlotte_smarty_pants.pdf
A Plantation Christmas
Historic Latta Plantation
November 27-28, 10:00am-4:00pm
Latta Plantation is decorated for a 19th-century Christmas. Learn 1800s traditions, see cooking and how slaves celebrated Christmas in their cabin. Cost is $6 adults, $5students, free 5 and under.
Holiday Lights at Daniel Stowe
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
November 27-Dec. 31, Sun.-Thur., 5:00pm-9:00pm; Fri-Sat., 5:00pm-10:00pm
Evenings at the garden include displays with more than 600,000 lights, old fashioned trains, carriage rides, holiday carols, baked treats and other activities for the holiday season. Santa comes nightly at 6:30. Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Cost is $10 adults, $5 ages 4-12, free under 4.
WBT Holiday on Ice
The Green uptown
Opens November 27, Wed.-Fri., 5-10pm; Sat., 11am-10pm; Sun., 11am-7pm. Dec. 21-Jan. 3 open everyday 11am-10pm.
Have fun in the area’s only outdoor ice rink. No age restrictions. Skates available from child’s size 9 and up. Cost is $7; skate rental $3.
“SnowPark USA”
SouthPark Mall
Opens November 27
SouthPark’s Symphony park will become “SnowPark Charlotte,” a winter wonderland complete with man-made snow & winter activities! Snow Tubing, Snow Boarding, a Snow Play Area, Food & Concessions.
Holiday Movie Marathon: The Nightmare Before Christmas
ImaginOn
November 27, 11:00am-1:00pm
Join us for Tim Burton’s ghoulish Christmas tale. The Nightmare Before Christmas is rated PG. For teens 12-18 only.
Day After Thanksgiving Camp
McDowell Nature Preserve
November 27, 8:00am-3:00pm
Let us entertain and educate your child while you hit those sales. The day will include games, crafts, live animal encounters, nature hikes and lots of fun! For more information, contact Christopher.Horrigan@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov or 704.588.5224.
The Nutcracker Ballet
Ovens Auditorium, Independence Blvd.
November 28, 6:00pm
A traditional Nutcracker Ballet performance by a cast of local artists from the Miller Street Ballet. Cast features both amateur and professional dancers in a professional rendition suitable for all ages. Cost is $25.
