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Charlotte Daily City Tour
OngoingFamily, Festivals/Events
Learn about Charlotte's more than 250 years of history, as well as current and future plans for the city. This 2 ¼ hour guided and motorized tour includes more than 100 sites in Uptown (including the historic district), and two old South Charlotte suburbs (Dilworth and Myers Park) that include Bungalow, Colonial, Queen Anne, Victorian, and Tudor style homes. There is a 25 minute mid-tour stop for bathroom break, snacks, and/or souvenirs. For more information, visit www.charlottedailycitytour.com.
$6-$27 (plus, pick up/drop off fees)
704-566-0104Charlotte's Pole to Pole Flag
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.Museums
This exhibit traces a Charlotte city flag's journey to the North and South Poles. $6 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; $3 for children 6-12 years old; Free for children under 6 years old
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Sun., May 19Pop/Rock
CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
The aging ‘60s icons have recently found their waning stars on the ascendant again, thanks in part to getting name-checked by trendy multi-part harmony bands like Fleet Foxes. CS&N were considered one of the first ‘supergroups’ because all three members had been in well-known bands prior to forming in ’68 — David Crosby was booted from the Byrds, Stephen Stills had played in Buffalo Springfield (whose Neil Young would rescue CS&N from complete treacle) and Graham Nash had ditched the Hollies. Their first tour after their self-titled debut included Woodstock, and their three-part harmonies and (mostly) acoustic guitars heralded the baked-hippie turn that reached its apotheosis in the Topanga Canyon scene. The trio also became mouthpieces for the groovy flower-power cultural revolution — the one that gutted the actual political revolution embodied by the SDS and Black Panthers et al. and narcoticized American youth in a haze of tie-dye, dope-smoke and songs about Judy Collins. The trio recently latched onto the Occupy movement and are co-sponsoring the “StampStampede,” with which you can declare your unhappiness about money in politics by defacing dollar bills with “slightly subversive” but “100 percent legal” messages like “Not To Be Used For Bribing Politicians” and the like. With a revolutionary vanguard like that, you can bet those K Street lobbyists are just quivering through the halls of Congress — quite possibly cranking Déjà Vu on their iPods. Way to go, dudes.
$47-87
Solving the Rock House Mysteries
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.Museums
Chronicles the restoration of the Alexander homesite and explores the names and faces, myths and legends, surrounding the more than 230 year old home. $6 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; $3 for children 6-12 years old; Free for children under 6 years old
Charlotte Stories: Our Collections, Your Treasures
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.Museums
Highlights a variety of treasures from the Charlotte Museum of History collection, as well as borrowed items. $6 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; $3 for children 6-12 years old; Free for children under 6 years old
Mecklenburg: Crossroads of Commerce
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.Museums
Tells the story of Charlotte from the nation's first Gold Rush through the Civil War, World War II and other significant events up to the present day. $6 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; $3 for children 6-12 years old; Free for children under 6 years old
Settlement in the Backcountry
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.Museums
Learn about 18th century settlers who traveled the Great Wagon Road into the rugged N.C. Piedmont frontier. You can also view Charlotte, as it appeared in 1775 through an interactive diorama. $6 for adults; $5 for students and seniors; $3 for children 6-12 years old; Free for children under 6 years old
