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Buddy Valastro
Thu., Dec. 12, 7:30-10:30 p.m.Theater/Dance/Performance Art
The star of TLC’s Cake Boss, brings a special holiday show with demonstrations, behind-the-scene stories from his hit TV show, a Q&A session, and cupcake/cake decorating. $35.75-$45.75
C&E Gun Show
Sat., July 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., July 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Festivals/Events
The show features vendors selling a large selection of firearms, ammo, knives and related merchandise. For more information, visit www.cegunshows.com.
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)
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
Charlotte'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
The Color Purple
Sun., June 16, 4 p.m.
1-800-745-3000Theater/Dance/Performance Art
From the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, and the moving film by Steven Spielberg, comes a soul-stirring new musical and landmark event. Northwest School of the Arts is proud to present the North Carolina encore $13-$18
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
Latin Saturday/Sabados con Sabor
Saturdays, 9 p.m.Nightlife
Enjoy salsa merengue and bachata with live music from a DJ and free salsa lessons from 9 p.m.-10 p.m. $5
