Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Dec. 12, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• NC Dance Theatre presents The Nutcracker at Belk Theater
• Neil Diamond at Time Warner Cable Arena
• John Legend with Raphael Saadiq at Ovens Auditorium
• Annual Jingle Bell Ball at CenterStage@NoDa
• An Evening of Holiday Fun at The Boulevard
This article appears in Dec 9-16, 2008.
