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Where to See the Christmas Lights In and Around Charlotte This Year
One of our favorite holiday activities is scoping out...
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree Farms Near Charlotte. Choose & Cut This Year!
Did you know that you can choose & cut...
The Art of the College Visit: Making the Most of Your Campus Tours
Ah, the college visit – that rite of passage...
Tips for Family Photos from Popular Charlotte Photographers
Fall is definitely family photo season, and many of...
Coffee For A Cure Party Pics and A Big ISF Announcement
Two days in April, 4/11 and 4/12, hundreds of Charlotteans, mostly women, gathered at Carmel Country Club for the annual Coffee for a Cure fundraiser hosted by the Isabella Santos Foundation. It's a rite of spring for many of...
The Jungle Book, Dinosaurs, Star Wars, Big Trucks, Rollercoaster Campout: Things to Do with Family This Week (4/22)
We are going wild this week with our scoop on family fun with outdoor concerts, The Jungle Book, Dinosaurs, Star Wars, big trucks and even a rollercoaster campout!
Davidson's Concerts on the Green
Davidson Village Green
Enjoy Art on the Green and...
Chocolate, Dream Catchers, Comics and More Things to Do with Family this week 4/16
All aboard for Chocolate, frogs, treasure hunts and trains = so many fun Things to Do with Family in Charlotte and surrounds this week.
The Buttercup in Myers Park hosts a portrait session ~ perfect Mother's Day or Father's Day gift....call...
Baseball, Bears, Brews, bikes and books! Things to Do with Family this Week ~ 4/9
It's going to be a b-e-a-utiful week... and we've got the scoop on all things 'B' including baseball, bears, brews, bikes and books!
Babes in the Woods
McDowell Nature Center
Hit the paved, stroller-friendly trail with your little one and experience what...
24 Things to Do with Family this Week 4/2
Did you decide to enjoy a Spring Staycation this week instead of heading out of town? Good call! The weather is mostly going to cooperate with your plans, maybe just some mid week rain conducive to inside activities, and...
Da Vinci Design Week Starts Thursday at Discovery Place Science. Here’s How To Do It Plus $2 Off Admission
Learning doesn't have to take a break during your Charlotte spring vacation when you include a day or two at DISCOVERY PLACE SCIENCE. Experience a celebration of inventions, design and ingenuity during Da Vinci Design Week with special DIY...
18 Easter Egg Events & More Things to Do with Family this Week
This week we have egg hunts, egg drops, bunnies, and more, with an occasional non Easter activity as well... bring on spring! (POST UPDATED 3/28)
What is a Weed?
Latta Plantation Nature Center
Wednesday, March 28, 9:30 a.m.
According to Ralph Waldo Emerson,...
Local Jersey Mike’s Pledge 100% Sales on 3/28 to the Isabella Santos Foundation
Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurants throughout the greater Charlotte area have selected the Isabella Santos Foundation as recipient for their 8th Annual March “Month of Giving” campaign to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. The campaign will culminate in Jersey...
Family Book Club: With Teens, What Made Maddy Run
This article is a guest post by Katie Garrett of Garrett Educational Consulting.
Throughout the years, my family of four has affectionately coined a phrase that is near and dear to our hearts: F-cubed, F to the third, or in...
Free Ice Cream, Puppies & Other Things to Do with Family This Week 3/19
This week we've got pigs, puppies. bunnies -- free ice cream and much more spring fun... let's do this!
Meet the Animals at Whispering Hope Farm
Whispering Hope Farm
Pet and hold bunnies, chicks, ducklings, goats, mini potbelly piglets, cow and baby...
Ten Tips On Creating Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids
by Rebecca Glavin
As winter turns to spring, and we all start thinking about the benefits of finally being able to spend lots of time out of doors, it is worth taking time to remind ourselves about creating year round...
St Pats, The First Bunny Visit and Other Things to Do with Family this week 3/12
We've got leprechauns, LEGOs and Color Me Green events for you this week!
The Charlotte Museum of History Spring Homeschool Day
Charlotte Museum of History
Students will be encouraged to think critically about the differences between their world and that of 1774...