From a Bobcats Sports & Entertainment press release that just popped into our inbox:
Feld Motor Sports announced today that Monster Jam®, the world’s premier monster truck series, will take over Time Warner Cable Arena for three shows February 12 (7:30 p.m.) & 13 (2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.), 2010, featuring freestyle and racing competition. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monster Jam returns to Charlotte
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Discovery Place announces new exhibition
From a Discovery Place press release that just popped into our inbox:
Cool Stuff kicks off the transformation of
“This is a major milestone for
Designed to demonstrate physical phenomenon in unique and eccentric ways, Cool Stuff allows visitors to launch objects into the air, lie on a bed of nails, crush a garbage can or use a laser to listen to secret messages.*
Featuring a gallery of interactive displays and contraptions, Cool Stuff allows guests to experience physics phenomena through hands-on participation and applications that demonstrate why things do the things they do.
Visitors become involved in their science lesson and achieve an understanding of scientific concepts through interaction and experimentation, mixed with an element of surprise. Secret features embedded within exhibit pieces provide an element of mystery to be solved by avid participants.
“With the renovation, we wanted to demonstrate that science is everywhere and the scientific process is always revealing new ideas,” said Mackay. “Cool Stuff shows guests what’s fun about science, what’s important about science and ultimately, what’s cool about science.”
The collection of multi-dimensional exhibits allows guests to uncover the extraordinary wonders of science, math, technology and more. Visitors can discover the beauty and strangeness of physics; look at the world in new ways; become aware of new scientific concepts and discover the science behind why things do the things they do.
Cool Stuff is highlighted by three, main areas:
LIFT
“What goes up, must come down” is a fundamental but fun principle of physics. Activities in this area focus on the physics of lifting - making things go up and the challenge of keeping them up against the inevitable force of gravity. Participants can launch objects by utilizing electromagnetic forces or by the explosive force of a chemical reaction. Guests also can experience “full body lift” with an all-new, vacuum-powered chairlift.
LOOK/MOVE
Focusing on the strange and beautiful feats of physics that involve motion, light and heat, exhibits featured in this section illuminate bizarre aspects of the physical world. Using basic tools of science – observation and manipulation – visitors will experience a zone of weird happenings that delight the mind and senses. Guests can explore the invisible light that the human body radiates all day long or bend light around a corner using fiber optics. Other features introduce the element of spin to a seemingly mundane object, only to produce bizarre forces and motion that are totally unexpected.
PUSH
Visitors can explore concepts of mechanical advantage, energy transfer and air pressure in PUSH. Examining how forces make objects move, visitors can perform amazing feats of strength such as crushing a garbage can, winning an impossible tug of war match and shooting a powerful basketball-sized pocket of air that can be felt 30 feet away.
To cool down from “lifting”, “looking” and “pushing”, guests can further investigate and view more applications of chemistry, physics and engineering at Explore More Stuff. Located across from Cool Stuff, Explore More Stuff presents a lab-like environment where matter and energy are explored and tested. Facilitated by experts, kids and adults can experiment with forces that are controlled only by the laws of physics and chemistry.
Participants can design, create and imp
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Cool Stuff marks the first of all-new exhibition areas to be showcased in a completely renovated and revitalized
Beginning, Friday, Nov. 27, admission to
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Garrison Keillor VIP Experience details
From a Blumenthal Performing Arts Center press release that just popped into our inbox:
Charlotte, NC – Meet Garrison Keillor and help the Center’s Education Programs with an exclusive VIP experience when the author and host of "A Prairie Home Companion" comes to the Belk Theater Sunday, November 22 at 7 p.m.
Although the show is nearly sold out, a limited number of orchestra and grand tier seats are available as part of an exclusive VIP Package benefiting the Center’s Educational Programs. Guests will enjoy great seats plus a special post-show reception with Garrison Keillor. They can bring a favorite book and get it signed while enjoying drinks and hors d’oeuvres with this well-known artist.
The VIP ticket package is only $150 (which includes a $90 tax-deductable donation to the Center) and can be purchased by phone at 704-372-1000 or online at BlumenthalCenter.org/Keillor. The VIP experience includes special seating and admission to the reception.
For those who have already purchased a ticket to the show, this special VIP experience is available for a $90 tax-deductable donation to the Center. Call 704-372-1000 for more details.
If you’ve ever heard of A Prairie Home Companion, then there is no doubt that you are familiar with the brilliant storytelling of its host, Garrison Keillor. The American author, humorist, columnist, musician, satirist and radio personality is best known for creating the groundbreaking radio drama in 1974. Keillor captivated audiences during the two-hour variety show with his striking presence, tongue-in-cheek delivery and humorous tales of life in the
AT A GLANCE…
WHAT: AN EVENING WITH GARRISON KEILLOR VIP EXPERIENCE
WHEN: November 22, 2009
WHERE: Belk Theater (
COST: $150 (includes a $90 tax-deductable donation to the Center)
TIX/MORE INFO: BlumenthalCenter.org; 704-372-1000
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Catch 'New Moon' midnight showing at Mez
Don't fight the crowds for seats to the midnight showing of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, purchase your VIP seats at the Epicentre and enjoy drink specials and appetizers with the girls before settling in to your reserved theater seat.
Mez will be partying Alice Cullen-style with creative cocktails on the exclusive second-story level of the lounge prior to the midnight showing of the movie on Thursday, Nov. 19. To purchase tickets, please visit www.epicentretheaters.com or call 704-688-2400.
New Moon stars Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and continues the supernatural vampire romance of the 2006 blockbuster hit Twilight. The movie is the second film based on the Twilight book series by Stephenie Meyer. Tickets are $12/VIP or $9/General Admission for evening show times and $9/VIP or $6/General Admission for matinees. Please note that the theater is for ages 21 and over after 7 p.m., and General Admission tickets do not include reserved seats.