Events
Asheville festival highlights nontraditional sports, music
Posted at 5:13pm on May. 9, 2013
Carrier Park, 220 Amboy Road, Asheville. 828-606-2702. www.mountainsportsfestival.com.
Community calendar
Posted at 1:11pm on May. 7, 2013
Celebrate Mother’s Day in the Charlotte spring weather with a challenging chip-timed 5K loop around lovely Lansdowne. Your participation in the race will directly benefit JFS, helping members of the community who struggle with issues related to aging, parenting, illness, job loss, disability and poverty. 8 a.m. $10-$25. Shalom Park, 5007 Providence Road, Charlotte. 704-364-6594. www.FriendsRun.com.
Annual tour features ‘secret garden’
Posted at 10:06am on May. 7, 2013
John and Debbie Shiflet have enjoyed creating beautiful places in the backyard of their historic Wright Street home. They enjoy relaxing on its broad porches and entertaining on a brick backyard patio.
MOORESVILLE WHEELS OUT CELEBRATION
Posted at 5:52pm on Apr. 25, 2013
Downtown Mooresville. 704-664-3898. www.mooresvillenc.org.
Teams gearing up for Odyssey finals
Posted at 11:21am on May. 3, 2013
At times, the project looks like a job for the Army Corp of Engineers. But a team of sixth- through eighth-graders from Community House Middle School are doing the work.
