Charlotte Happenings is your monthly guide to events and things to do in and around Charlotte, NC.
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BANK OF AMERICA 500 OCT. 8 • CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Sparks will fly as the intensity heats up at the 57th annual running of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500, the only Saturday night race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. charlottemotorspeedway.com five TO TRY CARRIE UNDERWOOD: THE STORYTELLER TOUR OCT. 23 • SPECTRUM CENTER (FORMERLY TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA) Seven-time Grammy winner and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Carrie Underwood is bringing "The Storyteller Tour to Spectrum Center." The in-the-round arena tour launched to rave reviews in January and has already played sellout shows across the country. timewarnercablearena.com DISNEY ON ICE: FOLLOW YOUR HEART OCT. 1 • SPECTRUM CENTER (FORMERLY TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA) Follow your heart straight to adventure at Disney on Ice. Watch your favorite characters from Disney•Pixar's classics, including Dory, Anna and Elsa, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, Buzz Lightyear and Woody, and more, as they skate across the ice on their own adventures. You'll make unforgettable memories with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and all your Disney friends. timewarnercablearena.com PHOTO BY DANIEL A. SWALEC THE ILLUSIONISTS: WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE OCT. 21-23 • OVENS AUDITORIUM Straight from Broadway to Ovens Auditorium comes the world's best- selling magic show. Seven incredible illusionists dazzle the audience with jaw-dropping talent. It's a show packed with mind-blowing and sophisticated magic of unprecedented proportions. Audiences are sure to be stunned. ovensauditorium.com SCAROWINDS OCT. 1-31 (EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) • CAROWINDS Every fall, Carowinds transforms from a thrilling theme park into the stuff of nightmares. Get into the Halloween spirit and wander through five scare zones, seven horror-themed mazes and four live shows on-site at the park. Electrifying rides like Fury 325 and Nighthawk will also be operational at night for adrenaline-seekers. scarowinds.com ¡NUEVOLUTION! LATINOS AND THE NEW SOUTH THROUGH OCT. 30 • LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH October is your last chance to experience this award-winning exhibit before it closes. Powerful personal stories, videos, interactives, art, artifacts and more illuminate the many surprising ways Latinos are shaping the South and the South is shaping Latinos. The museum is open daily, plus it offers a variety of related programs and events. museumofthenewsouth.org PLUS one PHOTO COURTESY OF SPECTRUM CENTER (FORMERLY TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA) PHOTO COURTESY OF LEVINE MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH PHOTO COURTESY OF TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA PHOTO COURTESY OF OVENS AUDITORIUM PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROWINDS PHOTO COURTESY OF CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY 6 OCTOBER 2016