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Join the scoop girls on May 8th from 6pm to 8pm at Providence Plastic Surgery for a Mother’s Day Sip and Shop ~ check your spring & summer gifting off while you sip and do good! We’ve gathered 16 of our favorite fashion, beauty & gifting vendors for you to shop just in time for your Mother’s Day, Summer Style, Grad Gifting, Your ticket includes two glasses of sparkling wine and the opportunity to shop some of scoopcharlotte’s favorite businesses: A portion of all tickets sold will benefit the Isabella Santos Foundation The Isabella Santos Foundation (ISF) is dedicated to improving rare pediatric cancer treatment options in an effort to increase survival rates of kids with cancer so they can live dreams.
What It Looks Like: Having confident body language with their head held high, giving eye contact, and having a smile on their face will show others they are a warm and confident person which are, according to studies, the two traits that make people “likable. H Kids that feel comfortable talking with other kids and adults will be able to make friends more easily and will also get positive reinforcement from adults who will praise them for their nice social skills. What it Looks Like: Your child can learn how to use environmental and social clues to ask appropriate questions of kids and adults to make a good first impression and build the relationship. Showing empathy towards others, helping someone out, and showing kindness in some way are good ways to bond with people, so show your kids what that looks like and sounds like when they are talking to others.
Get to planning with our day-by-day guide to what to do this Easter weekend at the lake: Kick off the weekend with a family-friendly movie night. Ashley Heath will play from 4 – 7 p.m. and The Tony Eltora Band takes the stage at 8 p.m. Meet author Meredith Brown, who writes under the pen name C. Marshall Turner, for a signing of her novel, A Cajun Journey. Huntersville’s Jazz Concert Series is back this weekend with more performances by NC and national bands including Johnny Conga & His Tropical Jazz Project, Mike Zinna Trio, Noel Freidline Quartet, and The Lovell Bradford Group ft. inaugural Spring Fling will feature local and national beer brands, live music by Jacob Triplet, Breeze Cable and The Vel-Crows and food by 2LiveCue BBQ.
Round out the month with the latest restaurant openings and closings, foodie events and menu updates: Tandur, the fast-casual Indian spot with its first Charlotte location in SouthPark, has expanded south in the Rea Farms Village shopping center. The latest venture from Bruce Moffett and Moffett Restaurant Group, (Stagioni, Barrington’s, Good Food on Montford), promises a return to the chef’s Rhode Island roots with menu items that blend New England seafood with southern flavors. Merchant and Trade and Angeline’s cocktail for charity Angeline’s and Merchant & Trade will donate $1 for every Velvet Slipper cocktail purchased to support Chefs Cycle for No Kid Hungry, a fundraising endurance event on May 14-16, featuring award-winning chefs and members of the culinary community fighting hunger outside the kitchen. New items and specials at Dilworth Tasting Room Dilworth Tasting Room has a few exciting updates for spring: the ever-popular burrata is back on the menu, they’re now serving Wooden Robot beer (their only local beer offering) and Thursdays are now half price rose for spring and summer.