Happy Easter! Here's Some Adult Fun

Happy Easter! Celebrate the holiday with some adult entertainment. Looking for Easter Brunch. If you’re making last minute Easter plans try Helen's list.

Be A Kid - The only thing I liked about Easter was Easter Egg hunts in my backyard. Grownup kids can be kids again at the Adult Easter Egg Hunt. Hunt for eggs and listen to local music from Colby Dobbs Band! Winners of the hunt can win gift certificates and giveaways from breweries! Adult Easter Egg Hunt, 12 p.m. Pint Central,  1226 Central Ave Suite A. Parking onsite and nearby.










Don’t Miss

Show Your Roll - Tonight's the big night. Egg Roll designers have shared their idea for a great egg roll for a chance to be the egg roll of the month in the 1st Annual #CLT EggRoll Challenge. Finale event 6:30 p.m. Monday Draught, 601 S Cedar St.

Top NC Chef - If you love food competition shows, you’ll love this. It’s the City Preliminary Battle: Bank of America Stadium v. The Cypress Club. Two Charlotte area restaurants battle it out side by side in a single elimination, blind dinner format.  Diners get a six-course menu (three courses from each chef, without knowing whose food you're tasting) created around a "Mystery" North Carolina ingredient. 6 p.m., Bonterra Dining & Wine Room, 1829 Cleveland Ave. $69.71.

Sour Beer, Latin Dancing And Running In The Streets

Welcome to Sip + Play: Things To Do In Charlotte. Each week, I’ll be your online guide to things to do in Charlotte, especially on the weekends. On Wednesdays, I'll give you a preview. Think of it like entertainment tapas. A taste of what happening this weekend in restaurants, nightlife, music, art and more. Basically, if it sounds fun, I’ll share it with you in Sip + Play. On the weekends, look for live coverage from events as well as more things to do and of course - a party or two!!! Let’s have some fun. I’m starting tonight with the Charlotte Bourbon Club for Bourbonista’s Bourbon & Babble.

  Tonight

Beer and Adventure - Two of my passions come together - hardcore fitness and beer - at the Whitewater Race Series Party, 6 p.m., NoDa Brewing Company, 2229 N Davidson St. Grab a NoDa Brewing's newly released Ashley's Love Potion, a Saison, and see what’s in store for the 2015 race season.

For The Naughty - After a six-year hiatus the Suicide Girls return with their popular Burlesque Tour. Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque, 9 p.m.,  at Fillmore Charlotte, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd.

Fresh Beats - Rapid rhythms, live instrumentals and a fancy drum machine have made DJ AraabMuzik a rising star on the DJ scene. He's worked with ASAP Rocky, Azealia Banks, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent and Eminem and more.  Doors open at 10 p.m., Suite.

  Friday

Dancing Uptown -  Art and dancing unite at Mint To Move Cultural Dance Night. There will be Afro-Cuban and Latin-American music by DJ Pepito and live musicians. Featured performances: Café Amaretto Music with Ana Lucia Divins and Rumbao Latin Dance Company. 8 p.m. - Midnight. Mint Museum Uptown.

Saturday 

 Running and Partying - It’s the Thunder Road Marathon and the fun begins at 8 a.m. at Romare Bearden Park. Don’t feel like going uptown? The race will likely come to you with live music performances or a DJ at various mile markers along the way. Here's the line up. I'll be live-tweeting from some of the neighborhood block parties along the route. Follow me at this link or grab your bike and join me.




Sour Beer Lovers - If the name doesn’t entice you, the beer will. It’s Release The Funk 2: The Electric Funkaloo presented by Salud Beer Shop & New Belgium Brewing. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m, Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E 36th St. More than two dozen breweries are expected to participate. Get tickets here.








 Sunday 

For the Family - Don’t miss Art & Soul at Latibah Collard Green Museum, 720 Tuckaseegee Rd. Enjoy music by A Sign of The Times Band, live music and art auction and of course soul food. 980-206-1768.


Don't be shy: Tonya Jameson, sipandplayclt@gmail.com

Welcome back Tonya Jameson

We'd like to welcome back former Paid to Party blogger, Tonya Jameson.

Tonya has grown up on the ever-changing Charlotte entertainment scene and she gets out and about more than anyone I know.

She likes to try new things, has a varied palate and a thirst for social culture that is sure to entertain you and get you out of the house. Tonya says: I like taco trucks (yeah, I remember them) and diners after midnight. I can have fun seeing a new exhibit at the Mint Museum or barhopping uptown or straight chilling in Plaza-Midwood -- or all three on the same night! I work hard, play harder and do CrossFit so I can look good.

Yep, she's back.

For the next few months, Tonya will be testing a new feature for The Observer, primarily aimed at weekend events and other ways to entertain yourself, your family, your visitors.

Tonya will provide you will tips on where to go and what to do with your weekend and she'll be tweeting and live-blogging from specific events. So set your bookmark to Sip+Play and enjoy the ride.

-- Online editor Dee-Dee Strickland