If you're feeling like it's a good idea to be a little more self-sufficient, you will LOVE the book by Attainable Sustainable! We're giving away a free copy, and sharing one of the author's projects: creating your own disinfectant wipes. The Virtual Events Calendar is growing like crazy, with a free John Legend concert (he's taking requests), an Indigo Girls concert, Iron Chef Daily Dinners, and much more. So is the Virtual Events Calendar for Kids, including free drawing lessons, author readings and a ton more. Make sure to keep checking back. In This Issue... - Win copy of new Attainable Sustainable book, plus learn how to make homemade disinfectant wipes
- 50 activities for cooped-up kids that don't involve a screen
- Virtual St. Patrick's Day events, including FREE Dropkick Murphys concert from Boston
- Live streams for kids, including Home Safari from a zoo, children's book authors reading their books, and more…
- Choir!ntine: EPIC Social Distan-Sing-Along with CHOIR CHOIR CHOIR
- Virtual Events Calendar: Concerts, history talk, music lessons, more
- Support Local or Else — a way to support local businesses (and business owners, make sure to read this!)
- Free delivery or shipping from Charlotte Coffee Company when you order two bags of coffee
- Ken Burns makes his “Baseball” documentary mini-series available to stream for free
- 19 fun, educational, and free kids' websites, including free courses from Scholastic
- Free online 'ukulele lessons for kids (and adults)
- Metropolitan Opera offering free nightly streams
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Attainable Sustainable, a popular, incredibly useful website by Kris Bordessa, has been sharing small, easy ways to live a more self-reliant lifestyle for years. Anything you want to know how to do, from making homemade cornbread to growing... Read the whole entry...» 
You know all those St. Patrick's Day events we added to the calendar? Um, never mind. Everything has been canceled due to the CLOVID-19 outbreak, and events that haven't been canceled? Don't go to them. Seriously. Stay home and... Read the whole entry...» 
Most kids will be home from school for several weeks, as we try to slow the spread. Children's book authors are rising to the occasion, presenting free online story times, where they read their books out loud. This is a unique opportunity for... Read the whole entry...» 
Choir! Choir! Choir! hosts fun sing-along concerts. Since in-person concerts are temporarily on hold, they're presenting a virtual concert. (Scroll down for more virtual events!) It's still a sing-along. There's even a google drive... Read the whole entry...» 
Many concerts and other events have been canceled. Our calendar (and free events lists) here at Charlotte on the Cheap are sort of like ghost towns. We've put up “canceled” signs on many events, but even the ones that aren't... Read the whole entry...» 
We're all feeling the strain, and, honestly, these are still early days. We need to stay home, but that creates huge problems for local businesses. Without people coming to restaurants, stores and breweries, these businesses will struggle, and... Read the whole entry...» 
Stranded? Running out of coffee? Charlotte Coffee Company is offering FREE delivery or shipping on any two bags of coffee. Order from their online store and they'll either deliver to your door, or ship same business day. Read the whole entry...» 
The opening of baseball season will be delayed this year — but here's a little something to satisfy those spring dreams.
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns announced on Twitter that he has arranged for PBS to make his documentary... Read the whole entry...» 
There are so many great kids' websites, and probably no better time to explore them as now, while schools are closed. Here's a good starting list of some tried and true educational sites that parents and grandparents everywhere should...
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Brad Bordessa, of Live 'Ukulele, is going online with free 'ukulele lessons Monday, March 16th, through Friday, March 20th, 2020. These are perfect for kids, but great for adults too. He's in Hawaii, but the lessons are 4 p.m. our... Read the whole entry...» |
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