In Davidson this week, the town will send off Mayor Randy Kincaid and two commissioners and swear in a new board, and residents will have a chance to offer their input during a community planning workshop for the N.C. 73/Davidson-Concord Road area. Also, the Design Review Board will take another look at the proposed retail/office building on the current site of Stowe’s Exxon. And guitarist Tim Reynolds visits Davidson College for a concert.

DEC. 9-16

MONDAY, DEC. 10, 9-11 a.m., Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. – Satellite office hours for U.S. Rep. Mel Watt, staffed by Tony McEwen, district liaison. Details: 704-344-9950.
TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 7 p.m., Davidson Public Library – Local authors will be reading from “13 Terrifying Tales from the North Carolina Piedmont,” a collection of area ghost stories.
TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. – December Town Board meeting, including farewell to outgoing Mayor Randy Kincaid and board members Cary Johnston and Bruce McMillen as well as swearing-in of new Mayor John Woods and board members Margo Williams, Evan Webster, Bill Johnson, Brian Jenest and Laurie Venzon. See Dec. 7 posting, “Town Board changes guard Tuesday.”
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 7 p.m., Town Hall – December Design Review Board meeting. Agenda includes consideration of a proposed office/retail building on the site of the current Stowe’s Exxon.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College – An evening with guitarist Tim Reynolds, who has been a collaborator with Dave Matthews.Tickets $20, or $10 for Davidson faculty, staff, students.
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 7 p.m., Cornelius Town Hall community room – Community planning workshop for the N.C. 73/Davidson-Concord Road area plan. This is the second in a series of meetings as part of a joint Davidson-Cornelius-Huntersville planning process to guide development in the area. Residents are invited to attend and give their input. Details on the town website. See also our Oct. 27 report, “Planning begins for N.C. 73 area.”
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 7 p.m., Baker Sports Complex Belk Arena, Davidson College – Davidson men’s basketball vs. Citadel.
FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 7-10:30 p.m., Davidson IB Middle School gym, South Street – Contra Dance Carolina will hold a night of high-energy dancing, with free lessons at 7ish and dancing starting at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $7 for general admission, $5 for students. Diane Silver will be the caller and “Hot Flash” will be the featured band.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jetton Village shopping center, 19815 North Cove Road, Cornelius — Harris Teeter job fair, for full-time and part-time jobs at the new Davidson Harris Teeter store, off Exit 30.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 7 p.m., Baker Sports Complex Belk Arena, Davidson College – Davidson women’s basketball vs. High Point University.

ART EXHIBITS & OPENINGS

THROUGH DEC. 12, Davidson College Visual Arts Center, Main and Griffith streets – “Collected Light: Photography from the Permanent Collection,” including work by such noted photographers as Arbus, Atget, and Kertesz; also, the “Davidson Open Photography Exhibition,” with work by college students, faculty and staff, including Herb Jackson, gallery director Brad Thomas and visiting artist Ryan O’Malley. Gallery hours: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends noon to 4 p.m.

THROUGH DEC. 30, Town Hall, 216 S. Main St., and Bradford subdivision model home, 19918 Davidson-Concord Road – Children’s Photo Project, an exhibit of images by 78 fourth graders from area schools. The students were given disposable cameras to photograph a person or place in town. Each photo is accompanied by a narrative describing the story behind their subject.

THROUGH DECEMBER, Cornelius Arts Center, Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak Street, behind the police station, Cornelius –
First Annual Art Show and Sale. Exhibit includes work by faculty and staff of Creative Art Exchange and of Children’s Arts Project. Details: call 704-892-7323.

EVENTS AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE

Find out more about what’s going on Davidson College on the college calendar website.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

• TUESDAY, DEC. 18, 6 p.m. – Santa Claus will make his annual pre-Christmas tour of Davidson on a fire engine. The Davidson Fire Department uses its special connections with the North Pole to arrange a date each year for chauffeuring the jolly guy in red through local neighborhoods. When you hear the sirens, you’ll know Santa’s coming.