Live music at Summit Coffee continues this weekend in the lead-up to New Year’s Eve, with a mix of local and regional acts. Not much else on the weekend calendar, but we’ve got a long list of events coming up in the new year, including Davidson Community Players’ “Spitfire Grill” in Charlotte as well as lectures, the Royal Shakespeare Co. and public meetings.

Weekend of Dec. 27-30

THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music with Davidson’s own guitarist Rusty Knox.

FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music with Atilla’s Honey.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music with Wilmington, N.C.-based songwriter/guitarist Jake Melnyk.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

• JAN. 1 – Town Hall closed for New Year’s.
• JAN. 4-13 – Davidson Community Players will head to Charlotte’s Spirit Square stage to perform their award-winning production, “The Spitfire Grill.” The run will include two Sunday matinee and five evening performances.
• JAN. 8, 6:30 p.m., Tyler-Tallman Hall – Charlotte Observer food editor Kathleen Purvis will give a free lecture at Davidson College on food traditions and trends in the New South.
• JAN. 9 – “Walk to School Wednesday” for Davidson Elementary School.
• JAN. 11, 7-10:30 p.m., Davidson IB Middle School – Contra dancing.
• JAN. 14, 9:30 a.m., Chambers Hall Hance Auditorium, Davidson College – Spring 2008 Humanities Lecture Series for college alumni, parents and friends: Dr. Jeanne Neumann lectures on “Roman Religion and Mystery Cults.” Reservations required. Contact Hope Childress, 704-894-2021, or hochildress@davidson.edu.
• JAN. 20-FEB. 17 – The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to Davidson College for a new play project.
• JAN. 21, 6:30 p.m., Iredell County Library, 201 N. Tradd St., Statesville – Carolina Adoption Services’ adoption information session, with information about international adoption. Reservations and information, call Cindi Roger at 1-800-632-9312 or info@carolinaadoption.org.
• JAN. 24, 7 p.m., Town Hall – Bicycle Master Plan public workshop. The town has hired a consultant to help create a comprehensive bicycle master plan, with recommendations for new bike lanes, greenways, intersection design, bike racks, and public education programs. Come put in your two cents. Please visit the planning department website for more information.
• JAN. 24-27 – Davidson Community Players and the college Department of Theatre perform “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
• JAN. 25, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Fugaku Taiko drumming ensemble performs traditional Japanese drumming as part of the Davidson College artist series. Tickets are $15.
• JAN. 26, River Run Country Club – 2nd annual ICE gala to raise money for the Ada Jenkins Center. The black-tie optional gala begins with a cocktail reception and silent auction followed by dinner and live auction, emceed by Larry Sprinkle, WCNC-TV weather anchor. Proceeds will support the center’s after school program, mobile dental clinic and free medical clinic, and other education and assistance programs. Sponsorships are available. Details: www.adajenkins.org
• JAN. 29., 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs works by young choreographers as part of the Davidson College artist series. Tickets are $20.
• JAN. 31, 7 p.m., Huntersville Town Hall – Davidson-Concord/N.C. 73 Area Plan follow-up workshop. Davidson, Cornelius and Huntersville are working with consulting firms to create a long range transportation and land-use plan for undeveloped areas near Davidson-Concord Road and NC 73. This is the latest in a series of public meetings. Please visit the planning department website for more information.
• FEB. 8, 9:30 a.m., Chambers Hall Hance Auditorium, Davidson College – Spring 2008 Humanities Lecture Series for college alumni, parents and friends: Dr. John Swallow on “From Cult to Church.” Reservations required. Contact Hope Childress, 704-894-2021, or hochildress@davidson.edu
• FEB. 26, 8 p.m. – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon (photo) will give a free lecture at Davidson College.
• APRIL 16, 9:30 a.m., Chambers Hall Hance Auditorium, Davidson College – Spring 2008 Humanities Lecture Series for college alumni, parents and friends: Dr. Hansford Epes lectures on “Dante.” Reservations required. Contact Hope Childress, 704-894-2021, or hochildress@davidson.edu.