Sheep Dog Trials at Rural Hill this weekend. (David Boraks photo)

A group of Lake Norman-area artists invites art lovers to see their work in a five-studio open house this weekend. There’s a big collegiate bass fishing tournament – the FLW Northern Regionals – on Lake Norman this weekend, with a festival and weigh-ins on the Davidson Village Green. And Davidson College’s men’s basketball team plays an exhibition Saturday against Lenoir Rhyne. Meanwhile, don’t miss the return of the smartest dogs around, at the 15th annual Sheep Dog Trials at Rural Hill Farm in Huntersville. Also ahead: Davidson College hosts a symposium on health-care reform tonight (Thursday). And there’s a free wellness class about healthy holiday cooking tonight at Davidson Chiropractic.

Those events and more in our Davidson Weekend Calendar, in The Guide.