The owner of new condos next to South Main Square put up for auction April 18 will wind up selling just four of them after all the loose ends are tied. (See April 18, 2009, “South Main condo auction yields sales at ‘half price’”) Also in this column, a note about a business change on Main Street:

• Fiore has closed on South Main; M.J.’s Sugar Shack and La-Dee-Daa’s take its space in a shared arrangement.
• Need a notary? Lisa Jewel offers the service.
• Gina Mayes Harris co-sponsors a seminar Wednesday on why it’s time to buy real estate.
• PostNet celebrates 1st birthday with big discounts this week.
• Sewing classes offered this month at Amity & Bailey.

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Event at Beaver Dam offers rare regional foods in 10 courses

Slow Food Carolina Piedmont Region press release

Critically endangered foods, such as meat from the Red Wattle Hog and the American Chinchilla Rabbit as well as fruits like American Heirloom Pears, will be the focal point of a unique dining experience this May, The Ark of Taste: A Slow Food Feast.

Ten top North Carolina chefs will present 10 courses, each featuring a rare regional food at a celebratory dinner on Saturday, May 16, 6 p.m., at Beaver Dam Park, off Davidson-Concord Road. The event is a fund-raiser for the local Slow Food chapter and local farmer’s markets, including Davidson Farmers Market. Read the full story

The Sanderson Family, from left, Amy, Dawn, Dick, Trey, Melissa. The annual Dick Sanderson Driving 4 Life Golf Tournament is this week. (See below).

It’s Autism Awareness Month again and the local chapter of the Autism Society of N.C. is holding its annual Autism Aware Fare all over Mecklenburg County this Tuesday, April 21. All you have to do is visit a participating restaurant and eat! Meanwhile, we also bring you news about these upcoming events:

• The Kate MacIntyre Foundation, founded in honor of the late director of Downtown Davidson Inc., has postponed its April 25 “Art for Life” fund-raiser for lung cancer research and education. Details in our Monday, April 20, news story.
• Our Towns Habitat for Humanity plans a “Racin’ Rockin’ ‘n Roofin’” party and fund-raiser Saturday, April 25.
• The 5th annual Dick Sanderson Driving 4 Life golf tournament is this week, and two other golf tourneys are on the calendar: One for Davidson Day School Monday, and the Lions’ annual Russell B. Knox Golf Tournament Monday, April 27.
• Davidson basketball player Bryant Barr is organizing a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and silent auction to raise money for mosquito nets for African families, to prevent malaria.

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It’s the perfect combination: Wine and chocolate.

At Davidson Chocolate Co., in the Harris Teeter Shopping Center off I-77 Exit 30, customers can have a favorite bottle of wine enveloped in chocolate for a special occasion. They are popular for all events – from a hostess gift to an anniversary.
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Restaurant X, in the South Main Square Shopping Center, will host a wine tasting Thursday, April 23, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wine tasting with wines from around the world and samplings of appetizers will be available for $10/head.

Restaurant X is at 408 S. Main St. Details: www.restaurantx-davidson.com/

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Campania Cafe, 416 S. Main St. in the South Main Square shopping center, invites you to savor the varied tastes of Italy at a Campania Regional Wine Dinner Wednesday, April 22. Read the full story

Davidson College’s Davidson Outdoors program will present two Wild Food Classes with traditional arts and wild food specialist Mark Warren April 18 and 19 at the college union.

The class will explore basic botanical background, foraging technique, and local available wild food. You’ll also spend part of the afternoon exploring the Davidson campus for possible edible plants. The class is offered from 9 am to 3 pm on either Saturday, April 18, or Sunday, April 19. (Same class both days.)

Signups are in the Davidson Outdoors office, in the basement of Alvarez College Union. Price: $15 for faculty/staff/students. Please email Katie Epstein kaepstein@davidson.edu with questions.