SOURCE: Davidson Lands Conservancy
The Davidson Lands Conservancy (DLC) invites you to sample an array of North Carolina wines, beers, and hard ciders on Friday, April 29, 7 – 9 p.m. at its second annual Toast the Earth event at the Wooden Stone Gallery, 455 S. Main Street, Davidson.
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Plan your kids’ activities with help from our 2011 Summer Camps listings, in The Guide. CLICK HERE »

Tyler Hicks (NYTimes photo)

Tyler Hicks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the New York Times, will be at Davidson College Tuesday, April 19, to talk about the conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya. His illustrated talk begins at 7 p.m., in the Lilly Family Gallery of the Chambers Building. Read the full story

Today is National Healthcare Decision Day, and I’m reflecting on my mother’s death and living wills: When my mother was in the final days of her life because of cigarette-related lung cancer a decade ago, my siblings and I had an important tool that let us focus on saying goodbye and grieving – and not on the confusing, chaotic decision making that often surrounds critical illness. My mom had an advance directive, or living will.
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Davidson Farmer’s Market announced that it would be closed Saturday, April 16, because of the threat of bad weather.

Organizers said the market would be closed “for safety reasons due to possibility of high wind and thunderstorms after 9 a.m.” Read the full story

Men in kilts, marching pipe bands, amateur and professional athletic competitions, country dancing and a historic encampment are on the schedule this weekend at the 18th Annual Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games. The fun begins Friday and continues through Sunday at Rural Hill off Neck Road. Read our preview, in The Guide, CLICK HERE »

Also in The Guide, our Weekend Calendar, and previews of other coming events.

A talk by Holocaust survivor Manfred Katz of Statesville and an opening for the traveling exhibit “Faces of Resistance: Women in the Holocaust” will be on the program Wednesday, April 20, when Davidson College hosts a “Yom HaShoah,” or “Holocaust Remembrance Day.” The events are free and open to the public. Read the full story

Stephen Curry (right) interviews former teammate Bryant Barr at the 2010 BUZZKILL fund-raising tournament. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Ex-Wildcats, including Stephen Curry and Bryant Barr, will return for April 30-May 1 dinner and 3-on-3 basketball tourney fund-raiser.

The Davidson College men’s and women’s basketball teams will host the third annual Davidson “BUZZKILL,” a 3-on-3 tournament, dinner and auction, April 30-May 1, to raise money to prevent the spread of malaria and provide health education in Africa. Read the full story