Our Davidson Weekend Calendar is a busy one this week, with meetings, music, the start of the Davidson Farmers Market’s winter tailgate markets, and the Rocky River Road Club’s annual fund-raising Polar Bear winter bike ride. Davidson College men’s basketball team is at home again Saturday afternoon, hosting league rival Appalachian State. And there’s plenty of music, starting tonight with the Rusty Knox Band at Summit Thursday. Summit also will feature a rare jazz night when Davidson guitarist Dennis Currier and his trio Terzetto play a CD release party Saturday. The college is slowly coming back to life, as students will arrive at the weekend for classes that resume Monday. And Davidson Farmers Market starts its winter tailgate markets Saturday morning, continuing every other week.

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The first full week of the 2010 brings Wildcats basketball, the annual Polar Bear bicycle ride, Davidson Farmers Market’s winter tailgate market to Davidson. See the schedule in The Guide, www.davidsonnews.net/guide/ And don’t forget to check our listings for movie showtimes at Davidson’s new Our Town Cinemas.

Happy Monday to you. Today in The Guide: our This Week calendar, with listings of upcoming events in and around Davidson. Also, word about auditions for the Charlotte Symphony’s Oratorio Singers. Details in The Guide, www.davidsonnews.net/guide.

Today in The Guide on DavidsonNews.net, http://www.davidsonnews.net/guide, the following stories:

• “WDAV takes over production of ‘World of Opera’; nationwide broadcasts of live opera now flow through Davidson.”
• Church Notes: Church of Good Shepherd moves to YMCA; Christmas services listed.
• This Week: our weekly calendar listings.

Those stories and more in The Guide.

Strawberries at farmers market, ‘Charlie Brown’ on as scheduled

Updated Sat., 3 p.m.
A couple of inches of snow covered Davidson and the surrounding area Friday night before turning to sleet and freezing rain. The result this morning was a glistening landscape, with ice sparkling on trees and a “rain” from melting ice falling onto a frozen landscape.

Most public events Friday night in Davidson were canceled, and parks & recreation programs today (Saturday) have been called off. But other events are on as planned: the Davidson Farmers Market was operating its pre-holiday market this morning. And today’s performances of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at Armour Street Theatre are a go as well. Read the full story

Updated Friday, Dec. 18, 10:30 p.m.
The winter weather has local schools and event planners adjusting their schedules. Tonight’s performance of “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Armour Street Theater has been postponed to 11 a.m. Sunday. And tonight’s Davidson Local concert at Summit Coffee has been canceled.

Also, all Saturday programs of Davidson Parks & Recreation have been canceled. Details below. Read the full story

This weekend may be a bit quieter around town as holiday parties fill the schedule, but a few public events are on the calendar, from a Davidson basketball game Thursday night to a pre-holiday Davidson Farmers Market Saturday. There’s also theater and music ahead. Details in our Davidson Weekend Calendar, in The Guide.

Today in The Guide (http://www.davidsonnews.net/guide ):

• Our latest “Fund-Raisers” column, with information about upcoming benefit events, including the Ice 2010 gala for Ada Jenkins Center, Sunday’s concert by The Beggar Boys at St. Alban’s to help the Mooresville Soup Kitchen, and performances of “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.”
• An announcement of the Davidson Senior Scholars meeting this Wednesday, featuring Jan Black of the planned Our Town Cinemas.
• A review of “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theater.