Auditions for “Noises Off” Monday and Tuesday nights, several public meetings, and the monthly Charlotte Writers’ Club North meeting lie ahead in Davidson this week. There’s a Davidson Farmers Market on Saturday next to Town Hall. The YMCA is hosting a blood drive Tuesday and Wednesday. And a variety of Easter services, including two sunrise services, are planned Sunday, April 4.

Those events and more below. And you can check our day-by-day calendar on the right side of the main page in The Guide for an up to date listing of events daily.

On Monday, March 29, at 7 p.m., the Davidson Community Players will hold auditions at the Armour Street Theater, located at 307 Armour St., Davidson, for actors and actresses of all ages, shapes and sizes for its upcoming summer production of the riotous backstage farce “Noises Off.” Auditions will also be held Tuesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. For information about the Davidson Community Players, contact Diane Benson at 704-892-7953 or visit www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

Also on Monday, March 29, a pair of meetings are planned at Cornelius Town Hall. At 5:30, Friends of the Library will hold a public meeting to discuss the future of the Cornelius library branch. Then at 7 p.m., the mayors of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson will co-host a community meeting with Rhonda Lennon, District 1 representative to Charlotte Mecklenburg School board, to discuss the CMS budget and other issues facing the district. Both meetings are at Cornelius Town Hall,  21445 Catawba Ave. in downtown Cornelius.

Also Monday, Davidson Planning Board has its monthly meeting at Town Hall. Then Tuesday, the Town Board gathers for the second of two work sessions this month. Details about meetings this week in our Sunday evening news item.

We have a pair of literary events. Writer Victoria Redel will answer questions following the screening of “Loverboy,” a film based on her novel and directed by Kevin Bacon on Tuesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. The Q&A session will take place in the 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union and is free and open to the public. For information call 704-894-2254.

Then on Thursday, April 1,  Charlotte Writers’ Club North will welcome author, poet and Johnson C. Smith University professor Donald Mager as its guest speaker. He’s Dean of the College of Arts & Letters at JC Smith and has published more than 200 poems and translations from German, Czech and Russian. His latest work, Us Four Plus Four, is an anthology of translations from eight major Soviet-era Russian poets.  It is unique because it tracks almost a half century of their careers by simply placing the poems each wrote to the others in chronological order.  The Club meets at 7 pm on the first Thursday of each month at The Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main Street.

The YMCA partners with the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas to help save lives with a community blood drive. Help us by giving blood the evening of Tuesday, March 30, 5:00 to 8:00 PM, and the morning of Wednesday, March 31, 9:30 to 11:30 AM. The Blood Drive will be at the Lake Norman YMCA, located at 21300 Davidson Street, Cornelius, NC.

The Davidson College Music Department and Davidson College’s co-ed acapella group Androgyny team up for the first time ever to bring you The April Fool’s Concert at 7:30pm in Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center, on April 1. One hundred percent of the proceeds from ticket sales for this benefit concert will go towards a fund allowing Androgyny to distribute its music to every student, faculty, and staff member of Davidson College, for free. Tickets available for $5 from the Union Ticket Office, 704.894.2135.

Join Ben & Jerry’s, located at 202 S. Main St., Davidson, Friday, April 2, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. for the Give a pint, Get a pint Blood Drive. In cooperation with the American Red Cross, all blood donors get a free pint of ice cream. Make an appointment at http://www.membersforlife.org/cbsr/schedule/, sponsor code 12062.

The Davidson Farmers Market Tailgate Market, with local farmers and vendors selling meats, produce, dairy products, baked goods, and other items, is open this Saturday, April 3, from 9 a.m. to noon, in downtown Davidson next to Town Hall. For more information, visit www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org. DavidsonNews.net is pleased to be a sponsor of the Davidson Farmers Market.

EASTER AND PASSOVER

This week also brings both the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Christian celebration of Easter.

The eight-day festival of Passover begins Monday, March 29, at sundown, as Jews celebrate the flight out of slavery in Egypt. Beth Shalom of Lake Norman has a Passover guide on its website, bslkn.org. A community seder is planned Tuesday by Lake Norman Jewish Congregation, www.lakenormanjc.org/

Area Christians will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Sunday, April 4.

For its Easter Sunday service, River’s Edge Church, located at 412 Armour St. will host a performance at 10 a.m. by the Christian ballet company Paradosi of Seattle. Paradosi also will offer a dance workshop on Saturday, April 3, at Kingdom’s Feet Studio in Cornelius. More information: 980-475-1788.

HOLY WEEK AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Main Street and Concord Road – Maundy Thursday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m., worship service with Communion at 6:30 p.m. in the Congregation House; Good Friday, April 2, noon, worship service in the DCPC sanctuary; Saturday, April 3, Easter Vigil, 7:30 p.m., worship service with Communion in the DCPC sanctuary; Easter Sunday, April 4, worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated at the 8:30 service.

ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH – The church, at 301 Caldwell Lane, off Concord Road, will have a variety of services this week. Tuesday, March 30, 7:00p Taizé Contemplative Worship; Thursday, April 1, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Services; Friday, April 2, Good Friday, noon and 7 p.m., Good Friday Services; Saturday, April 3, 8 p.m., Easter Vigil; Sunday, April 4, Easter Sunday, 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Services with Baptism.

DAVIDSON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH – 233 S. Main St. – Holy Thursday, April 1 – 7 p.m., led by the Compline Choir, childcare provided; Good Friday, April 2 – 7 p.m., Led by the Chancel Choir, childcare provided; Easter Sunday, April 4, 6 a.m., Sunrise Service in the chapel; also 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m. in the church sanctuary. Holy Communion will be served at the 6 and 8 a.m. services.

LAKE FOREST CHURCH has four worship services at two locations this Easter Sunday, April 4. Services will be at the church home on Gilead Road in Huntersville at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m., with Lead Pastor Mike Moses. Pastor of Mission Michael Flake will lead a 10 a.m. service at Ada Jenkins Center, 212 Gamble St. in Davidson.

UU FELLOWSHIP OF LAKE NORMAN – The local Unitarian Universalist group meets at Davidson College Tomlinson residence hall conference room Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Amy Hartman will lead the group’s first Flower Communion service, with spiritual nurturing, music, children’s story, talk and conversation. Doors will open at 10:30 am with the service starting at 11, followed by refreshments and conversation. People are asked to bring a flower of their choice, either from their own gardens, or from a field or roadside.

SUNRISE SERVICE AT THE YMCA – The Lake Norman YMCA will host its 3rd annual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 4. It begins at 7 a.m., overlooking the lake in the natural setting of the outdoor chapel. It is a non-denominational, spiritually-inclusive Easter service supported by the Lake Norman YMCA Christian Emphasis Committee. Led by Kyle Wallace, lead pastor of The Church of the Good Shepherd. The Church of the Good Shepherd meets at Lake Norman YMCA gymnasium each Sunday and will follow the Sunrise Service with their own Easter Service at 10 a.m., also led by Pastor Wallace.

MOORESVILLE EASTER EGG HUNT, Saturday, April 3, 2 p.m. – Bellingham Park, Mooresville – Community Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Mooresville Recreation Department. Bring your family and your baskets for an afternoon of games, prizes, music and the colorful candy-filled egg hunt. Rain date is Sunday, April 4. For more information, call 704-663-7026. Details on Mooresville town website.

LATTA PLANTATION EASTER EGG HUNT, Saturday, April 3, 11 a.m., Latta Plantation historic site, Sample Road, Huntersville – Children ages 1-10 can hunt for toy and candy filled eggs across the plantation. Hunts will be at 11:00am (ages 1-3), 12:30pm (ages 4-6), and 2:00pm (ages 7-10). Grand prize eggs for each age group. $5 per child (2 free adults per child, additional adults pay regular site admission). Pre-registration required. Call 704-875-2312 to register.