"Two Birds" by John Borden Evans is among an exhibit of his paintings opening this week at Christa Faut Gallery.
After a flurry of events in and around Davidson over the past few weeks, our calendar is becoming lighter. Summer on the way? There’s still plenty to do this week, from lectures and theater to 
movies and meetings. “Iron Man 2″ opens in theaters later this week and Our Town Cinemas in Sadler Square is hosting a special midnight screening on Thursday. A production of Athol Fugard’s “Road to Mecca” continues at Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius. And Christa Faut Gallery in Cornelius will have an opening reception Saturday of a new exhibit of paintings by John Borden Evans. On Sunday, St. Alban’s Church kicks off a new “Spirituality in the Arts” performance series with a concert by the Bechtler Ensemble, a piano-cello duo.
Details about those events and more below. For a day-by-day listing of what’s going on in and around Davidson, see our clickable calendar art right.
WEEK OF MAY 3-9
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 4:30 p.m., Davidson College Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Hall – New Music Davidson. Performances of original works composed by Davidson students Andrew Hanson, Thomas McMillan and Paul Sayed. Free. For information call 704-894-2848.
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 p.m., Davidson College Alvarez College Union Room 313 – Associate Professor of Russian Amanda Ewington and her students will discuss the moral insights of Dostoevsky’s works in a presentation titled “From the Underground Man to the Grand Inquisitor: Exploring the Human Condition through Dostoevsky.” Free. For information call 704-894-2095.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 6:30 p.m., Davidson IB Middle School, South Street – Parent information meeting about proposed changes in busing and next year’s school bell schedule (school would start at 9:30 a.m.) Rhonda Lennon, the District 1 school board rep and a CMS central office rep will be present to answer questions. For more info, see Laurie Dennis’s April 28 news story.”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music: Open Mic Night. Info: 704-895-9090.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, midnight, Our Town Cinemas, Sadler Square, Griffith Street – Special midnight showing of the new film “Iron Man 2.” For more films and showtimes at the local theater, see our “Movie Showtimes” box at right. Box office opens daily 1 p.m. Reservations: 704-237-3238
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 7:30 p.m., Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, off N.C. 21, Cornelius – Warehouse Productions presents “The Road to Mecca” by Athol Fugard, directed by Louise Robertson of Davidson. Starring Divina Cook as Helen, Tonya Bludsworth as Elsa and Tom Scott as Marius. Set design by Lee Ann Harrison. Fridays and Saturdays May 14-May 15 at 7:30 p.m. (house and bar open at 7), Matinees Sundays May 16 at 2:30 p.m., doors open 2 p.m. Tickets $15, available by email tickets@warehousepac.com. Info: www.warehousepac.com
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 5 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Lingle Chapel – Taize´ worship service with prayers for healing, and Eucharist. Taize´ is an ecumenical monastic community in France which welcomes people from all over the world for retreats involving Bible study and worship. Their music is simple and meditative, with each song sung a number of times, allowing the sung prayer to, in a sense, descend from the head to the heart, becoming a living prayer. Taize´ services include a period of extended silence to reflect on the scripture.
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 4 p.m., Christa Faut Gallery, 19818 N. Cove Road in Jetton Village, Cornelius – opening reception for “Behind Harold’s,” an exhibit of new paintings by John Borden Evans. The exhibit remains on view through June 19. Details in our most recent Art News column.
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 7:30 p.m., and SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2:30 p.m., Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, off N.C. 21, Cornelius – Warehouse Productions presents “The Road to Mecca” by Athol Fugard, directed by Louise Robertson of Davidson. Starring Divina Cook as Helen, Tonya Bludsworth as Elsa and Tom Scott as Marius. Set design by Lee Ann Harrison. Fridays and Saturdays April 30-May 15 at 7:30 p.m. (house and bar open at 7), Matinees Sundays May 2, 9 and 16 at 2:30 p.m., doors open 2 p.m. Tickets $15, available by email tickets@warehousepac.com. Info: www.warehousepac.com
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 4 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane – “Spirituality in the Arts” presents The Bechtler Ensemble, featuring cellist Tanja Bechtler and pianist Paul Nitsch in a program of works by Barber, Schumann, Schubert, and Debussy. Ms. Bechtler played with the Charlotte Symphony 1997-2009. She also has performed with storytellers, poets, dancers and rock bands. Mr. Nitsch is McMahon Professor of Music and artist in residence at Queens University in Charlotte. He also is artistic director of Queens’ Friends of Music and executive director of the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival. Free. Suggested donation $10. Info: 704-892-0173. (Read more in our May 1 music calendar column.
