^[1]Our weekend calendar offers a variety of events from the first Lake Norman Food & Wine Festival on Saturday/Sunday to the weekly Davidson Farmers Market Saturday to a community cookout in Cornelius Saturday. Meanwhile, Sunday is Reptile Day at Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. And there’s a free poetry reading at Warehouse PAC in Cornelius with members of the Charlotte Writers Club and writer Richard Anthony. See below for details about those and other events in and around Davidson.

THURSDAY, JUNE 3

Jim “O” Hacker Memorial Golf Tournament, 8:30 a.m., shotgun start, Birkdale Golf Club, 16500 Birkdale Commons Parkway – Benefit golf tournament for Charlotte Volunteers in Medicine medical clinic, which provides primary care to the needy. $75 per person or $300 for a team, includes cart, greens fees, range balls, breakfast, lunch. Contact Shadawn Stokes or Brenda Underwood at 704-350-1300 and Andre Springs 704-605-0273. More info on the web. ^[2]

Natural Assets & Tree Advisory Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. – Natural Assets & Tree Advisory Board meeting. Agenda not available. Check the town website for updated agenda. ^[3]

Live Music at Summit Coffee, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music: TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.

FRIDAY, JUNE 4

Hawaiian shirt Friday! – See our pre-season feature about the local tradition.

Live Music at Summit Coffee, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music: TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.

SATURDAY, JUNE 5

Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival, 10:30am-6pm, Kenton Place, West Catawba Avenue, Cornelius – There will be a variety of participating wineries that will offer many attendees a glimpse of local wines that are not widely available. In addition to wine tastings, the Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival will feature area restaurants and vendors. The Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival was founded to benefit local charities in need and has filed for its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The festival will be donating proceeds to Angels and Sparrows Soup Kitchen in Huntersville, Hope House and the Mooresville Soup Kitchen. For more information visit www.lakenormanwineandfoodfestival.org ^[4].

Methodist Day of Service, 7:30 a.m. – All Methodist churches in the Lake Norman District will gather for a day of service to our community on Saturday, June 5. Volunteers are asked to meet at either Huntersville or Broad Street United Methodist Church at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and sending forth. If you have not yet registered, you can do so at www.impactcommunityevent.org/lakenorman ^[5].

Davidson Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon, off Main Street next to Town Hall – Weekly Davidson Farmers Market, with local farmers and vendors selling meats, produce, dairy products, baked goods, and other items. Open every Saturday. For more information: www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org ^[6]. DavidsonNews.net is pleased to be a sponsor of the Davidson Farmers Market.

Community Cookout, 5-8 p.m., Cornelius Presbyterian Church, 21209 Catawba Ave., Cornelius – Come and Meet your neighbors at the church’s annual community Cookout. Free and open to the community, with hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade ice cream and more will be served. Bingo, games/prizes will be after dinner. Church is located at the corner of West Catawba and Church Street (21209 Catawba Ave) in Cornelius. For more information, contact the church office at 704-892-5577 or visit us on the web at www.corneliuspcusa.org ^[7]

Live Music at Summit Coffee, 8-11 p.m., Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St. – Live music: TBA. Info: 704-895-9090.

SUNDAY, JUNE 6

Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival, noon-6pm, Kenton Place, off West Catawba Ave., Cornelius – There will be a variety of participating wineries that will offer many attendees a glimpse of local wines that are not widely available. In addition to wine tastings, the Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival will feature area restaurants and vendors. The Lake Norman Wine and Food Festival was founded to benefit local charities in need and has filed for its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The festival will be donating proceeds to Angels and Sparrows Soup Kitchen in Huntersville, Hope House and the Mooresville Soup Kitchen. For more information visit www.lakenormanwineandfoodfestival.org ^[4].

Reptile Day, 1-5 p.m., Latta Plantation Nature Center, 6211 Sample Road, Huntersville – A free all-ages program on reptiles. They will have more than a dozen species on display. Details: visit the county parks website. ^[8]

Free poetry reading, 2 p.m., Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216 A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius – Free poetry reading with Tony Abbott, Lisa Kline, Gail Peck, Maureen Ryan Griffin, and Blynn Fields, reading from the 2008-2009, Charlotte Writers Club Anthology, “Journey Without.” Also, Richard Taylor reading from his new book “Punching Through the Egg of Space.” Free. www.warehousepac.com ^[9]

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