Look for the 2nd Friday sign for direction into The Chair Factory.

The Lake Norman region has another full calendar this weekend with candidate forums, live music, lectures, and high school sports on the agenda. Today at 11am, a political forum and BBQ lunch with candidates for Cornelius Town Board is scheduled at Cornelius Town Hall. Enjoy a free lunch and meeting Town Board candidates. Later this evening, MeckEd will host a community conversation about public schools at 6:30pm at CPCC’s Merancas Campus, featuring a discussion with state and local officials. Read on for more highlights and events from This Weekend’s calendar.
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“Searching for Sugar Man” will be screened this Saturday at the Cornelius Art Center

Indie+docs cinema is presenting two films this month at the Cornelius Arts Center, the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” and indy drama “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.” indie+docs cinema is located in the Cornelius Art Center, and regularly features independent films and current award-winning documentaries. Read the full story

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Lectures, meetings, and academic discussions are on the calendar this week in the Lake Norman region, starting today with the Huntersville Rotary Club meeting at Dressler’s in Birkdale Village at 5:30pm. Davidson College invites the public to a panel discussion titled “Gun Rights, Responsibilities, and Regulations” at 6:30pm in the Lilly Gallery of the Chambers Building, and Summit Coffee’s Trivia Night starts a new month of trivial competition at 7:30pm. Read on for more selections and highlights from this week’s Events Calendar.
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The Pumpkin Patch opens Thursday and runs through the end of October Davidson United Methodist Church’s McKay Youth House on South Main Street, Davidson. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Celebrate the arrival of Fall this weekend with numerous autumnal festivals and events. The Davidson United Methodist Church Pumpkin patch opens today at the Molly McKay Youth House on Main Street, and will be open 7 days a week through the end of October. Also tonight, the Davidson Community Players open their presentation of Tennessee Williams’ short plays, with the first showtime at 8pm. Friday night’s show performance comes with another option: a reception with DavidsonLearns that includes cocktails at Sabi, a conversation with two directors and a ticket to the show. Read on for more highlights and events from This Week’s calendar.
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The Amazing Maize Maze is open again this week at Rural Hill in Huntersville. (DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Enjoy lectures, related events, and other activities as we begin our first weekend of Fall. Bethel Presbyterian Church in Cornelius hosts its annual BBQ, Bake Sale, and Silent Auction all day Thursday, with barbecue for drive through, eat in, or carry out.  Thursday night at Davidson College, Pulitzer prize-winning photographer José Galvez will talk about his work documenting the experience of Latinos in the US at 7pm in Davidson College’s Belk Visual Arts Center.

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Holocaust survivor Susan Cernyak-Spatz

Several community organization meetings and lectures are on the calendar this week, as well as a local high school soccer matchup. This week also brings the annual Bethel Church BBQ, Bake Sale and Silent Auction, on Thursday in Cornelius.  And the Amazing Maize Maze, a cornfield adventure, is open again this weekend at Rural Hill in Huntersville.  Tonight (Monday), Holocaust survivor Susan Cernyak-Spatz will give a talk titled “Perpetrators Through the Eyes of the Victims” at Davidson College. Free. Read on for more selection and highlights from this week’s Events Calendar.

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