In Hough High’s production of “Snow Angel” this weekend, new driver Tina Louise (Lauren Galida, right front) drives her friends through a blizzard. Back seat, from left, Will Watts, Michael Gil, Audrey Landau; front seat, from left, Rachel Cowley, Jordan Holmes, Lauren Galida.

From Davidson College’s theatrical production of “A Month in the Country” to the annual barbecue at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church to the 2nd annual Chef Challenge at the Davidson Farmer’s Market, the schedule this week is wide ranging. Davidson commissioners hold another in a series of informal chats with citizens, and Pine Lake Prep hosts a Walk for Stomach Cancer. Davidson’s suicide prevention committee hosts a community gathering on the Village Green Saturday, and that day also brings the YMCA’s Spirit, Mind and Body day. Details on those and other events this week are below. Read the full story

“A Month in the Country” at Davidson College stars, from left, Ian Thomson, Kara Copeland, and Christine Noah.

It’s Halloween weekend, with the  Downtown Davidson Halloween March, a Ghost Walk at Latta Plantation, and the Davidson Historical Society’s Ghost Stories at Beaver Dam, with storyteller Sauni Wood.  Downtown Charlotte has a Halloween bar crawl and the Gravediggers Ball. The high school football regular season wraps up  this week with a game between Hough and Mallard Creek for the I-Meck 4A title. Lake Norman Christian School’s Autumn Blast is Saturday in Davidson, and several local middle-schoolers have organized their annual Think Pink Dog Show on the Davidson Green Saturday as well. The Cornelius Concert Series at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church hosts the Huntersville Brass Saturday. It’s Family Weekend at Davidson College, where events include the opening of the theater department’s production of “A Month in the Country,” free concerts by the Symphony and Chorale, and the Jazz Ensemble, and a Saturday football game vs. Butler. Read on for details about those events and more.

Our Town Cinemas in Davidson is showing “Argo,” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Taken 2,” and “Hotel Transylvania.” Beginning Friday, “Chasing Mavericks” and “Fun Size” join the rotation. See showtimes on the right side of this page.

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Our community calendar this week includes a variety of autumn activities, from the Downtown Davidson Halloween March on Friday to the Amazing Maize Maze at Rural Hill to to a Ghost Walk at Latta Plantation. Friday night’s high school football schedule this week brings a big matchup between Hough and Mallard Creek, who are battling for the I-Meck 4A title. Lake Norman Christian School hosts its annual Autumn Blast on Saturday in Davidson, and several local middle-schoolers have organized their annual Think Pink Dog Show on the Davidson Green Saturday as well. It’s Family Weekend at Davidson College, where events include the opening of the theater department’s production of “A Month in the Country,” free concerts by the Symphony and Chorale, and the Jazz Ensemble, and a Saturday football game vs. Butler. Read on for details about those events and more.

Our Town Cinemas in Davidson is showing “Argo,” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Taken 2,” and “Hotel Transylvania.” See showtimes on the right side of this page.
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The Pumpkin Patch runs daily through the end of October at Davidson United Methodist Church’s McKay Youth House on South Main Street, Davidson. Funds raised go for church missions. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

It’s fall and there’s no shortage of things to do in the Lake Norman area this weekend. How to choose? The ‘Tawba Walk art crawl and a history walk are scheduled Friday in downtown Cornelius. Saturday brings two festivals at the same time a block apart in Davidson: the Children’s Schoolhouse Fall Carnival on the Village Green, and Flatiron Kitchen’s Fall Festival. Around the lake,  Statesville’s Carolina Balloonfest runs all weekend, dedicated this year to Cornelius balloonist Ed Ristaino, who died in a March accident.  And the Lakeside Artists Studio Tour runs Friday and Saturday. Sporting events include Hough vs. Lake Norman and other high school games Friday, and the Davidson Wildcats Red-Black basketball scrimmage Saturday. Meanwhile, the Amazing Maize Maze continues at Rural Hill and the musical “Baby”has more performances at Armour Street Theatre in Davidson.

Our Town Cinemas in Davidson has one more day of “Looper” on Thursday. The cinema also is showing “Argo,” “Paranormal Activity 4,” “Taken 2,” and “Hotel Transylvania.” See showtimes on the right side of this page. Read the full story

Local nonprofit Angels in Need brings Romanian orphanage survivor Izidor Ruckel and Founder and Director of Romanian-based House of Angels Simona Stewart to Davidson to share their stories this Sunday, Oct. 21. They’ll speak at 4 p.m. at an event called “Think Occasionally” at the Homewood Suites, 125 Harbour Place Drive, Davidson. Read the full story

Jon Guttman and Margo Williams

Local authors Margo Williams and Jon Guttman are lined up for public readings in Davidson and Cornelius this week from their co-authored political thriller “Madame President.” Meanwhile, Davidson College professor and poet Alan Michael Parker has won the 2012 North Carolina Book Award for his latest collection of poetry, “Long Division.” And author Debra Dean will be at Main Street Books on Sunday for a book signing and reading.  Read the full story