Posted on 05 February 2010.
Paintings by Gordon C. James at Cornelius Arts Center.
Davidson’s Art on the Green art sale and community festival returns this April, and organizers are inviting artists to submit applications to show and sell their work. Deadline for applications is next Friday, Feb. 12.
Also, the paintings of Boyd Smith are featured this month at Davidson’s Homewood Suites, off Exit 30 of I-77. Read the full story
Posted on 03 February 2010.
This video, produced in spring 2009, offers an introduction to sculptor Andy Dunnill of Greensboro and his work “A Bouquet for Davidson,” which was installed in April 2009 in front of the the post office in Davidson.
Posted on 26 January 2010.
SOURCE: Arts & Science Council press release
CHARLOTTE – The Arts & Science Council (ASC) announced a fund-raising goal of $7.3 million for its 2010 Annual Fund Drive. The six-week campaign, ending March 12, raises dollars to support arts, science, history and heritage organizations, artists, education programs and neighborhood cultural projects in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 January 2010.
A series of public events are planned on the Davidson College campus Monday to mark the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth,
including appearances by Charlotte Mayor and Davidson grad Anthony Foxx and former N.C. Chief Justice Henry Frye. Meanwhile, the Organ at Davidson series continues Tuesday with a performance by Jacqueline Yost. The local Toastmasters group hosts an open house on Wednesday.
This weekend brings the kids’ show “Annavel and the Funny Little Man: A Rumplestiltskin Tale” to the stage at Davidson College. And the Davidson Farmers Market is back with a Saturday tailgate market next to Town Hall. There’s a blood drive at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church on Saturday, and Saturday night brings the annual ICE Gala at the Peninsula Club, to raise money for Davidson’s Ada Jenkins Center.
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Posted on 17 January 2010.
A sculpture exhibit that Davidson College is calling one of its most ambitious ever opened last week (Jan. 15) at the college’s Van Every/Smith Galleries, in the Belk Visual Arts Center at Griffith and Main streets. Through Feb. 26, Davidson is showing the work of contemporary Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz, one of the most influential artists of the last 50 years. Read the full story
Posted on 14 January 2010.
The 2007 sculpture "Olympic (Figures with Open Arms)," by Magdalena Abakanowicz is at Davidson College galleries. (Richard Gray Gallery.)
Our weekend calendar in and around Davidson offers a wide variety of choices. A reception tonight opens a new exhibit of sculpture by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz at Davidson College’s Visual Arts Center. Also, Denzel Washington’s new film “Book of Eli” opens Friday at Our Town Cinema’s. It’s described as “a post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.”
On Thursday night, Lake Norman Transportation Commission, which includes public officials from Mooresville, Davidson, Cornelius and Huntersville, holds its monthly meeting at Davidson Town Hall. Also, keep an eye out for fund-raisers and aid drives around town to help earthquake victims in Haiti. (See our coverage under the “Haiti” tag.) Read the full story
Our Town Cinemas, 227 Griffith St., Sadler Square, Davidson. Box office opens daily 1 p.m. Advance tickets and reservations: 704-237-3238 NOTE: Parentheses indicate matinee prices.
Coming Thursday night: Midnight show for the opening of "Men in Black 3." Tickets available in advance at the box office.
