By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

The spectator areas at Davidson College’s Belk Arena will resemble a winter whiteout Monday night when the Wildcats’ men’s basketball team hosts Wofford during WhiteOut Belk night. It’s one of a series of Kicks From Cats fund-raisers. Elsewhere this week, several meetings with information about the Red Line Regional Rail Project are planned in Mooresville, Davidson and Cornelius.  Rotary Club of Lake Norman has its annual pancake breakfast and talent show Saturday morning at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Cornelius, and Davidson Farmer’s Market has another winter tailgate market in downtown Davidson. Read the full story

Georgia Kruger is guest bartender at Flatiron Kitchen Thursday night, raising money for Ada Jenkins Center.

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

Feeling in a charitable mood this weekend? There’s a full slate of fundraisers across the area – from the Davidson Housing Coalition’s 8th annual Souper Bowl to the Have a Heart Valentine’s Party at Cornelius Arts Center.  In Mooresville, the Memory Lane Auto Museum hosts a benefit for early auto racing veterans in need.  And United Family Services will benefit from the Art with Heat Gala Saturday at Founders Hall in Charlotte.

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Families enjoy the 2011 Have a Heart Day, hosted by the Community Arts Project. (CAP photo)

The Community Arts Project hosts its annual Have a Heart Valentine’s Party Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cornelius Arts Center, 19725 Oak Street.

The free event includes card making and other crafts for all ages, with a suggested donation of $5 to benefit CAP and the Buddy Kemp Caring House in Charlotte.

The Community Arts Project plans three events in the coming months for community members, including its “Have a Heart” Valentine’s party, summer camp crawl and “Taste of Art” fundraiser. Read below for details. Read the full story

A reception at Davidson College Wednesday night will mark the opening of several new exhibits and celebrate publication of this new book titled "Davidson Collects," essays by 100 Davidson students about works from the college's art collection.

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson College will hold a series of lectures and other events at Alvarez Student Union on Monday as part of the college’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. And there’s plenty more going on in the area this week, as well – from organ music to an art exhibit opening to the start of the three-weekend VisitLakeNorman.org Soccer Series.

On Tuesday night, a performance by organist Susan Bates kicks off the second half of Davidson College Presbyterian Church’s Organ at Davidson series, with a reception to follow. Wednesday night, Davidson College’s Van Every/Smith Galleries will host an exhibit of recent gifts and acquisitions, a selection of works by artist Sean Scully and the launch of “Davidson Collects: 100 Writers Respond to Art,” a book that includes essays by 100 college students on works in the school’s permanent art collection. Read the full story

Some of the many ceramics projects made by students at CAP. (Christina Ritchie Rogers / DavidsonNews.net)

The Community Arts Project (CAP), a nonprofit visual arts organization in Cornelius, is working to raise $3,900 for a new electric kiln through the Arts and Science Council’s “Power 2 Give” website. The site allows organizations to post specific needs and requests for donations, and allows donors to easily contribute to those projects online. CAP has raised 23 percent of its goal thus far, and must raise the remaining 77 percent by mid-January. Read the full story