Reptile Day is Saturday at Davidson College's herpetology lab. (Patti McKinnon photo)

By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

The weekend in and around Davidson brings a long list of community events, from Friday night’s Davidson Gallery Crawl to the opening of the Davidson Farmer’s Market’s regular season debut Saturday morning, to the Lake Norman YMCA Family Fun Day Saturday. The “Miles for Marnie” duathlon, 5k and kids’ fun run is Saturday morning, and Davidson College’s baseball team hosts UNC Greensboro. Writer Bonita Jones Knott gives a spoken word performance at Warehouse Performing Arts Center. And “Stuart Little” continues this weekend at Armour Street Theater. Meanwhile, Saturday is also Reptile Day at Davidson College.

These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. At right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Soul Surfer” and “Hanna” open on Friday, joining “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless.”

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By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Opens Saturday at Armour Street Theater.

Davidson College’s production of “Into the Woods” has its final performances this weekend, so catch it while you can. Davidson Community Players Connie Co. opens “Stuart Little” on Saturday.  Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are closed on Friday for a teacher workday. Cornelius Arts Center hosts a Camp Crawl Saturday previewing its summer art camps, and they’ll be giving away  prizes. Gethsemane Baptist Church is celebrating its 106th Birthday, celebrating it during the Sunday 10 a.m. worship service and musician Joshua Panda will be playing at the Birdsnest on Sunday. Also, Davidson United Methodist Church hosts an egg hunt Sunday afternoon at Lake Norman YMCA waterfront.

These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. At right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Gnomeo & Juliet,” “Cedar Rapids,” “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul” are in their last week and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless” open on Friday. Read the full story

Choir of Christ Church Oxford Wednesday at St. Alban's

By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

This week is full of theatrical productions and films. “Stuart Little” starts this weekend at Armour Street Theater, joining Davidson College’s “Into the Woods” on the local playbill. There’s also a play titled “Vesta” from Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region that explores the emotions and decisions a family must face through the end of a grandmother’s life. The movies “Race to Nowhere” and “Play Again,” about children and how today’s culture affects them, are both being screened on Tuesday. The week’s highlight may be Wednesday’s concert at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church by Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford. And there’s a banjo music concert at Davidson College on Sunday. There’s also an early Easter egg hunt on Sunday at the Lake Norman YMCA.

These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. At right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Gnomeo & Juliet,” “Cedar Rapids,” “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul” are in their last week and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless” open on Friday.

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The Rotary Club of North Mecklenburg invites the public to a pancake breakfast, live auction and talent show this Saturday, March 5. Pancakes, sausage and all the fixin’s will be served from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bethel Presbyterian Church gym on Bethel Church Road in Cornelius. The cost is $10 at the door. Read the full story

Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, lectures Tuesday at Davidson College.

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

A busy week in and around the area starts off with a blood drive at DCPC,  a reading by novelist Cris Mazza at Davidson College, and performances by songwriter Dan Bern at Birdsnest on Monday.  There’s also a lecture on the “Sexual Politics of Meat” by feminist author Carol J. Adams. There will be a Q&A with Ms. Adams on Tuesday and a vegan cooking workshop on Wednesday.

Davidson College’s production of the play “Kokoro” runs Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m and Sunday at 2 p.m. And there are two home basketball games this week: the Davidson Wildcat men play Georgia Southern on Wednesday and the Wildcat women play Georgia Southern on Saturday.

There are a number of concerts  to attend at Davidson College including a performance by a string band, a Davidson College Symphony performance and another by the Rhodora Winds Quintet. Also, there are two fund-raisers: Dinner at Davidson for the Davidson Trust scholarship program and the Green Ball to benefit the Davidson Lands Conservancy.

These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. At right on this page, see our movie showtimes listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” and “I Am Number Four” open on Friday, joining “Just Go With It,” “The African Queen,” “127 Hours” and “The King’s Speech.” Read the full story

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson Reads starts off the weekend at Davidson College, where professors Alan Michael Parker and Shireen Campbell will be reading from their work. There’s a chance to learn how to build a wildlife habitat on your property in Mooresville on Thursday. On Friday there’s a pancake supper at Davidson Presbyterian Church and an Art Walk in Downtown Concord that will showcase art by almost 100 artists in 15 different locations. Saturday is the Davidson Farmer’s Market, a fundraiser for the Cornelius Animal Shelter and a fairy house festival in Huntersville where attendees can build their own houses. “Frozen” continues, playing Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

These events and more below, or in our day-by-day calendar at right. At right on this page, see our movie showtimes listings for Our Town Cinemas where “Just Go With It” and “127 Hours” open on Friday, joining “Tron Legacy,” “The Fighter,” “Country Strong,” “The King’s Speech” and “No Strings Attached.” A special screening of “The African Queen” will take place in honor of Valentine’s Day. Read the full story