How many of this year’s Academy Award-winning films have you seen? Still a few left on your list? Beginning Wednesday, Our Town Cinemas in Davidson will have the three top Oscar winners, including “The Hurt Locker,” which is currently not in theaters.

“The Hurt Locker” won Best Picture Sunday. Also showing will be “Crazy Heart,” which won Best Actor for Jeff Bridges; and “Blind Side,” with Sandra Bullock (Best Actress). Those films will be in rotation this week with “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shutter Island” Wednesday and Thursday. Then beginning Friday, “The Green Zone” joins the mix, replacing “Shutter Island.” (For showtimes, see our Showtimes listing on the main Guide page.) Read the full story

Cassandra Wood plays Violet and Timothy Thomas plays Flick in the Davidson Community Players' production of "Violet." (Bill Giduz photo)

Davidson Community Players open their  production of “Violet” on Thursday night for a 15-show run. “Violet” is an award-winning musical about the civil rights era, based on a short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Statesville author Doris Betts. And coming up, the local theater calendar also includes a March 25-28 Davidson College production of Ken Ludwig’s “Leading Ladies,” a comedy about a pair of struggling Shakespearean actors in rural Pennsylvania.

Also below, news about auditions for “Oklahoma” and “Noises Off!” at Davidson Community Players as well as spring break and summer camps. Read the full story

Yarn/Wire, from left: percussionist Russell Greenberg, pianist Laura Barger, pianist Jacob Rhodebeck and percussionist Ian Antonio.

The Davidson College 2009-10 Concert Series concludes Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by Yarn/Wire, a new music group of two pianists and two percussionists.

The concert is in Sloan Music Center’s Tyler-Tallman Hall, on the Davidson campus.

Listen to musical samples and find more about the group below.

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Our community calendar in and around Davidson this week brings art, music and theater, as well as public meetings. The Town Board monthly meeting is Tuesday, as is an organizational meeting for parents of future Hough High students.

On the arts scene, the innovative musical combo Yarn/Wire performs at Davidson Tuesday as part of the college artist series. Critic Diana Hume George lectures and presents writing awards at the college on Wednesday. And Davidson Community Players’ production of “Violet” opens on Thursday and has performances through Sunday.

Also, a new exhibit of work by visiting artist Lydia Musco opens with a reception Thursday at the Davidson College Visual Arts Center.

On Friday and Saturday, the college hosts a Women’s Leadership Conference at the Alvarez College Union. And keep your Saturday night open for some live jazz at Summit Coffee with Davidson guitarist Dennis Currier and his group Terzetto. Read the full story

A trip to pottery studios in Seagrove, adult piano lessons, and fitness classes that range from belly dancing to Pilates are on the March calendar of programs organized by Davidson Parks & Recreation. Read the full story

Mary Margaret Shepherd

Mary Margaret Shepherd said this week she is leaving as interim director of campus ministry at Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Also, local churches have listed a variety of events in the coming days and weeks, from a potluck lunch at Davidson United Methodist Church on Sunday to a ballet performance on Easter at River’s Edge Church. Details below. Read the full story