The Bechtler Ensemble – cellist Tanja Bechtler and pianist Paul Nitsch – will help launch a new arts series called “Spirituality in the Arts” with a performance Sunday afternoon at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church.

The program is Sunday, May 9, at 4 p.m. at the church, 301 Caldwell Lane, off Concord Road.

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May brings a busy month of symphony concerts, chamber music performances and the first event in a new series at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church called Spirituality in the Arts.

The month kicks off Sunday, May 2, at 3 p.m. with year’s final Music at St. Alban’s concert, “Every Time I Feel the Spirit: 250 Years of Music by Black Composers,” featuring countertenor Reginald Mobley and pianist Henry Lebedinsky.

Also Sunday, the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra plays the last of its Concerts for a Cause, this time benefiting Our Towns Habitat for Humanity. The 7:30 p.m. concert is in Duke Family Performance Hall. Donations accepted at the door.
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Beth Shalom of Lake Norman will host an open house for it religious school Thursday, April 29, from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 301 Caldwell Lane, off Concord Road. Read the full story

Our weekend in and around Davidson is filled with art, theater, fun and fund-raisers. On Thursday night, Davidson College Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven’s Fifth in another Concert for a Cause. A youth theater production of “Charlotte’s Web” opens at Armour Street Theater on Saturday. Ada Jenkins Center holds its “Fire” 5k/Fun Run and Barbecue Festival on Saturday, while Our Towns Habitat for Humanity hosts its 3rd Annual Car Show on Sunday.

April is for Arts in north Mecklenburg kicks off with a Gallery Crawl in Davidson and Cornelius on Friday evening. Our Town Cinemas will be showing a series of art films in cooperation with the Charlotte Film Festival beginning Friday. And it’s time for the 17th Annual Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games Friday through Sunday at Rural Hill Farm in Huntersville.

If a cappella music is your thing, Davidson College’s all-male Davidson Generals will sing their “Big Show” Friday at Duke Family Performance Hall. Read the full story

It’s Easter weekend, with a variety of egg hunts Saturday and church services Sunday, April 4, including two sunrise services. There’s also music and literature. Author and poet Donald Mager speaks Thursday, April 1, at the monthly meeting of Charlotte Writers’ Club North. And an April Fool’s a cappella concert is on tap at Davidson College. Ben & Jerry’s hosts a “Give a Pint, Get a Pint” blood drive Friday. And there’s a Davidson Farmers Market on Saturday next to Town Hall.

Those events and more below. And you can check our day-by-day calendar on the right side of the main page in The Guide for an up to date listing of events daily.
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Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius has announced the musical lineup for its spring and summer Cornelius Concert Series. Mick & The Ultras (rock and blues) will pay May 16, Testify (musical drama) is scheduled June 12, and the St. James Male Chorus performs July 11.

All concerts are free, at Mt. Zion, 19600 Zion Street. A free will offering will be taken at each event. Here are the details: Read the full story