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

By KARYN JESTER
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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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BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Try out the new Lake Davidson canoe launch Saturday at Davidson Lands Conservancy's Paddlefest, co-sponsored by Davidson Outdoors.

The folk music group Davidson Local plays Friday night at Summit Coffee. Davidson Farmer’s Market is open and there’s a 5k and kids’ fun run in Huntersville Saturday to help fund special needs activities at participating schools. Later on that day, Davidson Lands Conservancy, Davidson Outdoors and REI host Paddlefest, an afternoon of activities to celebrate the opening of the new canoe/kayak launch on Lake Davidson. Sunday, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church’s arts and spirituality program presents artist Tom Shulz discussing Michelangelo’s famous sculpture “The Pieta.”

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” and “Cedar Rapids” open on Friday, joining “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul.”

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The Pieta by Michelangelo.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson will host a Lenten media program Sunday night, March 27, with artist Tom Schulz exploring Michelangelo’s “Pieta.”

The program begins at 7 p.m. at St. Alban’s, 301 Caldwell Lane, off Concord Road.

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BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

The week starts off with a three-day conference on reformed theology and ethics that will be held at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church. There will be worship services and programs on various topics throughout the conference. There are a number of Davidson College lectures this week, subjects include democracy, biology, environmental politics and more. Davidson College Presbyterian Church’s season of Organ at Davidson will come to a close with a performance by organist Marek Kucklicki. Artist Herb Jackson and author Alan Michael Parker have joined together to present a program Thursday called “10 Days,” with images by Jackson and poems by Parker. Lake Norman High School will present “The Sound of Music” this weekend.

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 “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “The King’s Speech” are playing.

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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Lake Norman is adding a nursery during its Sunday services beginning on April 3. Meanwhile, Davidson College Presbyterian Church’s Science and Faith discussions continue on Sunday with Davidson Prof. Greg Snyder. Also below, other news of area churches. 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