Davidson Community Players will hold open auditions Feb. 9 and 12, for youth actors and actresses ages 8 to 18 for its April 2013 production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s raucous swashbuckling adventure, “Treasure Island.” Read the full story

Davidson College’s theater department is in rehearsals for “Sonia Flew” by Melinda Lopez, a poetic, thought-provoking family drama about how world events affect the lives of ordinary people. Starting in post 9-11 Minnesota and ending in 1961 Cuba, this Norton Award-winning play magnifies the tension between love of family and love of country. Directed by Sharon Green, “Sonia Flew” runs Feb. 20-24 at the college’s Cunningham Theater Center.

DavidsonNews.net readers have a chance to win a of tickets to “Sonia Flew.” If you’re interested, email Lyndsay at ads@davidsonnews.net in the next few days, and we’ll draw winners on Monday, Feb. 11.

Find out more about “Sonia Flew” on Davidson.edu.

Davidson Community Players will conduct open auditions for its June 2012 production of the Tony award-winning musical “The Pajama Game” on Sunday and Monday, Feb. 3-4. Read the full story

The cast of “The Maltese Falcon,” which ran Jan. 10-12, 2013, at Warehouse Performing Arts Center. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Here’s a DavidsonNews.net/ CorneliusNews.net multimedia extra: An audio recording of the recent live reading of the 1940s radio thriller “The Maltese Falcon” at The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius.

You can stream the 1 hour and 5 minute show here or download it for later. Listen below. Read the full story

Plenty of choices this weekend in the Lake Norman area, from live music at local clubs to a free Jazz Ensemble concert Friday at Davidson College to a “Gospel Explosion” Sunday at Gethsemane Baptist Church. The newly formed Davidson Film Club makes its debut, with a screening of “A Screaming Man.” Davidson College and Davidson Community Players Connie Co. present the children’s show “Jack and the Beanstalk,” which is billed as a good first theater experience for kids. There’s a big travel showcase in Charlotte, and Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord has a Home & Landscaping show. And the town of Davidson honors retiring Sgt. Scott Misenheimer with a reception on Sunday. Read on for the details.

On the big screen, Our Town Cinemas has “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Gangster Squad,” “Les Miserables,” and “Zero Dark Thirty.” Opening Friday, it’s “Movie 43.” See showtimes at right on this page. Read the full story

Davidson Community Players’ the Connie Company and the Davidson College theater department will present the children’s adventure story “Jack and the Beanstalk,” Friday through Sunday, Jan. 25-27, at Cunningham Theater Center Barber Theatre, off North Main Street in Davidson. Read the full story