Posted on 18 June 2009.
Davidson public library branch on the Village Green downtown has a variety of programs in the works this summer, from Monday movies to teen movie nights to “Book & a Craft” programs. Check out reports and photos from the first few programs of summer and find out about upcoming events on the library’s blog, davidsonlibrary.wordpress.com.
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Posted on 18 June 2009.
Jack Crouch was among the winners at a mountain bike Oktoberfest at Fisher Farm last fall. The Cowbell Challenge festival returns to Davidson this weekend. Click photo for a recap of last October's event.
From tonight’s opening of Davidson Community Players’ “West Side Story” to a pair of weekend fund-raisers to the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike festival at Fisher Farm Park, 
it’s shaping up to be an action-packed weekend in and around Davidson.
Amity & Bailey’s South Main Square block party Friday at 5 p.m. will support United Family Services and provide food and fun for the family. On Saturday, Ada Jenkins Center on Gamble Street hosts its “Fire” fund-raiser, with a morning 5k road race and all-day music and food. The event also includes local jugglers’ performing for World Juggling Day.
Also Saturday and Sunday, the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike competition returns to Fisher Farm Park, off Shearer Road.
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Posted on 16 June 2009.
From left, Sal Garcia, Christian Bufford, Steven Buchanan dance in "West Side Story."
Davidson Community Players’ production of “West Side Story” opens at Davidson College Thursday night, bringing
together a young cast of 43 to dance and sing some of Broadway’s all-time favorite tunes.
Meanwhile, the run of Michael Hollinger’s “An Empty Plate in the Grand Café du Boeuf” continues its run at Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius this weekend. Continue Reading
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Posted on 15 June 2009.
Ada Jenkins Center, the regional community services center on Gamble Street in Davidson, hosts a summer fund-raiser called “Fire” this Saturday, June 20, including a morning 5k race and a midday barbecue-and-music festival. Continue Reading
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Posted on 15 June 2009.
Paul Dimuzio practices for World Juggling Day during the June 14 Concert on the Green.
As summer in Davidson gets into full swing, our calendar is a busy one. Davidson Community Players’ “West Side Story” opens Thursday at Davidson College’s Duke Family Performance Hall. The weekend brings a pair 
of community fund-raisers: Amity & Bailey’s South Main Square block party Friday will support United Family Services. Then Saturday, Ada Jenkins Center, a regional community services center on Gamble Street, hosts its “Fire” fund-raiser, with a morning 5k road race and all-day music and food. The event includes local jugglers’ performing for World Juggling Day.
Also Saturday and Sunday, the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike competition returns to Fisher Farm Park, off Shearer Road. The regional mountain biking event includes a Saturday morning marathon that will take riders through town streets. (Traffic may be blocked along the route.) It’s part of USA Cycling’s 2009 National Ultra Endurance Calendar, and is expected to attract top national riders.
Meetings this week include the Design Review Board, which on Wednesday will take up proposed alterations and signs at 131 N. Main St., where Davidson College plans a shop to sell logo clothing and souvenirs.
Just a reminder: We update this calendar continuously as we receive new listings. And check back Thursday, when we publish our Davidson Weekend Calendar.
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Posted on 11 June 2009.
Matt Merrell of Davidson in Warehouse PAC's "Empty Plate," which continues through June 20.
Our weekend in and around Davidson is chock full of intriguing possibilities: A new musical combo Blue Rooster makes its Davidson debut tonight (Thursday), leading off a weekend of local music at Summit Coffee. Saturday morning it’s “Bee Day” at the Davidson Farmers Market, focusing on bees and beekeeping. Saturday, the Lake Norman Family YMCA has its Live at the Lake Hawaiian Luau fund-raiser, morning running race and fun day. (Volunteers needed. See below.)
Onstage, “An Empty Plate in the Grand Cafe du Boeuf” continues at Warehouse Performing Arts Center, Cornelius. It’s “Girls Night Out” on the McConnell Green Friday night with a free movie screening of “Mama Mia” in a neighborhood fund-raiser for the Avon breast cancer walk coming up in October. Continue Reading
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Added on 24 July 2014
