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It’s Davidson College reunion weekend, with a horde of alumni due back in town for festivities on campus. Welcome alums! Elsewhere in town, it’s the annual Art on the Green festival downtown, the season’s first Concert on the Green Sunday (featuring the Davidson College Symphony and Jazz Ensemble), and an exclusive screening of the North Carolina-produced film “Wesley,” about the life of John Wesley.

For details on these events in and around Davidson, as well as coming events, check our day-by-day calendar at right. And see a full weekend list below.
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Our community calendar in and around Davidson this week includes fund-raising golf tournaments, another informal chat with members of the Davidson Town Board, and a variety of other meetings and music. Meanwhile, looking ahead to the weekend, it’s Art on the Green, the annual festival of art, crafts, food and music on the Village Green Saturday and Sunday. And the Davidson College symphony and jazz ensemble play Sunday night in the first Concert on the Green of the season. Read on for the details. On stage, “Charlotte’s Web” continues at Armour Street Theatre Saturday and Sunday. Read the full story

April Is for Arts in north Mecklenburg kicks off tonight (Friday, April 16) with the annual Gallery Crawl through Davidson and Cornelius from 6-9:30 p.m. This year’s crawl will include new businesses at Exit 30, Main Street and South Main Street in Davidson, and downtown Cornelius. Read the full story

Gallery crawl, Art on the Green just ahead; new this year: art films at Our Town Cinemas

It’s April and that means the annual month of art and cultural activities is in the offing in Davidson and north Mecklenburg. This year’s events include the Gallery Crawl Friday evening, April 16, the two-day Art on the Green festival (April 24-25), and the start of another season of Concerts on the Green on April 25.

And this year’s festival has a new element: Screenings of a series of art films at Davidson’s new movie theater, Our Town Cinemas, in Sadler Square.
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Davidson’s Art on the Green art sale and community festival returns this April, and organizers are inviting artists to submit applications to show and sell their work. Deadline for applications is next Friday, Feb. 12.

Also, the paintings of Boyd Smith are featured this month at Davidson’s Homewood Suites, off Exit 30 of I-77. Read the full story

Our Davidson-area calendar this week includes another April Is for Arts weekend, with the Art on the Green festival, the dedication of that new public art sculpture outside the post office, and a Sunday Concert on the Green. It also will be Reunion Weekend at the College. On Tuesday, the town hosts another in a series of community planning forums. Davidson College grad and Army 1st Lt. Kevin Bell speaks tonight about his experiences in Afghanistan. Lectures at the college look at life after death, art collecting and pop culture. And golf tourneys and other fund-raisers are also on tap, including Tuesday’s dine-out Autism Aware Fare.

And looking ahead, just a reminder that 2009 Davidson Town Day is scheduled Saturday, May 2, on the Village Green. The day begins with the Day Care Dash fund-raising foot race at 8 a.m. Opening ceremonies for Town Day are at 10. Details below.
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