The next regular meeting of the North Mecklenburg Woman’s Club, a social and civic club for women in the North Mecklenburg/South Iredell County area, will be Wednesday, March 2, at 10:30 a.m. at Northstone Country Club in Huntersville. Read the full story

The cast of "Masterpiece," from left: Lou Delassandro (Wooning), Scot Slusarick (van Meegeren), Ashley Stowe (wife, Jo) and Charles Muller (Bredius). The play opens Thursday.

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

“Masterpiece,” a new play about a famous art forgery, debuts this weekend at Davidson Community Players, running Thursday-Sunday. Thursday night, there’s a Davidson College men’s basketball game against Elon. Friday night’s music includes Davidson Local at Summit Coffee,  and the Lake Norman Big Band Friday night at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Davidson’s baseball team faces Ohio Friday. On Saturday, the Davidson Farmer’s Market is open, there are two baseball games and a basketball game and a concert to benefit McKinney Academy. Davidson College Presbyterian Church hosts a chili cook-off, while soup is at the heart of a fund-raiser in Mooresville for Serenity House.

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 “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son,” “I Am Number Four,” “Just Go With It,” and “The King’s Speech” are playing. Read the full story

Peking Acrobats Tuesday at Davidson College

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

This week is full of Davidson College sports. Davidson College women’s basketball is playing Furman on Monday, the men play Elon Thursday and UNCG on Saturday, and the baseball team has games Friday Saturday. Meanwhile, former WNBA star Andrea Stinson hosts a basketball clinic Saturday at Bailey Road Park.

The gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers of the Peking Acrobats are coming to Davidson College’s Duke Performance Hall on Tuesday. Thursday is the opening day of the play “Masterpiece,” the story of one of the most notorious art forgers. It plays Thursday-Sunday this week.

There’s a new driver “experience” event where new drivers experience the dangers of drinking or texting while driving by wearing special goggles while driving golf carts. Also, the Davidson Farmer’s Market is open on Saturday at 9 a.m. and a chili cook-ff is at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Davidson College Presbyterian Church to benefit the Mooresville Soup Kitchen.

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,” “I Am Number Four,” “Just Go With It,” and “The King’s Speech” are playing.

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Davidson Parks & Recreation has a variety of fitness, wellness and other offerings in March for youth and adults. Below is a list. Check the website at www.d-Recs.org for details and registration, or call the at 704-892-3349 with any questions. Read the full story

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Theology on Tap begins at Summit Coffee as a regular meeting to discuss theology on Thursdays. The Davidson public library has storytimes and Lunch & a Movie on Friday. On Saturday, there’s a festival to celebrate the launch of Bella Love Charlotte, a non-profit organization supporting multicultural music and arts at the Palace in Cornelius.

In theater news, the play “Frozen” has been extended to this weekend and will have performances Thursday through Saturday. It joins “Kokoro” that plays Thursday through Sunday. There is also a screening of “Girl with a Pearl Earring”on Monday as part of the series of events in advance of the play “Masterpiece” that comes to the Armour Street Theatre February 24.

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,” “127 Hours” and “The King’s Speech.”

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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