We start the week with the President’s Day Holiday and it just gets busier from there, with meetings and lectures, dance and music, at week’s end, there’s a big Woman’s Leadership Conference at Davidson College and a Lake Norman Chamber program on I-77 widening. On stage, “Sonia Flew” debuts at Davidson College, while Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius has “Crimes of Omission.” This Saturday brings the second annual “Celebrate Smithville” festival in Cornelius and Davidson’s men’s basketball team takes on Montana in a nationally televised game. Those events and more below.

Our Town Cinemas has the zombie flick “Warm Bodies,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Identity Thief,” “The Impossible,” “Safe Haven” and “A Good Day to Die Hard.” See the showtimes at right on this page. Read the full story

A variety of winter and spring-like events are on tap this weekend, from the season opening series for Davidson College’s baseball team Friday through Sunday at Wilson Field to the Davidson Farmer’s Market Saturday, including the “Breakfast of Champions” beer and chili tasting. On Saturday night, the local chapter of USA Dance hosts a Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball at the Havana Ballroom in Kenton Place, Cornelius. Mecklenburg County Democrats host their own “inaugural ball” in Charlotte Saturday night. And there’s a piano concert Saturday with the Contiguglia Duo at Davidson College. Details about those and other events below.

Our Town Cinemas has the zombie flick “Warm Bodies,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Identity Thief,” “The Impossible,” “Safe Haven” and “A Good Day to Die Hard.” See the showtimes at right on this page. Read the full story

Davidson College will host a series of speakers on environmental topics this spring, from how chemicals disrupt aquatic life to environmental activism against mountaintop mining to consumer ethics. The series begins this Thursday, Feb. 14, with Susan Brander’s talk on “From Molecules to Metapopulations: Assessing Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Life.”

The Spring 2013 Environmental Speaker Series is organized by Davidson’s Environmental Studies Department with support from a variety of other programs and departments. Here’s the full schedule: Read the full story

Angela Davis

Civil rights activist and professor Angela Davis visits Davidson this week for a lecture and discussion Tuesday night at the college. Tuesday night also brings the next Organ at Davidson concert, featuring organist Aaron Goen with an unusual accompanist – tuba player Daniel Knox. Gethsemane Baptist Church welcomes the Power Team for an anti-violence program. Davidson College baseball opens its 2013 season with a three-game series against George Washington. And Saturday morning has the Davidson Farmer’s Market with a special event: a “Breakfast of Champions beer and chili tasting. On Saturday night, the local chapter of USA Dance hosts a Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball at the Havana Ballroom in Kenton Place, Cornelius. Details about those and other events below.

Our Town Cinemas has the zombie flick “Warm Bodies,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Identity Thief,” “The Impossible,” “Safe Haven” and “A Good Day to Die Hard.” See the showtimes at right on this page. Read the full story

USA Dance Lake Norman Chapter No. 6119 will host its first formal, a Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball, this Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Havana Ballroom in Kenton Place.

The chapter has been around for about a year, offering an outlet for social dancers and supporting local ballroom and Latin dance competitors as well, according to Sheila Lester, the group’s vice president. Read the full story

The Town of Cornelius is hosting a Community Book, CD & DVD Swap on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 4pm in the community room at Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave. Come offload what you’ve been reading, listening and watching and trade it for something new!

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