Cort Savage sculpture is in the faculty art exhibit at Davidson College. Opening reception Thursday.

Here’s a list of public events at Davidson College in September, from lectures and music to performances and films. The list includes this Thursday’s gallery talk and opening for the “2009 Studio Art Professors Exhibition” and the exhibit “Cristina Toro: Alive on the Intricate Earth Under Trees.”

Coming up next week: On Wednesday, Sept. 2, Gill Holland Jr. will present and talk about his documentary film “Flow: For Love of Water.” Also, the “Family Vaudeville Extravaganza” returns Saturday, Sept. 5, as part of the Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival. And Tobias Wolff, author of “This Boy’s Life and Old School” and other books, will speak Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, here’s a ticket to buy in advance: At month’s end, the Artist’s Series brings in The Punch Brothers with Chris Thile. Mr. Thile is an acclaimed mandolinist who made his name with Nickel Creek. Read on for more.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, noon, Alvarez College Union 900 Room – Lecture on “Ethics and War in Comparative Religious Perspective” by David Perry, Davidson’s new director of the Vann Center for Ethics and professor of applied ethics. Perry will provide an overview of ethical teachings about killing and war in Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions. Free. For information call 704-894-2285.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 7 to 9 p.m., Lilly Family Gallery, Chambers Building – 2009 Summer Research Symposium – Students will present their summer research. Free. For information call 704-894-2045.

Steve Langley is the Great Fetuccini, emcee and performer at the Family Vaudeville Extravaganza. (Bill Giduz photo)

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 , 7 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – “Family Vaudeville Extravaganza,” with jugglers, tricksters, and kid-friendly comedians sure to amuse and amaze everyone from toddlers to grandparents. Admission is $5 per person. Call 704-894-2135 from 10 to 4 weekdays beginning August 24 for reservations, or reserve online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. Part of the 2009 Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival. More in our Aug. 11 preview.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 6, 8 p.m., Alvarez College Union 900 Room – Annual Bernard Mathematics Lecture, with Joseph Gallian, distinguished professor of teaching and professor of mathematics at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, will speak on “Using Mathematics to Create Symmetry Patterns.” Free. For information call 704-894-2317.

Tobias Wolff

TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 7:30 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Lecture by Tobias Wolff, author of “This Boy’s Life” and “Old School,” Mr. Wolff also will sign copies of Old School and his other books during a reception after his talk. Free. Published in 2003, “Old School” is the first-year reading assignment for Davidson’s new students this fall, and the opening event in a year-long Celebration of Honor and Integrity at the college. Details on the college website.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Robin Wright, award-winning journalist and commentator, will speak on “Turmoil in Iran: What’s Next?” She will discuss recent developments in Iran, including this summer’s presidential election and its consequences. Free. For information call 704-894-2440.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 7:30 p.m., Sloan Music Center, Tyler-Tallman Hall – Brad Gooch professor of English at William Paterson University. Gooch will speak on “Walking Backward: Flannery O’Connor’s Life and Work.” Free. For information call 704-894-2254.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 2:30 p.m., Martin Lecture Hall B25 – Chemistry Colloquium: Dr. Conchita Jimenez-Gonzalez, director of operational sustainability at GlaxoSmithKline, will speak about “Applying
Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry.” Free. Refreshments served beforehand at 2 p.m. in Martin Lobby. For information call 704-894-2307.

MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 8 p.m., Alvarez College Union 900 Room – Travel Writing Lecture: Doug Lansky, award-winning National Geographic author and world-travel expert, will give a lecture titled “Get Lost.” Free. Call 704-894-2651 for information.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15, 7:30 p.m., Davidson College Presbyterian Church – Organ recital with Robert Parris, organ professor at Mercer University. Free, donations encouraged. For information call 704-892-5641.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 7:30 p.m., Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Hall – Faculty recital with David Solis Olson performing selected works on guitar, accompanied by flutist Linda La Bombard, soprano Alina MacNichol and pianist Cynthia Lawing. Call 704-894-2848 for information.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, noon, Alvarez College Union 900 Room – Medical ethics lecture by Lance Stell, Davidson’s Thatcher Professor of Philosophy and director of the Medical Humanities Program. Professor Stell will speak abut ethical conflicts in a presentation titled “Physicians’ Integrity and Ties to Industry.” For information call 704-894-2285.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 7 p.m., Alvarez College Union Sprinkle Room – Damion Waymer, assistant professor of communication at
Virginia Tech University, will speak on “Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Outcast Advocacy Relations Model.” He will explore issues of marginalized, underrepresented publics. Free. Details: 704-894-2528.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 12:30 p.m., Sloan Music Center, Tyler-Tallman Hall – “Musical Interludes: Scholarship Winners.” Free recital music department scholarship winners. Call 704-894-2848 for information.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 4:30 p.m., Chambers Building Room 3155 – Karen Neander, professor of philosophy at Duke University, speaks on “Picture Theories of Mental Content.” Details: 704-894-2218.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 2:30 p.m., Martin Lecture Hall B25 –
Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Michael C. Fitzgerald, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Duke University, will present a lecture on “A Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein-Ligand Binding Assay with Proteomic Potential.” Refreshments served in Martin Lobby at 2 p.m. For more information, call 704-894-2307.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 9 a.m., Sloan Music Center, Tyler-Tallman Hall – Concerto Competition: Student musicians will compete for the opportunity to perform as solo artists in the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra’s Fall Concert. Freel. More information: 704-894-2848.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27, 3:30 p.m., Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Hall – Classical Indian music concert. Jayanthi Kumaresh will play the veena, an Indian string instrument, accompanied by Arjun Kumar on mridangam. General admission tickets are $15, or $12 for seniors, and free for students and members of the Classical Music Association of Charlotte. Call
704-894-2848 for information.

MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 4:30 p.m., Chambers Building Hance Auditorium – Historian David Cecelski will speak about “Love in the Archives: The Search for Abraham Galloway Spy.” Free. For information call 704-894-2442.

MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 7:30 p.m., Alvarez College Union 900 Room – French and International Studies Lecture: Historian Pap Ndiaye, author of “La Condition noire,” speaks on “Blacks and Blackness in France” from an historical and sociological perspective, focusing on the condition of Blacks as an “invisible” minority in France. Free. Information: 704-894-2440.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 7:30 p.m., Alvarez College Union 900 Room – 2009-10 Bank of America Lecture Series with Michael A. Levi, the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment and director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change at the Council on Foreign Relations. He will speak on “The Energy Emergency: National Security, Climate Change and Global Poverty,” as the opening speaker in this year’s Bank of America Lecture Series. The series addresses “Responding to the Global Energy Challenge: Technology, Policy and Security.” Free. Details: 704-894-2440.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Davidson College Artist Series concert with Grammy-nominated Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile. Their music touches bluegrass, jazz and classical music. Admission $20. Call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays for reservations, or reserve online at www.davidson.edu/tickets.