Michael Rowland

Popular local organist Michael Rowland will perform on two organs in two parts of Davidson College Presbyterian Church during the next Organ at Davidson concert on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Mr. Rowland, the church’s associate music director and an artist associate at Davidson College, will begin his recital on the mechanical action Ott organ in DCPC’s Lingle Chapel. Then he and his audience will move down the hall into the church sanctuary, where he’ll finish the program on the Wicks organ. Read the full story

Trains for a Cure is a nightly holiday train display on view through Dec. 30, except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Our holiday week calendar has a little bit of everything, from public meetings to comedy to nightly viewings of one of the coolest Christmas train displays around, at Trains for a Cure in Cornelius. Davidson College’s basketball teams both have games Monday night – the women at home vs. Georgia Southern and the men on TV against No. 12 Kansas. And we have a list of some Christmas services at local churches. Read the full story

Sisters Frances Blaker, conductor, and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, Artistic Director, lead new Baroque Orchestra of NC. (Carrie Wagner photo)

The Baroque Orchestra of North Carolina, led by San Francisco-based early music specialist Frances Blaker, will perform its debut concert Friday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., in the Congregation House at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 218 Concord Road.

The ensemble includes musicians from around the state, and they’ll be playing a program of orchestral music from the Baroque on period instruments. Read the full story

Woodlawn School and Davidson College Presbyterian Church are hosting a screening of “Race to Nowhere,” produced by a mother of teens out of concern for her kids. The screening is Monday, May 16, 7 p.m., in DCPC Congregation House, 218 Concord Road.

The film examines the high-pressure culture that has invaded many schools and many children’s lives. It’s intended to shine a light on the price young people pay for competing.

The screening has been organized by Neal Bartl, a Woodlawn School junior and Davidson resident. A discussion after the film will include comments by teacher Jeff Joyce, of W.A. Hough High School, and Beth Helfrich, of Woodlawn School.

Admission is free; optional donations to Woodlawn School’s Trailblazer Fund will be accepted. Please register at http://rtndavidson.eventbrite.com/.

avidson College Concert Choir and Davidson Pro Arte Orchestra perform Brahms' Deutsche Requiem April 11.

The performance begins at 7:30 pm at Duke Family Performance Hall on the Davidson College campus.
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BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

The week starts off with a three-day conference on reformed theology and ethics that will be held at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church. There will be worship services and programs on various topics throughout the conference. There are a number of Davidson College lectures this week, subjects include democracy, biology, environmental politics and more. Davidson College Presbyterian Church’s season of Organ at Davidson will come to a close with a performance by organist Marek Kucklicki. Artist Herb Jackson and author Alan Michael Parker have joined together to present a program Thursday called “10 Days,” with images by Jackson and poems by Parker. Lake Norman High School will present “The Sound of Music” this weekend.

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 “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “The King’s Speech” are playing.

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