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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After 42 years of teaching at Davidson College, art professor and Davidson art department staple Herb Jackson is retiring at the end of this school year. Professor Jackson has had more than 150 solo exhibitions in the U.S., England, Peru, Portugal and Canada, and he has work in more than 100 museum collections worldwide. The college hosts a special exhibition, opening March 11, that celebrates Professor Jackson and his artwork. Read the full story

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Herb Jackson

The week’s activities begin Monday with a women’s self defense class at the Lake Norman YMCA and another free session offering advice on appealing your Mecklenburg County revaluation, at Ada Jenkins Center. On Tuesday, poet Kevin Prufer reads from his work at Davidson College’s Carolina Inn. Davidson Senior Scholars starts up again for its second session on financial planning and there’s a comical theatrical work titled “Celebrity Autobiography” that brings American celebrities’ memoirs to the Davidson College stage Wednesday. And a 50-year retrospective of the works of Davidson artist Herb Jackson opens with a reception Thursday night at the college.

Lectures at the college this week will focus on divination, foreign relations and philosophy. The college’s Gamut dance company, has a pair of performances, and the college also hosts a variety of musical performances, including student performances of songs and arias titled “Liederabend.” Meetings this week include the Town Board and a Precinct 127 Democratic Party on Tuesday, a Davidson Greenway meeting on Thursday and a Concert on the Green planning meeting on Friday.

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” opens, joining “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” “Just Go With It,” and “The King’s Speech.”

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From left, Scot Slusarick (van Meegeren) and Charles Muller (Bredius) star in "Masterpiece" at Armour Street Theater. (Lacy Kell photo)

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson Community Players’ production of “Masterpiece” takes the stage this weekend. At Davidson College, the Wildcat baseball team will be playing three games against Furman. North Carolina’s Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers speaking at the Charlotte Writer’s Club’s March meeting on Thursday. There’s a business expo that will showcase Lake Norman businesses, nonprofits and attractions all day Friday, and Davidson library has preschool and toddler story times on Friday as well.

On Saturday, there’s a Special Olympics interest meeting at Bailey Middle School for parents, athletes, coaches and volunteers interested in being involved. Sunday, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church hosts a solo piano concert featuring Katie Reimer.

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 “Rango” and “Adustment Bureau” open on Friday, joining “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son,” “I Am Number Four,” “Just Go With It” and “The King’s Speech.” Read the full story

Lectures, readings, concerts, and stage performances art among the public events this month at Davidson College. The schedule includes a 42-year-retrospective exhibit of the art of Davidson art professor Herb Jackson, who is retiring at the end of the school year. The college’s Gamut Dance Co. performs March 11-12. And area high school students will be on campus March 19 for a program called March MATHness. Those events and more below: 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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