Posted on 22 January 2010.
What is gossip? Why are we so drawn to it? Is it unethical, or morally neutral? Those are among the questions to be explored in a roundtable discussion Friday, Jan. 22, from 4-5 p.m. at Davidson College’s Alvarez College Union, Room 302. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 January 2010.
"Annavel and the Funny Little Man" at Davidson College Fri-Sun.
It’s a great weekend to be in Davidson, with music, theater and a farmer’s market. The joint Davidson College-Davidson Community Players children’s theater production “Annavel and the Funny Little Man: A Rumplestiltskin Tale” is onstage at Davidson College. Davidson Farmers Market is back with a Saturday tailgate market next to Town Hall. Local musicians will play an all-day benefit concert Saturday at Summit Coffee for Haitian earthquake relief.
The Lake Norman Chamber’s annual meeting is tonight at River Run, where local lawyer Bob McIntosh will be installed as 2010 chairman. Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory is the keynote speaker.
Three new films open Friday at Our Town Cinemas: “Tooth Fairy,” “Young Victoria” and “Up in the Air.” St. Alban’s Episcopal Church hosts a blood drive on Saturday, and Saturday night brings the annual ICE Gala at the Peninsula Club, to raise money for Davidson’s Ada Jenkins Center.
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Posted on 19 January 2010.
A fund-raising dinner headlined by auto racing executive Humpy Wheeler that had been scheduled Thursday evening, Jan. 21, at Davidson College has been called off. Organizers cited weak ticket sales for the event, which was to have raised money for Davidson College’s Catholic Campus Ministry. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 January 2010.
A sculpture exhibit that Davidson College is calling one of its most ambitious ever opened last week (Jan. 15) at the college’s Van Every/Smith Galleries, in the Belk Visual Arts Center at Griffith and Main streets. Through Feb. 26, Davidson is showing the work of contemporary Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz, one of the most influential artists of the last 50 years. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 January 2010.
New faces at WDAV: Lauren RIco, Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr and Sam Van Hallgren (right). (WDAV photos)
Davidson-based classical public radio station WDAV-FM on Thursday announced a series of schedule adjustments, including adding new hosts and expanding the hours of some locally-produced weekend programs. The station also announced a deal with South Carolina ETV/Radio to co-produce “Carolina Live,” a long-running weekly program devoted to live recordings. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 January 2010.
Anthony Foxx
Davidson College has organized a series of events to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this Monday, Jan. 18. The lineup includes a talk by former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Frye and a “fireside chat” with Charlotte’s new mayor, 1993 Davidson graduate Anthony Foxx. Read the full story
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