Davidson Community Players will hold open auditions this Sunday and Monday, Feb. 12-13, for its June 2012 production of the Gershwin classic “Crazy for You.”

Auditions will be Sunday at 2 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m., at Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., Davidson.  Callbacks will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, invitation only. Read the full story

"Sleeping Beauty" will be on stage at Davidson College. That's Desiree Domo, who played Aurora in a 2007 production. (Davidson Community Players photo)

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

Award-winning cellist Anna Wittstruck, will perform at Davidson College on Sunday afternoon as part of the college’s 2012 Concert Series. Two movies with a message will be shown in Davidson this week – “Courageous” on Wednesday at Davidson United Methodist Church, and the documentary “Dreaming Nicaragua” on Sunday night at Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

On the stage, the Connie Company — the youth performance group of the Davidson Community Players — and the Davidson College Theatre Department will perform “Sleeping Beauty” this week, with seven shows spread over Friday-Sunday at the Cunningham Theatre Center’s Barber Theatre at Davidson College.

And for something a little more lighthearted, the Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius will open its run of the comedy “On The Verge” Thursday, with shows daily through Feb. 4. There’s also live music scheduled later this week at Summit Coffee and the Brickhouse Tavern, both in downtown Davidson.

These events — and more below — are in our day-by-day calendar at right. Also, at right on this page, see our movie show times listings for Our Town Cinemas. Read the full story

Area theaters are preparing for upcoming productions, with four new shows opening soon. The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius presents “On the Verge,” a comedy opening Jan. 26. Then, Davidson Community Players on Friday, Jan. 27, opens “Sleeping Beauty,” an adaptation of the classic tale. Also, the Players’ Connie Co. is working on a free youth production of “A Thousand Cranes,” set to open Feb. 3, and “The Borrowers” opens at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte this weekend. See below for details of the shows. Read the full story

The Cockman Family plays Saturday in the Mooresville Concerts series.

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

In the mood to hear – or sing – some good music? The gospel-singing  Cockman Family will perform Saturday night in the Mooresville Concert Series, while singers are invited to an open house Sunday for the North Mecklenburg Community Chorus. Meanwhile, many area venues will have live music this weekend, including Summit Coffee and the Lake Norman Cottage in Davidson. Also below, news about sports, a children’s show at Armour Street Theater, the Polar Bear Ride in Davidson and a Polar Bear Plunge at the YMCA in Cornelius. Read the full story

Charlotte Children's Choir performs Sunday afternoon at St. Alban's.

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

While Mother Nature can’t seem to make up her mind what season it is — is it winter or spring? — the coming weekend has plenty of opportunities to get into the holiday spirit. On Friday, Community School of Davidson hosts a “Gifts for the Greater Good” fair. On Sunday, teens at Davidson College Presbyterian Church re-enact the story of Christ’s birth at the annual White Gift Christmas Pageant. That’s followed by a soup and sandwich supper. Meanwhile, the 80-member Charlotte Children’s Choir will perform a concert of holiday carols Sunday afternoon in the Music at St. Alban’s series. In other holiday events, Davidson Day School’s early childhood, kindergarten and first-grade classes will showcase the holiday traditions from around the world during the school’s second-annual Season of Light on Saturday morning; the Cornelius Town Hall will hold a holiday program for special-needs people and their families on Saturday afternoon. And Santa Claus will make a breakfast appearance at Davidson’s Lake Norman Cottage on Sunday. Read the full story

Casey Jacobus (left, as Travis) and Virginia Darcey (as Athalee) lead Davidson Community Players' production of the holiday play "Retrieving the Lamb," which continues this weekend at Armour Street Theatre. (Bill Giduz photo)

By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

It’s the first full week of December, and a week for holiday performances of all kinds. They range from Davidson Community Players‘  “Retrieving the Lamb” to music by the North Mecklenburg Community Chorus. Davidson College’s men’s basketball team will Black Out Belk Wednesday night against Vanderbilt, in a fundraiser for the David Burns Memorial Family Trust. And there’s plenty more … Read the full story