Our community calendar in and around Davidson this week includes the monthly Town Board meeting Tuesday, a Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting Monday and a kids’ theater performance called “Connie Co. Dives In” produced by Davidson Community Players youth theater arm. We also point you to summer art exhibits at both Summit Coffee and Davidson College Visual Art Center, and a Saturday art benefit for Hope House at Dilworth Coffeehouse in Cornelius.

Just a reminder: We update this calendar continuously as we receive new listings. And check back Thursday, when we publish our Weekend Calendar.

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Max Polley (center) with his AACT award. With him are Harv Thompson and Linda Miller. (Stephen Bird photo)

Longtime local theater volunteer Max Polley, former board chair of Davidson Community Players, has been recognized for his work by American Association of Community Theatre.

Also below, news about Metrolina Theatre Association’s unified audition on July 18 with representatives of 20 area theater companies. The one-day event will link actors, stage managers, technicians and others with productions planned across the region during the 2009-10 season. Read the full story

Tony (Steven James) and Maria (Grace Kidd) in Davidson Community Players' "West Side Story," which concludes its run this weekend. See Theater below. (Bill Giduz photo)

With weather like this, beach music seems the only choice for a Concert on the Green. Come by the Davidson Village Green on Sunday at 6 and listen to Band of Oz. Also this weekend, Davidson Farmers’ Market, where it will be “Egg Day,” with musical accompaniment by Linda Lombard and David Olsen.

There’s also live music at Summit Coffee and a Saturday night symphony and fireworks event in Cornelius. Meanwhile, there are a few tickets left for Davidson Community Players’ “West Side Story.”

Just a reminder: We update this calendar continuously as we receive new listings. And check back Monday, when we publish our This Week calendar, looking at the week ahead.

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Jack Crouch was among the winners at a mountain bike Oktoberfest at Fisher Farm last fall. The Cowbell Challenge festival returns to Davidson this weekend. Click photo for a recap of last October's event.

From tonight’s opening of Davidson Community Players’ “West Side Story” to a pair of weekend fund-raisers to the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike festival at Fisher Farm Park, it’s shaping up to be an action-packed weekend in and around Davidson.

Amity & Bailey’s South Main Square block party Friday at 5 p.m. will support United Family Services and provide food and fun for the family. On Saturday, Ada Jenkins Center on Gamble Street hosts its “Fire” fund-raiser, with a morning 5k road race and all-day music and food. The event also includes local jugglers’ performing for World Juggling Day.

Also Saturday and Sunday, the Cowbell Challenge mountain bike competition returns to Fisher Farm Park, off Shearer Road.

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From left, Sal Garcia, Christian Bufford, Steven Buchanan dance in "West Side Story."

Davidson Community Players’ production of “West Side Story” opens at Davidson College Thursday night, bringing together a young cast of 43 to dance and sing some of Broadway’s all-time favorite tunes.

Meanwhile, the run of Michael Hollinger’s “An Empty Plate in the Grand Café du Boeuf” continues its run at Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius this weekend. Read the full story

Guess who’s playing Officer Krupke in “West Side Story” next month? It’s our local Officer Krupke, Davidson College Chief Fountain Walker.

The legendary musical “West Side Story” is in revival on Broadway this summer, in a production nominated for a 2009 Tony Award. Can’t get to New York? Get your tickets to the Davidson Community Players’ local production, which opens June 18 at 8 p.m. in Duke Family Performance Hall on the campus of Davidson College.

Also in this column: “Cafe du Grand Boeuf” and other events at Warehouse Performing Arts Center. Read the full story