The local calendar this week includes a Saturday stage performance of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” to benefit Davidson-Cornelius Day Care and a special holiday Davidson Farmers Market, where cooks can stock up on local meat and produce for holiday meals. The Design Review Board meets Wednesday for a look at proposed renovations to the Tom Clark buildings along North Main Street. And programs are on tap at local public and private schools.

The Davidson College men’s basketball team is back at home Thursday, facing College of New Jersey at Belk Arena.

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The Davidson Farmer’s Market will be open this Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon, offering a variety of meats, cheeses, baked goods and seasonal produce, including arugula, beets, carrots, lettuces, sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, turnips and winter squash. The market will also be open on Saturday, Dec. 19, for pre-holiday shopping, from 9 am– noon. Read the full story

Mark Hibbs

Also this week, Chef Mark Hibbs cooks up some grits

How will you be carving your pumpkins this year?  If you’re still looking for ideas, be sure to stop by the Davidson Farmer’s Market this Saturday, Oct. 17, and bring the kids. Artists Deborah Carter, Kristen Feighery and Jason Hendrickson, from local gallery Sanctuary of Davidson, will be carving pumpkins from 9-11:30 a.m. Read the full story

It’s a weekend for juggling in Davidson, with the Hurricane Hugo Juggling Festival and a Family Vaudeville Extravaganza here on Saturday. On Friday night, the Sandcrawlers play a CD release party at Summit Coffee. And the Davidson Farmers Market has its weekly sales on Saturday next to Town Hall. While you’re downtown, take your car over to CVS for the first of six Saturday car washes to raise money for Easter Seals.

In sports, Davidson’s women’s soccer team plays Villanova Friday night at Alumni Soccer Stadium. Then Saturday night, it’s Davidson’s men vs. USC Upstate.

Meanwhile, take a look at our Theater listings below for a list of events next week during New River Dramatists’ weeklong residency, which includes a variety of public events, including an unusual dramatization Sunday, Sept. 13, called “Visions of the Future” in response to the Davidson Comprehensive Plan now under development with consultants and citizen committees.

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Bishop John Shelby Spong will be the focus of a discussion series that starts Tuesday.

This week’s calendar of events in and around Davidson includes the start of a month-long discussion series on the ideas of the liberal Christian theologian John Shelby Spong.

The week also features the local Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop defending its title in an ice cream competition, National Night Out, the start of a bluegrass concert series in Cornelius, a community celebration sponsored by MI-Connection, the Saturday farmer’s market and more.  Details on those and other events below.

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It’s nearly the weekend and our calendar here in Davidson has sports, theater, music and more. Davidson Community Players’ production of Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” concludes its run this weekend. Soprano sensations Annie Rhodes and Jenny Giduz will perform Saturday evening at the college.  Fundraisers this weekend include a pet show on the green benefit for breast cancer organized by 10-year-old Ally Miller, a blood drive at St. Alban’s, and a tasting extravaganza benefiting Habitat for Humanity.  All that plus live music at Summit Coffee and the Saturday morning farmer’s market. Read the full story