By BILL KISER
DavidsonNews.net

A Davidson gallery crawl Friday night kicks off April Is for Arts in north Mecklenburg, the Cornelius Habitat for Humanity ReStore reopens after renovations, and the YMCA hosts a Family Fun Day and summer camp preview this weekend.  Davidson Community Players’ Connie Co. youth theater offers free performances of “Alice in Wonderland” at Armour Street Theatre in Davidson. Meanwhile, there’s a planning board meeting in Cornelius Monday and Davidson’s Town Board meets on Tuesday. And there’s a preview screening of the movie “Bully” Thurdsay, sponsored by the Cornelius-based Foundation for Respect Ability. Read the full story

BY KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Try out the new Lake Davidson canoe launch Saturday at Davidson Lands Conservancy's Paddlefest, co-sponsored by Davidson Outdoors.

The folk music group Davidson Local plays Friday night at Summit Coffee. Davidson Farmer’s Market is open and there’s a 5k and kids’ fun run in Huntersville Saturday to help fund special needs activities at participating schools. Later on that day, Davidson Lands Conservancy, Davidson Outdoors and REI host Paddlefest, an afternoon of activities to celebrate the opening of the new canoe/kayak launch on Lake Davidson. Sunday, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church’s arts and spirituality program presents artist Tom Shulz discussing Michelangelo’s famous sculpture “The Pieta.”

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 “Gnomeo & Juliet” and “Cedar Rapids” open on Friday, joining “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul.”

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Biologist David Grant holds a grasshopper for children to examine during a WOW outing. (Patti McKinnon/Davidson Lands Conservancy)

Davidson Lands Conservancy’s nature education program World of Wonder will offer more free outings and events for families in the coming weeks, including activities at Davidson Farmer’s Market this Saturday and future winter markets and a February stargazing party at Fisher Farm.

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Director Wrenn Goodrum with "Shakespeare Unplugged" actors Aanand Shah, Alex McCutcheon, Emily Dyckman and Meagan Ong. They'll perform free this weekend.

Lectures, autumn outdoor events and public meetings fill our calendar of events in and around Davidson this week. Among the highlights are Saturday’s grand opening of the new Discovery Place Kids museum in downtown Huntersville, and  free performances of a “Shakespeare Unplugged” at Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theater. We also have a variety of local autumn activities, from the Amazing Maize Maze to the Carolina Renaissance Festival to an outdoor showing of “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” This week also brings a meeting of a new support group for those left behind after the suicide of a loved one (Tuesday) as well as a public design workshop for a new park at the end of Armour Street, on Lake Davidson. Music lovers will find a Davidson College Concert Series trombone recital (Thursday) with Tom Burge of the Charlotte Symphony and a classical Indian music concert Sunday, both at the college.

Details about those and other events this week are listed below, or in our clickable day-by-day calendar at right. See also the latest listings for movies at Our Town Cinemas, at right.

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Run for Green start in 2007. (DavidsonNews.net photo)

There’s so much going on this weekend in and around Davidson that it could present some tough choices – or tire you out. Summit Coffee hosts a songwriters night Thursday night. On Saturday morning, we have the weekly Davidson Farmer’s Market as well as the Davidson Lands Conservancy’s Run for Green road races and Green Day Festival, on the Village Green. Know Your Farms presents its second annual tour of area farms both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. On Sunday, the Music @ St. Alban’s series kicks off with the fifth annual “BachFest,” while Mt. Zion United Methodist Church starts its 2010-11 concert series with a performance by the Vianello Trio. Also Sunday, it’s the final 2010 Concert on the Green, with the Davidson College Symphony and Jazz Ensemble.

Details on those and other events this weekend are below, or on our clickable day-by-day calendar at right.

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Davidson Lands Conservancy will host its annual road race, the Run for Green, on Saturday, Sept. 18, featuring 5K, 10K and half-marathon races. That’s followed by the 2nd annual Green Day festival with food, music and fun on the Village Green in downtown Davidson.

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