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DavidsonReads, the community-wide reading program, plans its 2009 finale Saturday – a Davidson Family Reunion on the Village Green. They’ll have food, dancing, music and trivia contests for prizes. And local pie-bakers – both individuals and restaurants – are invited to enter their favorite recipes in a community pie-baking contest.

Judges will be Mayor John Woods; Mary Jane Leach, manager of the Davidson Farmers Market; and Ashley Lawson, baker at MJ’s Sugar Shack on Main Street.

Bring your pie to the tent on the Village Green by noon Saturday. One entry per individual or business.

Saturday’s event will include Davidson trivia, music by local singer/guitarist Rusty Knox, Israeli dancing and more. For more information, visit the DavidsonReads website, www.davidsonreads.org.

Our community calendar this week includes a Davidson Family Reunion on the Village Green Saturday, a finale to this year’s DavidsonReads community wide reading program. The event includes performances, readings, food and activities for children. On Sunday afternoon, you can learn about the history of the town during the 20th century in a presentation by The Davidson Historical Society.  Theater lovers have a lot to choose from this weekend as “‘night Mother” continues at Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius, Davidson College hosts performances of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (tonight only) and “Alice in Wonderland.”

On the music front: Davidson College pianist Cynthia Lawing and veteran pianist Harriette Line Thompson play a duo piano concert at 12:30 p.m. Friday as part of the college’s Musical Interludes series. Sunday afternoon, organized Henry Lebedinsky plays a benefit concert of organ music to aid his Music at St. Alban’s series. And Sunday evening the college’s a cappella singing group combine to sing a benefit concert for the elementary school PTA Too program.

Davidson College football team plays its final game of the season this weekend, against Marist, on Saturday. Or you may want to stay home and watch the Wildcat men’s basketball team in its season opener against Butler, in Indianpolis, on TV.

On Friday morning, several agencies will offer “Caregivers Caring for Themselves,” a panel discussion and workshop on the mistreatment of elders, for caregivers and seniors. That’s at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Cornelius. And have you raked your leaves yet? If not, look for help from Davidson College students raising money for their Habitat for Humanity house as part of “Rake-a-Thon 2009,” this weekend and next. Read the full story

It’s a weekend for panel discussions, a theater opening and the Carolina Renaissance Festival. Thursday, the DavidsonReads community reading program presents a panel of local clergy discussing religion and education and this year’s townwide reading book, “The Color of Water,” by James McBride. Saturday, Davidson United Methodist Church hosts a community forum on restorative justice.

The Davidson College men’s soccer team plays Elon on Saturday with hopes of adding to their wins against other North Carolina schools, including Tuesday’s defeat of Duke

Davidson Community Players raise the curtain Thursday night on their latest production, “Almost, Maine,” a romantic comedy that follows nine tales of love on a cold, clear, moonless night in the fictional town of the title. Also, the Carolina Renaissance Festival opens its six-week run off Poplar Tent Road, east of Davidson. Read the full story