By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

A four-day Collectibles and Antiques show kicks off Thursday at the Metrolina Expo in north Charlotte, where you can find anything from home decor items to fresh produce.  Saturday is packed with options, from the Charlotte Asian Festival and Dragon Boat races on Lake Norman  to a Charity Ride & Poker Run for the Cornelius Veterans Monument to the Lake Norman Spring Music Festival at Kenton Place. Also Saturday, the Davidson Farmer’s Market is open, and it’s Davidson Town Day, including a 5k run, community service activities and a library book sale.

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 “Thor” opens on Friday, joining “Fast Five,” “Water for Elephants,” “Rio,” and “Atlas Shrugged: Part I. Read the full story

Hundreds of people came to the Davidson Village Green Saturday for the first day of the two-day Art on the Green festival, a juried arts & crafts show with music and food. The event continues Read the full story

By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

There are a lot of good cultural events happening this weekend to get excited about. Friday, former president and general manager of Lowe’s Motor Speedway Humpy Wheeler speaks at Davidson College and there’s an arts festival at Cannon School featuring Omimeo Mime Theatre. Saturday is Ada Jenkins Center’s “Fire” 5k and BBQ Fundraiser. The Art on the Green juried art festival is Saturday and Sunday and includes live music and food. Davidson’s Farmer’s Market is open and North Mecklenburg High School is having a horticultural sale on Saturday morning. There’s a big outdoor spring music festival in Charlotte called AWOL, and the Queen’s Cup in Mineral Springs, both on Saturday.

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 “Fast Five” opens on Friday, joining “Soul Surfer,” “Water For Elephants,” “Atlas Shrugged,” and “Rio.” Read the full story

Saturday performances 11:15-11:30 a.m. –  Community School of Davidson-Dance Students Noon – 1 p.m. –  Jimi Ray (acoustic variety) 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. –  Matt Stratford (acoustic variety) 3-4:30 p.m. – The Merrows (folk) Sunday Noon-1 p.m. –  Tom Billotto (classic standards) 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. –  Matt Stratford (acoustic variety) 3-4 p.m. – Jimi Ray (acoustic variety)

Davidson’s annual Art on the Green festival returns to the Village Green this weekend, part of the April is for Arts celebration of art and culture in North Mecklenburg. Art on the Green includes food, music, and a juried exhibit and demonstrations of arts and crafts by regional artists.

The festival is Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, from noon to 4 p.m.
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Series returns to Sunday-only schedule to aid merchants

The Davidson College Symphony and Davidson College Jazz Ensemble play the first Concert on the Green of the 2011 season this Sunday, May 1, from 6-8 p.m. on the Davidson Village Green. Their performance wraps up this weekend’s Davidson Art on the Green, a two-day festival of arts and crafts on the Green.

The concerts are back for another season, returning to a Sunday schedule this year – the first and third Sundays of the month – in front of Davidson public library at Main Street and Concord Road.

Schedule below.
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The Birdsnest on Main Street in Davidson will go completely off the grid on Friday, April 22, in an all-in observance of Earth Day. The record store, music school and studio on Main Street will turn off the electricity on Friday – lights, air conditioning, computers and even the electric piano. Then Friday night, musicians Billy Jones and Mason Bissett and other guests will play a concert without electric lights or amps. Read the full story