Marchers in the massing of the bands flew Scottish flags in the 2009 festival. (Gordon Clark/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

HUNTERSVILLE – Men in kilts, marching pipe bands, amateur and professional athletic competitions, country dancing and a historic encampment are on the schedule this weekend at the 18th Annual Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games. The fun begins Friday and continues through Sunday at Rural Hill off Neck Road.
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By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

It’s going to be a busy weekend, full of fun events. Davidson Day School is welcoming top Maya archeologists and scholars today (Thursday) for the Maya at the Lago Conference that continues over the weekend. The Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Games comes back to Rural Hill for it’s 18th year and Festival in the Park presents the first annual Kings Drive Art Walk. There are three events focused on the environment this weekend: Charlotte Clean and Green Festival at CPCC, Viva Verde Earth Fest in Kannapolis and Wild Over Lake Norman at Duke Energy’s McGuire Nuclear Station. The U.S. National Whitewater Center is hosting musical guests, and there’s a rodeo at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte. On Saturday, Cornelius PARC hosts an egg hunt and Hop into Spring fest at Bailey Road Park.

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 “Rio” and “Atlas Shrugged: Part I” open on Friday, joining “Soul Surfer,” “Hanna,” “Hop,” and “Source Code.”

This weekend’s musical lineup at Summit Coffee in Davidson includes the local favorite Rusty Knox Band on Thursday night, J.D. Wilson Friday, and a big night Saturday: Nick Evans from 8-9 p.m., followed by the house band, Billy Jones & The Pocket with special guests Mike Orlando and Rusty Knox. Read the full story

By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

This week, Davidson College students present majors they designed themselves, the Cornelius Board of Commissioners is meeting and there’s the Spring Fling Car Auction. Activist Eli Clare comes to Davidson College to read from his work and speak about social justice issues, such as disability, race and gender. The film “Waiting for Superman,” an exploration of public education in the U.S., will be playing at Community School of Davidson on Monday and Tuesday. On stage, William Inge’s play “Bus Stop” will be performed at Davidson College on Wednesday, while “Stuart Little” continues its run at Armour Street Theater this weekend. On Thursday, supporters of a Cornelius Veterans’ monument will hold a fund-raising Gala of Honor. And Davidson hosts its annual April Is for Arts Gallery Crawl on Friday.

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 “Soul Surfer” and “Hanna” open on Friday, joining “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless.”

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By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

Opens Saturday at Armour Street Theater.

Davidson College’s production of “Into the Woods” has its final performances this weekend, so catch it while you can. Davidson Community Players Connie Co. opens “Stuart Little” on Saturday.  Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are closed on Friday for a teacher workday. Cornelius Arts Center hosts a Camp Crawl Saturday previewing its summer art camps, and they’ll be giving away  prizes. Gethsemane Baptist Church is celebrating its 106th Birthday, celebrating it during the Sunday 10 a.m. worship service and musician Joshua Panda will be playing at the Birdsnest on Sunday. Also, Davidson United Methodist Church hosts an egg hunt Sunday afternoon at Lake Norman YMCA waterfront.

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,” “Cedar Rapids,” “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul” are in their last week and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless” open on Friday. Read the full story

Choir of Christ Church Oxford Wednesday at St. Alban's

By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

This week is full of theatrical productions and films. “Stuart Little” starts this weekend at Armour Street Theater, joining Davidson College’s “Into the Woods” on the local playbill. There’s also a play titled “Vesta” from Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region that explores the emotions and decisions a family must face through the end of a grandmother’s life. The movies “Race to Nowhere” and “Play Again,” about children and how today’s culture affects them, are both being screened on Tuesday. The week’s highlight may be Wednesday’s concert at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church by Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford. And there’s a banjo music concert at Davidson College on Sunday. There’s also an early Easter egg hunt on Sunday at the Lake Norman YMCA.

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,” “Cedar Rapids,” “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Rango,” “Adjustment Bureau,” and “Paul” are in their last week and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Hop,” “Source Code,” and “Limitless” open on Friday.

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