By KARYN JESTER
DavidsonNews.net

The week ahead in and around Davidson includes a variety of public meetings, a visit to Davidson College by U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin, and a screening of the documentary “Play Again” at Community School of Davidson on Wednesday. Elected officials from Cornelius, Huntersville, Mooresville and Davidson will have a four-town dinner on Thursday. And Davidson Town Day is on Saturday along with the Annual Town Day Book Sale and a 5K race to raise money for Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center.

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

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Davidson Town Day, the town’s free annual festival of fun, food and music on the Village Green, is scheduled Saturday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the Village Green, Main Street and Concord Road. The day also includes the annual Davidson-Cornelius Day Care 5k road race and 1 mile fun run.

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Town Day is coming on Saturday, May 1, and with the annual Davidson – Cornelius Day Care Town Day 5K and Family Fun Run. The race through Davidson streets is a fund-raiser for the center, which has been providing quality, affordable day care for 40 years. Read the full story

Fund-raisers this week in and around Davidson include a Saturday 5K race starting on the Village Green that will raise money for the Free Clinic of Our Towns, a Rake-A-Thon for the college’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, and a Sunday sale by Main Street shops to benefit the Salvation Army’s Women’s Shelter. Read the full story

Looking for an informal 5k through scenic Davidson? Register for the Davidson Turkey Trot, a 5k race on Saturday, Nov. 21, benefiting the Free Clinic of Our Towns at Ada Jenkins Center. The course, which begins and ends at the town green, takes runners through historic town neighborhoods. Read the full story

SOURCE: Team Triumph press release

Tie up your trail running shoes. It is time to start training for Rumble in the Woods, a new long distance racing series scheduled Nov. 14 at Lake Norman State Park in Troutman. Read the full story