Local youth with Activate Community Through Theatre perform “Peter Pan and Wendy” at Woodlawn School the next two weekends.

This weekend offers a variety of choices for live music, from California’s Spanky Pismo at Birdsnest to live jazz at Carrburritos to Courting Elizabeth at the Wine Cellar. Kids’ play “Peter Pan and Wendy” is on stage at Woodlawn School, while the Bark in the Park dog fest is Saturday at Rural Hill. Thursday night, staff from JV Washam and Davidson elementary schools square off in their annual charity basketball game. And Davidson’s women’s lacrosse team hosts the Big South conference lacrosse championship Friday through Sunday. There are also public meetings, poetry readings, and road races. Read on for the details.

Our Town Cinemas has “The Croods,” “42,” “Scary Movie 5,″ “Emperor,” “Oblivion,” “The Big Wedding,” and “Pain and Gain.” See the showtimes at right on this page. Read the full story

From left, Aaron Marsh, Brody Galloway, and Emily Dyckman are among the cast of “Treasure Island”

Davidson Community Players’ Connie Company youth theater will present a stage version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” April 13-21 at the Armour Street Theatre. The show was adapted for the stage by Charles DeWald and is being directed by Vito Abate. Read the full story

Sunday Union plays at Summit Coffee Friday. Members, back from left, Brad Reddick, Robert Alexander, Dave Malushizky, and Stephanie Rollans; and front from left, Monica Galloway, Steve Gibbons, Elizabeth Mills.

It’s the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament and some may be glued to that tube. But if you’re out and about, there are a wide variety of options in the Lake Norman area, from a concert with indie rock band Passion Pit to a Davidson Beer Crawl to a 50K Bike Around the Bomb for nuclear disarmament. On stage, “Guys and Dolls” is at Davidson College, while Warehouse PAC in Cornelius has “Crimes of Omission” and Lake Norman High in Mooresville is staging “Broadway Revue.” It’s Arbor Day in Davidson Friday, and Cornelius Police are hosting an Operation Medicine Drop on Saturday. Area venues have live music all weekend, beginning Thursday with the Summit Songwriters of the Year Billy Jones and Mike Alicke at Summit Coffee in Davidson. And Conrelius PARC two Easter events: Meet the Easter Bunny Friday morning at Cornelius Arts Center, and the annual “Hop into Spring” festival Saturday at Bailey Road Park.

Our Town Cinemas has “Oz the Great and Powerful,” “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” “Quartet” and “Django Unchained.” Opening Friday: “The Croods” and “Olympus Has Fallen.” See the showtimes at right on this page.

And Wildcats fans, here are your key numbers for Thursday: Davidson’s men play at 3:10pm vs. Marquette. The game airs on TruTV – channel 31 (MI-Connection) or 75 (T-W Cable). Meanwhile, the women play Old Dominion in the Women’s NIT at 7pm. Catch that game live on the Web. Read the full story

“Guys and Dolls” runs Wed. to Sun. at Davidson College.

“Guys and Dolls” opens its weekend run Wednesday at Davidson College’s Duke Family Performance Hall. We’d like to congratulate Robin Noud and Meredith Hall on winning pairs of tickets to the show in our giveaway.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the drawing. Didn’t win? Keep an eye out for future ticket giveaways! See show details below. Read the full story

Davidson students playing tough guys in “Guys and Dolls” include, from left, Allen Rigby, Derek Marsh, Gordon Cobb, and Nick Upright.

Two of Davidson’s most revered performing arts professors—Joe Gardner in theatre and Bill Lawing in music—are joining forces again on production that first brought them together 34 years ago. In 1979 these then-young members of the faculty produced the romantic musical comedy “Guys and Dolls” on the Davidson stage as their first collaboration.

Well, it’s 1979 all over again! Gardner and Lawing have dusted off the script and score of the Frank Loesser play for another Davidson “Guys and Dolls” production March 20-24. Read the full story

By CONNIE FISHER
DavidsonNews.net

Don and Divina Cook  have produced another powerful drama, currently on stage at The Warehouse for Performing Arts in Cornelius. The intriguing psycho-drama, “Crimes of Omission” was written by Don, and his wife, Divina, frequently seen on stage, is the director. Their collaborations invariably lead to success. Read the full story