Clockwise from seated: Quincy Newkirk ’14, Christine Noah ’14, Christian Hatch ’15 and Allen Rigby ’14 spent the summer creating their techno-play, “Spark Source”

It’s typically taboo to pulling out your smartphone in a theater. But a new play written and produced by Davidson College student thespians will encourage the audience to do just that. “Spark Source” was created with funding from the Davidson Research Initiative and runs this weekend at Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius, exploring the social implications of technology and social media.

Performances are Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7:30pm and at 2pm Sunday, Sept. 29. Tickets are $10 for regular admission and $5 for students, and they are available only online at
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Lake Norman Beerfest is Saturday at Galway Hooker

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Area high school football teams are at home this weekend and the Davidson Lands Conservancy’s annual Run for Green races are Saturday. It’s also Summit Coffee’s 15th birthday. Mecklenburg County Commissioner Kim Ratcliff hosts a community meeting Thursday at 7pm in the Cornelius Town Hall – bring your questions about county government. Alsot Thursday, the Women’s Issues Therapy Group meets from 6:30-8pm at the Counseling Center at DUMC.  Bella Love and Kadi Fit are teaming up again this week for Open Mic Night at Kadi Fit Studios, starting Thursday at 8pm. Read on for more highlights from our Events Calendar for this weekend.
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Grievous Angels play Saturday at Summit Coffee.

Live music, running races, and community gatherings pack This Weekend’s calendar. Davidson College artist-in-residence Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (born in Botswana, lives in South Africa) will give an artist lecture today (Thurday) at 6pm in Semans Lecture Hall in the Belk Visual Arts Center on her site-specific exhibition, “ab initio,” which opens on the 12th. The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, an edgy comedy currently open at the Warehouse PAC, continues this weekend with showtimes Thursday through Saturday. Read on for more selections and highlights from this weekend’s calendar.
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The arts scene north of Charlotte is booming these days. I envision a time –  soon – when residents of Cornelius and Davidson won’t have to venture into the city at all unless we just want to see tall buildings, or encounter traffic.

Among those impacting the arts scene locally, and in a big way, is The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius. The intriguing, cool, black box venue on Westmoreland Road churns out production after production of quality live theater. Don’t believe me? Check out their latest offering, “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” which ends its well received run this weekend. Read the full story

Cat Rutledge plays Marjorie Taub and Phil Robertson is Dr. V. Ira Taub in “The Allergist’s Wife.”

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 Drama at The Warehouse Performing Arts Center is always a treat, and invariably thought provoking. Opening the 2013-14 season, “The Tale of The Allergist’s Wife” upholds The Warehouse’s reputation. It takes a talented brand of actor to deliver a timely barrage of enticing, at times even wicked lines of entertaining of adult comedy. Director Jim Esposito obviously knew what he was doing when he selected his cast and venue so well.  Read the full story

Opening at Warehouse PAC in Cornelius.

This Weekend’s calendar is full, and just in time for the last weekend before students return to school. The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife opens tonight (Thursday) at the Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius at 8pm. It will run Thursday through Friday for the next few weeks, with two Sunday matinee shows. Billy Jones and The Pocket perform at Summit Coffee starting at 8pm, rain or shine. Read on for more events and excerpts from the weekend calendar.
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