Cassandra Wood won a regional Metrolina Theatre Award for her role as Violet in Davidson Community Players' "Violet." That's TJ Nelson as Leroy at left. (Davidson Community Players photo)

Actors in the Davidson Community Players’ productions of “Noises Off” and “Violet” brought home Metrolina Theatre Association Awards at ceremonies on Sunday. Winners included Matt Merrell (“Noises Off”) and Cassandra Wood (“Violet”), who won outstanding lead awards. The annual awards program was held in the McColl Family Theatre at ImaginOn in Charlotte.

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Davidson Community Players will conduct open auditions Sunday and Monday (Oct. 3-4) for roles in its December production of “A Christmas Story.” Also ahead: Davidson Community Players’ people and plays are up for honors at the Metrolina Theater Awards Sunday, Oct. 3, in Charlotte, and later this month, Davidson Community Player’s Connie Co. youth theater group is offering free performances of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
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Pushh plays a Concert on the Green Friday.

Dedication ceremonies are planned this week for two new high schools – Community School of Davidson on Thursday and W.A. Hough High on Saturday. Our calendar this week also includes Davidson Town Board and Davidson Rotary Club meetings and auditions for a Davidson College production of “Pride and Prejudice,” all on Tuesday night. The weekend begins with a Davidson Concert on the Green Friday with the rock band Pushh. Saturday brings the Davidson Farmers Market, and Cornelius’s outdoor film series screens “Charlotte’s Web.” Also this weekend, there’s a big bass fishing tournament on Lake Norman.

Details about those and other events below, or in the day-by-day calendar at right.
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Auditions are scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the Davidson College Theater Department’s October production of “Pride & Prejudice.” Meanwhile, auditions are also approaching later this month for teen actors interested in joining the casts of two Davidson Community Players’ shows: “Once on This Island” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Thursday is “Don’t Drive Day” when local drivers can improve Charlotte air quality by using public transportation, walking, or biking, or even telecommuting. This weekend is the last for the run of Warehouse Performing Arts Center’s popular play, “Fast Trip to Omaha.” There are performances each day, to see the show before it ends. The Rusty Knox Band will also be playing twice, on Friday at Prosciutto’s restaurant, and Saturday at The Wine Cellar. The weekly Davidson Farmers Market will run on Saturday, so visit to get some fresh, local produce or baked goods. Our Town Cinemas will open a new movie on Friday, “The Other Guys.” This action comedy stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as two New York City detectives who take on a case to try and imitate the best cops in the city, but which might be too much for them to handle.

Details on those and other weekend events below, or in our clickable day-by-day calendar at right.

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Davidson’s community calendar this week brings a open house at the public library branch on Tuesday, where members of the Davidson Library Task Force will kick off a “Pave the Way to Save the Library” fund-raising campaign. Come “buy a brick” to help fund library operations, meet the library staff, and learn more about volunteer opportunities. The “Paws to Read” program will also run during the open house for preschool and elementary school aged children. Also Tuesday, the planned Davidson Rotary Club holds another organizing meeting and area towns host a series of safety events on National Night Out. This week, you’ll have a couple of opportunities to see Davidson’s Rusty Knox Band perform live: Friday at Prosciutto’s and Saturday The Wine Cellar. And due to popular demand, the Warehouse Performing Arts Center has extended its production of “Fast Trip to Omaha” through this week.

Details about those events and more below. You’ll also find more in our clickable day-by-day calendar at right.

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