NEWS

 

Friday – September 22

Men’s Tennis: Davidson Invitational

Sep 22 @ 3:00 p.m. start time

Davidson Tennis Courts

 

Music at Summit:  Rusty Knox and Jim Ashton

Sep 22 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit stage

 

Davidson Community Players – Yankee Tavern

Sep 22 @ 8:00 p.m.

Armour Steet Theatre

Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy contemporary conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely produced dramatic thriller is a fierce, funny, and ultimately mind-bending work of theatrical power that grips you until the final word. What you don’t know can hurt you. (Performances continue through Oct. 8)

 

Saturday – September 23

Davidson Farmers Market – Prime Market

Sep 23 @ 9:00 a.m.

Parking lots beside and behind Summit

 

Men’s Tennis: Davidson Invitational

Sep 23 @ 9:00 a.m. start time

Davidson Tennis Courts

 

Concerto Competition

Sep 23 @ 10:00 a.m.

Sloan Music Center

Davidson College students partake in the DCSO’s annual competition to win a performance opportunity with the orchestra on their November 10, 2023 concert. Free and open to the public.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Puzzle and Game Swap

Sep 23 @ 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

119 South Main Street

Have you completed the same puzzles more than once? Tired of the same old board games? Ready for some new ones? Bring your gently used puzzles and board games and leave with new-to-you puzzles and board games! Puzzles and games must be without any missing pieces. Children’s puzzles must be swapped for other children’s puzzles. Any puzzles or games left at the end of the swap will be considered property of the Davidson Branch Library. This program will take place indoors at the Davidson Branch Library. Face coverings are strongly encouraged for both participants and staff. Indoor programs will be operating at a reduced attendance capacity and will include social distancing based on the library space.

 

Volleyball Hosts George Washington

Sep 23 @ 1:00 p.m.

Belk Arena

 

Town of Davidson: Watercraft Rentals

Sep 23 @ All Day

Lake Davidson Nature Preserve750 Jetton Street

Come enjoy Lake Davidson on the watercraft of your choice: single or double kayak, paddle board or canoe! Meet our staff to rent your watercraft at the Nature Preserve behind Davidson Day School on Jetton Street and have fun on a self-guided paddling adventure. Register in advance to secure your watercraft of choice.

 

Football Hosts St. Andrews

Sep 23 @ 7:00 p.m.

Richardson Stadium

 

Music at Summit: TBD

Sep 23 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit stage

 

Davidson Community Players – Yankee Tavern

Sep 23 @ 8:00 p.m.

Armour Steet Theatre

Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy contemporary conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely produced dramatic thriller is a fierce, funny, and ultimately mind-bending work of theatrical power that grips you until the final word. What you don’t know can hurt you. (Performances continue through Oct. 8)

 

Sunday – September 24

Men’s Tennis: Davidson Invitational

Sep 24 @ 9:00 a.m. start time

Davidson Tennis Courts

 

Field Hockey Hosts Stonehill

Sep 24 @ 11:00 a.m.

Carol Grotnes Belk Turf Field

 

Men’s Soccer Hosts U. Mass

Sep 24 @ 12:00 p.m.

Alumni Stadium

 

Davidson Community Players – Yankee Tavern

Sep 24 @ 2:00 p.m.

Armour Steet Theatre

Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy contemporary conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely produced dramatic thriller is a fierce, funny, and ultimately mind-bending work of theatrical power that grips you until the final word. What you don’t know can hurt you. (Performances continue through Oct. 8)

 

Monday – September 25

Davidson Branch Library: Family Storytime (Outdoor)

Sep 25 @ 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Bring your whole family out to enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help foster a love of books and reading in your child. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate. This storytime will take place outdoors at Davidson Library. [Inclement weather note: In the case of inclement weather, we will cancel the outdoor program. A decision to cancel will be announced via email by 9 a.m. the day of the event.]

 

Davidson Planning Board

Sep 25 @ 6:00 p.m.

251 South Street

 

Tuesday – September 26

Town of Davidson – Board of Commissioners Meeting

Sep 26 @ 6:00 p.m.

Town Hall – 251 South Street

 

Artist Talk: Endia Beal

Sep 26 @ 7:00 p.m.

VAC – Semans lecture hall

Endia Beal is known for her photographic imagery and video installations often exploring the relationships of women of color within the corporate space, as based on her own experiences. She earned a dual BA in Art History and Studio Art with a concentration in Photography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MFA in Photography from Yale University School of Art. Previously, Beal served as Gallery Director and Curator at Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University. From 2021-2023, Beal was a Practitioner-in-Residence at the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, resulting in the commissioned portrait series, “Spaces of Comfort.” Learn more about this project and Beal’s other recent photographic and video projects.

 

Vanitas: A Multimedia Lecture, Demonstration, and Performance

Sep 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sloan Music Center

Vanitas is a centuries-old genre of art, especially favored in The Netherlands, that introduces reminders of mortality into still life paintings, intended to emphasize the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. The evening will consist of an introduction to the genre, a highlighting of many Vanitas paintings by artist Andrew Leventis, discussions with art historian Bonnie Noble, and performances by Cynthia Lawing, Dylan Savage, and David Russell. Free and open to the public.

 

Wednesday – September 27

Trivia Night at Summit

Sep 27 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Rhodes Series: Natalie Avalos Lecture and Discussion

Sep 27 @ 7:00 p.m.

Knobloch Campus Center – Sprinkle Room

Join Natalie Avalos, an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Boulder. She is an ethnographer of religion who received her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a special focus on Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions and Tibetan Buddhism. She is currently working on her manuscript titled Decolonizing Metaphysics: Transnational Indigeneities and Religious Refusal, which explores urban Indian and Tibetan refugee religious life as decolonial praxis. She is a Chicana of Mexican Indigenous descent, born and raised in the Bay Area.

 

Thursday – September 28

Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime

Sep 28 @ 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Davidson Branch Library

This program will be provided by Davidson library staff. Please check in with library staff beginning at 9:00 am on the day of the Storytime – the first 12 babies and their caregivers are able to attend. Babies experience brain stimulation through language and socialization. Engage your little one with new sights and sounds through books, songs, and rhymes.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Technology Tutors 1-on-1

Sep 28 @ 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Sign up for a 30-minute individual session with a library staff member to get help with e-resources, downloading e-books, computer basics, job help assistance, Microsoft Office, Internet, email, or other topics.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Knit, Chat, Read

Sep 28 @ 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Join fellow yarn and textile enthusiasts to share inspiration, ideas, and stories from our experiences as knitters, crocheters, and crafters. This program is not led by an instructor–it’s a social circle for sharing, building understanding and community. Meet up with other knitters or crocheters for self-directed projects in yarn and thread. Bring your own project to work on–no supplies are provided. While you’re here, check out our many crafting books with knitting and crocheting projects to try. Join us on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. This program will take place indoors at the Davidson Branch Library.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Teen Manga Mashup

Sep 28 @ 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Been reading any manga or watching any anime lately? Come share with us what you’re reading and watching! We’re not a regular book club. We’re an “UnBook Club!” What’s an Unbook Club, you ask? We don’t all agree to read the same things. (After all, some like shojo more than shonen, or like the mecha genre more than the magical girls type. Some might even like both!) Here we all take turns sharing what we’re currently reading, give and ask for recommendations, and share our love of manga! We play games, watch anime, make crafts, and hang out. Join us every last Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. in the community room.

Looking for some manga to read? Check out our catalog and place a hold, or come explore our graphic novel section in the branch. Find a link to our catalog by clicking here.

 

Private Equity & Private Credit Panel Discussion

Sep 28 @ 6:00 p.m.

Hurt Hub

Investing in private companies – either through equity or debt – are two of the most popular and successful alternative investment strategies used by institutional investors and family offices. In recent years, there has also been increased access for high net worth and retail investors. This event is an excellent opportunity to learn about these two dynamic, complex, and complementary strategies and hear from experienced practitioners and investors.

6–6:50 p.m. Networking

7–8 p.m. Panel Discussion with Q&A

Tickets are limited to 25 for students & staff, and 55 for the general public.

General public registration on Eventbrite.

Davidson College students and employees can register via Handshake.

Panelists:

• Kelly Lineberger (Partner at Ridgemont Equity Partners, Davidson College alumna)
• Grady Frank (Partner at GoldenTree Asset Management)
• Caroline Dallas (Director, Global Endowment Management, Davidson College alumna)

Moderator: Ray Jacobson, Chief Investment Officer, Davidson College

Co-presented by Davidson College and Charlotte Business School Alliance (CBSA)

 

Town of Davidson – Affordable Housing and Equity Board

Sep 28 @ 6:30 p.m.

Town Hall – 251 South Street

Main Street Books: Shawn Samuelson Henry

Sep 28 @ 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Hurt Hub – Delburg Street

Book release: Made in Main – Shawn Samuelson Henry grew up in Hanover, New Hampshire, where trips to the library were as exciting as those to the Dartmouth Skiway. After earning degrees from Bucknell University, Harvard University and the University of Wyoming, she taught English to teenagers for more than a decade. She is an avid playwright whose plays have won competitions and been produced across the United States and Canada. Shawn currently lives in Davidson, North Carolina, with her husband and three children.

ABOUT THE BOOK – It’s as if they are living in a country music song. When the mill closes, Edgewater’s economy and hope collapse. Hunter’s father starts drinking and becomes an embarrassment and liability to Hunter, who’s trying to balance his high-maintenance girlfriend with life on the basketball court. Luna, attending in-person school for the first time in her 17 years, has no friends and hides behind her hoodie to escape her peers’ vicious ridicule.

 

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra: Dance!

Sep 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

The DCSO opens their season with an eclectic mix of dance music including Argentine tango, Mexican jarabe, a deep south cakewalk, Viennese ballroom, and a cosmic dance of Shiva as Nataraja. Composers featured include José Elizondo, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Florence Price, and Johann Strauss, Jr. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.

 

Davidson Community Players – Yankee Tavern

Sep 28 @ 8:00 p.m.

Armour Steet Theatre

Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy contemporary conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely produced dramatic thriller is a fierce, funny, and ultimately mind-bending work of theatrical power that grips you until the final word. What you don’t know can hurt you. (Performances continue through Oct. 8)