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Ready, Set, This Week in Davidson: Oct 13 – 19
The Farmers Market is fun, but this weekend stop by the Fire Department as they celebrate 90 years as our town’s fire department. Pancakes will be served starting at 9:00 a.m.
Friday – October 13
Music at Summit: Sunday Union
Oct 13 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit stage
Field Hockey vs. UMass
Oct 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
Carol Grotnes Belk Turf Field
Volleyball vs. Dayton
Oct 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
John Belk Arena
Saturday – October 14
Davidson Fire Department’s 90th Anniversary Pancake Breakfast
Oct 14 @ 9:00 a.m.
Fire Station Number One
Davidson Farmers Market – Prime Market
Oct 14 @ 9:00 a.m.
Parking lots beside and behind Summit
Town of Davidson: Watercraft Rentals
Oct 14 @ All Day
Lake Davidson Nature Preserve – 750 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.
Men’s Soccer vs. Saint Joseph’s
Oct 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Soccer Stadium
Please NOTE – it is “Ted Lasso” night at Alumni Stadium.
Concerts @ The Circles – Envision
Oct 14 @ 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Jetton Street – In front of Clean Juice
A Taste of Davidson
Oct 14 @ 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Jetton Street – Between Clean Juice and Mine by Sandy
The Town of Davidson is pleased to present this annual event is a fall festival to celebrate the flavors of Davidson and will feature food and beverages from our great restaurants as well as music by Carolina Soul Band. Jetton Street between Clean Juice and Mine by Sandy will be blocked off to accommodate the event, but there is plenty of public parking at the Circles @ 30 for festival goers. Admission to the event is free. Local restaurants will offer tastes of some of their most popular menu items for a small fee.
Music at Summit: Songwriters’ Showcase
Oct 14 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit stage
Sunday – October 15
Mona’s Jewish DeliFest 2023
Oct 15 @ 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Town Green
The annual Lake Norman Jewish Council Deli Fest is all about the food. Kosher-style, authentic, traditional, delicious Jewish Deli favorites. Come and enjoy a New York kosher-style deli sandwich of corned beef or pastrami with coleslaw and pickle. Add a nice hot potato knish from Brooklyn, Hebrew National hot dog, soda and chips, or a traditional kosher dessert. Perfect for kids of all ages. Save the date, bring your family and friends for tons of fun and food.
Main Street Books: Story Time & Craft with Kelly Rice Schmitt
Oct 15 @ 2:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee Stage
Main Street Books presents a Story Time & Craft with Kelly Rice Schmitt, author of I Ship. ABOUT THE BOOK: Made of steel, colossal, strong, I ship around the world. Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up with cargo, and heads out to the open ocean. The ship’s voyage includes starry skies and stormy seas, swift currents, and unforeseen delays. Through it all, the crew keeps working―with goods to keep the world going, they must carry on. Rhythmic text from Kelly Rice Schmitt and delightfully detailed illustrations from Jam Dong provide a riveting look at the journey of one mighty ship.
Jon Hill & Jon Singleton: Old-Time Music
Oct 15 @ 3:00 p.m.
Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall
Join this old-time power duo for a concert full of traditional music rooted in the Appalachians. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at www.davidson.edu/the-arts/ticket-office or by calling 704-894-2135.
Monday – October 16
Davidson Branch Library: Family Storytime
Oct 16 @ 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Your whole family can 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.
Africana Studies Artist Talk, Lola Flash
Oct 16 @ 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Visual Arts Center – 117 Semans Lecture Hall
Artist talk by Lola Flash, one of the very few Black Queer artists active in New York since the Aids crisis to the present. Their work, featured prominently in museum collections as MoMA, is currently on view at the Whitney and The Center for Black Visual Culture at NYU.
Racial Justice Lecture
Oct 16 @ 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Duke Family Performance Hall
We are excited to partner with Crisis Assistance Ministry to welcome Matthew Desmond to Davidson College. In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom. A book signing will immediately follow the talk.
Tuesday – October 17
Rotary Club of Davidson
Oct 17 @ 12:00 p.m.
North Harbor Club Restaurant
Davidson Branch Library: Advance Directives Workshop
Oct 17 @ 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Join staff from Atrium Health to learn about expressing your wishes for future health care and to guide decisions about that care. This is a free workshop to help you complete your living will and healthcare power of attorney forms. For adults and seniors. Registration requested.
More information and forms are available here.
Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read
Oct 17 @ 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
This program will take place indoors at the Davidson Library and will be provided by Davidson’s Paws to Read volunteers. Boost your reading skills and confidence by reading aloud to our volunteer therapy dog, Leo! Participants may choose their own books or use books at our library. No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome for 10 minute sessions!
Livability Board Meeting
Oct 17 @ 6:00 p.m.
Town Hall – 251 South Street
Sara Galletti (Duke University): “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean”
Oct 17 @ 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Visual Arts Center – 117 Semans Lecture Hall
Sara Galletti (Duke University), “Stone Vaulting in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean” This talk will explore the history of a stone vaulting technique called stereotomy from a transnational, longue durée perspective across the Mediterranean from the third century BCE—when the oldest of known stereotomic vaults was built in the Sanctuary of Delphi—through the sixteenth and seventeenth century, when pioneering theoretical works such as those by Philibert de L’Orme (1514–70) and Alonso de Vandelvira (1544–1626) crossed the boundaries of the building trades and stereotomy became the focus of a broader intellectual debate about solid geometry.
Wednesday – October 18
DavidsonLearns: Davidson Scholars
Oct 11 @ 6:00 p.m.
Town Hall – 251 South Street (Lower Level)
How Politicization of Our Courts Threatens our Democracy: We live in a time of political polarization that seems to affect every aspect of our republic. The courts that we expect to render justice fairly and impartially are increasingly politicized. When political agendas drive judicial outcomes, we cease to trust our courts and our judiciary. And when we lose faith in our system of justice, democracy itself is at risk.
Davidson Branch Library: My Next Step for Teens 1:1s
Oct 11 @ 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Do you have questions about the library, or not sure what it has to offer you? Register for this session to get your questions answered and hear from a Teen Library Associate to hear all about what your Library has to offer teens. From tons of amazing programming options like gaming, STEAM, writing, arts, and community service, to incredible online resources like Tutor.com, there’s so much to choose from! You can also download ebooks, stream movies and music, listen to college and career podcasts, and the list goes on. Get a step ahead and register today!
Design Review Board & Historic Preservation Meeting
Oct 18 @ 6:00 p.m.
Town Hall – 251 South Street
Trivia Night at Summit
Oct 18 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Thursday – October 19
Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime
Oct 19 @ 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 Support Session
Oct 19 @ 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Sign up for a 1-hour individual session with a library staff member to get help with computer basics, job help assistance, Microsoft Office, Internet, email, or other topics.
Davidson Branch Library: The Third Thursday Travel Club
Oct 19 @ 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Join us for the Third Thursday Travel Club. We’ll meet monthly to chat about travel stories, experiences, share advice, invite in experts, share library resources, and maybe even do some armchair travel. Bring your questions, your stories and your Wanderlust! Newcomers always welcome! In October we’ll hear from the Davidson College Women’s Basketball Team about their trip to Spain.
Davidson Branch Library: Teen Advisory Council
Oct 19 @ 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Interested in sharing your ideas, working with peers, and earning community service hours? Teens will work collaboratively on projects and services that will improve how teens use and engage with the Library. Come hang out with us for crafts, snacks, and service! This program will be provided by Davidson library staff, and is recommended for teens ages 12 to 18.
Information about this Group – The Teen Advisory Council meets monthly to discuss how teens can be more involved at the Library and help their community. Have your voice heard, and help us to make the Library a better place for teens!