NEWS

 

Friday – March 22

Davidson Branch Library: Community Read – Healthy Snack Choices with Measuring Up

March 22 @ 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, the Town of Davidson, and Main Street Books presents an afternoon drop-in program featuring information about healthy snack and lifestyle choices and a make-your-own snack mix bar on Friday, March 15th from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Students can drop by the Green in front of Davidson Library to enjoy community and food around the themes of friendship present in Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte.

 

Amelia Shields ’24: Senior Art Major Exhibition Reception

March 22 @ 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Visual Arts Center (VAC) Atrium

This is a reception and artist talk.

 

Seussical the Musical

March 22 @ 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Hough High School

Come see Hough High School perform Seussical the Musical! A great event for all ages with lots of fun songs and dances! Purchase tickets here.

 

Bright Star

March 22 @ 7:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

The Music Department collaborates with the Theatre Department in this production of Bright Star, featuring musical echoes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Boasting a Tony-nominated bluegrass score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star is a haunting tale of love and redemption set amongst a rich ensemble of characters in the North Carolina mountains in the 1940’s. Literary editor Alice Murphy sets out to discover the familial secret that binds her to a young writer just back from World War II. Her emotional, uplifting journey of discovery will forever change both of their lives. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. 

 

Music at Summit: Rusty Knox and Jim Ashton

March 22 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Saturday – March 23

Davidson Farmers Market –NO Winter Tailgate Market this weekend

Next market – March 30 @ 9:00 a.m.

Downtown Davidson – behind Summit, between Main Street and Jackson Street

 

Town Arbor Day Celebration

March 23 @ 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Pump House – 865 South St

Davidson residents are invited to celebrate Arbor Day at the Davidson Pump House and South Prong Rocky River Greenway. There will be a brief ceremony at 9:00 a.m. followed by a tree planting along the greenway and a tree sapling give away. Those interested in participating in the tree planting event are asked to visit the Davidson Lands Conservancy website at www.davidsonlands.org/dlc.events for more information. The annual Arbor Day celebration encourages individuals and groups to plant and care for trees.

 

John Griffith’s Art Exhibit

March 23 @ 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Pamela Quarles-Adams Fine Art Studio – 108 S. Main Street (upstairs)

This is an opportunity to see John Griffith’s watercolor and acrylic works.  John is an educator and minister who served as Chaplain of the Dana Hall School, Dean of Admissions and Vice President for Development at Davidson College, and President of Lyon College and President of Presbyterian College. After forty years, John and his wife, Nancy, returned to Davidson.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Community Read – Creating with Books

March 23 @ 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Listen to stories and extend learning through a variety of hands-on activities! For this event, we will be listening to our 2024 Community Read: Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora and creating Thank You cards for special people in our lives!

 

Baseball Hosts Siena (Doubleheader)

March 23 @ 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Wilson Field

 

Seussical the Musical

March 23 @ 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Hough High School

Come see Hough High School perform Seussical the Musical! A great event for all ages with lots of fun songs and dances! Purchase tickets here.

 

Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony

March 23 @ 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Knobloch Campus Center

From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks to form the image of a mandala. To date the monks have created mandala sand paintings in more than 100 museums, art centers, and colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. Traditionally most sand mandalas are destroyed shortly after their completion. This is done as a metaphor for the impermanence of life.

 

Music at Summit: Davidson Local

March 23 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Bright Star

March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

The Music Department collaborates with the Theatre Department in this production of Bright Star, featuring musical echoes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Boasting a Tony-nominated bluegrass score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star is a haunting tale of love and redemption set amongst a rich ensemble of characters in the North Carolina mountains in the 1940’s. Literary editor Alice Murphy sets out to discover the familial secret that binds her to a young writer just back from World War II. Her emotional, uplifting journey of discovery will forever change both of their lives. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. 

 

Sunday – March 24 

Purim Carnival

March 24 @ 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Temple Kol Tikvah

Everyone in the community is welcome to join us for our annual Purim Carnival. This year’s theme is Superheroes! Come dressed as your favorite superhero or dress up however you’d like. We will have MYO Superhero Capes/Masks, fun games, bounce house, and more! Please share! All are welcome!

 

STEAMFest 2024

March 24 @ 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Woodlawn School

 

Baseball Hosts Siena

March 24 @ 1:00 p.m.

Wilson Field

 

Seussical the Musical

March 24 @ 1:00 p.m.

Hough High School

Come see Hough High School perform Seussical the Musical! A great event for all ages with lots of fun songs and dances! Purchase tickets here.

 

Bright Star

March 24 @ 2:00 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

The Music Department collaborates with the Theatre Department in this production of Bright Star, featuring musical echoes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Boasting a Tony-nominated bluegrass score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star is a haunting tale of love and redemption set amongst a rich ensemble of characters in the North Carolina mountains in the 1940’s. Literary editor Alice Murphy sets out to discover the familial secret that binds her to a young writer just back from World War II. Her emotional, uplifting journey of discovery will forever change both of their lives. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. 

 

Monday – March 25

Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime

March 25 @ 9:30 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: Family Storytime (Outdoor)

March 25 @ 10:30 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.

 

Town Planning Board

March 25 @ 6:00 p.m.

Town Hall and Community Center

 

Tuesday – March 26

Davidson Branch Library: Community Read – Food Focused Speed Friendship

March 26 @ 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Read Buttermilk Graffiti, the 2024 Community Read selection by Edward Lee during the month of March and then join us for Speed Friendship in celebration of the Community Read.  Sometimes it is hard to find a topic to start a conversation with someone new.  We’ll use food as a jumping off point to create connections.  Light refreshments provided.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read

March 26 @ 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

This program will be provided by Davidson Paws to Read volunteers!

Boost your reading skills and confidence by reading aloud to a volunteer therapy dog.

The length of sessions will be around 10 minutes. This is a drop-in program, so no registration is required.

 

Baseball Hosts High Point

March 26 @ 5:30 p.m.

Wilson Field

 

Town Board Meeting

March 25 @ 6:00 p.m.

Town Hall and Community Center

 

Caroline Maurano, Soprano

March 19 @ 7:30 p.m.

Tyler-Tallman Hall

Join soprano Caroline Maurano for her senior recital as she celebrates the voices of female composers and the female experience, including songs in French, German, and English. With her voice instructor Melinda Bugaiski and accompanist Tomasz Robak, they have worked tirelessly on eleven pieces for this recital and are excited to share their efforts! Free and open to the public.

 

Wednesday – March 27

Davidson Branch Library: Student Success Center at Davidson

March 27 @ 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Visit the Student Success Center at Davidson! The Student Success Center is a pop-up learning space designed to provide a supporting learning environment for children in elementary school grades. Students can visit the Student Success Center to work with a trained volunteer to get support in one of three ways:

Student support is available on a first come, first served basis depending on volunteer availability; no registration is required! Drop by the Student Success Center to get the support you need today!  For more information, visit https://cmlibrary.org/ssc.

 

Open Mic at Summit

March 27 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Brass Studio Recital

March 27 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Hall

Students from the studios of Andrew Fierova, Scott Hartman, and Alex Wilborn will perform various exciting works for brass alongside our wonderful accompanist Tomasz Robak!  Free and open to the public.

 

Thursday – March 28

Davidson Branch Library: Knit, Chat, Read

March 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.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Manga Mashup

March 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.

 

Town Affordable Housing and Equity Board Meeting

March 28 @ 6:30 p.m.

Town Hall and Community Center

 

Trivia Night at Summit

March 28 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Alana Wilson ’24: Senior Art Major Exhibition Reception

March 28 @ 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Visual Arts Center (VAC) Atrium

This is a reception and artist talk.

 

Baseball Hosts Saint Joseph’s

March 28 @ 6:00 p.m.

Wilson Field

 

Davidson College Republicans in Conversation with Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. ‘85

March 28 @ 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Chambers Hance Auditorium – 4121

Davidson College Republicans are hosting Congressman, practicing surgeon, and Davidson alumnus Greg Murphy for an evening of conversation. We will hear about his medical and political careers, as well as how the Davidson education gave him the skills he needed to serve as a Republican leader at the highest level. The first hour is reserved for Congressman Murphy to deliver a speech, and the remainder will be used for a Q and A session moderated by the Club leadership as time allows.

 

William Fried, Piano

March 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Hall

Davidson College’s William Fried gives a rare performance of classics, with music by Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Free and open to the public.