NEWS
Ready, Set, This Week in Davidson: April 12 – 18
CATS will host a “Red Line” Public Information Session at the Library – Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.
Friday – April 12
Senior Art Major Exhibition Reception: Sarah Green ‘24
April 12 @ 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Visual Arts Center (VAC) Atrium
Join us for a Senior Art Major Exhibition + Gallery Talk with Sarah Green ’24.
Music at Summit: Sunday Union
April 12 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Saturday – April 13
Davidson Farmers Market
April 13 @ 9:00 a.m.
Downtown Davidson – behind Summit, between Main Street and Jackson Street
Storytime: Dragons Love Tacos with Davidson Community Players
April 13 @ 10:00 a.m.
Davidson Farmers Market patio under the pergola
Main Street Books & Davidson Community Players present DRAGONS LOVE TACOS STORY TIME with the characters! The cast of Dragons Love Tacos will read the story and entertain young fans.
Free with registration | REGISTER HERE
Giveaway: Join us at this special story time to win (4) tickets to Davidson Community Players’ Dragons Love Tacos, the play.
Terms of Giveaway: Raffle tickets are free. Must be in attendance on April 13th, 2024 to participate. Ticket holders must be 18+ years old. *One winner will be selected at random at sotry time. Winner will receive (4) tickets to the Davidson Community Players performance of Dragons Love Tacos on Sunday, May 5th at 1:00 pm at Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.
Women’s Tennis Hosts College of Charleston
April 13 @ 1:00 p.m.
Davidson Tennis Courts
Lacrosse Hosts Saint Josephs
April 13 @ 12:00 p.m.
Davidson College Stadium (the new stadium)
Davidson College Jazz Ensemble
April 13 @ 7:30 p.m.
Duke Family Performance Hall
Since 1985, John Patitucci’s association with Chick Corea has brought him worldwide acclaim and put him at the forefront of the jazz world. His many recordings with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band and Akoustic Band, his six solo recordings for GRP Records and his subsequent recordings have brought him two Grammy Awards, one for playing and one for composing, and over fifteen Grammy nominations. Patitucci is currently a Visiting Scholar at Berklee, teaching in both the Global Jazz Institute and the Bass Department.
For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.
Music at Summit: TBD
April 13 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Sunday – April 14
Men’s Tennis Hosts The Citadel
April 7 @ 12:00 p.m.
Davidson Tennis Courts
Monday – April 15
Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime
April 15 @ 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)
April 15 @ 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.
Davidson Branch Library: Learn About Qigong
April 15 @ 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Qigong is a 5000 year old practice of meditative movement that has been passed down by generations of Chinese Masters. Qi = Life Force Energy & Gong = Cultivating or working with it. Learn to feel and move your energy so that you become more balanced, at peace, and happy. The power of Qigong can be felt in the movement, the meditation, and the sound (chanting). It can heal you at all levels and provide you with tools to improve every aspect of your life. It boosts your immune system and improves many aspects of your physical and emotional health. This is truly a practice for the Body, Mind, and Soul. The workshop includes: An introduction to how Qigong works, a Qigong Session -Meditation in Movement, and a sitting or lying down meditation. No experience necessary. All are welcome.
Davidson Branch Library: Strange New Worlds Book Club
April 15 @ 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Join us usually, but not always, on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm for the Strange New Worlds book club! This month, we will be discussing the book A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. This event will be in person and on Zoom.
From the Publisher: “T. Kingfisher’s A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma’s ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom.”
Tuesday – April 16
Rotary Club of Davidson
April 16 @ 12:00
North Harbor Club
Guest Speaker: Carlos Salum, Founder – Leadership Performance Strategist
Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read
April 16 @ 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.
CATS Public Information Meeting: Red Line Rail
April 16 @ 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) invites residents of the Town of Davidson to attend a public meeting to learn more about the Red Line Commuter Rail project and to help establish a shared vision for the North Corridor. Through development of a 25-mile rapid commuter rail service serving 10 stations in five municipalities, the project aims to connect the northern towns of Mecklenburg County and southern Iredell County to Uptown Charlotte.
Wednesday – April 17
Nature at Your Door
April 17 @ 1:00 p.m.
Davidson Town Hall, Lower Level Community Room
When we step outside, most of us enter an urban or suburban landscape shared with a multitude of animals and plants. Though we often fail to notice it, we are surrounded by a world of beauty, complexity and abundance that coexists with our human activities and structures. Dr. Sara Gagné will explore the connections between people and nature in the places where we live, and will encourage us to discover the diversity of animals and plants that share our yards, parks, greenways and neighborhoods.
** Please enter from parking lot in rear of building through the double red doors to left of glass entrance.
Davidson Branch Library: Student Success Center at Davidson
April 17 @ 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
April 17 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Davidson College Traditional Series: Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius
April 17 @ 7:30 p.m.
Duke Family Performance Hall
It is our great honor to be able to host the incomparable Tim O’Brien in a year where he is celebrating 50 years as a performing musician. A multi-instrumentalist (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo) he has performed with a very long list of traditional musicians, especially in Nashville, where he has lived since 1996. The International Bluegrass Music Association recognized him as best male vocalist in 1993 and 2006, and awarded him song of the year in 2006. He will be performing with his wife, Jan Fabricius, with whom he has been performing for nearly a decade. He is a Traditional Music treasure, one of the most deeply loved and respected traditional musicians of our time. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.
Thursday – April 18
Davidson Branch Library: The Third Thursday Travel Club
April 18 @ 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Join our meeting of 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. This month Karen and Jeff Hughes will present a program on their pet sitting travel experience in England. Bring your questions, your stories and your Wanderlust! Newcomers always welcome!
Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read
April 18 @ 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.
Ladies First – Neoliberal Architectures and Moviegoing in India
April 18 @ 5 p.m.
Visual Arts Center (VAC)
Since the late 90s, multiplexes in India have almost always been located inside malls, making it impossible to inhabit one space without also inhabitating the other. The prevalence coincides with a shift in the spectatoraial imagination of India’s mass audience – spaces that, for several decades, had been designed for the subaltern male, but are now built for the consuming, globalized middle-class woman. The mulitplex established a new link between media and architecture in the subcontinent, not only rewriting the relation between gender, caste, and urban space, but also changing the shapes of Indian cities. Guest speaker: Tupur Chatterjee – Assistant Professor in Global Film and Media, University College Dublin
Senior Art Major Exhibition Reception: Julia Matthiesen ‘24
April 12 @ 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Visual Arts Center (VAC) Atrium
Join us for a Senior Art Major Exhibition + Gallery Talk with Sarah Green ’24.
Davidson Branch Library: Teen Advisory Council
April 18 @ 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!
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!
Trivia Night at Summit
April 18 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Davidson College Choirs: Rossini’s Stabat Mater
April 18 @ 7:30 p.m.
Duke Family Performance Hall
Rarely performed and agonizingly sublime, this concert features Rossini’s liturgical setting of the anguish of Mary. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.