NEWS
Ready, Set, This Week in Davidson: September 13 – 19
Friday – September 13
Summit Coffee’s 26th Anniversary Party
Sept 13 @ 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Music by Sunday Union
Saturday – September 14
Davidson Lands Conservancy Treasure Tree Designation
Sept. 14 @ 8:30 a.m.
Back Parking Lot at Davidson United Methodist Church
Davidson Farmers Market
Sept 14 @ 9:00 a.m.
Downtown Davidson – behind Summit, between Main Street and Jackson Street
Deliberative Citizenship Initiative: Facilitator Training
Sept 14 @ 1:30 p.m.
Hurt Hub
Watercraft Rentals
Sept 14 @ 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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. Watercraft will be available on Saturdays from 2- 5 p.m. Register to reserve your watercraft of choice. Please arrive between 2 and 2:30 p.m. and boats must be ported by 5 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. UNC Greensboro
Sept. 14 @ 2:00 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
Downtown Fall Arts Festival
Sept. 14 @ 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Main Street and the Town Green
Football vs. Point University
Sept 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Davidson College Stadium
Music at Summit: Heidi Sidelinker (Songwriters’ Showcase)
Sept. 14 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Davidson Film Club – “Life is Beautiful”
Sept 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Armour Street Theater
Sunday – September 15
Field Hockey vs. Appalachian State
Sept 15 @ 1:00 p.m.
Carol Grotnes Belk Turf Field
Davidson College Concert Series: Czech Chamber Music
Sept 15 @ 3:00 p.m.
Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall
This concert is in honor of the Czech Music Year, celebrating the anniversaries of luminary Czech composers. In recognition of Czech musical heritage, the concert includes the Pavel Haas String Quartet No. 1 and the Gideon Klein String Trio. We celebrate the centenary birth of Bedřich Smetana with his String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life.”
*There will be a post-concert reception generously sponsored by Ruth and Richard Ault.
Calin Lupanu, violin
Monica Boboc, violin
Marcus Pyle, viola
Marlene Ballena, cello
For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.
Monday – September 16
Men’s Golf River Run Collegiate
Sept 16 @ all day
River Run Country Club
Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime
Sept 16 @ 9:30 a.m. – 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: Family Storytime
Sept 16 @ 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.
Van Every/Smith Galleries – For Freedoms Art Activity
Sept 16 @ 2:15 p.m.
Knobloch Campus Center
This project was originally initiated by For Freedoms, an artist-led organization that models and increases clic engagement, discourse, and direct action. Founded in 2016 by Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, and Michelle Woo, For Freedoms does not overtly support any specific party or candidate but instead works with artists and organizations to center the voices of artists in public discourse, expand what participation in democracy looks like, and reshape conversations about politics. To participate in the Lawn Activation, find us around campus and create your own sign that will be added to a larger campus display. Everyone has an investment or interpretation of what freedom means. Your participation will help us better understand what issues are important to our campus and community, and what freedom means in the 21st century.
Tuesday – September 17
Men’s Golf River Run Collegiate
Sept 17 @ all day
River Run Country Club
Rotary Club of Davidson
Sept. 17 @ 12:00 p.m.
North Harbor Club
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Sept 17 @ 3:30 p.m.
St. Albans Episcopal Church
Davidson Branch Library: Dungeons and Dragons for Preteens
Sept 17 @ 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Are you curious about Dungeons and Dragons but never had an opportunity to try? Join us in an epic adventure in person at the Davidson Library. We will hold a very beginner Dungeons and Dragons one-shot session for children between the ages of 9-12. This session should last an hour, but extra time has been added in case the adventure runs overtime. Characters will be pre-made so that new beginner players are ready to jump right in! Limited spots available. Register below with an active email address to receive additional information on how to join. This program will be provided by Davidson Staff.
Other Info
Basic Rules can be found here: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules or http://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/DnD_BasicRules_2018.pdf (You do not have to read this to participate. It is listed as more information if interested.)
Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read
Sept 17 @ 4:00 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.
Davidson Branch Library: CharMeck Library Presents – What’s Under Lake Norman
Sept 17 @ 6:30 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
“On September 1, 1960, the first bucket of concrete for Cowan’s Ford Dam was poured by Duke Power’s president, William B. McGuire. The dam was completed in 1962… water began to flow, and Lake Norman was filled by June 1, 1963.” (museumofthenewsouth.org) Before it became Lake Norman, the area was home for generations of people, their farms, their churches, their entire communities. What happened to them? To find out, please join local resident, retired professor, and Hugh Torance House docent, Michael Connor, to learn about What’s Under Lake Norman and how it relates to the John Connor Farm, which belonged to Michael’s grandfather. There will be time for Q&A. Light refreshments served.
Dean Rusk Lecture: U.S. Bunker Diplomacy and Why Ukraine Matters
Sept 17 @ 7:00 p.m.
Hance Auditorium – Chambers 4121
John Etcheverry retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2023. He is presently the Grants and Contracts Manager for the Educating Character Initiative at Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character. Starting in Ukraine in the 1990s, John spent most of three decades living and working in diverse areas of the Soviet Union, holding assignments in Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, and the Republic of Georgia, as well as Iraq and Kosovo. Event is FREE and open to the public!
Town Commissioner Chat
Sept 17 @ 7:00 p.m.
Davidson Point Pool Cabana
Main Street Books presents Meagan Church with Kelly Mustain
Sept 17 @ 7:00 p.m.
Main Street Books
Okasha El Daly, “The reception of ancient Egypt in the medieval Muslim world”
Sept 17 @ 7:30 p.m.
Visual Arts Center (VAC) – 117 Semans Lecture Hall
In this lecture, Egyptian archaeologist Okasha El Daly fills a gap of about a thousand years in the history of Egyptology. Contrary to the prevailing view that the conversion of Egyptians first to Christianity and then Islam ended interest in their own heritage, they continued to study their own past with great pride. Many medieval Arab scholars visited Egypt to study its heritage and ancient scripts. This interest in ancient Egyptian scripts led to many scholarly attempts to decipher them. Here is a brief study of the motivations behind their interest and the degrees of their success in the decipherment and understanding of ancient Egypt. Nearly all the writers interested in Egyptian hieroglyphs were alchemists; many were also called Sufis or Mystics (for example, Jabir, Dhu Al-Nun, and Ibn Waḥshiyah). The fame of Egypt as the land of science, wisdom, and mysticism created a welcoming environment for the reception of ancient Egyptian thought and arts among medieval Muslim scholars and the general public.
Men’s Soccer Hosts Mercer University
Sept. 17 @ 6:30 p.m.
Alumni Soccer Stadium
Wednesday – September 18
DavidsonLearns Presents Friendships and Well-Being Across the Lifespan
Sept 18 @ 1:00 p.m.
Town Hall and Community Center – 251 South Street
In this Spotlight Event, we will explore many facets of one of the most valued aspects of our lives – the friendships we have with others. Friendships and peer relationships have been a topic of interest for centuries and across many disciplines, including philosophy, religion, literature, and psychology. These relationships bring us pleasure as well as pain, and they occupy our thoughts, at times more than we would like. We will take a life-span perspective on friendships and focus on how research in psychology can help us ask and answer questions about these social bonds, including how friendships develop, how they affect us, and how they vary from person to person.
Davidson Branch Library: Student Success Center
Sept 18 @ 4:00 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: Note: The Student Success Center is not a tutoring center, but rather a space designed to seek learning support from a volunteer. Students are called to work with volunteers on a first come, first served basis and no registration required. Drop by the Student Success Center to get the support you need today! For more information, visit https://cmlibrary.org/ssc. Suitable for: School Age (5-11)
Davidson Branch Library: Reading Buddies
Sept. 18 @ 4:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
We want to be your school aged child’s reading buddy! Sign up your school aged child for a 30-minute reading buddy session to share in the joy and power of reading. Library volunteers read aloud favorite books by asking questions, building vocabulary, and connecting to your child’s world. This semester will begin September 18 – December 18. Sessions are available Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm. Children register for a weekly reading buddy time for the entire semester! Sessions are offered on a first come, first serve basis. Registration opens one week prior to session (September 9th-16th). Please call 704-416-4000 or stop by the front desk to view available slots and to register your child for this upcoming semester.
Davidson Branch Library: N.C. Master Gardner – Houseplants
Sept. 18 @ 6:30 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
According to Healthline.com, “having plants in your home or office can be a source of pleasure. Indoor gardening relieves stress, boosts creativity, productivity, and focus, and promotes recovery. There’s some evidence that houseplants may positively influence the air quality in your home as well.” Not sure how to start? Come to the Davidson Branch and join Susan Sessler – NC Extension Master Gardener Volunteer of Mecklenburg County – as she discusses the benefits of, choosing, and caring for your houseplants. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers.
From the World of Woke: 2+2+? and the Importance of Language about Vulnerable Groups
Sept 18 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sprinkle Room – Knobloch Campus Center
Professor Ike Bailey explores the true history of “wokeness” and why it is vital for all of academia, including the hard sciences, to understand the importance of the philosophy.
Open Mic at Summit
Sept. 18 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Thursday – September 19
Davidson Branch Library: Third Thursday Travel Club
Sept. 19 @ 3:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Join our monthly meeting of the Third Thursday Travel Club. We’ll chat about travel stories, experiences, share advice, invite in experts, share library resources, and maybe even do some armchair travel. This month we welcome Dr. Lori Hoe, DVM from Main Street Veterinary Hospital in Cornelius to talk about traveling with your pets. Bring your questions, your stories and your Wanderlust! Newcomers always welcome!
Davidson Branch Library: Teen Advisory Council
Sept. 19 @ 6:00 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!
Women’s Soccer Hosts VCU
Sept 19 @ 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
Trivia Night at Summit
Sept 19 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee