NEWS

 

Friday – September 27

Men’s Tennis – Davidson Invitational

Sept 27 – 29

Davidson Tennis Courts (Potential weather impact)

 

Community School of Davidson: Hadestown The School Version

Sept 27 @ 7:00 p.m.

CSD Art Space – 404 Armour Street

Melissa Ohlman-Roberge saw Hadestown in its first inception at New York Theatre Workshop. “My oldest daughter was working wardrobe on the show, so it had special meaning,” recalls Ohlman-Roberge, Community School of Davidson’s upper school theatre arts educator/director. Later she saw the show on Broadway when Charlotte’s own Eva Noblezada starred as Eurydice. It’s been on her bucket list to direct ever since, and this month she gets her chance, as Community School of Davidson presents “Hadestown The School Version.”

 

Music at Summit: Rusty Knox and Jim Ashton

Sept 27 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Davidson Community Players: The Humans

Sept 27 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

As the holiday season approaches, one of the most acclaimed plays in recent memory arrives to remind us that family gatherings aren’t always easy. In The Humans, Stephen Karam documents the distinctly present-day Blake clan as a symbol of the disappearing middle class, with millennial children facing struggles their parents never faced while the parents also witness their promised safety vanish before them. Bound by love but consumed by a gnawing sense of dread, the Blakes meet for Thanksgiving dinner in New York City at one of their greatest moments of crisis.

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.

Recommended ages 15 and up

 

Saturday – September 28

Run For Green

Sept. 28 @ 7:30 a.m.

Downtown, with events on the Town Green

 

Davidson Farmers Market 

Sept 28 @ 9:00 a.m.

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

 

Davidson Branch Library: Puzzle and Game Swap

Sept. 28 @ 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

 

GiGi’s Gelato Grand Opening

Sept. 28 @ 10:00 a.m.

428 South Main Street

 

Cats of Davidson Meet & Greet Adoption Event

Sept. 28 @ 10:00 a.m.

ReStore in Cornelius

 

Men’s Tennis – Davidson Invitational

Sept 27 – 29

Davidson Tennis Courts

 

Women’s and Men’s Diving Host UNC Asheville

Sept 28 @ 11:00 a.m.

Charles A. Cannon Pool

 

Men’s Soccer Hosts La Salle University

Sept 28 @ 1:00 p.m.

Alumni Soccer Stadium

 

Community School of Davidson: Hadestown The School Version

Sept 28 @ 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (two performances)

CSD Art Space – 404 Armour Street

Melissa Ohlman-Roberge saw Hadestown in its first inception at New York Theatre Workshop. “My oldest daughter was working wardrobe on the show, so it had special meaning,” recalls Ohlman-Roberge, Community School of Davidson’s upper school theatre arts educator/director. Later she saw the show on Broadway when Charlotte’s own Eva Noblezada starred as Eurydice. It’s been on her bucket list to direct ever since, and this month she gets her chance, as Community School of Davidson presents “Hadestown The School Version.”

 

Watercraft Rentals

Sept 28 @ 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.

 

Concerts on the Green: Davidson College Symphony & Jazz Ensemble – CANCELLED

Sept. 28 @ 6:00 p.m.

Town Green

 

Davidson College Jazz Ensemble 

Sept. 28 @ 6:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

 

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra “Play Ball”

Sept. 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

 

Music at Summit: Davidson Local

Sept. 28 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Davidson Community Players: The Humans

Sept 28 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

As the holiday season approaches, one of the most acclaimed plays in recent memory arrives to remind us that family gatherings aren’t always easy. In The Humans, Stephen Karam documents the distinctly present-day Blake clan as a symbol of the disappearing middle class, with millennial children facing struggles their parents never faced while the parents also witness their promised safety vanish before them. Bound by love but consumed by a gnawing sense of dread, the Blakes meet for Thanksgiving dinner in New York City at one of their greatest moments of crisis.

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.

Recommended ages 15 and up

 

Sunday – September 29

Men’s Tennis – Davidson Invitational

Sept 27 – 29

Davidson Tennis Courts

 

Field Hockey vs. Bellarmine

Sept 29 @ 12:00 p.m.

Carol Grotnes Belk Turf Field

 

Women’s Soccer vs. Saint Joseph’s

Sept. 28 @ 1:00 p.m.

Alumni Stadium

 

Davidson Community Players: The Humans

Sept 29 @ 2:00 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

As the holiday season approaches, one of the most acclaimed plays in recent memory arrives to remind us that family gatherings aren’t always easy. In The Humans, Stephen Karam documents the distinctly present-day Blake clan as a symbol of the disappearing middle class, with millennial children facing struggles their parents never faced while the parents also witness their promised safety vanish before them. Bound by love but consumed by a gnawing sense of dread, the Blakes meet for Thanksgiving dinner in New York City at one of their greatest moments of crisis.

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.

Recommended ages 15 and up

 

Community School of Davidson: Hadestown The School Version

Sept 29 @ 2:00 p.m.

CSD Art Space – 404 Armour Street

Melissa Ohlman-Roberge saw Hadestown in its first inception at New York Theatre Workshop. “My oldest daughter was working wardrobe on the show, so it had special meaning,” recalls Ohlman-Roberge, Community School of Davidson’s upper school theatre arts educator/director. Later she saw the show on Broadway when Charlotte’s own Eva Noblezada starred as Eurydice. It’s been on her bucket list to direct ever since, and this month she gets her chance, as Community School of Davidson presents “Hadestown The School Version.”

 

Monday – September 30

Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime

Sept 30 @ 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 30 @ 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.

 

Repairing Our Social Fabric One Creative Conversation At a Time

Sept 30 @ 5:30 p.m.

Lilly Family Gallery – Chambers

In a deeply polarized country, one of the greatest and hardest acts of civic engagement is talking to people who don’t share our beliefs. But that’s exactly what we need to do if we want to solve the social and political problems our country faces and if we want to create a society in which everyone flourishes. Strengthening our social bonds happens when we begin to care about each other again, when we are in relationship with one another. That begins with a conversation. Social artist, cultural strategist, and curator Philippa Pham Hughes will share what she has learned from organizing such conversations since December 2016. She applies relational thinking, practical experience, and social science-based research to design space that invites honesty, curiosity, and understanding. She will share the ways in which she uses multi-media arts and culture as tools to spark and frame difficult dialogues.

Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement and the Van Every/Smith Galleries

 

Planning Board Meeting

Sept 30 @ 6:00 p.m.

Town Hall and Community Center

 

Traditional Series: Irish Masters

Sept 30 @ 7:30 p.m.

Duke Family Performance Hall

The Traditional Series opens their season with an Irish extravaganza, John Doyle’s Irish-American Music Masters, five wonderful musicians with shared Irish/American roots, led by the Grammy-nominated John Doyle. He will be joined by vocalist Cathie Ryan, Irish flutist Seamus Egan, John Williams on accordion and concertina, and Ivan Goff on Uilleann pipes. This is truly an all-star tour of five renowned Irish soloists coming together for a tour of the US. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

 

Tuesday – October 1

Rotary Club of Davidson

Oct. 1 @ 12:00 p.m.

North Harbor Club

 

Davidson Branch Library: The In-Person Book Club – Daytime Edition

Oct 1 @ 2:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Join us on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 2:00 pm for The In-Person Davidson Branch Book Club! This month we will be discussing The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez.

From the Publisher:

“When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories–literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives.”

 

Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read

Oct 1 @ 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.

 

DPD National Night Out

Oct. 1 @ 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Ada Jenkins Center

 

Wednesday – October 2

Davidson Branch Library: Student Success Center

Oct 2 @ 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

Oct 2 @ 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.

 

Open Mic at Summit

Oct. 2 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Scholars Recital

Oct. 2 @ 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall

Prepare to be wowed by some of the most talented members of our music community as we showcase our first- and fourth-year music scholarship recipients in this annual performance.
Free and open to the public.

 

Thursday – October 3

Davidson Branch Library:  Technology Tutors: 1-on-1 Support Session

Oct 3 @ 3:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Sign up for a 1-hour individual session with a library staff member to get tech help with computer basics, job help assistance, Microsoft Office, Internet, email, or other topics.

 

Davidson Branch Library: Paws to Read

Oct 3 @ 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: Teen and Preteen Board Night

Oct 3 @ 4:30 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Dive into the world of tabletop gaming with a variety of board games suitable for preteens and teens at Davidson. Participating in board games encourage cooperation, problem solving, letter and word recognition, and critical thinking skills.

This drop-in program will be provided by Davidson’s teen services staff member and is recommended for ages 9-18. A variety of board games and puzzles will be available to use during the program. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided.

You’re encouraged to bring your friends!

 

Jorell Melendez-Badillo Lecture

Oct 3 @ 4:30 p.m.

Carolina Inn (Lower Level)

Dr. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will be delivering a talk on his most recent book Puerto Rico: A National History (Princeton University Press, 2024)  His talk will engage with themes related to Caribbean and Latinx history, the politics of memory-making and historical writing, the ongoing colonial project of Puerto Rico, and working-class intellectualism.

 

Trivia Night at Summit

Oct 3 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee

 

Main Street Books Presents: Marian Schembari -A Little Less Broken

Oct 3 @ 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Main Street Books – 126 S. Main Street

Please join us at Main Street Books for an author talk and book signing with Marian Schembari in conversation with Rosie Molinary.

 

Davidson Community Players: The Humans

Oct. 3 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

As the holiday season approaches, one of the most acclaimed plays in recent memory arrives to remind us that family gatherings aren’t always easy. In The Humans, Stephen Karam documents the distinctly present-day Blake clan as a symbol of the disappearing middle class, with millennial children facing struggles their parents never faced while the parents also witness their promised safety vanish before them. Bound by love but consumed by a gnawing sense of dread, the Blakes meet for Thanksgiving dinner in New York City at one of their greatest moments of crisis.

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.

Recommended ages 15 and up