NEWS
Ready, Set, This Week: October 11 – 17
Friday – October 11
Music at Summit: Sunday Union
Oct 11 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Davidson Community Players: The Humans
Oct 11 @ 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 – October 12
Davidson Fire Department Community Pancake Breakfast
Oct 12 @ 9:00 a.m.
Fire Station Number One
Davidson Farmers Market
Oct 12 @ 9:00 a.m.
Downtown Davidson – behind Summit, between Main Street and Jackson Street
Watercraft Rentals
Oct. 12 @ 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.
A2S Soulful Supper
Oct. 12 @ 5:30 p.m.
Davidson College – Vail Commons Dining Facility
Concert on the Green – Gospelfest
Oct 12 @ 6:00 p.m.
Town Green
Men’s Soccer vs. UMass
Oct 12 @ 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
Music at Summit: Songwriter Showcase
Oct. 12 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Davidson Community Players: The Humans
Oct. 12 @ 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 – October 13
Charity Softball Game
Oct 13 @ 2:30 (with first pitch at 3:45 p.m.)
McEver Fields
The Davidson Fire Department will take on the Davidson Police Department in a friendly charity softball game. Gates will open at 2:30 p.m., with Mayor Rusty Knox tossing the first pitch at 3:45 p.m. The game will begin immediately after.
Davidson Community Players: The Humans (FINAL Performance)
Oct. 13 @ 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
Jon Hill & Jon Singleton: Old-Time Music
Oct. 13 @ 3:00 p.m.
Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman 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 704-894-2135.
Monday – October 14
Indigenous Peoples Day
Tuesday – October 15
Rotary Club of Davidson
Oct. 15 @ 12:00 p.m.
North Harbor Club
Davidson Branch Library: Advance Directives Workshop
Oct. 15 @ 2:00 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.
Catherine Opie: Artist Lecture
Oct. 15 @ 5:00 p.m.
Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Hall
Join us for a conversation between Catherine Opie, whose work will be on view in the Van Every/Smith Galleries through early 2025, and Charlotte Cotton. Introduction by President Emerita Carol Quillen. Gallery reception to follow at the Van Every/Smith Galleries.
Dean Rusk Lecture: Hope Behind the Headlines – Why Now is Not the Time to Forget Ukraine
Oct. 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
Chambers 4121 – Hance Auditorium
Moderated by John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program, Dr. Jane Mangan GEORGE BUTLER is an award-winning illustrator who has reinvented the role of the Artist Reporter by drawing conflict zones, humanitarian crises, climate & social issues. Over the last fifteen years, Butler has been commissioned to create a slow alternative to the headlines. He attaches his drawings to the personal testimonies of those he meets and records their resolve and resilience alongside the vulnerability of their situations. His book, Ukraine: Remember Also Me: Testimonies from the War, exemplifies this approach. Join Mr. Butler for a book signing in the Chambers Building first floor lobby following the lecture!
Davidson graduate DR. LAUREN VAN METRE is the Director for Peace, Climate, and Democratic Resilience at the National Democratic Institute. She has extensive experience in conflict resolution and prevention, having worked on major policy initiatives at the Pentagon, the State Department, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Dr. Van Metre is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, where she writes for Ukraine Alert on the war in the Donbas and its impacts on Ukrainian politics and society. This event is FREE and open to the public. Book signing after the lecture. Event is Co-Sponsored by the Pulitzer Center and Dean Rusk International Studies Program.
Livability Board
Oct. 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall and Community Center
Wednesday – October 16
Davidson Branch Library: College & Career Connections: Meet an Arborist
Oct 16 @ 3:00 p.m.
Davidson Branch Library
Come join us at the library to welcome and meet the Town of Davidson’s arborist, Andrew Sileo. Find out the different career paths of an arborist, what an arborist does, and the tools an arborist uses day to day. Additionally, come learn about some of our local trees, including ones living right outside the library! Join in and ask questions about arboriculture, horticulture, and more! Ages 9-18 are welcome! We’ll start inside the Davidson branch’s Community Room, but we will likely move outside to the Green in front of the library to meet some trees, if the weather permits.
Davidson Branch Library: Student Success Center
Oct 16 @ 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 16 @ 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.
Design Review Board and Historic Preservation Commission
Oct. 16 @ 5:30 p.m.
Town Hall and Community Center
Open Mic at Summit
Oct. 16 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee
Martha Gimson, “Forgotten Past? Bridging Beaver Dam’s Past to the Present (and Into the Future)”
Oct. 16 @ 7:30 p.m.
Visual Arts Center (VAC) Semans Lecture Hall
Join Davidson College’s Historic Sites Program Manager, Martha Gimson, for a talk about the former plantation site Beaver Dam and its place in the past, present, and future. Beaver Dam, located in Davidson, NC, was built for William Lee Davidson II in 1829. Davidson College was named for his father, Revolutionary War General William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the Battle of Cowan’s Ford in 1781. Davidson College has recently reclaimed management of the site from the Town of Davidson. During this talk, we will explore the site’s history and what is known about who lived there freely as well as those held in bondage. The talk will also include a discussion on the direction Davidson College is taking to move the site forward as a place of learning and enrichment with emphasis on how to best use the interior space, grounds, and surrounding forested area. Plans for future archaeological research are part of the evolving strategic plan to bridge the past with the present and will help shape the direction of Beaver Dam for the future.
Thursday – October 17 – FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING
Early Voting for 2024 General Election
Oct 17 @ 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Davidson Town Hall and Community Center – 251 South Street
Davidson Branch Library: The Third Thursday Travel Club
Oct 17 @ 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 Ron and Linda Hoekstra who will share photos and talk about their volunteer time teaching children in Honduras and Indonesia. Bring your questions, your stories and your Wanderlust! Newcomers always welcome!
Affordable Housing and Equity Board
Oct. 17 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall and Community Center
Trivia Night at Summit
Oct 17 @ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Summit Coffee