NEWS

Will more snow fall this Saturday?

Friday – January 30

Wrestling vs Bellarmine

Jan. 30 @ 7:00 p.m.

Baker Sports Complex

Music at Summit: Winter Music Series

Jan. 30 @ 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Summit Coffee Stage

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Jan. 30 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

This Shakespearean classic follows a king whose wild jealousy shatters his family and kingdom—until time, love, and a little bit of magic spring forth a chance for redemption. Part tragedy, part comedy, and entirely human, this is a story all about second chances and the power of forgiveness. DCP is proud to co-produce The Winter’s Tale with Charlotte’s Shepherd Shakespeare Company!

Saturday – January 31

Davidson Farmers Market – Winter Tailgate Market

Jan. 31 @ 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Behind Ben & Jerry’s

Men’s Tennis vs. Gardner Webb

Jan. 31 @ 11:00 a.m.

Davidson Tennis Courts

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Jan. 31 @ 2:00 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

This Shakespearean classic follows a king whose wild jealousy shatters his family and kingdom—until time, love, and a little bit of magic spring forth a chance for redemption. Part tragedy, part comedy, and entirely human, this is a story all about second chances and the power of forgiveness. DCP is proud to co-produce The Winter’s Tale with Charlotte’s Shepherd Shakespeare Company!

Davidson Branch Library: Mahjong Beginner Open Play

Jan. 31 @ 2:30 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Mahjong Intermediate Open Play is a program where adults can play Mahjong at the intermediate level. This means you know the rules and can play at a faster pace than a beginner. No formal instruction will be provided. Intermediate Mahjong will alternate Saturdays with Beginner Mahjong. You may attend both to see where you fit best! At this time, the library has 3 Mahjong sets. If you have a personal set and would like to bring it to use, we can accommodate up to 20 players in the room. 

Lawing-Lesher-Lesher Piano and Voice Recital - POSTPONED

Jan. 31 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Hall

Due to the likely chance of snow this Saturday (especially impacting our guests' travels), we have made the decision to postpone the Lawing-Lesher-Lesher recital to Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall. We apologize for any inconvenience! Dr. Aaron Lesher, a Davidson College alumnus, was a student of Cynthia Lawing during his undergraduate years. While he maintains a busy schedule with his medical practice, he continues to find joy playing the piano. His son Campbell is now a second-year student at Davidson, enrolled in voice lessons and the Davidson College Chorale.  Join us for this unique teacher-student and father-son recital! Free and open to the public.

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Jan. 31 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

This Shakespearean classic follows a king whose wild jealousy shatters his family and kingdom—until time, love, and a little bit of magic spring forth a chance for redemption. Part tragedy, part comedy, and entirely human, this is a story all about second chances and the power of forgiveness. DCP is proud to co-produce The Winter’s Tale with Charlotte’s Shepherd Shakespeare Company!

Sunday – February 1

Men’s Tennis vs. Lenoir-Rhyne

Feb. 1 @ 11:00 a.m.

Davidson Tennis Courts

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Feb. 1 @ 2:00

Armour Street Theatre

This Shakespearean classic follows a king whose wild jealousy shatters his family and kingdom—until time, love, and a little bit of magic spring forth a chance for redemption. Part tragedy, part comedy, and entirely human, this is a story all about second chances and the power of forgiveness. DCP is proud to co-produce The Winter’s Tale with Charlotte’s Shepherd Shakespeare Company!

Monday – February 2

Davidson Branch Library: Baby Storytime

Feb. 2 @ 9:30 a.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Babies experience brain stimulation through language and socialization. Engage your little one with new sights and sounds through books, songs, and rhymes. This group is majorly a lapsit program for babies from birth to 18 months. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Only the first 12 babies will be accepted. Please collect a ticket at the front desk upon arrival.

Davidson Branch Library: Family Storytime (Outdoor)

Feb. 2 @ 10:30 a.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Bring your whole family out to 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. This storytime will take place outdoors in front of the Davidson Library. [Inclement weather note: In the case of inclement weather, please check the website to confirm a cancellation.]

Davidson Branch Library: Homework Help

Feb. 2 @ 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Children in K-5th grade are invited to drop in to the library on Mondays from 4pm-6pm for Homework Help! Trained Homework Help volunteers provide a welcoming and supportive environment where young learners can:

• Get help completing assignments
• Practice important foundational math and reading skills (such as math facts or reading)
• Explore and get connected to important Library resources, including Tutor.com, a free professional tutoring service that provides 15 free tutoring sessions in any subject each week with a Library card or ONE Access account

Whether your child needs a little extra support, or a focused one-on-one support session, Homework Help is a great way to build confidence and stay on track. Let us partner with you in your child’s learning journey! Note: While our homework help program is intended for student support, it is not a tutoring service. Volunteers provide help and guidance to the best of their ability, but are not certified teachers. Volunteers do not complete assignments for students. Students are called to work 1 on 1 with a trained volunteer for a 20-minute block after completing a short intake form to share your learning support needs. Davidson provides this program on Mondays from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m., however all Library branches offer Homework Help too! Visit the Homework Help website for additional hours of service.

Davidson Branch Library: Reading Buddies

Feb. 2 @ 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

We want to be your school aged child's reading buddy! Library volunteers read aloud favorite books by asking questions, building vocabulary, and connecting to your child's world. This semester will begin February 2 - May 4 (no appointments for April 6). Sessions are available Mondays from 4 p.m. - 6p.m.

This is a drop-in program, no registration required!

Global Cinema Classics: The Exploding American Underground - Todd Haynes' - The Velvet Underground

Feb. 2 @ 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Davidson College Visual Arts Center – Semans Lecture Hall

Join us for our film series, Global Cinema Classics: The Exploding Underground. This week, we'll screen The Velvet Underground (2021). This acclaimed documentary by Todd Haynes is about the NYC underground film, visual art, and poetry scenes and how they birthed rock’s most radical band. Co-sponsored by Van Every/Smith Galleries and the departments of English and Film, Media, and Digital Studies. Refreshments provided.

Tuesday – February 3

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

Feb. 3 @ 2:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Join us on the first Tuesday of each month at 2:00 pm for The In-Person Davidson Branch Book Club! This month we will be discussing How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley. "When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens' Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she'll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively benign--but when age makes you invisible, secrets are so much easier to hide. When the city council threatens to sell the doomed community center building, the members of the Social Club join forces with their tiny friends in the daycare next door--as well as the teenaged father of one of the toddlers and a geriatric dog--to save the building. Together, this group's unorthodox methods may actually work, as long as the police don't catch up with them first." This program will be provided by Davidson library staff.

Davidson Branch Library: Writing Club - Cursive Handwriting

Feb. 3 @ 4:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

You’ve mastered writing in print. Are you ready to learn cursive?

Cursive writing is known to enhance fine motor skills, improves retention and comprehension, and helps improve spelling skills. Plus, it's fun! Join us for 5 once-a-week sessions to learn the basics of cursive writing! Since these sessions will build upon skills developed in the previous sessions, registrants are required to sign-up for all 5 sessions. Children must be able to write confidently in print before signing-up! Practice makes progress! Some practice sheets will be sent home to help practice!

Men’s Basketball vs. Saint Louis

Feb. 3 @ 9:00 p.m.

John Belk Arena

Wednesday – February 4

Main Street Books: Winter Story Time

Feb. 4 @ 10:30 a.m.

Main Street Books

Main Street Stories is our storytime for young kids and their caregivers.

Join us for storytime at the bookstore. We'll explore themes through books and songs.

Event Guidelines

• Winter 2026 Session: Wednesdays January 14 - March 25, 2026
• Please RSVP to each story time individually.
• Location: Main Street Books
• Address: 126 S. Main St, Davidson NC
• Main Street Stories is a free program.

 Davidson Branch Library Technology Help

Feb. 4 @ 4:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Did you get a new phone for Christmas? Trying to figure out your new Kindle? The library can help! Get free one-on-one assistance with computers and technology. Bring your iPhone, iPad, laptop or other device. Improve your skills and confidence! These drop-in sessions will be led by volunteers from the Hough High Honors Computer Science Club.

Public Lecture with Yanni Kotsonis on the Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism

Feb. 4 @ 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Davidson College Visual Arts Center – Semans Lecture Hall

In 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. In this talk on his new book, The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism, Professor Yanni Kotsonis traces how something new emerged from an imperial mosaic of myriad languages, religions, cultures, and localisms—the world’s first ethnic nation-state, one that was born from the destruction and the creation of whole peoples, and which set the stage for the modern age of nationalism that was to come. Yanni Kotsonis exposes the everyday chaos and brutality in the Balkan peninsula as the Ottoman regime unraveled. He follows the future Greeks on the seaways to Odesa, Alexandria, Livorno, and the Caribbean, and recovers the stories of peasants, merchants, warriors, aristocrats, and intellectuals who navigated the great empires that crisscrossed the region. Kotsonis recounts the experiences of the villagers and sailors who joined the armed battalions of the Napoleonic Wars and learned a new kind of warfare and a new practice of mass mobilization, lessons that served them well during the revolutionary decade. He describes how, as the bloody 1820s came to a close, the region’s Muslims were no more and Greece was an Orthodox Christian nation united by a shared language and a claim to an ancient past.

Music of China - Wei Lin, violin & Cynthia Lawing, piano

Feb. 4 @ 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Sloan Music Center: Tyler-Tallman Hall

Come watch violinist Wei Lin and pianist Cynthia Lawing perform music written by Chinese composers. Free and Open to the Public.

Thursday – February 5

Davidson Branch Library: Emerging and Established Artists

Feb. 5 @ 4:00 p.m.

Davidson Branch Library

Join fellow art enthusiasts to share inspiration, ideas, and stories. This program is not led by an instructor--it's an opportunity for you to bring in your canvas, paints, or other media to work in community with fellow artists. Note: No supplies will be provided. Join us on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. While you're in the branch, check out our many art books.

Davidson Branch Library: Teen and Preteen Board Game Night

Feb. 5 @ 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!

Public Lecture with Yanni Kotsonis on the Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism

Feb. 5 @ 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Davidson College Visual Arts Center – Semans Lecture Hall

The History Department invites you to hear Yanni Kotsonis, associate professor in the departments of History and of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University, speak about the Greek Revolution. In this lecture, he traces how something new emerged from an imperial mosaic of myriad languages, religions, cultures, and localism: the world's first ethnic nation-state, one that was born from the destruction and the creation of whole peoples, and which set the stage for the modern age of nationalism that was to come. Co-sponsored by the Dean Rusk International Program, the Public Lectures Committee, Russian Studies, and the Jewish Studies Lecture Series, this event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Feb. 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Armour Street Theatre

This Shakespearean classic follows a king whose wild jealousy shatters his family and kingdom—until time, love, and a little bit of magic spring forth a chance for redemption. Part tragedy, part comedy, and entirely human, this is a story all about second chances and the power of forgiveness. DCP is proud to co-produce The Winter’s Tale with Charlotte’s Shepherd Shakespeare Company!