Archive for September, 2007

Election forum, food & housing events

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Election 2007 gears up this week with the first local candidate forum, on Thursday night. A fast organized by Muslim students on Wednesday will help raise money to fight hunger. And events on Friday (at Davidson United Methodist Church) and Saturday (The Ride for Hope & Housing) will raise money for affordable housing. Meanwhile, […]

Students fast to fight hunger

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Muslim students at Davidson College have joined hundreds of others across the country in organizing a fund-raising fast Wednesday, Oct. 3, to raise money and awareness about hunger in the U.S.

Musical fun for fall weekend

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

It’s shaping up to be a great weekend for music, with the town sponsoring bluegrass Friday and Summit Coffee bringing in folk singer Kellin Watson Saturday. Also this weekend are opportunities for rummaging at a church yard sale, watching circus theater, buying garden delights, and contributing sweat equity to a town path. All that and […]

St. Alban’s celebrates past, welcomes clergy

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Church members dedicated this cross and cornerstone from the former Lorimer Street Chapel as part of Sunday’s 50th anniversary celebration.
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church has had much to celebrate lately. First the arrival of a new rector, then the debut of a new weekly Saturday evening Celtic service. Sunday the congregation marked 50 years […]

Residents honor Stowe at dinner

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Wayne Stowe (center) talks to Dave Howie (right) and Mike Kessler during Thursday night’s pot-luck supper on the Green.

Wayne Stowe samples food - including his favorite Snickers bars - at Thursday’s dinner on the Green, organized by Downtown Davidson to honor Mr. Stowe on his planned retirement in December. Speakers remembered Mr. Stowe and his […]

DavidsonREADS launches Friday

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The Booklovers Club, founded in 1899 and still meeting monthly, the Tuesday Club, the As You Like It Book Club - Davidson has a long history of readers gathering to talk about their favorite novels. It’s hard to imagine a town having more book clubs per capita than this one. Cristina Shaul (left), a newcomer […]

Looking back at Herb Jackson’s ‘Veils’

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

A retropspective exhibit of Davidson artist Herb Jackson’s “Veronica’s Veils” series has opened at McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte. An opening reception is planned Friday, Sept. 28, 6-9 p.m. Meanwhile, Christa Faut Gallery in Cornelius is also featuring an aspect of the series - “Veronica’s Veil Drawings” - with a reception Sunday, Oct. […]

Art league seeks fall show entries

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The Lake Norman Art League invites artists to enter work in its 2007 fall exhibit, which will be on display Oct. 1 through Nov. 15 at Cornelius Arts Center.

Dinner for Stowe tonight - with music

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The Carter Brothers and Mike Orlando will provide music for tonight’s pot-luck supper on the Village Green honoring Wayne Stowe, who is retiring from the auto repair business and closing his Stowe’s Exxon on Main Street.
(Read Sara-Lynne Levine’s story about Mr. Stowe and tonight’s event.)

Garden club plant sale Saturday

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The Davidson Garden Club will hold its annual “Sale on the Green” on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The 35 members of the Davidson Garden Club sell plants from their gardens, baked goods from their kitchens, and “treasures” (books, toys, clothing, etc.) from their closets and attics. All will […]