Davidson Parks & Recreation will begin accepting registration for 2010 summer camps on Monday, March 22. This year’s camps include art classes, sports, sailing, Lego camps, doll design, etiquette, music and classes for pre-schoolers.  Continue Reading

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Chef Tim Groody visit ‘Biscuits & Bach’ on March 21

SOURCE: WDAV-FM
March 21 is an important date. Johann Sebastian Bach was born 325 years ago on that day. And 1 year ago, the Sunday morning show “Biscuits & Bach” was born at Davidson-based classical music radio station WDAV-FM, 89.9. This Sunday, March 21, WDAV will celebrate both anniversaries with a “Biscuit Party” during its Spring 2010 on-air membership campaign.

Listeners are invited to drop by the station Sunday from 8 to11 a.m., enjoy a free fresh-baked biscuit, listen to live Bach performances and watch station staff and volunteers. Continue Reading

Davidson College's crew hosts charity regatta for Habitat for Humanity Saturday.

Friday is Arbor Day in Davidson, with an afternoon celebration on the Village Green, organized by the Town of Davidson’s Natural Assets and Tree Advisory Board. Events leading up to the day a lunchtime seminar Thursday at Town Hall on home gardening. Performances of “Violet” continue at Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theatre. Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers speaks about “green” energy during a conference Saturday at Davidson College. And Davidson Farmers Market hosts another winter tailgate market Saturday downtown. Those and other events below. Continue Reading

On Saturday, March 20, contralto Diane Thornton and pianist Grant Jones will perform “An Evening of American Art Song,” songs by American composers, as well as the premiere of four new songs by Davidson composer Mary Armistead-Jones. The free concert is at 7:30 p.m. in Sloan Music Center’s Tyler-Tallman Hall on the Davidson College campus. Continue Reading

The Davidson College theater department present its major spring production next week, the comedy “Leading Ladies.” Meanwhile, “Violet” continues at Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theater. Also below: Spotlight on a Woodlawn School actor in Children’s Theatre of Charlotte’s “Treasure Island,” and news about spring break and summer theater camps for kids, and auditions for a summer production of “Noises Off.”  Continue Reading

Tony Abbott, Dana Professor Emeritus of English at Davidson College, will teach a weekly class on novelist Reynolds Price beginning this Sunday, March 21, during the Sunday school hour at Davidson College Presbyterian Church. Continue Reading