Important Dates
Deadline looms for program of music lessons at no cost
Aug. 8. Cain Center for the Arts’ Community Music Program offers eligible local students ages 7-18 an opportunity for a nine-month program full of music lessons at no cost. The lessons are in voice, guitar, piano and drums; at the end of the program, the student is awarded a free instrument based on the types […]
Taste of Birkdale is Oct. 14
Aug. 8. Taste of Birkdale Village returns Saturday, Oct. 14 with a number of restaurants offering delicious bites, as well as an open bar and live music. Participating restaurants: Brown Bag Seafood Co. Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop Community Culinary School of Charlotte eeZ Kilwins Red Rocks Cafe Sugar + Ice Details The cost is $60 […]
Celebrate 40 years of National Night Out with Cornelius Police
Aug. 1. Come out to Smithville Park this evening to have some fun with your neighbors during National Night Out. The Cornelius Police Department and Parks & Recreation, are holding the annual event at Smithville Park 5:30 to 7:30 pm Aug. 1. There will be a demonstration of CPD’s K-9s, an opportunity to dunk-a-cop, and […]
Fondo returns to Davidson Aug. 13
July 31. Davidson will host the Lake Norman Fondo Cycling Event will take place on Sunday, Aug. 13. Three different rides are offered, all starting at 7:30 am: 35-miles, 50-miles, and 75-miles. All rides originate on Lorimer Road near the Town Green and head east out of town on Davidson-Concord Road. Some 500 participants are […]
National Night Out is Aug. 1
July 27. The Cornelius Police Dept. will host National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1 at Smithville Park. There will be a variety of things to do, including Dunk-a-Cop, live music and kids’ activities, as well as food and Sunset Slush. The event, which runs from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, is free to attend. […]
Yard sale at Rural Hill
July 17. Historic Rural Hill will hold a Community Yard Sale from 8 am to 1 pm on Saturday July 22. The fundraiser for Rural Hill is free for shoppers; vendors pay $20 for a 10 by 10 foot spot and set up at 7 am. The event is rain or shine.
Prayer walk on July 18 will include a stop at Madalina’s house
Rev. David Judge, pastor of First Baptist Church on Catawba Avenue, will lead a group of young people from the Metrolina Baptist Association in a prayer walk starting at the church at 9:45 am Tuesday, July 18. Stops will include Madalina Cojocari’s home at the corner of Lake Village Boulevard and Victoria Bay Drive. Other […]
Calling all playwrights to submit short, original work
July 11. Submissions are open for the 7th Annual Boos and Brews 10-Minute Play Festival in October. The festival will be held at the Davidson Community Players Actor’s Lab Black box theater in Cornelius on Oct. 26, 27 and 28. Plays will be accepted from NC, SC, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Playwrights of all levels […]
Local eateries will be part of ‘Queen’s Feast’
July 6. Six restaurants in Cornelius and Huntersville are participating in “Queen’s Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week” July 21 through July 30. Three-course, prix fixe dining deals range from $30 to $50 per person. North Mecklenburg Dressler’s in Birkdale Firebirds Wood Fired Grill in Huntersville Firebirds Wood Fired Grill in Northlake Hunter House, Circa 1913 in […]
SOLD OUT: Newsmakers Breakfast June 22 on development
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | JUNE 22 Three Lake Norman leaders—a developer, a former Huntersville mayor and a sitting town commissioner in Cornelius—will discuss the state of development amidst the current climate in and around Lake Norman at a Newsmakers Breakfast June 22 at The Peninsula Club. [THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT] The event features: John Aneralla, […]
