Important Dates
Plan a jazzy April, which is National Jazz Appreciation Month
Feb. 23. Huntersville will Jazz Up at the Ice House stage at Veterans Park in downtown on Saturday, April 22, and Sunday, April 23. Bring your lawn chair, purchase dinner and drinks from local food and beverage vendors onsite and enjoy and evening of the smooth sounds of jazz from 4-8 pm. The weekend lineup […]
Religion news: Special events at area houses of worship
Jews and Jim Crow Class Learn about how Jews viewed racial issues in the Jim Crow Era and the complicated origins of the Black-Jewish relationship. The class is offered 7:30-8:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 23, or Thursday, March 2, based on research from Rabbi Becca Diamond’s rabbinical thesis and will be available in-person and on […]
State schedules public hearing for Colonial Pipeline permit
Feb. 17. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing next month for a Colonial Pipeline wastewater permit. Colonial Pipeline has requested a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Wastewater Discharge permit to allow the discharge of treated groundwater to North Prong Clark Creek in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River […]
Discussion to focus on growth management
Feb. 16. The Town of Cornelius is changing its format from Connecting Cornelius to Town Talk, an hour-long single-issue series that will take a closer look at the important topics. Growth management is the topic Thursday, Feb. 23, and will try to envision what you see when you imagine Cornelius in 2042. Commissioners Denis Bilodeau […]
Birkdale big screen revs up season with Daytona 500
Feb. 14. By TL Bernthal. The Daytona 500 this weekend kickss off the lineup of games, series and tournaments being shown on the 10-foot 18-foot LED screen at Birkdale Village. Screenings are free for all visitors and seating is open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. The screen went dark while the ice skating […]
‘Native Gardens’ opens in 2 weeks
Feb. 10. The Davidson Community Players 2023 season kicks off with “Native Gardens” and tickets are on sale now. The production will run Feb 23. – March 12 at the Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour S., Davidson. Synopsis Pablo, a high-powered lawyer, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, are realizing the American dream […]
Summer camp registrations coming soon
Feb. 9. Details of Cornelius Parks & Recreation Department summer camps will be posted online in the next week, in to make choices before registration begins. Registration to Cornelius residents for their 2023 summer camps begins 7 am Wednesday, March 1. Registration will open to the general public 7 am Wednesday, March 8. The summer […]
Davidson College Symphony Orchestra concert features Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony Feb. 16
Feb. 10. Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy who made his concert debut at the age of 10. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he became a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, at the ripe old age of 23, at La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire. You can hear Saint-Saëns’s […]
Sen. Marcus will hold Town Hall
Feb. 8. NC Sen. Natasha Marcus will host her first Town Hall of 2023 from 10 am to 11 am Saturday, Feb. 25 at Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library in Charlotte. There is also an option to attend the Town Hall virtually. She will provide updates on legislative developments in the NC General Assembly and give […]
Phil Hamrick in concert Feb. 17
Feb. 6. The worship pastor at Love Lake Norman, a non-denominational church that meets Sundays at the Cain Center for the Arts, will perform his own songs at a concert Feb. 17 at the Oak St. Mill. Singer/songwriter Philip Hamrick will play a mix of his own songs, including worship tunes, in an intimate setting. […]
