Saturday, Feb. 1
See website for schedule and to reserve tickets. This whimsical, visually dazzling musical adaptation of the beloved Pixar film follows last year’s Frozen, Jr. in our recurring winter Disney show at the Cain. $30. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Ave., Cornelius.
10 am – 1 pm | Feb. 1. Create one of a kind, heart-shaped clay pieces, from bowls, simple vases or decorative trinkets. Participants will learn the art of molding and shaping clay to form heart-centered designs. The pieces will feature delicate designs, such as stamping, underglaze transfer papers or engraved messages, adding a personal touch to each piece. The center will fire your pieces and do the final glazing for you. Expect to create and finish 1-2 pieces. No experience is required. Instruction, clay and tools provided. Expect two weeks for the firing and glazing process. $85. Ages 16 and older. Ceramic Studio, Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
9 am –noon | Feb. 1. Davidson Farmers Market, downtown Davidson.
Sunday, Feb. 2
Resonances: William Fried, piano
3- 4:30 pm | Feb. 2. In the last few decades, French composer Philippe Manoury has been a pioneer in electroacoustic interactivity, while his solo piano music creates “analog” versions of this interactivity by exploiting the instrument’s potential for sympathetic resonance. Fresh from recording Manoury’s piano sonatas, Davidson’s William Fried features music of this sonic explorer along with miniatures by Debussy, Messiaen, and Murail. Free and open to the public. Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall, Davidson College.
Monday, Feb. 3
7:30 – 8:30pm | Feb. 3. Lisa M. Lee serves as associate vice president for research and innovation, leading the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance at Virginia Tech. Lee is an expert on contact tracing, public health surveillance, ethics and other topics related to infectious diseases that became highly sought after by members of the media reporting on COVID-19. Chambers Hance Auditorium, Davidson College.
Thursday, Feb. 6
6-8:30 pm | Feb. 6. A night of food, libations, music and dancing on stage at Cain Center for the Arts. This is a fundraising event for Cain Center’s community mission. In addition to directly supporting Cain Center’s arts and music mission, your Speakeasy ticket includes: food stations, open bar, live jazz quartet Holly Hopkins & Friends and dancing. Tickets are $75 per person (note: $40 per ticket is considered a tax-deductible gift). Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Dr. Polly Louise Arnold
Smith Lecture Presents Dr. Polly Louise Arnold, University of California, Berkeley
7:30- 9 pm | Feb. 6. Polly Louise Arnold, University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry, presents “Putting the F in Chemistry: A Molecular Exploration through the Footnotes of the Periodic Table, the Technology-Critical Rare Earth Elements, and Our Nuclear Waste Legacy.” The subtleties of structure and bonding in compounds of the f-block, the heaviest naturally occurring elements are still poorly-understood. Yet a fundamental understanding is needed to develop environmentally cleaner ways to extract technology-critical rare earth metals, and for the safe, long-term handling of our nuclear waste legacies. This lecture will explore what chemistry can teach us about these complicated but important metals. Davidson College, Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall.
Friday, Feb. 7
Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Doors 6:30pm; show: 7:30pm | Feb. 7. Jon Lehrer’s extensive background in both the modern and jazz dance idioms fosters choreography that is organic, athletic, artistic and often humorous, reflecting life experience and the human condition. Tickets start at $35. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Concert: Mike Compton and Laura Boosinger
7:30 – 9 pm | Feb. 7. Mandolin extravaganza, a concert with Mike Compton, the mandolin professor at the renowned Old-Time/Bluegrass School at East Tennessee, and Davidson favorite Laura Boosinger. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Tickets are required. Davidson College, Knobloch Campus Center DFPH-Duke Family Performance Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 8
The Kruger Brothers
Doors 6:30 pm; show 7:30 pm | Feb. 8. The Kruger Brothers create a nuanced sound that has made them a fixture within the world of acoustic music. Tickets start at $35. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Concert: Mandolin Symposium Extravaganza
7:30-9:30 pm | Feb. 8. Headlined by Mike Compton, the mandolin professor at the renowned Old-Time/Bluegrass School at East Tennessee, and joined by two regional and four local artists. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Tickets are required. Davidson College, Knobloch Campus Center DFPH-Duke Family Performance Hall.
Sunday, Feb. 9
12:30 pm check-in, play starts at 1 pm | Feb. 9. Grab your favorite partner and for a $30 entry fee, you can stake your claim to be Euchre Champion of Lost Worlds. Each teams gets a deck of Euchre cards and winners receive two $25 gift cards and a hat or T-shirt of choice. Lost World Brewing, 19700-D One Norman Blvd., Cornelius.
Galentine’s at Nina’s Boutique
10 am – 4 pm | Feb. 9. Emily in Paris themed. Decadent desserts and champagne dreams. Free to attend. No RSVP necessary. Nina’s Boutique, 21714 Catawba Ave. in Antiquity, Cornelius.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
6:30 pm. | Feb. 11. The state of the town address. Free and fun. All residents welcome. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
7-8 pm | Feb.11. This recital is free in-person and online at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Main St., Davidson.
Duncan Ryūken Williams
Sutra and Bible: Faith, Monuments, and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration
7 -9 pm | Feb. 11. Lecture by Duncan Ryūken Williams, a professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures and the director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture and former Chair of USC’s School of Religion. Free and open to the public. Chambers Lilly Family Gallery, Davidson College.
Thursday, Feb. 13
The Brit Pack: The Ultimate British Music Experience
The Brit Pack: The Ultimate British Music Experience
Doors 6 pm, show 7pm | Feb. 13. The Brit Pack brings the best of British rock music to stages across the USA. Formed by two Brits in NYC, The Brit Pack covers the spectrum of the UK’s musical legacy, from the iconic anthems of the sixties to the modern classics of today. Tickets start at $35. Cain Center For The Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Elizabeth Bradford: Warp Weft Water Weeds
5:30 – 7:30 pm | Feb. 13. A gallery reception with Elizabeth Bradford in conjunction with her solo exhibition in the Van Every/Smith Galleries. Refreshments provided. Register for this event. Visual Arts Center VAC-100 Atrium, Davidson College.
6:30-8:30 pm | second/fourth Thursdays of each month. Free line dance classes. No registration needed. Wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. Ada Jenkins Center gym, 212 Gamble St., Davidson.
Feb. 13 – April 9
Elizabeth Bradford: Warp Weft Water Weeds
Feb. 13 – April 9. The Van Every/Smith Galleries present sWarp Weft Water Weeds, a solo exhibition by Elizabeth Bradford. Van Every/Smith Galleries, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson College.
Friday, Feb. 14
Solstice: A Winter Circus Experience
Solstice: A Winter Circus Experience
Doors 6:30 pm, show 7:30 pm | Feb. 14. This captivating circus show unfolds the story of a character who has lost his inner light, plunging him into a wondrous and surreal world where memories come to life and the ordinary becomes ‘extra’ordinary. “Solstice” blends over 8 acrobatic acts with lighting, costumes, music, scenery and snow to create a blend of poetry and circus in a 75-minute show. Tickets start at $45. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players
7 pm | Feb. 14. Musica da Amare; 17th century chamber music. Davidson College Presbyterian Church sanctuary, Davidson.
Friday, Feb. 14 – Saturday, Feb. 15
Check-in for Murder, Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Doors 6 pm; dinner 6:30 pm; show 7 pm | Feb. 14-15. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an evening of intrigue and suspense as this interactive murder mystery dinner unfolds. 455-$65. Joe V. Knox Auditorium, Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215 North Main St., Mooresville.
Saturday, Feb. 15
Mike Super: Magic & Illusion
Doors 6:30 pm, show 7:30pm | Feb. 15. Mike Super is the only magician in history to win a live magic competition on primetime network television. Tickets start at $35. Cain Werner for their Arts, Catawba Avenue.
9 am –noon | Feb. 15. Davidson Farmers Market, downtown Davidson.
Sunday, Feb. 16
Melissa Givens
African American spirituals: Melissa Givens ’89 & Cynthia Lawing, piano
3 – 4:30 pm | Feb. 16. Join soprano Melissa Givens ’89 and pianist Cynthia Lawing for a concert of African American spirituals. Join these two artists in exploring the depths of this vitally important musical genre of American history. Free and open to the public. Sloan Music Center Tyler-Tallman Recital Hall, Davidson College.
3 pm | Feb. 16. Chamber Music for All performs Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante arranged for sextet (violins, violas, cellos). Adults $21.40; seniors $16.30; students/youth free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Davidson.
Monday, Feb. 17
1-4 pm | Feb. 17. A safe-surrender event for those who have unwanted guns in their homes. Lake Norman area faith communities, in partnership with RAWtools South, are hosting. Anyone may bring unwanted (and unloaded and working) guns to be dismantled and transformed into garden tools and art. Those donating guns will be celebrated with a gift card to local groceries or home improvement stores: $100 card for rifles and shotguns, $150 for handguns, and $200 for assault weapons after that gun has been disabled as a thank you for your donation (as supplies last). Gethsemane Baptist Church, 565 Jetton St., Davidson.
Thursday, Feb. 20
Ben Rosenblum
6 pm doors, 7 pm show | Feb. 20. Pianist, accordionist and composer Ben Rosenblum has traversed a truly unique musical path, one that has seen him perform alongside world-class musicians across more than twenty music genres and fifteen countries, lead bands at prestigious venues across the world, all while maintaining a signature, melodic musical voice. Tickets start at $25. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue, Cornelius.
Thursday, Feb. 20 – Sunday, March 9
Sacred Spaces Volume 1: The Minutes
See website for schedule. A dark comedy about the agony and ecstasy of small-town government. Good intentions collide with malicious inertia when an upstart young councilman returns from a brief leave of absence. Missing the minutes from the previous meeting, he senses the other council members—from shy civil servants to buffoonish politicians to senile elder statesmen—are hiding something awful about what transpired. In hilarious and unsettling fashion, The Minutes shows how fictional towns like Big Cherry and real towns like Davidson wrestle with uncomfortable task of recording their own histories. $12-$25. Recommended for ages 15-plus. Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., Davidson.
Friday, Feb. 21
Doors 6:30 pm doors, 7:30 pm show | Feb. 21. Discover the laughter, thrills and chills of Broadway’s greatest songs as shared by real-life Broadway married couple, Libby Servais (Glinda from “Wicked”) and Stephan Stubbins (“Mary Poppins”). Featuring songs from “The Sound of Music,” “My Fair Lady,” “Phantom of the Opera” and more. Tickets start at $35. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Bluegrass legend and banjo player Tony Trischka
Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam, A Tribute to Earl Scruggs, with Special Guest, Woody Platt
7:30 pm | Feb. 21. Tony Trischka honors the music of Earl Scruggs, pioneer of the three-finger banjo style and one of the most important musicians in bluegrass. Trischka recently came into possession of extremely rare recordings of jam sessions with Scruggs and John Hartford, and he’ll be debuting Scruggs’s note-for-note solos from a few of these. Together with his ace band—Michael Daves on vocals and guitar, bassist Jared Engel, fiddler Brittany Haas and sometimes Maddie Witler on mandolin — they will trace the story of Scruggs from his childhood to his final years. Special guest and Grammy award winner Woody Platt is best known as the former guitarist and vocalist for the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band formed in North Carolina. Tickets $20-$61. Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts & Civic Engagement, Queens University of Charlotte, 2319 Wellesley Ave., Charlotte 28274.
Saturday, Feb. 22
Big Day at the Lake Beach Bash
6-9:30 pm | Feb. 22. Whether you’re a beer enthusiast, a music lover or ooking for a great time to give to a great cause, grab your friends, put on your captain’s cap and get ready to experience a night filled with good vibes. Live music, live auction, raffle/silent auction, wine and bourbon pulls, Tickets suggested. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters Central Carolina. Lost Worlds Brewing, 19700-D One Norman Blvd., Cornelius.
HEARTSongs ‘25: Poetry of Freedom
2-5 pm | Feb. 22. A celebration of poetry past and present with a local twist. An afternoon filled with poetry, history, art, music and nature. In keeping with tradition, the fourth annual HEARTSongs spotlights the life and work of 19th-century enslaved poet George Moses Horton and his fascinating connection to the Torrance family of Huntersville’s Cedar Grove. Award-winning actor, playwright, and director Michael D. Connor will share Horton’s life story through a dramatic reading. This event also celebrates contemporary poetry, and Charlotte’s own Bluz is the featured poet for this event. Free; tickets required. at www.heartscircle.org. Historic Cedar Grove and Hugh Torance House and Store, 8229 Gilead Rd., Huntersville.
Jazz Legacy Project presents Billie Holliday – God Bless the Child
6:30 pm doors, 7:30 pm show | Feb. 22. Billie Holiday’s unique vocal approach and advanced sense of rhythm made her one of the most important and influential vocalists in American history. Her relentless fight to be treated as an equal – as a musician, a female and an African-American – made her one of the most important American figures in the 20th century. See how she developed her unique vocal style and how she blazed a trail for women and African-Americans that would pave the way for future generations. Featuring a multimedia experience of live music, narration, images and video footage. Tickets start at $30. Cain Center for the Arts, Catawba Avenue.
4-5:30 pm | Feb. 22. Performances, speakers, artwork and more. This free, public Cornelius Parks & Recreation Department event is offered in collaboration with the Smithville CommUNITY Coalition and Cain Center for the Arts. Cain Center for the Arts, 21348 Catawba Ave.
Armour After Dark: Now Are the Foxes Improv
7:30 pm | Feb. 25. An unscripted, highly energetic, audience interactive comedy experience performed by Now Are the Foxes, a theatrical improv team that takes your idea and turn it into a night of unpredictable storylines and uncontrollable laughter for you and your friends. $20. Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., Davidson.
Thursday, Feb. 27
6:30-8:30 pm | second/fourth Thursdays of each month. Free line dance classes. No registration needed. Wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. Ada Jenkins Center gym, 212 Gamble St., Davidson.
Saturday, March 1
9 am –noon March 1. Davidson Farmers Market, downtown Davidson.
Thursday, March 13
6:30-8:30 pm | second/fourth Thursdays of each month. Free line dance classes. No registration needed. Wear comfortable clothes and sneakers. Ada Jenkins Center gym, 212 Gamble St., Davidson.
Friday, March 14
Damn Tall Buildings
Doors 6:30 pm, 7:30 show pm | March 14. Damn Tall Buildings is a damn fine trio, mixing bluegrass, swing, and foot-stomping old-time music you wouldn’t think possible from a band from Brooklyn. Tickets start at $25. Cain Center For The Arts, Catawba Avenue.
Saturday, March 15
Shillelagh Shuffle 5K & Half Pint Fun Run
9:30 am | March 15. A fun and festive morning filled with running, prizes, and music and food trucks. Show off your St. Paddy’s Day spirit in our costume contest and you could win some festive prizes. Prizes in several age categories. Lost World Brewery, 19700-D One Norman Blvd., Cornelius.
9 am –noon | March 15. Davidson Farmers Market, downtown Davidson.
Sunday, March 16
Rotary Lake Norman Men that Cook
11 am – 2 pm | March 16. Taste tasting from LKN men who cook. $20 from each ticket goes to support selected charities that serve the communities of North Mecklenburg and South Iredell counties. Each eating participant will vote for their favorite food, charity or team by placing their ticket in the bucket on each team’s table. Tickets $20 in advance; $25 at the door, $10 kids younger than 10; free kids under 5. The Venues at Langtree, 554 Langtree Rd., Mooresville.
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