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New on the big screen: Lights, Camera, Birkdale
Feb. 15. Family friendly movies will take over Birkdale Village’s jumbo screen during the second Saturday of every month, April through October. Movie night at The Plaza is free. Seating is first come, first serve. Attendees are encouraged to bring additional blankets and chairs. All movies start at 7:30 pm Saturdays, except in October. There’s […]
Fishing tournament and family expo coming in March
Feb. 15. Major League Fishing (MLF) will be hosting its catch, weigh and release Redcrest Championship, March 8-12, on Lake Norman. Blythe Landing in Cornelius will be home for the Wednesday-to-Sunday tournament. Sally Ashworth, executive director of Visit Lake Norman, said ot’s the most prestigious fishing event Lake Norman has ever hosted. MLF will also […]
Jesse Jones, a comic from Huntersville, will perform at Studio 13
Feb. 14. Jesse Jones, a popular comedian who lives in Huntersville with his wife and two children, will do a stand-up show at Studio 13 in the Oak Street Mill downtown on March 10. The show will start at 8 pm with opening acts Drew Harrison and Julie J. The UNC-Charlotte art major has been […]
Tropicana owners do an about-face
Feb. 14. By Dave Vieser. Cambridge Hospitality Group, which operates Peninsula Prime, Kats Seafood and Jacks Corner Tap, is revisiting plans to close the Tropicana nightspot on West Catawba, which were announced last month. Instead, the Tropicana will reopen in the nearby Kat’s Seafood location. Kat’s will cease operations. On Jan. 16, Cambridge co-owner Jim […]
Rox Burhans is new Cornelius planning director
Feb. 14. Rox Burhans is the new planning director for the Town of Cornelius. He was most recently the director of development services for Lancaster County in South Carolina. Burhans was planning director in Indian Trail from 2011 to 2019. Burhans, who has 18 years of planning experience, has a BS from Florida State in […]
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 […]
Donate now to help increase access to menstrual health products in Lake Norman
Feb. 14. The sixth annual Well-Equipped Period campaign is a community menstrual health product drive partnering with local businesses, community group, and individuals to supply local organizations with menstrual health products annually. The drive supports area women’s shelters, resource centers and pantries, including FeedNC in Mooresville, the Ada Jenkins Loaves and Fishes Pantry in Davidson […]
Cain Center wins regional award
Feb. 14. The Cain Center for the Arts has been awarded Centralina’s Region of Excellence of Award in the category of Improving Quality of Life. The Cain Center received the award for expanding recreational services that encourage community participation. Centralina noted the ‘new addition to Cornelius was created in response to a need the Town […]
Weekly calendar Feb. 13-19: Music, lectures, dancing and more
Calendar Sponsors Monday Feb. 13 Huntersville Black History Month Celebration 2:30 pm | Feb. 13 – Storybook reading by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library at Dellwood Center, 508 Dellwood Drive, Huntersville. The program is free, and all ages are welcome to participate. Organ at Davidson 7:30 pm | Feb. 13. Jerrick Cavagnaro performing. Free; donations accepted. Davidson […]
Budget season begins
Feb. 13. By Dave Yochum. A Town Board budget planning meeting held last week in the new Cain Center board room with the mayor, commissioners and department heads surfaced a wide range of pressing needs, all in the context of budget limitations and the possibility of a recession. Come budget season, the town faces capital […]
