Tai Chi class begins Feb. 7



LINCOLNTON – Melinda Houser with N.C. Cooperative Extension will lead a six-week Tai Chi class beginning Feb. 7. Classes will run from 12:15-1 p.m. every Thursday through March 14 at the James Warren Citizens Center, 115 W. Main St. There is no cost to participate.

Brain Balance hosts workshop for parents and teachers



CORNELIUS – Brain Balance of Cornelius will present a Brain-Gut Connection workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at its office, 20601 Torrence Chapel Road.The workshop will explore the brain-gut connection and how it relates to behavior and learning in children with ADHD, autism and developmental delays. Topics will include picky eating, food sensitivities and nutrition and diet trends.Childcare will be provided.To […]

Love inspires classical concert



DAVIDSON -– Music at St. Alban’s presents its “Some Say Love: An Afternoon of Opera, Art Song and Broadway Standards” concert just in time for Valentine’s Day.Whether its new and exciting, bittersweet, humorous or deep and long lasting, all forms of love will receive their due with Mary Kathryn Withers, soprano, and Josh Barbour, pianist.The concert tells a love story […]

Donate blood during American Heart Month



The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas will hold blood drives at these locations in February:• Feb. 2, 2-5 p.m. at AMC Theaters of Northlake Mall, 7325 Northlake Mall Drive, Charlotte. Donors receive a free movie ticket.• Feb. 2, 1-4 p.m. at Birkdale Village, 8712 Lindholm Drive #206, Huntersville. Donors receive a free movie ticket.• Feb. 5, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at […]

Tornado watch issued until 8 p.m.



The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 8 p.m. Jan. 30 for several North Carolina counties including Lincoln, Iredell and Mecklenburg.

Davidson College jazz ensemble performance rescheduled for Feb. 22



DAVIDSON – The Davidson College Jazz Ensemble Guest Artist Concert featuring percussionist Adam Snow, originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Jan. 25 has been postponed to Feb. 22 due to weather delays.he original reschedule date of Feb. 1 presented several conflicts, but the concert has been firmly rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Tyler-Tallman Hall in the Sloan Music Building.The […]

Davidson College alumnus uses social media from space



by Jackson SveenDAVIDSON – NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn may be more than one million feet away from Earth, but he isn’t too far away to be socially connected.Marshburn, who launched from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station on Dec. 19, has been taking time to share his view of Earth with his Twitter followers.The crew in the International Space […]

MEHRTENS COLUMN: Close, but no NBA All-Star game for Curry



Sorry, Stephen Curry fans. He wasn’t exactly “snubbed.”If you’re going to accept the NBA’s method of picking its all-star game rosters, some very deserving players are going to get bypassed. This season, Curry was among that pained group. It’s easy to scream foul when we’re looking through Davidson-tinted, hometown-guy glasses. I’ve enjoyed watching Curry play since I first saw him […]