Town Crier

TODAY

• Through a Soldier’s Eyes: Remembering Vietnam, exhibition at Waterworks Visual Art Center, through Nov. 19.

• Rowan County Board of Commissioners, 3 p.m., Rowan County Administration Building, 130 W. Innes St.

• Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, 3:30 p.m., Cabarrus County Governmental Center, 65 Church Street, SE, Concord.

• North Rowan Connection Choir will have second practice for the “Family and Friends Rainbow Tea” at 7 tonight at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Any and all interested persons who would like to join this choir, please attend.

TUESDAY, Nov. 8

• ‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ opens at Catawba College, through Nov. 12: Tribute to composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Hedrick Theatre. $12 adults, $10 non-Catawba students and senior citizens. Call for times 704-637-4481, http://showtix4u.com

• Free screening of ‘Race To Nowhere,’ 6:30-8:30 p.m., Salisbury Academy Jaguar Gym. Viewing is free, tickets are limited, RSVP www.salisburyacademy.org

• Rowan County Board of Health meeting and annual dinner, 6 p.m., Rowan County Health Department community room.

THURSDAY, Nov. 10

• Spencer Woods Community Forum, 7-9 p.m. at Spencer Town Hall, 600 S. Salisbury Ave. Community forum on plans for Spencer Woods property, sponsored by the Town of Spencer and The LandTrust for Central North Carolina.

• A Look at the Cannon Family, 5:30 p.m., Historian Gary Freeze of Catawba College speaks on the history of the Cannon family, their business and cultural legacies and their contributions to the community. Free, open to the public. Sponsored by Cabarrus County Public Library, 704-920-2054.

FRIDAY, Nov. 11

• Veteran’s Day

• FirstARTS series Musique Heroique: Music for Trumpet and Organ, 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11: Anita Cirba, principal trumpet in Winston-Salem and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras and Matthew Michael Brown, organist. First United Methodist Church, 217 S. Church St., free.

SATURDAY, Nov. 12

• Veteran’s Day event, “Pearl Harbor Memories,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Military ceremony led by Corriher Lipe Middle School Chorus, Mrs. Wooten, director. Military vehicles on display, military weapons and war-related memorabilia, everything free but food and drinks. A joint event by the Price of Freedom Museum and A Company of the CMVPA. Intersection of Weaver and Patterson Roads, 704-857-7474, www.priceoffreedom.us

• Veterans’ Choice Talent Show, 6:30 p.m., social room, Building 6, Hefner VA Medical Center.

• Last day of Art for the Soul exhibition, photography, collages, sculptures, paintings by residents of Abundant Living Adult Day Services. Waterworks Visual Arts Center, 123 E. Liberty St.

• Art of WellBeing Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free lectures all day, booths, “living" food, at The Greensboro School of Creativity, 900 Sixteenth St., free admission and parking.

SUNDAY, Nov. 13

• Piedmont Choral Society’s Old Fashioned Hymn Sing, 3 p.m., bring canned goods for Cooperative Christian Ministry. Program is free, offering will be taken. Forest Hill United Methodist Church, 265 Union St. N., Concord. Community input requested: If you have a favorite hymn you would like to be considered for this program, contact 788-2000, or kayy2000@gmail.com

MONDAY, Nov. 14

• “Food Stamped,” Learn and Live Film Series and discussion, 7 p.m., free, events room of the David H. Murdock Core Laboratory building, N.C. Research Campus, Kannapolis.

• Chapter 909 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Concord, will have its regular monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Cabarrus Senior Center, 331 Corban Ave SE (N.C. 73 East).

Come at 6:30 PM to enjoy a light meal.

All Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans and their spouses are urged to attend. For further information about the meeting contact Nelson Lee at 704-467-2246 or Bob Downer at 980-621-8735. All funds raised are used to help local veterans.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16

• Second Wednesday Lecture Series, 1 p.m., Brian Moffitt on early travel in the state, Bob Julian Roundhouse, NC Transportation Museum, 411 S. Salisbury Ave., Spencer. Museum admission fees apply. www.nctrans.org, 704-636-2889

THURSDAY, Dec. 1

• Chamber of Commerce Women in Business networking, 5-6:30 p.m., Gateway Building, 204 E. Innes St. RSVP 704-633-4221.

SATURDAY, Dec. 3

• Hometown Christmas Parade, 2 p.m., downtown Mocksville. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Mocksville as a Main Street community.

SUNDAY, Dec. 11

• Glory of Christmas concert, Salisbury Ecumenical Choir, 4 p.m., St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 131 W. Council St.

MONDAY, Dec. 12

• Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m., Jack & Gigi Enterprises at Victory Wealth Management, RSVP 704-633-422