Spring Night Out
5/6/2011
Downtown Salisbury
Free event sponsored by Downtown Salisbury, Inc.!
Shops open late from 5 – 9 pm, musical entertainment all around downtown. Downtown Ghost Walk, Classic cars, trolley rides, carriage rides, children’s area, and more! The Narrated Haunted Trolley Tours start at 8 pm at the Visitor Information Center. St. John’s Lutheran Church will be open for tours from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Call Downtown Salisbury Inc., 704-637-7814 for more information.

Mother’s Day Tea     
5/7/2011
Carolina Lily, 1375 Kern Carlton Road, Salisbury
Bring your mother or mother-in-law and treat them to a Mother’s Day Tea at Carolina Lily.Web: www.carolinalily.com. Phone: 704-633-3713

4th Annual Simple Living Festival        
5/7/2011
Dan Nicholas Park
Dan Nicholas Park Nature Center will be hosting the 4th Annual Simple Living Festival on May 7, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  The annual all-day spring event is a special opportunity for folks to step back in time and to see and experience first-hand some of the skills, crafts, music and lifestyle of previous generations when life was simpler and closer to nature and the earth.  There will be a small music stage with folk, gospel, guitar, old time and acoustic music.  This year we will once again be featuring local musicians.Web: www.dannicholas.net

Rowan County Master Gardeners
Plant Sale  
5/7/2011
2727 Old Concord Road Salisbury
The Rowan County Master Gardener Volunteer Association Annual Plant Sale, Perennial Plant Swap and Silent Auction 8:30AM at 2727 Old Concord Road Salisbury. An array of shrubs, plants, ornamental greasses and annuals will be featured. Bring up to 5 potted and labeled plants for the plant swap and take home 5 plants from another gardener’s yard. Cost of the Swap is $5.00. Profits from this event will help the Master Gardeners with their many community projects. Email: sunfire72@carolina.rr.com

Rowan Public Library
Annual Book Sale      
5/6/2011 – 5/9/2011
Rowan Public Library, Salisbury
Friday May 6th:  9:00am-4:00pm
Saturday May 7th:  9:00am-4:00pm
Monday May 9th:  9:00am-2:00pm
Web: www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us. Phone: 704-216-8243

Concert Choir’s Spring Concert  
5/13/2011 – 5/14/2011
Union Lutheran Church
4770 Bringle Ferry Road Salisbury
Come enjoy an evening of listening to the beautiful Brahms’ Love Waltzes, Opus # 52.  The Concert choir will sing the Liebeslieder Waltzes with 2-pianos & 4-handed accompaniment.  Tables of Assorted Desserts and Coffee will be served – all will leave you with the feeling of spending an Evening in Venice! Tickets are $10 adult and $7 student (with ID) and the event starts at 7:30pm on both nights.
Tickets can be purchased at the Salisbury-Rowan County Visitor Center or by calling the number below. Phone: 704-603-3310

American Legacy and
Spring Pops Concert      
5/15/2011
Salisbury Civic Center
315 S Boundary St Salisbury
The Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society presents the American Legacy and Spring Pops Concert at 3:00pm.  Tickets may be purchased at the door.  $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for kids/seniors.  Join us for a free reception afterwards.  Invite your family and friends to this afternoon of memorable tunes and celebration of American composers.

Summer Exhibition “In The Details”   
5/21/2011 – 8/13/2011  
Waterworks Visual Art Center
123 East Liberty Street, Salisbury
Using famed writer and curator Dave Hickey’s notion of a “quarter-inch artist” (one for whom every quarter of an inch is critically important), our summer exhibition explores how five artists’ meticulous approaches create worlds in their artwork.  Michelle Heinz (New York City) paintings picks up where Picabia and Balthus left off, creating haunting tableaux in unsettling settings.  Holden McCurry’s (Asheville, NC) distinctive functional and sculptural art is inspired by organic and architectural forms and evokes quasi-biblical narratives with surrealist peculiarities.  Dan Abernathy presents painfully detailed and beautifully hand-painted carved wooden sculptures of birds native to North Carolina.  Fiber artist Nancy Cook’s hand-stitched quilts uses textile layering and embellishments to convey impressions of nature.  Artist Trena McNabb’s (Bethania, NC) unique style of blending transparent collage of images allows a variety of stories to be told in each layered landscape.

Gallery Hours:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-5; Tuesday, Thursday 10-7; Saturday 11-3

Web: www.waterworks.org
Phone: 704-636-1882