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EVENT INFO ROUNDUP

Mooresville Library’s Knitting Group (Sept. 2, 16)

Meet in the Selma Burke room of the library. Free. 1-3 p.m. Mooresville Public Library, Mooresville Public Library, 304 S. Main St., Mooresville, www.mooresvillenc.gov/225/Library

For the Love of Art (Sept. 11)

Featuring live music, a book signing by local author Tana Greene and original artwork by North Carolina artists Sarah Price, Summer Savin, and Dale Barattini. Free. 4-8 p.m. Home, Heart & Soul, 20901 Catawba Ave., Cornelius

The 2021 Rural Hill Amazing Maize Race (Sept. 11-Nov. 7)

Navigate the giant 7-acre corn maize featuring more than two miles of interconnecting paths. Take a hayride around the farm, enjoy local beer, wine and cider, play a round of cornhole, and more. Times and ticket prices vary. Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www.ruralhill.net.

2021 Tawba Walk Arts & Music Festival (Sept. 25)

entertainment, more than 100 local artists and vendors, craft breweries, food trucks, street art, games, giveaways, a kid zone, and more. Free. 2-8 p.m. Old Town Cornelius, 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.oldtowncornelius.com.

Mooresville Friends of the Library Speaker Series: NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green (Sept. 30)

Attend a reading with Shelton, followed by a book signing with the author. Books will be available for purchase. Free to attend. 6:30 p.m. Mooresville Public Library, 304 S. Main St., Mooresville, www.mooresvillenc.gov/225/Library

Walk with a Doc (Oct. 2)

Join Cornelius PARC and Novant Health’s Lakeside Family Physicians for the return of Walk with a Doc, a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. You’ll take a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from a Novant Physician, then spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and fun conversation. Free; registration required. 9 a.m. Meet at Antiquity Greenway, 180 N. Zion Ave., Cornelius, www.cornelius.org Carolina Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace (Oct. 2-Nov. 21)

History comes alive with non-stop, daylong, immersive, and interactive entertainments. The open air Artisan Market is filled with arts and crafts, games and rides, jousting knights on horseback, falconry, mermaids, fairies, dragons, feasting and more. Free parking. No pets, please. $17$27. Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. 16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, www.carolina.renfestinfo.com.

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