LATEST NEWS | The 2008 FUN FOURTH continues festivities in celebrating Greensboro’s Bicentennial with block party, parade, and street festival. Thursday, July 3: Block Party 7:00-11:00pm, party down with dancing in the street at the corner of Summit, Lindsay and Church Streets with Soul Central featuring J-Bird (7:00pm) and headliner Black & Blue (8:30pm) Admission $10. Read more Friday, July 4: Independence Day Parade starts a 9:30am, parade runs from N. Greene to Market to N. Church Streets, Read more Friday, July 4: Street Festival in Cultural Arts District 10:00am to 6:00pm. Amusement rides, games, inflatables, community bazaar, children’s activities, letters to the Troops, cool midst tunnel, Bicentennial and Patriotic memorabilia, AND SIX STAGES, and more! For stage times and bands, click here. Friday, July 4: POPS Concert and Fireworks Spectacular at Grimsley High School (near downtown) 7:30-10:00pm featuring POPS by the Greensboro Concert Band, Independence Day Ceremonies Historical Character Spoken-word Relay, Patriotic medley featuring 1812 Overture, and Fireworks Spectacular at 9:30pm. To get view event map of festival click here. Look for Fun Fourth brochures throughout event. NOTE: No pets, skateboards, skates, and bicycles are allowed in the festival areas. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First Friday ArtStop/Gallery Crawl many downtown retailers and galleries extend their hours until 9pm on the first Friday of the month. This is an open house opportunity to meet artists and merchants and experience goods and services unique to Greensboro while enjoying a pleasant stroll through downtown. Look for special shopping offers, refreshments and live entertainment. The following will be open July 4: § Lyndon Street Artworks and Artworks Collective Gallery, artist Susan Ridenour will be making pottery using finger-pinching and fist-slapping techniques. § The Blue Diamond will host Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test fundraiser, Friday July 4. Low Tide oil on canvas by artist Vance Garvin will be offered for silent auction with bids accepted from July 1 through July 31 either via phone, email or in person to 336-510-7509, danielle@thebluediamondgallery.com. Artist’ reception is July 23, 6-10pm. § Tin Rooster, home accessories, gifts, home furnishings, collectibles and fine art. A witty and eclectic mix of tastes and styles. | FEATURE STORY | | 
| | Skate Fashion Store Opens in Downtown Greensboro Downtown Greensboro welcomes its first skate-fashion boutique with the opening of Social at 108 W. McGee Street. The store is part of the growing regional chain named Board Paradise that specializes in skateboards, accessories and other related items. Social is the eighth retail store to open in North Carolina under the Board Paradise umbrella since the inaugural store opened on Battleground Avenue in 1999. Unlike its other locations, Social uses the intimate space to offer a unique collection of T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers. The shop also has accessories including hats and sunglasses. Fashion lines include Obey, The Hundreds, Freshjive, Alife, Upper Playground, LRG, American Apparel and Oakley. “This is the second specialty apparel store to open on McGee Street in the past month,” noted DGI President Ed Wolverton. “This store targets a specific consumer group that routinely comes Downtown and the savvy operators will be open into the night to better meet the needs of their customers,” he said. Social is located at 108 W. McGee Street and can be reached at (336) 279-1004 or at myspace.com/socialgboro or boardparadise.com. Shop hours are Noon-8:00pm Monday through Friday, Saturday Noon-11:00pm, and Sunday 1:00-5:00pm. Find other Board Paradise locations in High Point, Boone, Hickory, Winston Salem and Charlotte. For additional information Find It | Map It. | |
SPECIAL USE PERMIT: The Guilford County Planning and Development Department will hold a Neighborhood Meeting of property owners within 600 feet of the new jail to ensure the public is aware and supportive of the project, Monday, July 7 in the Blue Room at 30 W. Market Street from 5:00-7:00pm. | HOPPER’s GAME SCHEDULE | 
| The Hopper’s will be home July 3 to July 6 with post game FIREWORKS on 7/3, 7/4, and 7/5! 7/6 - BIG GIVEWAY day 2008 Team Sets given to the first 1,500 fans. Next home game 7/16 | 2008 SCHEDULE INTERACTIVE STADIUM SEATING | Order tickets online click here |
THEATRE AND CULTURE | Triad Stage ∙ Carolina Theatre ∙ Broach Theatre ∙ Idiot Box ∙ Greensboro Children's Museum ∙ United Arts Council ∙ AND many more ... | CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THIS WEEK’S EVENTS DOWNTOWN |
Carolina Theatre’s NEW Summer Film Festival runs July 9 through August 17 with the themed nights. Tickets are only $5.00. Enjoy historical grand nostalgia and modern Dolby sound. The series includes: Night | Theme | Time | WED | Hitchcock Themes | 7:30pm | THU | Leading Ladies of Yesteryear | 7:30pm | FRI | Fright Night Triple Time! Grindhouse/Cult Features | 7:30pm 10:30pm | SAT | Classic Romance and Dramas Rowdy Rock & Roll Shows | 7:30pm 10:30pm | SUN | Family-Friendly Matinees | 2:00pm |
For a complete movie listing, click here. 
Ultimate Comic Challenge runs through July 25, 2008. Dozens of comedians from across North Carolina will compete for the title of the Ultimate Comic and a total of $1000 in prize money. In addition, the finalists will be invited to participate in a special stand-up comedy night in the Fall, which will feature the winner, the Ultimate Comic. All shows will be at 10pm on Fridays at the Idiot Box, seating is limited and reservations strongly recommended. Remaining challenges: July 11-Round 4, July 18-Round 5, July 25–Finals. Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The world premiere hit prepares to lower its sails! This is the last weekend of Bloody Blackbeard at Triad Stage. Celebrate your inner pirate on July 4-only with buy one ticket at regular price and get one free for the 8:00pm performance. Family-friendly matinee of Redbeard’s Revenge: A Child’s Musical Dream of Pirate Adventure main stage performances July 1–4 at 10:00am and July 5 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $7 for adults; $6 for children, seniors and students; and $5 for groups of 10+. Mere Mortals ferociously fast and funny short plays runs Friday and Saturday nights, July 4-5, after the curtain goes down on the 8:00 pm performances of Bloody Blackbeard. Mere Mortals is appropriate for ages 18 and up, all tickets are $10, general admission, and limited to 80 seats per performance. Visit www.TriadStage.com 
| ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT | GDOT, The City of Greensboro and DGI would like to inform you of the following: Road closing information for the Fun Fourth festivities, click here.
For active permits and lane closures click here. |
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