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GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL     eDowntown Update   August 18, 2008
SATURDAY |  August 16  |  7-11pm with The Breakfast Club
LATEST NEWS   Downtown Greensboro welcomes the Wyndham Championship to Greensboro this week.   BLOCK PARTY, SATURDAY, 8/16 Wyndham Championship Block Party at Natty Greene’s & Hamburger Square downtown.  Enjoy band, The Breakfast Club, the most well respected, well traveled, and most requested and longest established 80’s music tribute band in the USA. The 80’s come alive with sounds or pop/rock music at the block party on Saturday night. Concert from 7:00 to 11:00pm, FREE admission to the public. For Hamburger Square, click here to map it.   For a schedule of events for Wyndham Championship, click here. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DGI's summery quarterly Progress Report Mark your calendar for  Annual Report to the Community on 9-18-08   Downtown Greensboro Inc. mailed our summer PROGRESS REPORT featuring articles about getting business and property listed on our website for FREE, the date for our Annual Report to the Community, development incentives, hospitality training, volunteering for DGI committees, NEW branding and imaging campaign, and a word from DGI President Ed Wolverton with results from the Retail Market Analysis survey.   If you did not receive a copy or would like to be added to our mailing list, click here. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Back-to-School at Natty Greene’s Pub and Brewhouse - TODAY: Thursday, August 14 (TODAY). Clean out your office and home supply cabinets or load up extras supplies at the supply store!  The 1808 Foundation will host supply drive to benefit the Teacher Supply Warehouse of Guilford County Schools.  Donations will be graciously accepted from 10am-9pm at Natty Greene’s. An event will also happen from 5-7pm. To learn more about the Teacher Supply visit www.gcsnc.com/teacher_warehouse   FEATURE ARTICLE   Simple Kneads Bakery Adds 20 European Pastries to Menu   Jill Parkin and Horst Biallis   Simple Kneads artisan bakery recently expanded its offerings to include over 20 new traditional European pastries.  The additions are due to the recent hiring of new bakers Jill Parkin and Horst Biallis, both previously of Ollie’s Bakery in Winston-Salem.   Among the new selections at Simple Kneads Bakery: rugalach, various fruit danishes and strudels, turnovers, ricotta pie, frangipane tarts and Black Forest Cake along with other pastries.  Yum!    Simple Kneads Bakery   Simple Kneads Bakery owner Bill Snider says, “One of the things we try to do is to have people who love what they do.  It makes a big difference in the quality of foods you create.”   Opening downtown almost seven years ago, Simple Kneads produces all breads and pastries by hand and is one of the few local bakeries to still create croissants from scratch.  Snider is also an avid proponent of The Slow Food movement and patronizes the local market for all milk, eggs and flour used in each recipe.  Bakery hours are Mon-Fri 7:30am-6pm and Sat 7:30am-5pm, ph: 370-4446.  Find It | Map It     The 3rd annual Women’s Symposium: Pathways to Abundant Living will be held at Central Public Library on Friday, August 22, from 9:30am to 4:30pm.  The diverse and talented presenters were carefully chosen to bring powerful messages to participants.  Tickets $70, price includes a full day of delightful sessions and lunch. For more information and registration please contact Martha Thomas Larson at (336) 373-4559 or visit the calendar of events at www.greensborolibrary.org.   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NC LEAP Small Business Advise: NC LEAP is a N.C. Bar Association project providing pro bono attorney hours to benefit small businesses in NC. The Greensboro Public Library will host 8 attorneys to individually meet with existing and potential business owners regarding various issues on August 21, 2-4pm. Consultation by appointment only.  Registration required, contact martha.thomas@greensboro-nc.gov	UPCOMING EVENTS   8/16 Wyndham Championship Block Party-Hamburger Square 8/20 Every Week, Every Wednesday at CCP – Nutbush Ramblers 8/24 Sunday in the Park – Trail Mix, EIGHTwentythree, High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association 8/27 Every Week, Every Wednesday at CCP – TBD / synerG in Park 9/07 Bluegrass at Blandwood, The Biscuit Burners 9/14 Bluegrass at Blandwood, Polecat Creek 9/21 Bluegrass at Blandwood, Greensky Bluegrass 9/28 Bluegrass at Blandwood, David Via and Andy Eversole with Special Guests 10/11 Art & Vine   10/19 CROP Walk     HOPPER’s GAME SCHEDULE     9 HOME GAMES LEFT!     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     LATEST NEWS (Continued)   Carolina Theatre   Summer Film Festival ENDS August 17 with themed movie night’s downtown in historical grandeur with modern Dolby sound at the Carolina Theatre. Tickets are only $5.00. The remainder of the series includes:   8/14 Thu, A Star is Born (Love Leading Ladies) 7:30pm 8/15 Fri, An American Werewolf in London (Horror Classic) 7:30pm 8/15 Fri, Barbarella/Any Gun Can Play (Grindhouse) 10:30pm 8/17 Sun, The Absent Minded Professor (Family-Friendly matinee) 2:00pm 8/18 Mon, Batman Returns (Mega Movie Monday) 7:30pm For a complete movie listing, click here. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tickets to single performances of all Triad Stage 2008-2009 MainStage productions are available. Get your tickets online, by phone, or stop by Triad Stage’s Box Office Mon-Fri 10am-6pm.  For more info, visit www.triadstage.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Monday Night Poetry OPEN MIC, Monday, August 18 at 7:00pm at the Central Library, 210 N. Church Street. Join and share your work with your fellow Greensboro poets every third Monday. Free event, for more information call 336-373-3617 or visit www.poetrygso.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Table 16   Table 16’s new lunch menu starts today (Thursday, August 14) with Old World Cuisine.  Chef Graham Heaton changes up the menu every month for lunch and dinner. His ideas will stem from Miami to New Orleans with entree emphasis on fresh native ingredients in a small intimate cosmopolitan downtown ambiance. For this month’s menu click here (pdf).  Make reservations online! More Info. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2008 CROP Hunger Walk is planned for Sunday, October 19.  Help Greensboro become the #1 CROP Walk in the country! Sponsors are needed for the CROP Walk and offer an economical way to publicize your business and show support for a worthwhile event. Help organizers reach a 2008 goal of $250,000 to fight hunger in Greensboro. Sign up today, for more information, contact  Elizabeth Henson Conrad (336) 271-5959 x339 or email conrad@guministry.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteers are needed for Bluegrass at Blandwood, Sunday’s in September.  If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Judi Kastner at 272-5003 or by e-mail at jkastner@blandwood.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Auditions for Into the Woods, Jr., Centerstage Youth Performance Group-Community Theatre of Greensboro (CTG), Experienced "audition–only" troupe for young actors grades 6th-12th. Wed 8/27, 6-9pm at Greensboro Cultural Center, fourth floor.     COMING ATTRACTIONS:   Piedmont Blues Preservation Society’s Blues Challenge: September 7, at the Flat Iron. The first EVER challenge of this kind for PBPS! Winner goes to International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN on February 4-7, 2009.   Champagne with the Chiara String Quartet Chamber Music in Any Chamber: EMFfringe concert at Mack and Mack clothing store, 220 Elm Street.  September 4, 8pm. To purchase tickets click here.   ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT   GDOT, The City of Greensboro and DGI would like to inform you of the following:   ·        McGee Street will be CLOSED between Davie and Elm and Elm and S. Greene on 8/16 from 8:00am to 4:00am on 8/17.   For active permits and lane closures click here.     Downtown Greensboro Inc.’s Core Purpose: To lead the development of downtown Greensboro as a prosperous and vibrant urban center, memorable and meaningful for those who choose to live, work, play and invest here.
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