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Downtown Greensboro Inc. recently distributed our spring Progress Report featuring articles about the board of directors, the Clean and Green Team, recycling changes, downtown projects, business news, events, a retail market analysis, hospitality training, and a word from DGI President Ed Wolverton. If you did not receive a copy, click here for newsletter download (pdf).

Artbeat Greensboro, a week long celebration of the arts starts with a kick-off celebration at Center City Park hosted by The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro.

Sunday (4/27)

Join in the FREE family friendly festivities at Center City Park (CCP):

2:00pm-5:00pm

·        Peter & the Wolf presented by Greensboro Symphony, Triad Stage and Community Theatre of Greensboro

·        Living Rhythms Drum Circle

·        Logie Meachum, storyteller

·        Art Activities by ArtQuest

·        Chess Tournament By Dimitry Sitkevetsky

·        Contests, cake and much more

3:00pm - Poetry GSO presents Nikki Giovanni (at CCP).

6:30pm–7:30pm -Eastern Music Festival fringe presents Polecat Creek (at CCP).

7:30pm - From the Mississippi Delta preview (at CCP).

Monday (4/28)

7:00pm - Monday Night Poetry at Central Library.

7:30pm - Bicentennial Concert and Awards Ceremony, Spiritual Renaissance Singers of Greensboro at Carolina Theatre.

8:00pm - Eastern Music Festival’s Jazz and Blues Festival with Bump and Logie at the Greensboro Cultural Center.

Tuesday (4/29)

7:30pm - Between Taste and Travesty: Costume Designs by William Ivey Long lecture at the Carolina Theatre.

7:30pm – From the Mississippi Delta preview at Triad Stage.

Wednesday (4/30)

7:30pm – Opening night of From the Mississippi Delta preview at Triad Stage.

8:00pm – Eastern Music Festival’s Jazz & Blues Festival with Cle Thompson at Mack and Mack.

8:00pm - Dixie Swim Club, By Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten at The Broach Theatre.

Thursday (5/1)

10am-5pm - Jewels: Fifty Phenomenal Black Women Over Fifty at African American Atelier.

7:30pm – From the Mississippi Delta at Triad Stage.

8:00pm - Eastern Music Festival’s Jazz & Blues Festival with Pricilla Price at the Greensboro Cultural Center.

8:00pm – The St. Petersburg Ballet: Romeo & Juliet presented by UNCG’s UC/LS at the Carolina Theatre.

Friday (5/2)

10am-5pm - Jewels: Fifty Phenomenal Black Women Over Fifty at African American Atelier.

6:00-8:00pm – Reds, Whites, Brews and Blues – EMF Fundraiser.

8:00pm - Eastern Music Festival’s Jazz & Blues Festival with Roy Roberts at the Greensboro Cultural Center.

8:00pm – From the Mississippi Delta at Triad Stage.

Saturday (5/3)

2:00pm-10:00pm – Carolina Blues Festival at Festival Park, the longest running blues festival in the southeast.

Six band format, featuring four national touring blues acts:

1.   Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials

2.   Terrance Simien & the Zydeco   Experience

3.   Nora Jean Bruso

4.   Chick Willis with the King Bees

5.   Blues World Order

6.   2007 PBPS Blues Challenge winner Big Road Blues

8:00pm – From the Mississippi Delta at Triad Stage.

Sunday (5/4)

2:00pm & 7:30pm – From the Mississippi Delta at Triad Stage.

2-5pm - Jewels: Fifty Phenomenal Black Women Over Fifty at African American Atelier

2:30pm - Choral Presentation, Alamance Elementary Chorus at Greensboro Children’s Museum

3:00pm - Violin Ensemble, Peeler Elementary School Violin Ensemble at Greensboro Children’s Museum

3:30pm - Recorder Ensemble, Jesse Wharton Elementary School Recorder Ensemble at Greensboro Children’s Museum

4:15pm - Anna & Jamie's Musical Storybook Skit of Girlie Locks and the Three Bears at Greensboro Children’s Museum

MORE EVENTS, include:

Jewels: Fifty Phenomenal Black Women Over Fifty at African American Atelier.

Facing South: Portraits by NC Artists at Green Hill Center for NC Art (2-5pm)

The above listings are just some of the events that will be held downtown, for a complete listing of events, visit http://www.artbeatgreensboro.org/