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/ | 
