GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL...­eDowntown Update     Nov. 28, 2006
It ALL starts Friday 12-1-06 at 11:30am at Center City Park!
Downtown is ALIVE with holiday festivities, the shops, restaurants, theaters, and nightlife are full of holiday excitement and entertainment.  Take a stroll down Elm Street to see the winter wonderland, decorated windows and newly completed Center City Park.   Friday, December 1st is a LANDMARK event, you are invited to attend the Center City Park's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony from 11:30am to 1:00pm.  This is a signature park like no other, stop by and marvel at the new heart space of our City.   Make plans for later in the day to join in the 18th annual Festival of Lights celebration	from 6-9pm with a musical stroll on Elm Street with children's activities and community tree lighting at Hamburger Square and much more. Many shops have extended hours for this event.   Saturday, December 2nd brings the Holiday Parade downtown at noon with Santa, giant balloons, holiday floats, and lots of fun for kids of ALL ages.   More festivities are planned throughout the month of December. See the below list of just some of the exciting activities downtown.   There's something for EVERYONE downtown.
Be a part of the REVITILIZATION and enjoy many Holiday festivities in your downtown.
12/5 12/3 to 12/23 12/8 12/6 to 12/16 12/9
DATE DESCRIPTION PLACE TIME 11/28 Miracle on 34th Street The Carolina Theatre 7:30pm 12/1 First Friday Art Stop Various locations 6-9pm 12/1 CENTER CITY PARK - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Center City Park 11:30am-1pm 12/1 thru 12/10 An O. Henry Christmas Greensboro Historical Museum Thu-Sat 8pm Sat-Sun 3pm 12/1 thru 12/3 FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Elm St. & Hamburger Sq. Fri 6-9pm + 12/2 Deck the Halls at the Greensboro Farmer's Curb Market 501 Yanceyville St. 6am-12 noon 12/1 thru 12/28 Christmas at Blandwood Blandwood Mansion see below 12/2 HOLIDAY PARADE Downtown see map Noon-2pm 12/2 10th Annual Jazz Nativity W. Market Street United Methodist Church 4, 5pm 12/2 The Holiday Invitational Opening Ctr. for Visual Artists Gallery at Cultural Center 6:30-9:30pm 12/3 thru 12/23 Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity Triad Stage Various - see below 12/3 Music and Crafts Festival Greensboro Historical Museum 2-4:30pm 12/3 Raleigh Ringers The Carolina Theatre 3pm 12/3 thru 12/31 Winter Snow Green Hill Center Various 12/5 It's a Wonderful Life The Carolina Theatre 7pm 12/6 thru 12/16 Nuncrackers The Broach Theatre Wed-Sat 8pm Sun 2pm 12/8 Blue Christmas for WNAA Solaris Tapas Rest. 8pm 12/8 Christmas with the Embers The Carolina Theatre 8pm 12/9 Christmas at The Carolina The Carolina Theatre 10am 12/10 Holiday Crafts in the Afternoon The Farmers Curb Market 12-5pm 12/12 Tuesday Music - Holiday Harmony W. Market St. United Methodist Church 12-1:20pm
An O. Henry Christmas (12-1 thru 12-10): The Greensboro Historical Museum teams up with the City Arts Drama Center and their performing troupe, the 3rd Stage Theatre Company to present, An. O. Henry Christmas. This is a wonderful retelling of some of O. Henry's best loved stories in a time of caring and giving.  Showtime: Thu-Sat at 8:00pm, Sat-Sun at 3pm.  Ph: (336) 373-2043.   Christmas with the Embers (12-8): The Embers started making music playing a mix of rhythm and blues and heart and soul that came to be known as Beach Music.  Join for a holiday event at The Carolina Theatre, 310 S. Greene street. Showtime: 8:00pm  Ph: 333-2605  Admission 333-2605.   Nuncrackers (12-6 thru 12-16):  At the Broach Theatre, a musical by Dan Groggan, one of the funniest NUNSENCE plays that have come out of series. Showtimes Wed-Sat 8:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Ph:373-0811. See link for more information www.broachtheatre.org   HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS at the Children's Museum:   Cafe Claus (12-2): dinner with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the elves on Saturday 12-2 from 3-5pm and 6-8pm (registration required).   Jolly Gingerbread Houses (12/13, 12/14):  Join in creating gingerbread houses out of fun candy and treats for you to take home and enjoy from3:30-4:30pm (registration required).   Happy New Year (12/31): Celebrate the New Years with different countries, parade and countdown to a new year. Sunday 12-31 at 2pm and 4pm. FREE with admission. www.gcmuseum.com   More LIVE Entertainment Edwin McCain, 12-29 at NClub (photos by Chris Rief, excluding McCain)   There's plenty of LIVE entertainment downtown to choose from, to name a few:   The Flying Anvil  NClub  The Renaissance Jazz Cafe Greene Street Club Many restaurants also offer dining with LIVE entertainment. click here      For additional information on This Week in Downtown 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.	Triad Stage (12-1 thru 12-23): opens the holiday season with Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity by Preston Lane, with original music by Laurelyn Dossett, presents the Christmas story come to life in an Appalachian setting. Inspired by the medieval miracles plays Beautiful Star as a heartwarming and spiritual evening of theatre for the entire family.  For showtimes, see www.triadstage.com, Ph: (336) 274-0160.   The Raleigh Ringers (12-3): is an internationally acclaimed, advanced community handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since its founding in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers has been dazzling concert audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including famous rock and roll tunes arranged just for handbells.  Showtime: 3:00pm until...The Carolina Theatre Blues Christmas (12-8): returns to Solaris on Friday December 8th.with the Blues Board and headliner band The Stovepipes (third place winners of the 2006 PBPS Blues Challenge). Blue Christmas is ready to raise the roof and shake the walls with guitarists, saxophonists, harmonica and drums.  This is a fundraiser for WNAA 90.1 FM Showtime: doors open at 8pm, start   9pm at Solaris Tapas Restaurant, 125 Summit Avenue. For more information click here.   Pigmasters Fundraiser (12-3): Official pig roasters to Prairie Home Companion will be cooking something special at Fisher's Bar and Grille on Sunday 12-3 from 3-7pm.