LATEST NEWS | Get Down!Town: This Saturday, September 9TH. From 7-12pm. Let’s give a big WELCOME to all area college students to downtown Greensboro! Enjoy a FREE back-to-college music festival and introduce college students to Greensboro, our downtown, restaurants, nightlife and entertainment. The festivities will be held at the corner of S. Elm and McGee Streets downtown. ALL students and community members are welcome to this event! Free parking and shuttles available. This event is presented by synerG. For additional information, see http://www.getdowntowngreensboro.org/ 
Bands in the Stands: Concert series runs April thru October featuring local, regional and national acts on the second Friday of every month. This Friday September 8 features Blueground Undergrass from Atlanta. Tickets $5 and can be purchased at the Grasshoppers box office and The Hoppers Yard. Gates open at 5pm, shows open to all ages. For additional information see website http://www.gsohoppers.com/ or www.bluegroundundergrass.com Bar Frye: A new taste in downtown like no other is slated to open mid-September. This chic trendy new restaurant will specialize in unprocessed shrimp and other types of seafood, free-range chicken and fresh cut fries cooked in zero trans-fat peanut oil. Owner Brad Semon is setting a new taste downtown with 14 different preservative free dipping sauces along with and bar chef smoothies available with or without alcohol. This restaurant is 100% smoke free to keep in tune with the fresh natural menu and atmosphere. Bar Frye is located at 219 S. Elm Street, Hours: TBA. The Press, A Wine Café: A unique restaurant at Southside that serves full menu of soups, salads, paninis, pizzas and desserts and displays an impressive 150 bottle wine list. This new restaurant is slated to open mid-September located at 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and features imported and domestic wines. Owner Mike Hamuka wants The Press to be the “Cheers” of Greensboro and is quaintly nestled in the New Orleans style neighborhood at Southside. The Press will have themed nights to include jazz on Thursdays and wine tasting on Sundays. Hours TBA Rock of Ages: A concert series sponsored by Dalloway Records representing Carolina’s best bands and variety of musical genres will perform at various clubs in Greensboro from September 15 thru September 28, 2006. A variety for all ages, downtown will feature: 9/15 The Flying Anvil, 219 W. Lewis St. Laurelyn Dosset and Jeffrey Dean Foster, Shalinia, Peter May and Boxbomb. 7:00-11:30pm 9/16 The Green Bean, 341 S. Elm St. Clang Quartet, Jew(s) and Catholic(s) 8 and 9pm, respectively. |
DOWNTOWN PROPERTY LISTINGS |
Center Pointe Groundbreakiing ceremonial was held on Thursday, September 7 at Center Pointe. For additional information see link. | · URBAN LIVING for residential listings. · For COMMERCIAL listings. | Downtown residential and commercial listings within the Central Business District are currently listed FREE on our website. If you would like your property listed, please email or fax details. Please allow 5-7 business days to post listing. |
| THEATRES AND CULTURAL | Triad Stage ∙ Carolina Theatre ∙ Broach Theatre ∙ Idiot Box ∙ Greensboro Children's Museum ∙ United Arts Council ∙ AND many more ... | CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THIS WEEKS EVENTS DOWNTOWN |
LATEST NEWS (Continued) | Tricia Graye Design Studio: “If you can dream it, I can make it” is owner and designer Patricia P. Winchester’s mission statement. New design studio recently opened downtown at 308 S. Elm Street where a customer can come into the studio with idea and Patricia will complete the design process from sketch to stitch. Her designs range from suits and long skirts to her specialty of wedding and ball gowns in unique fabrics and flattering cuts. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Ph: 378-9339. Center City Park: Trees are going up at Center City Park! The Grand Opening celebrations scheduled for October 13 thru Friday, October 20, may be delayed until November (TBA). Updated information will be soon forthcoming. For additional information and park progress, please visit Center City Park website http://www.centercitypark.org/ Auditions for Piedmont Youth Jazz Orchestra are being held on 9-13 at 7pm, 9-14 at 6pm, and 9-16 at 3pm, and 9-20 at 7pm. Instruments saxophones, trumpet, trombones, piano, bass, guitar, drums with solo clarinet and vocalist. Contact Lynn Donovan at 373-2549 or email tchjazz@yahoo.com to sign up for audition. GMA’s September After Work Network: Will be held downtown at Catering Carolina located at 611 S. Elm Street on Tuesday, September 12 from 5-7pm. Join with hundreds of Triad professionals to network and bring plenty of business cards! Registration is required, Call GMA at 378-6350 of visit website http://www.ggma.com |
| ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT | DGI, GDOT and the City of Greensboro would like to inform you of the following: S. ELM, DAVIE and McGEE STREETS: Will be CLOSED from Washington to MLK on Saturday, September 9 from 8am through September 10 at 3am. Please use alternative routes. EDGEWORTH STREET: Construction work being done on Edgeworth Street between Smith Street and Battleground Avenue. Motorists are asked to follow the detour signs. The affected roadways are expected to be open for normal use within four to six weeks. |
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