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★ ★ GreensboroCelebrate Art. Culture. Entertainment.

Greensboro plays a starring role. ★Art. Culture. Entertainment. Celebrateby brian cook Greensboro North Carolina

arbecue, , and Yet there’s so much more to the city’s identity Tanger Family top collections of African culture, and the — museums, galleries, festivals, parks, music, Bicentennial Garden Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park business: It’s a conveniently and the dramatic arts. The combination of a includes galleries, gift shops, studios, and alliterative trio that’s synony- pleasant, four-season climate, a deep menu of rehearsal space. Nearby, Center City Park is mous with Greensboro, the restaurants, and a gracious Southern style is a popular spot for concerts, art shows, and tough to top. other events. historic hub of North Carolina’s A signature event is the annual Eastern Got kids? Get face-to-face with meerkats, picturesque Piedmont region. Music Festival, celebrating its 50th anniver- tigers, and more at the Natural Science sary summer 2011 (June to July). Other ways Center’s Animal Discovery Zoological Park. B to enjoy the performing arts: a concert by the The interactive Greensboro Children’s Greensboro Symphony Orchestra; a play at Putting the “Greene” in Greensboro Triad Stage or from the Community Theatre When Taking a Stand Meant Sitting Down of Greensboro; or a Broadway-style show With its abundance of trees and On February 1, 1960, four parkland, you might think the (plus a meal!) at The Barn Dinner Theatre, African-American students from city’s name is tied to the natural the oldest continually operating dinner Greensboro’s NC A&T State setting. Actually it’s a tribute to theatre in America. University sat down at the Gen. Nathanael Greene, a Rhode “whites only” lunch counter at

Islander who led Continental Concerts and classic films are staples at onvention & visitors bureau the F.W. Woolworth store on Army forces against the British in the beautifully restored Carolina Theatre, South Elm Street. The four were the Revolutionary War’s pivotal a landmark since 1927 and an example of all denied service and asked Battle of Guilford Courthouse in to leave, but they refused. The 1781. It remains a mystery why downtown’s dramatic rebirth. Greensboro’s watershed sit-in movement the third “e” in the general’s urban core has been infused with new life University of North Carolina at Greensboro was born, a bold but simple surname was dropped when over the past decade, and today it’s a vibrant is nationally recognized for its nearly 6,000- nonviolent protest that “Greensborough” (as originally piece permanent collection of modern art, garnered widespread attention spelled) was established in 1808, commercial and residential district with and inspired similar actions but you’ll see it in various places restaurants, pubs, boutiques, and condos. including works by Matisse, Warhol, and throughout the segregated including Greene Street, General Paintings and sculpture more your style? Calder. The North Carolina A&T State South. The former Woolworth Greene Elementary School, and University Galleries holds one of the nation’s store is now the International Natty Greene’s Brewing Co. The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the photos courtesy of the greensboro area c Civil Rights Center & Museum.

• 38 • • 39 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. Who’s Where

ArtQuest Eastern Music Festival & School 42 Coast Conference 50 Green Hill Center for NC Art 54 Greensboro Ballet 58 Guilford College Bryan Series 62 International Civil Rights Center & Museum 66 United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro 70 Weatherspoon Art Museum 74 Action Greensboro 78 Downtown Greenway 80 Blandwood 82 Carolina Theatre 84 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament The Community Foundation of Greensboro 86 Downtown Greensboro Inc. 88 Elsewhere Collaborative 90 plays in a state-of-the-art downtown stadium, Sports fans have plenty to cheer about in Greensboro Historical Museum 92 while fans of pro soccer get their kicks with the place dubbed “Tournament Town.” the Carolina Dynamo at Bryan Park each Greensboro Coliseum Complex 94 summer. Greensboro Children’s Museum 96 History buffs, don’t miss Guilford Greensboro Opera 98 Wordplay: The Rich Legacies of Two Museum offers a wealth of exhibits and Courthouse National Military Park, where Natural Science Center of Greensboro 100 educational programs. ArtQuest, a hands-on a key battle of the Revolutionary War was Native Sons Triad Stage 102 William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro in studio at Green Hill Center for NC Art, waged, or Tannenbaum Historic Park and 1862, studying pharmacy until his late teens before fosters artistic talent in young ones. May the Colonial Heritage Center, just a short Greensboro Symphony 104 pursuing a writing career in New York. Working through September, have a blast at Wet ‘n walking distance away. At the Greensboro UNCG School of Music, Theatre, and Dance 106 under the pseudonym O. Henry, he wrote the classic Christmas tale “The Gift of the Magi” and hundreds Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park, the largest Historical Museum, learn about many of other short stories, many featuring locations and of its kind in the Carolinas. aspects of the city’s past. Featured exhibits characters from Greensboro. A bronze, life-size Sports fans have plenty to cheer about in include the new 8,000-square-foot Voices of statue of the author, along with his beloved dog and a book, is located downtown on Bellemeade Street. the place dubbed “Tournament Town.” Some a City exhibit, Jugtown Pottery and more. Pioneering radio and of the PGA TOUR’s top players compete And you can’t overlook Greensboro’s Center City Park television broadcaster annually in August at the Wyndham Champi- bounty of parks, lakes, and gardens. Stroll Edward R. Murrow was born onship. The city is home for the Atlantic through the 17-acre Greensboro Arboretum at in southern Guilford County in 1908. He left with his Coast Conference. Founded here in 1953, Lindley Park, the new Gateway Gardens, and parents when he was a the conference’s heritage is showcased in the the Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden. The child, went on to graduate

new ACC Hall of Champions adjacent to the onvention & visitors bureau popular Bog Garden, across the street from the from Washington State University, and eventually 23,500-seat Greensboro Coliseum, site of Bicentennial Garden, has a half-mile, wooden landed a job with CBS more ACC basketball tournaments than any walkway leading to a neighborhood lake, as Radio. Murrow’s distinctive other venue, and host of the prestigious U.S. well as the tranquil Serenity Falls. baritone voice became famous when he broadcast Figure Skating Championships in 2011. There’s plenty to do and see in Greensboro from a besieged London Also in the shadows of the coliseum is the — the hard part is figuring out where to start! in the early days of World War II. Later, as a TV city’s new $19 million aquatic center, site of (For more information, contact the commentator, he signed off with his signature line, “Good night, and good luck.” A bust of Murrow is the 2012 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors located behind the Greensboro Historical Museum. National Championships. The Single-A Bureau at 800.344.2282, 336.274.2282, or team VisitGreensboroNC.com.) photos courtesy of the greensboro area c

• 40 • • 41 • ★ June 25–July 30, 2011 Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. 50 years of beautiful music Eastern Music Festival

& To reach us: Eastern Music Festival & School Eastern Festival 200 N . Davie St. Orchestra Greensboro, NC 27401 Phone: 336.333.7450 Fax: 336.333.7454 School EasternMusicFestival.org To order tickets: two venues — a the opportunity to study with some of the resident professional orchestra hat do Yo-Yo Ma, Preservation Hall Triad Stage Box Of fice 1909 Carnegie world’s best teachers, interact with celebrated with accomplished performers 232 S . Elm St. Band, Midori, , Wynton library and an guest artists, perform in formal and informal who also teach the students, and Greensboro, NC 27401 Marsalis, Doc Severinsen, Canadian Brass, intimate profes- settings, and gain exposure to a professional a unique artist-in-residence Phone: 336.272.0160 sional recital hall. musician’s lifestyle. program became a reality. He or 866.579.TIXX and Edgar Meyer have in common (other than Fax: 336.274.1774 Two student remained music director and music, of course)? They all have appeared as orchestras How Did Eastern Music Festival Begin? principal conductor for 36 years guest artists at Eastern Music Festival & School. perform each Sheldon Morgenstern (Shelly), a young horn until his retirement in 1997. week, in addition player from Greensboro, had long envisioned W to piano and a music camp offering instruction oriented What is EMF Like Today? What is Eastern Music Festival & School? chamber recitals throughout the season. toward the student. Shelly pitched his idea to Today, EMF offers more than This five-week summer experience in Various artists present a weekly, mixed series Guilford College’s president and arranged to 100 music events each summer Greensboro, NC, focuses on classical music of classical programs — from opera to organ start the music camp at the college. After to an audience of more than with two main components — training and galas to themed concerts. EMF also offers recruiting 72 students, hiring 14 faculty 60,000. Since 2006, Gerard

performance. alternative music genres, children’s camps, and orchestra Mark by Wagoner members, and raising $22,000, Maestro Schwarz has put his own personal stamp on A professional orchestra composed of the and community participation programs. Morgenstern presided over the first season the Festival as its music director. school’s faculty, directed by , In the School’s orchestral division, of the “Guilford Musical Arts Center” (later Special features for the 50th anniversary performs weekly classical concerts headlined students form two orchestras, and the piano named EMF) in 1962. include a kickoff concert, “Jazz at Lincoln Center Maestro Sheldon by world-renowned guest artists. Faculty program consists of up to 21 qualified pianists. As the camp grew, Shelly’s dream of a Orchestra,” with Wynton Marsalis, Alumni Morgenstern members also perform chamber concerts in The accelerated training program provides photos courtesy of eMf noncompetitive learning environment, a Weekend, and nine special commissions.

• 42 • • 43 • ★ students who get a very specialized and on learning orchestral and chamber music Celebrate focused learning experience, because each scores, new works, and repertoire classics, Greensboro By Melinda Bargreen teacher has only two or three students. And the everything that might enhance a career on Art. Culture. Entertainment. young players’ two student orchestras have a eMf the podium. And at the same time, he has new program every week with great, big pieces looked for an educational component to like The Rite of Spring and the Shostakovich every musical endeavor. Gerard Schwarz Fifth Symphony. It’s a fabulous experience for In Seattle, where Schwarz has spent Music Director them! They whoop and holler at the perfor- the greater part of his career (he leaves the mances of the faculty’s Festival Orchestra, too, Orchestra music director- and the faculty is equally excited to hear the ship this summer, after 26 seasons in that young artists play. It’s such a great, nurturing post), he has been a constant promoter of his is a season situation.” musical opportunities for the young: children of commemora- Schwarz has always been excited about attending Symphony concerts in the schools tions and music education, ever since he demanded a and in community halls, or playing (as All- changes for trumpet of his own at age 8, and began State winners) alongside the professionals costa.Marsalis Mark by Wagoner/photos courtesy of Gerard Schwarz, practicing six to eight hours a day. He became a in the concert hall, or going to special music

the award-winning the youngest co-principal trumpet in New York ario programs designed for kids as young as 2011 Guest Artists T d symphony conductor Philharmonic history, and his solo recordings by infants and preschoolers. Fledgling compos- M whose podium career are still considered among the world’s best. ers, too, get their works played by Seattle Top row: Misha Dichter, raha

g Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, spans three continents and The music community was shocked when Symphony ensembles, so they can hear how and Stefan Jackiw an, more than four decades. Schwarz resigned from the Philharmonic M their music really can sound. Middle row: Caroline

her Goulding, , s “There’s always some- while still in his 20s and subsequently sold . Schwarz, who has also held music and Bottom row: André Watts thing exciting going on,” off his collection of trumpets: This kind of teve j directorships from Tokyo to Liverpool, says s and Maximiano Valdés says the energetic American bridge-burning is seldom seen at such a high he particularly loves the “casual vibe” of the Misha dichter appears by arrangeMent With sciolino artist ManageMent. nadja salerno-sonnenberg, arz by maestro and music director level of achievement. Eastern Music Festival & School, as well as (nadjasalernosonnenberg.coM / nssMusic.coM) stefan jackiW, and caroline goulding are exclusively

scW represented by opus 3 artists. susan grahaM appears by arrangeMent With iMg artists. she can be heard of both the Eastern Music But the budding maestro had other plans in the excellent acoustics of all the halls where on bMg, erato, sony, decca, philips, eMi and the Warner classics faMily of labels. andré Watts record- ings are available on the telarc, angel/eMi and cbs MasterWorks/sony classical and philips labels.

Festival and the Seattle mind for his future. He focused in like a laser hiciak, the concerts take place, and the quality of andré Watts, MaxiMiano valdés, and julian schWarz appear by arrangeMent With c/M artists neW york c Symphony Orchestra. both students and faculty. ndy “Right now I’m looking a “Some festivals are very competitive, America’s First Family of Jazz forward to the 50th very cutthroat. We don’t do that at the EMF,” Of all the successful EMF students, the Marsalis family is arguably anniversary season of the oulding by explains this father of four. “The students g the most well-known. Five members of the Marsalis family (Ellis, Festival, which is very are very serious, around 17 or 18 years old Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo, and Jason) were recipients of the 2011 special. Its founder was on average, and everybody is really motivated National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, the nation’s highest honor in jazz (nea.gov). Shelly Morgenstern; I to practice. But they are also having a ELLiS L. MArSALiS Jr. (father) knew him slightly, and I wonderful, fun experience.” ■ Jazz pianist and instructor/professor isa-MarieMazzucco, think his concept of the l So what’s next for this busy maestro? emeritus, University of New Orleans by educational component is W Stepping down in Seattle will give him a little BrAnForD MArSALiS acki absolutely the best way to j more breathing space, and perhaps the chance ■ Saxophonist/Branford Marsalis Quartet have a festival. We have a to do some more composing of his own music. WynTon MArSALiS agoner/courtesy of eMf teiner, faculty Festival Orchestra s Schwarz also chairs a group called Young ■ Trumpeter/artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln

ark W Center/conductor/composer/educator with about 80 players from M Musicians Excelling, which helps fund high-

hristian hristian “Our country used homegrown arts to make all over the country, every c school kids who need help paying for the us into one people, to teach us who we are.” one of them a teacher. costs of All-State or All-Northwest ensemble DELFEAyo MArSALiS aldes by Then there are about 200 v participation. The maestro’s next big thing: a ■ Trombonist/composer/producer TV project of eight annual hour-long shows, “The highlight of the summer was our orchestra’s performance of Sibelius’ Sym- featuring an orchestra of “All-Stars” from phony No. 2. We tried to match the great Ellis L. Marsalis Jr. major symphonies across the country. The “I have long

onnenberg and and onnenberg Chicago Symphony brass section, and while “There’s always something s future shows can be watched on TV, heard on we didn’t, I remember believing that particu- appreciated EMF’s lar performance could have matched many of practice of placing

alerno- a CD or on radio, or downloaded from the exciting going on,” says the s the professional orchestras of that time.” high-school Internet. Thus far, he’s getting “a lot of green students with JASon MArSALiS professionals as a energetic American maestro and lights” for this project. When you meet Jerry ■ Drummer/vibraphonist/composer

. Mulligan, Mulligan, . great learning j Schwarz and hear his enthusiasm, it’s clear he “I was at EMF for the summers of 1993 and experience.” music director of the Eastern has a way of turning “Maybe” or “We’ll see” 1994, and it was my first real experience playing repertoire on the percussion side of ichter by Music Festival. d into “You bet!” things.”

• 44 • • 45 • ★ church. Always a sellout, the Greensboro

Celebrate Opera and EMF collaborate on two dinner Master class with Greensboro theatre–style evenings of popular music at Xavier Phillips Art. Culture. Entertainment. Greensboro’s Temple Emanuel. Audiences also look forward to the Steinway Piano Gala The Performances starring EMF’s acclaimed piano faculty and Pianopalooza, a showcase of EMF’s young pianists performing serious repertoire in sometimes tongue-in-cheek attire. In the Thursday and Friday Young Artists Orchestra Series, students gain a full pro- fessional experience, learning new repertoire weekly and filling principal chairs based on The School faculty assignments rather than competition. Saturday night at Dana Auditorium Sometimes mistaken for professionals, he School at Eastern Music Festival develop the poise and confidence of profes- students play challenging repertoire led by is an intense, rigorous training pro- sional musicians. resident conductor José-Luis Novo. gram designed for pre-professional A Chance to Shine Beginning in 2003, EMFfringe began to musicians ages 14 to 22. From a Each year, the School holds a Concerto “I learned rock with its non- worldwide pool of more than 800 Competition with auditions open to all EMF agoner how to traditional music Tapplicants, the School accepts only 200 students. Winners perform a solo work with choices. Set in down- ark W young artists and boasts a 2:1 student-to- one of the Young Artists Orchestras. In make a town Greensboro, this faculty ratio. addition, young pianists are eligible for the series features artists The students live on the campus of EMF Piano Competition, which offers three life out of like The Preservation Guilford College where they receive private cash prizes and the opportunity to perform at Hall Jazz Band, The lessons and participate in master classes led The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. music, not Waybacks, Trombone by faculty and guest artists as part of the Just the Beginning just how he Eastern Festival Orchestra is the Shorty, Mark O’Conner, artist-in-residence program. Each of the Former EMF students go on to enjoy resident professional orchestra and and Doc Severinsen & two student orchestras rehearses six times successful solo careers, teach at some of

anelian; top left and top right M by to play performs in the Lincoln Financial El Ritmo de la Vida that a week. In addition, there are sectional the country’s finest conservatories, establish Resident Conductor better, but Festival Orchestra Series. Maestro represent Americana, José-Luis Novo tephen d rehearsals and chamber music assignments. famous ensembles, and serve as principal Schwarz leads the orchestra through roots, , rock, Latin, Students in the nationally recognized piano chairs in prominent orchestras. (Notable what to o Ma s by

five Saturday evenings headlined by world- and funk. y program perform during the weekly piano students include: the youngest concertmaster

T o- renowned guest artists, performing in the Other music events include recitals as well as with chamber ensembles. in the history of the do to get Festival’s home, Dana Auditorium. The EMFjazz&blues, young artists chamber and And all of that hard work pays off. Orchestra, the first female trumpet for the orchestra is made up of EMF’s exceptionally piano music events, an EMFkids concert, Students perform more challenging reper- Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conduc- a job and talented faculty who come together each concert preludes, pops concerts throughout toire than what they play at home and rapidly tor and artistic director of Paris’ Orchestre keep it.” summer to teach and perform. the Triad, and community outreach events progress in five weeks. These gifted young de la Cité, and founder of the Elements

The faculty also perform in two chamber performed by the young artists. photos courtesy of eMf/y artists appear before the community and Quartet.) —EMF student series, including the Monday UNCG Chamber Series at the School of Music at the Young Artists Orchestra University of North Carolina Greensboro. The Tuesday Carnegie Chamber Series is held in the 102-year-old Carnegie Room of Hege Library at Guilford College. The Friends & Great Bright Lights Performers Series includes an eclectic mix of music on Prominent past artists Wednesdays, such as a include Yo-Yo Ma (above), Joshua Bell, composer-themed concert Lynn Harrell, Edgar and an organ gala featuring Meyer, Sarah Chang, Midori, and Gil an Orgues Létourneau Limitée Shaham. organ at a 187-year-old Gothic

• 47 • ★ Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Celebrate JUNE 26 JUNE 27 JUNE 28 JUNE 29 JUNE 30 JULY 1 JULY 2 EMFfringe 7/1 unCG Carnegie Friends young Artists Festival Greensboro The Roys Chamber Chamber & Great orchestra orchestra Art. Culture. Entertainment. EMFfringe 7/8 Series Series Performers Series Series Toubab Krewe Jeffrey Multer, Les Roettges, Series Gerard Schwarz, Gerard Schwarz, violin flute Concert Organ conductor conductor Gala José-Luis Novo Susan Graham, Partners, Community, conductor mezzo-soprano EMFfringe and Lifelong Learning JULY 3 JULY 4 JULY 5 JULY 6 JULY 7 JULY 8 JULY 9 Eastern unCG Carnegie Friends young Artists Master Class Festival conductors and professional musicians. Tours Festival Chamber Chamber & Great orchestra Nadja Salerno- orchestra orchestra at Series Series Performers Series Sonnenberg, Series ounded in 1837, Guilford College has include a nationally recognized piano restora- An Appalachian Yoshikazu Nagai, Series Gerard Schwarz, violin Gerard Schwarz, been home to Eastern Music Festival & tion shop and the International Civil Rights Summer Festival piano Liszt Bicentennial conductor young Artists conductor Gerard Schwarz, Piano Gala Jon Nakamatsu, orchestra Nadja Salerno- School for all but one of its 50 years. The Center & Museum, site of the 1960 sit-ins. conductor James Giles, piano Series Sonnenberg, tranquil liberal arts college in Greens- Musically Speaking is a conversational Susan Graham, Yoshikazu Nagai, José-Luis Novo, violin mezzo-soprano Gideon Rubin, conductor boro is distinguished by its academic lecture series prior to EMF’s Friday and Mayron Tsong, Jeffrey Multer, Fexcellence, sustainability initiatives, and Saturday evening concerts. Musicologist piano violin Quaker heritage that provide students and Dr. Greg Carroll and conductor Peter Perret EMFfringe the Festival with an ideal setting. explore the history of each evening’s compos- JULY 10 JULY 11 JULY 12 JULY 13 JULY 14 JULY 15 JULY 16 The linking of Guilford College, Eastern ers and repertoire. Music for a unCG young Artists Master Class young Artists Q & A with EMFkids Sunday Chamber orchestra Misha Dichter, orchestra André Watts, C arnival of Music Festival & School, and the city of The Carolina Band Blast invites amateur Evening in the Series Pops Concert piano Series piano the Animals with Greensboro has proved to be mutually musicians to join the Gate City Horizons Band, Park Jon Nakamatsu, in High Point, N .C . Friends Eric Garcia, young Artists the Greensboro young Artists piano Eric Garcia, & Great assistant orchestra Ballet beneficial. During the summer, EMF the Music Center, City Arts, and EMF faculty orchestra assistant Performers conductor Series Eric Garcia, Pops Concert conductor assistant generates more than $1 million in revenue and students in a regional band camp, culmi- Series José-Luis Novo, Eric Garcia, assis- Carnegie An Evening with conductor conductor for the city in the form of hotel reservations, nating in a public performance. tant conductor Chamber Bach Misha Dichter, Festival restaurants, retail, and entertainment. EMF Eastern Series piano orchestra Festival Gideon Rubin, Series guest artists stay in Four Diamond properties orchestra at piano Gerard Schwarz, Faculty An Appalachian conductor — the Proximity and the O. Henry hotels — EMF faculty are selected based on teaching Summer Festival André Watts, the official hotels of the EMF. Gerard Schwarz, piano credentials as well as performance ability. conductor More than half of them have been with the Nadja Salerno- Programs for the Community Festival for 10 years or more, a third have Sonnenberg, returned 20 years or more, and three have violin Children’s Camps taught at EMF for more than 30 years! JULY 17 JULY 18 JULY 19 JULY 20 JULY 21 JULY 22 JULY 23 The Festival operates two summer camps for Greensboro’s ConCErTMASTEr: Jeffrey Multer* (26 years), 2nd Annual unCG EMF Piano Friends young Artists Master Class Festival Musical children ages 4 to 11 in conjunction with the The (faculty), The Florida Piano Chamber Competition & Great orchestra Stefan Jackiw, orchestra Weekend Music Academy of North Carolina: Orchestra (concertmaster), The Elements Competition Series Winners in D.C . Performers Series violin Series Quartet Misha Dichter, Carnegie Series Maximiano young Artists Maximiano provides a kid-friendly piano Celebrating Valdés, Valdés, Make Greensboro Principal Chairs: Chamber orchestra Series Anniversaries: conductor Series conductor your destination for a and creative approach to ■ Violin II – Randall Weiss (22 years) An American EMFfringe José-Luis Novo, Stefan Jackiw, three-day weekend ■ Viola – Daniel Reinker (25 years) Friends Songbook violin classical music through instrument demon- & Great conductor of music. Both of the ■ Cello – Neal Cary (28 years) with Greensboro strations, rehearsal visits, singing, and an Performers Opera Festival’s official ■ – Leonid Finkelshteyn (13 years) Series hotels (Proximity and introduction to melody, harmony, and ■ Flute – Les Roettges (11 years) Celebrating the O. Henr y) of fer rhythm. (ages 4–5 and 6–8) ■ Oboe – Randall Ellis (6 years) Anniversaries: ■ Clarinet – Shannon Scott (21 years) An American weekend packages. offers backstage access to ■ Bassoon – Jeffrey Lyman (1st year) Songbook On Friday evening, with Greensboro visitors can enjoy a professional musicians ■ Horn – Kevin Reid (12 years) Opera Musically Speaking and exclusive perform- ■ Trumpet – Mark Niehaus (12 years) ■ Trombone – Gregory Cox (34 years) JULY 24 JULY 25 JULY 26 JULY 27 JULY 28 JULY 29 JULY 30 lecture prior to the ances. Participants explore a variety of Young Artists ■ Tuba – Lee Hipp (12 years) Music for a Pre-Concert Carnegie Percussion young Artists Master Class Festival Orchestra concert; on current music genres, including movie and ■ Timpani – John Feddersen (36 years) Sunday Speech Chamber Ensemble orchestra Jeffrey Multer, orchestra Saturday, enjoy video-game music, gypsy jazz, musical ■ Percussion – Eric Schweikert (19 years) Evening in the Richard Series Concert Series violin Series ■ Harp – Anna Kate Mackle* (12 years) Park Danielpour, Friends Concerto young Artists Gerard Schwarz, another Musically theatre, and classical music. (ages 9–11) composer Competition conductor Speaking conversa- EMFfringe & Great orchestra PiAno DEPArTMEnT CHAir: James Giles* Gerard Schwarz, Performers Winners Series Caroline tion bef ore the Lifelong Learning at EMF (17 years), Northwestern University (faculty), music director Series José-Luis Novo, Concerto Goulding, violin professional Eastern concert soloist, Fulbright Scholar unCG Pianopalooza! conductor Competition Julian Schwarz, formerly known as Chamber Eric Garcia, cello Festival Orchestra rESiDEnT ConDuCTor (Young Artists): agoner/courtesy of eMf Robert Vernon & Winners Elderhostel, is a Series assistant José-Luis Novo, concert; and Sunday José-Luis Novo (13 years), Annapolis Julian Schwarz, Friends conductor afternoon includes a ark W conductor five-day program offering participants a Symphony Orchestra and Binghamton cello Eric Garcia, Young Artists piano glimpse of the Festival through concerts and Philharmonic (music director and conductor) assistant recital. conductor

*designates a former student M by photo engaging lectures with world-renowned Robert Vernon, viola EMFfringe Seth Walker

• 48 • ★ by Martha-Page althaus Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. The Atlantic Coast Conference For 58 years and counting, there’s been no place like home.

includes Virginia (which ince its founding joined in December 1953), nearly 60 years ago, Georgia (1978), the Atlantic Coast Florida State (1991), (2004), ence) gives the ACC a peerless standing Conference (ACC) Miami (2004), and among college conferences. has had deep roots (2005). With its headquarters near Greensboro’s As implied in the ACC’s Grandover Resort and Conference Center, in Greensboro. tagline, “A Tradition of the ACC is centrally located in the geographic Excellence. . . Then, Now, footprint of its member institutions. And S and Always,” winning has most importantly, the conference hosts The league was born here become synonymous with several major championships in the city on May 8, 1953, at the the league and its world- each year. Sedgefield Inn (today the class student-athletes. (clockwise from left) clubhouse at Sedgefield Since 1953, ACC schools An Experienced Host 2011 ACC Women’s Country Club), with seven have captured 122 March means championship basketball in Golf Individual Champion Cheyenne charter members that national titles, including the ACC, and nobody does it better, or more Woods of Wake withdrew from the 65 in women’s sports and often, than the place known as “Tournament Forest at Sedgefield Country Club, : Clemson, Duke, 57 in men’s. The league sponsors a total of 25 Town.” The 23,500-seat Greensboro Clemson vs. UNC - , North Carolina, North Carolina sports, but it is much more than an athletic Coliseum is the traditional home of the ACC 2011 ACC Men’s Basketball Tourna- State, South Carolina (until their withdrawal conference. The ACC’s unique blend of public Men’s Basketball Tournament — the arena his first league title. The storied ment at Greensboro in 1971), and Wake Forest. These universities and private institutions; its reach along nearly has hosted 23 of them, more than any other arena also has been the site of 12 NCAA men’s Coliseum, and the 12 ACC mascots adopted their own set of bylaws and officially the entire Eastern Seaboard, from Boston venue — and since 2000 the coliseum has tournament competitions, including the 1974 became the Atlantic Coast Conference, a to Miami; and its longstanding reputation cc been the site of every ACC Women’s Basket- Final Four when NC State was crowned name suggested by Eddie Cameron, Duke’s for integrity, diversity, and accomplished ball Tournament. national champion (the first of two Final athletic director at the time and former head academics (collectively the league has more The coliseum hosted its first men’s hoops Fours hosted in-state) and three NCAA basketball coach. schools in the most recent U.S. News & World tournament in 1967, when North Carolina women’s tournament weekends.

Today’s 12-member conference also Report top 50 than any other BCS confer- photos courtesy of A beat Duke, giving legendary Tar Heels coach ACC men’s and women’s basketball teams

• 50 • • 51 • ★ 1974 ACC Men’s Basketball Champion- Celebrate ship Game in Greens- boro featuring greats Greensboro David Thompson and Art. Culture. Entertainment. Tom Burleson of NC State and Len Elmore and Tom McMillen of Maryland

2010 ACC Baseball Championship trophy presented by ACC championships — the Men’s Commissioner The ACC Online to Basketball Tournament — will be the Florida State played in Atlanta in 2012, the For more information, including Seminoles and news, scores, features, exclusive (below) crowd event returns home to Greens- content, links to each member shot of the ACC boro in 2013 for a three-year run. school, and everything else ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament at “We have developed such related, visit the conference’s official online home,theACC.com . Greensboro Coliseum strong relationships with the people in Greensboro, and they know how to put on first-class events,” says ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “The people here care about doing it have won a combined 12 NCAA titles since the right way, and the championships are special “We have developed such strong relationships 1957, and the league has nurtured some of for the student-athletes, coaches, and the fans.” with the people in Greensboro, and they the game’s biggest names — (North Carolina), Tim Duncan (Wake know how to put on first-class events.” Forest), David Thompson (NC State), Len —ACC Commissioner John Swofford Elmore (Maryland), Ralph Sampson (Virginia), Dean Smith (North Carolina), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Jim Valvano (NC 12 Schools, 7 States, 1 Conference State), Gary Williams (Maryland), and Bobby Cremins (), to name just a few. Looking Ahead (Chestnut Hill, MA) (Coral Gables, FL) The ACC has closer ties to Greensboro than ever before, and a number of championships are scheduled to be decided here in the coming years. (Clemson, SC) (Chapel Hill, NC) The Women’s Basketball Championship will continue its long run at the Greensboro Coliseum, with the 2012 Tournament NC State scheduled for March 1–4. Also next year, the (Durham, NC) Wolfpack ACC Women’s Golf Championship continues (Raleigh, NC) its run at Sedgefield Country Club, April 13–15. Both of these ACC Championship events are scheduled at these respective sites (Tallahassee, FL) (Charlottesville, VA) through 2015. Downtown, NewBridge Bank Park will host its second ACC Baseball Championship, Georgia Tech May 23–27, 2012. Home of the Greensboro Yellow Jackets (Atlanta, GA) (Blacksburg, VA) cc Grasshoppers (a Class-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins), the stadium has been named one of the Top 10 Minor League Wake Forest Demon Deacons Ballparks by Baseball America magazine. (College Park, MD) (Winston-Salem, NC) And though the crown jewel of conference photos courtesy of A

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“...one of the premier venues for to exhibit and view contemporary artwork in all the Carolinas.” —Isaac Payne, artist NC Art Authentic. Audacious. Original.

reen Hill Center for NC Art is one of the most innovative and works by emerging and well-known artists. Winter Show opens with Collector’s Choice, North Carolina’s preeminent contem- important work of North ArtQuest, North Carolina’s first hands- an elegant gala held on the first Saturday each Carolina artists. The Shop @ on art studio for children and families, brings December. Collector’s Choice is a rare porary visual art centers celebrating the Green Hill Center presents out the creative spirit in all ages. All are opportunity to meet and mingle with artists, state’s art and culture. Green Hill Center the best fine art and crafts welcome at Green Hill Center where every buy great art, and enjoy a lively evening of produced in the state. Located art appreciator, from the novice to the food, wine, and music. A must-do for those actively engages the community through in the heart of downtown sophisticated collector, will find an experi- who love and appreciate fine art and craft. exhibitions, education, and exploration. Greensboro, Green Hill ence to treasure. Center is convenient to Since 1979, Green Hill Center’s annual “Beautiful. I feel I am at one G travelers flying in or traveling Winter Show, opening the first Sunday in Green Hill Center features a spacious on Interstates 40 or 85. December and running through mid with the work. Very creative.” 7,000-square-foot exhibition gallery, an ideal Green Hill Center is more than a gallery — January, is one of the best venues for buying

setting for five yearly exhibitions featuring it takes visitors through an exploration of photos courtesy of Green hill center for nc art North Carolina art, great for holiday gifts. —Dorinda Carver, visitor

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John GECi KEiKo GEnKA Flat Bottle Vases, 2010 Sponsored Nirvana, 2010 9.5 x 10 inches. Price: $250/piece acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches. Price: $1,500 John Geci, who lives and works in Keiko Genka, born in Japan, has western North Carolina near been creating work in North Penland School of Crafts, learned Carolina as a professional artist his craft through workshops and since 1997. Her bright, complex residencies. He has studied with compositions emote energy and glassblowers from around the reflect the chaotic overload of world, learning many different today’s contemporary lifestyles. styles and philosophies of working Keiko has shown widely through- with glass. Geci was a resident at the out North Carolina in both solo EnergyXchange, a NC glass studio and group exhibitions, including that uses the methane produced by a at Green Hill Center for NC Art. dormant landfill to power the glass furnaces. Program Calendar

BEvErly MCivEr Yellow Suits Renee, 2010 GAllEry noMAdS down EASt oil on canvas Through August 21 , 2011 30 x 40 inches. Price: $12,000 Introduces visitors to several of the Nationally known artist Beverly McIver lives in Durham, North most vibrant contemporar y art Carolina. Her works are included in the public collections of the venues from the eastern coastal Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, region of North C arolina. CA), , North Carolina Museum of Art, and rEloCAtionS September 1 , 2011 – November 6, 2011 Weatherspoon Art Museum (Greensboro). Beverly has been Twelve artists interpret the urban the recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, Radcliffe experience through painting, Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at printmaking, mixed-media , and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, installations, photography, and video installations. among others. In December 2011, HBO will air a documentary about her life and paintings titled Raising Renee. wintEr Show 2011 December 3 , 2011 – Januar y 15 , 2012 The 32n d annual exhibition will continue to identif y and showcase artistic talents from across North Carolina. viCKy ESSiG, PAul rouSSo, And MAtt ZiGlEr MiChAEl ShErrill MErrill ShAtZMAn: word MAPS The Visitation, 2010 Together, 2010 Februar y 3 , 2012 – April 1 , 2012 oil on panel silica bronze and abraided porcelain 36 x 24 inches. Price: $1,500 11 x 15 x 14 inches. Price: $18,000 Three artists working on paper use print mediums to reveal relationships Matt Zigler, a graduate of the University of Michael Sherrill, an internationally known ceramist, is between texts, language, and our the Arts in Philadelphia, lives in Raleigh, primarily self-taught, living in the western North Carolina contemporary visual environment. North Carolina, and has shown exten- mountains since 1974. His primary influences come from roy nydorf: four dECAdES sively in North Carolina and Philadelphia. the North Carolina folk pottery tradition, the community April 19, 2012 – June 10, 2012 Matt is an artist, educator, and writer. His surrounding Penland School of Crafts, and the Southern A mid-career retrospective of this Greensboro artist. work is about creating an opportunity to Highland Craft Guild. Michael’s work is included in see things we pay no mind to in order to the collections of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, help the viewer see a larger world where Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Museum at the connections between each other, other Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea. Michael is the 2010 200 N . Davie Street, Box 4 organisms, and spaces are revealed. Greensboro, NC , 27401 photos courtesy of Green hill center for nc art Artists Wingate Fellow. 336.333.7460 www.greenhillcenter.org

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By Waynette Goodson Wanna Dance? The Greensboro Ballet is housed in the Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N . Davie St. For more info, call 336.333.7480, email [email protected], or Greensboro log on to greensboroballet.com. Ballet This leading regional and successful school celebrates 30 years.

ew York City Ballet principal It’s just one of the professional pieces routines or do competitions, but rather learn dancer Daniel Ulbricht ignites performed as part of the Greensboro Ballet’s classical ballet technique, as well as dance 30th Anniversary Gala. pieces from traditional repertoire or newly the stage with a tango fusion And Ulbricht was in good company, pun created works that they present on stage.” of jazz, ballet, aerobatics, and intended. He was joined by dancers from the That’s a far cry from how the organization acclaimed and Houston started in 1964 as the Greensboro Civic gravity-defying leaps . . . no, this Ballet, as well as the professional dancers Ballet. There was no official school and the isn’t a scene at Lincoln Center. from the Greensboro Ballet. The local focus was on annual recitals. In the 1970s, company’s ability to attract such renowned former dancers in the community began N guest talent for its milestone celebration consistent, structured training and re- Greensboro Ballet attests to the level of artistry it has achieved. named it the Civic Ballet Theatre. The performing the “We have the expertise to create a viable company soon gained membership in professional company in Greensboro,” says Southeast Regional Ballet Association CEO Maryhelen Mayfield, the ballet’s (SERBA). It was the first SERBA Honor grande dame and driving force since 1980. Company, the highest level of membership, “A diamond is a diamond, regardless of its in North Carolina. carat size.” In 1995, the group evolved into the

Indeed! And this emerging company and allet Greensboro Ballet (greensboroballet.com) classical ballet school has many jewels in its and began adding professional dancers. tiara. First, the school itself is the only non- Today’s repertoire includes classics from the profit entity of its kind in the Greensboro 19th and 20th centuries: Sleeping Beauty, area, and one of relatively few in the nation. , , Firebird, Coppelia, Les “We specialize in classical ballet and jazz,” Sylphides, and the ever popular Nutcracker. Mayfield says. “Our students do not learn The school even offers a special program photos courtesy of Greensboro b

• 58 • • 59 • ★ Greensboro Ballet Celebrate performing the Greensboro Nutcracker art. culture. entertainment.

“For more than 30 years, Greensboro Ballet has brought classical and contemporary ballet

named Dancing Above the Barre, designed programming into our lives. And a specifically for dancers with physical or 5, 6, 7, 8! mental challenges. Budding ballerinas, ages This professional ballet 4 to 12, take hourly classes for seven weeks to check out Greensboro ballet prepare to take the stage in a final presenta- company and the ballet by the numbers. tion. The goals are to build confidence, gain 6,753 physical strength, and create new friendships school have enriched our Students wh o have — while also fulfilling a dream to wear a tutu studied a formal and be a dancer. curriculum of dance community by providing not education at the Ballet What’s next for this exciting young 1,445 company/classical ballet school? The Performances since the 30th-Anniversary Gala was such a success only a formal curriculum of Ballet ’s founding in 19 80 that Mayfield has already named the date for 281,754 dance, but also by offering Audience members have next year: Mark your calendars for March 24, attended a Greensboro 2012. The evening will once again feature Ballet performance guest dancers from major U.S. ballet com- The school offers a special program named Dancing Above many seasons of exceptional 1997 panies alongside its own professionals and the Barre, designed specifically Year when professional top students. And it may even include for dancers with physical or dancers first joined the allet mental challenges. and enjoyable performances.” Company a contemporary ballet piece or two. 1 The gala program sums it up best: —Aldona Wos, M.D., Ambassador Mission to inspire and “Today, Greensboro Ballet is not only a invigorate audiences and artists through the vibrant member of the local arts community, Ballet, and others.” And if Mayfield has her (ret.), Gala Chairwoman ever-evolving art of but stands among its peers in regional dance, way — and all bets are on that she will — the classical ballet including , , Kansas company will enjoy many more decades of City Ballet, Ballet St. Louis, Birmingham furthering the art of classical ballet. photos courtesy of Greensboro b

• 60 • • 61 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. Guilford College Bryan Series Distinguished speakers enlighten and embrace the community.

hrough the Bryan Series, Guil- ford College opens a window to the world of the arts, humanities, and public affairs with lectures by former heads of state, Nobel tre Prize laureates, and other inter- A the national figures. A rolin A the c F TFormer president Bill Clinton is the latest in a line of distinguished series speakers to visit “What a fabulous series … Greensboro since 1996 — a list that includes former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, I wish I were here for it all.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu, authors Toni Author Toni Morrison ord college Morrison and Salman Rushdie, musician F -Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, October 2009 guil Yo-Yo Ma, and actor Sidney Poitier. Media F nd (right) Andy Ferrell/courtesy o figures Bill Moyers, , enjoy sharing their life experiences, but also A ness

Christiane Amanpour, and David Brooks admire a community that prizes intellectual A have also appeared as part of the Bryan curiosity. Series. Contributing to the cultural richness of Greensboro residents and others in the Greensboro, the Bryan Series stimulates region are treated to up-close-and-personal thoughtful community conversation on issues photos by (top)photos by Alex M

experiences with guest speakers who not only that matter. When he spoke to a crowd of Juliephotos by Knight/courtesy o

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4,000 at the Greensboro Coliseum in journalist Fareed Zakaria. November 2010, Clinton commented: “I’m so The Bryan Series was established by a gift delighted to be here in a place where people from Guilford College alumnus and trustee believe you can prepare for the modern world Joseph M. Bryan Jr. in 1994. From top: Former president without giving up on all traditional wisdom.” “Joe’s generosity has enabled Guilford to Bill Clinton, For the 2011–12 Bryan Series, the arts and present for its students as well as the greater author Salman Rushdie, and world affairs take center stage with talks by community a marvelous opportunity to journalist former British Prime Minister , engage with people who have changed the Christiane legendary Broadway choreographer Twyla world,” says school President Kent John Amanpour Tharp, CNN senior medical correspondent Chabotar. , award-winning documentary This series has been sold out with more filmmaker Ken Burns, and international than 1,800 subscribers in recent years. Until 2005, the series was presented on Guilford’s idyllic campus in western Greensboro. Most events are now held at the 2,400-seat War Memorial Auditorium in the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Following Clinton’s talk, a Bryan Series subscriber noted, “There is no other cultural event in Greensboro that comes close to the Bryan Series. It speaks volumes for Guilford College and is one of the reasons I appreciate living here, especially after moving from where I was surrounded by cultural 2011 – 12 Speakers activity.” After hearing a talk by New York Times Tony BlAir columnist David Brooks, a subscriber said, Oct. 4, 2011 (Greensboro Coliseum) “Thanks for continuing to bring provocative TwylA ThArp Mikhail Gorbachev speakers for our community to hear.” chats with a Guliford Oct. 27, 2011 College student SAnjAy GupTA Nov. 29, 2011 KEn BurnS Guilford College March 27, 2012 Guilford College has offered a practical century, and is listed among “Colleges That FArEEd ZAKAriA ord college education based on Quaker values since Change Lives,” best value colleges, and the F April 10, 2012 its founding in 1837. most environmentally guil Today, it is home to 2,800 responsible colleges in F More information about traditional-aged and adult the United States and The Br yan Series is available at students who are learning Canada. www.guilford.edu to be critical thinkers and Guilford puts its core principled problem solvers values into practice in Greensboro and beyond. rouch/courtesy o through sustainability

Guilford is well regarded projects such as the c el V. A for its innovative teaching LEED–certified historic by faculty who engage preservation of Archdale with and inspire students. Hall, the installation The Center for Principled of 200 solar thermal Problem Solving puts panels on buildings nd (inset) Mich by college core values of across campus, and community, diversity, student-managed equality, excellence, integrity, justice, and community gardens. stewardship to work in the world. Visit the campus for a first-hand look or Now entering its 175th year, Guilford is a visit www.guilford.edu for a glimpse of the vibrant liberal arts college for the 21st Guilford experience. photos by Juliephotos by Knight A

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A movement that inspired the nation The International Civil Rights Center & Museum

must-see vital piece of history stands and the following with more in the center of downtown Greensboro, than 300. By the end of that March, similar protests were welcoming and educating all who visit. taking place in more than The International Civil Rights Center 55 cities and 13 states. The & Museum tells the story of the non- non-violent sit-in movement was born, and the nation would tre violent civil rights movement that be- never be the same. A the gan 51 years ago in its very location. Today the International A rolin

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Yvonne Johnson, former Greensboro mayor, reads to children during Saturday Children’s Story Hour.

created Sit-In Movement Inc., a nonprofit Movement dedicated to buying and renovating the Momentum Woolworth building. “By August 1961, Today the museum features signature more than 70,000 exhibits depicting the struggle for civil rights, people had partici- Naming Rights pated in sit-ins, as well as a state-of-the-art auditorium, which resulted in archival center, traveling exhibits gallery, February One Place, the more than 3,000 street just south of the and a children’s education and activity center. International Civil Rights arrests. Sit-ins at Its centerpiece is the original lunch counter Center & Museum, was ‘whites only’ lunch named in commemoration counters inspired and stools where Joseph McNeil, Franklin of the day of the first subsequent kneel- McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Rich- Greensboro sit-in. ins at segregated churches, sleep-ins mond, referred to alternatively as the “A&T at segregated motel Four” or the “Greensboro Four,” began their lobbies, swim-ins protest. Jail bars frame the wall of the Jail, No M the exploration of civil and human rights even a small number of people can change the at segregated pools, wade-ins Permanent museum exhibits transport Bail! Exhibit, featuring 1,200 mug shots of issues. world. On July 26, 1960, not even six months at segregated visitors to a time when segregation permeated protestors who were arrested across the The center publishes a monthly roster after the first Greensboro sit-in, the F.W. beaches, read-ins society. Guests see a filmed re-enactment of South. The Wall of Remembrance pays enter & Museu of “Educational and Public Programs” for Woolworth counter was desegregated. at segregated libraries, play-ins the planning session between the four young respect to dozens of men, women, and ights c the entire community. The programs

at segregated parks, men on the night before the historic sit-in. children who lost their lives in the battle for ivil r encourage dialogue on contemporary issues l c and watch-ins at Exhibits also include a reproduction of the civil rights. A and explore how people of all ages and segregated movie irston tion hA theaters.” facade Greensboro Rail Depot that served as Not only does the International Civil A backgrounds can effect social change. A tis tis The Museum underscores F o [Source: a portal to the “Jim Crow” South; life-size Rights Center & Museum serve as a memo- ntern weekly Children’s Storytelling and Reading sitinmovement.org]

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clockwise from top left: ArtQuest, African local arts scene. You’ll find everything American Atelier, from fine art to live experimental music in First Fridays, Festival of Lights, and Duane Greensboro’s own Mack and Mack, a custom Cyrus clothing design and production shop. Live Performances for Almost “I love Every Taste ■ Come to Greensboro to get the blues! The city is home to the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society. You’ll find blues shows ouncil of Greater Greensboro throughout the year in a variety of venues. rts c

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living here.” nite ■ Are you in the mood for beautiful The United Arts he u interpretations of music spanning centuries Council of Greater Greensboro, in its “Greensboro is the friendliest town I’ve around the globe? Bel Canto Company is 50th year, is the ever been to. The people are inspiring and four galleries, a wide range of classes and your match. belcantocompany.com single largest source camps for children, and offices for many of ■ Triad Pride Men’s Chorus entertains, of financial support

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heby an recognized is a must. The gallery features original Whether you’re looking for a fresh beauty and dance? Don’t miss Cyrus Art programs, ext time you’re traveling through the African American art, with six to eight community arts new destination or just stopping in Production, led by Greensboro’s own exhibitions throughout the year. projects, and South on the lookout for a new stop, for a short business meeting, there’s nationally acclaimed Duane Cyrus. arts-in-education uctions, Joe w

D africanamericanatelier.org abundant opportunity to experience cyrusartproduction.com initiatives to mission think Greensboro — North Carolina’s ■ You’ll also want to stop in at the Center support, all with a the arts, from Triad Stage to ■ Make it a holiday treat for the whole for Visual Artists to see interesting new high priority on third largest metropolitan area, with a Elsewhere (see related articles). family and experience Festival of Lights on access to the arts works from emerging and established local wealth of Southern hospitality, green Here’s a sampler of some of the best the first Friday in December. Downtown across all cultures, artists. greensboroart.org comes alive with music, carolers, art exhibits, ages, and economic

arts and culture Greensboro has to outh, Grassroots pro space, and best of all, creativity! ■ And if you’ll be in Greensboro during backgrounds. The offer, homegrown and authentic! and of course, the annual tree lighting in Arts Council also the summer, take a walk upstairs to get your Center City Park. festivaloflightsgso.org operates the historic N Greensboro Cultural Center tickets to a performance at the Eastern So what are you waiting for? At the Sternberger Artist Music Festival, known worldwide. Center in Greensboro has a long tradition of innovation Located in the heart of downtown, the unique crossroads of interstates 40 and 85, Greensboro. easternmusicfestival.org and creative thinking — from the designers Greensboro Cultural Center is the creation Greensboro awaits with a wealth of arts and For more and craftsmen who built the Piedmont’s of a public-private partnership to provide First Fridays in Downtown Greensboro entertainment, no matter the season. Want to information about textile and furniture empires to the home visitors and residents with a space for creative On the first Friday of every month, downtown learn more? Contact the United Arts Council the United Arts Council, visit of author O. Henry. Life here offers a rich exploration. The Cultural Center is home to Greensboro’s shops and merchants celebrate and let us help you plan your next adventure uacarts.org.

tapestry interwoven with art and culture. 16 nonprofit arts organizations, including photos (clockwise from top left) Dan r by the arts with First Friday, a showcase of the in our emerald of a city.

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ecent visitors summed it up nicely: “What an amazing place to be! It’s really inspiring,” and “Fostering community spirit! Who could ask for a better museum?”

RThe object of their adulation? One of the city’s true cultural gems: the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. What began as a small art department teaching gallery in 1941 has grown into a fully accredited, 42,000-square-foot professional museum with six exhibition galleries and a sculpture garden. Considered one of the best museums in the Southeast, the Weatherspoon is nationally recognized for its permanent M photos courtesy of Weatherspoon art Museu

Weatherspoon Leonardo Drew, Number 119D, 2009. Free Admission. MuseuM purchase With funds froM Weatherspoon art MuseuM acquisi- tion endoWMent, the Weather- Free Parking. spoon Guild acquisition endoW- Ment, the Judy proctor acquisition endoWMent, the Warren Brandt acquisition endoWMent, and By Art Museum Free Thinking. exchanGe, 2010.

• 74 • • 75 • ★ book ’Em Celebrate In honor of its milestone Greensboro anniversary, the museum Art. Culture. Entertainment. has published the book Weatherspoon Art Museum: 70 Years of Collecting, which features 100 highlights from its permanent collection and is available at the gif t shop. Henri Matisse, For more info on the Madeleine I, 1901. new book or on the Gift of etta and clariBel museum itself, go to cone, 1950. weatherspoon.uncg.edu.

collection of nearly 6,000 works by modern and contemporary artists, such as Warhol, de Kooning, Hesse, Rauschenberg, Matisse, and Murray. It’s known for its adventuresome and risk-taking spirit, whether through Weatherspoon Sculpture Garden. Deborah Butterfield,Lunalilo , 2008. acquisitions such as Alexander Calder’s MuseuM purchase With funds froM the Weatherspoon art MuseuM acquisition Yellow Sail in 1951 and Leonardo have played a key role in its growth. A endoWMent, the lynn richardson pricKet t Drew’s Number 119D in 2009, cornerstone of the museum’s mission is acquisition endoWMent, the frances stern loeWenstein acquisition endoWMent, the or through groundbreaking public service, and that means serving a Jane and richard levy sculpture fund, the louise d. and herBert s. falK acquisition exhibits on themes of poverty, diverse audience of more than 32,000 endoWMent, and the Judy proctor memory, and our uneasy visitors annually. In addition, thousands of acquisition endoWMent, 2009. Willem de Kooning, relationship with nature. UNCG students and faculty make use of its Woman, 1949–50. Recently, the Weather- resources. The Weatherspoon seeks to enrich lena Kernodle Mcduffie MeMorial purchase, 1954. spoon was honored by lives and foster an informed appreciation of Ladies First being chosen to receive the visual arts. Its tagline says it all: “Free From the Weatherspoon’s earliest alumna. Among the works were 67 days, women with strong ties to the prints and six bronzes by Henri contributions from two Admission. Free Parking. Free Thinking.” arts have played a major role in its Matisse, including Madeleine I, as important private collec- development as a first-rate cultural well as a large number of modern tions: The Andy Warhol institution. prints and drawings, including works by Picasso. Photographic Legacy Program The museum was the brainchild of art professor Gregory D. Ivy, Then there’s the Abstract- and The Dorothy and Herbert who founded it in 1941 and named Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Expressionist example of a female’s it in honor of Elizabeth McIver influence. In 1954, the Weather- Fifty States. Weatherspoon. An art educator spoon made the most prescient of 30 years, Weatherspoon was an CAnvAssing thE and important acquisition in its The museum features a dynamic alumna of Woman’s College (now calendar of 15 or more annual nEighborhood history: Woman, by Willem de UNCG). She was also the sister of Kooning. Its purchase in a politi- exhibits and a diverse roster of The Weatherspoon Art its late president Charles Duncan Museum is located at 500 cally and socially conservative era M McIver, an early gallery supporter. engaging educational programs. They Tate St. on the UNCG campus. signaled visionary leadership on include docent-led tours; gallery talks, Hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. In 1950, what was then the fledgling the part of the museum and set an Weatherspoon Art Gallery received example for collection building lectures, and panel discussions; film and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. a bequest of 240 works by Euro- that would continue unabated. This video series; after-hours social events; Thursday; and 1 – 5 p.m. pean and American modernists pivotal piece in the artist’s career hands-on workshops; and Community Days. Saturday and Sunday from the famous 20th-century linked the surviving “Woman” collectors, Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta paintings of the early and mid- The Weatherspoon (closed Monday). For more information, call Cone. The family of these sisters 1940s with the now famous six owes much to the 336.334.5770 (museum from Baltimore had prospered in “Woman” paintings of the early the textile industry (the Cone name 1950s. Weatherspoon’s Woman will Greensboro commu- store, 336 . 334. 3285), or visit Aimee Guggenheimer, Etta and Claribel weatherspoon.uncg.edu. Cone, aboard ship, May 1903. is a prominent one in Greensboro)— be included in a major retrospective nity, whose time, and one of Etta’s sisters-in-law of de Kooning’s work at New York’s the BaltiMore MuseuM of art,

funding, and dedication photos courtesy of Weatherspoon art Museu the cone archives. happened to be a Woman’s College Museum of Modern Art this fall.

• 76 • • 77 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment.Action Greensboro Where the lights are bright

reensboro’s downtown is its South Elm Street’s eclectic collection of cultural and entertainment historic buildings has been named a National Register Historic District. This pedestrian- hub, with regional theaters friendly arts and antiques corridor is the and museums as well as classic American “Main Street” and one of the best of its kind in the region. Residents a variety of art galleries, of lofts above its commercial establishments Action Greensboro is a nonprofit organization restaurants, and nightclubs. add to the downtown energy. of foundations and the Center City Park, a 1.9-acre green space events, music festivals and, in the winter, location to determine the business community in the heart of downtown created in 2006, ice skating. character of that neighborhood dedicated to projects G that enhance business incorporates themes and details that reflect Seven institutions of higher education for inspiration in the design. recruitment efforts and Greensboro’s history and culture, represent- exert a strong cultural influence on Greens- A $100,000 grant from the community vitality in ing the city as an open and welcoming place boro, contributing a large diversity of arts National Endowment for the Greensboro. Project focus areas are: center of diverse people. The use of local artists’ and entertainment events, classes, and of Arts has enabled the creative city, higher education, work in the park is an important part of course the presence of tens of thousands renovation of an abandoned public schools, and that statement. of young adults. railroad underpass that will be young professionals. For more information, go to Musical performances and cultural The Downtown Greenway is a planned a key link actiongreensboro.org. events take place in the park regularly during four-mile walking and biking trail that will between the the warmer months, usually at no cost to encircle downtown—the only one of its kind first phase of audience members. From weekly lunchtime in the state and one of the few in the country. the Downtown entertainment to monthly outdoor movies, A significant feature of the Greenway will be Greenway Center City Park serves as a central gather- public art with unique connections to the and a future ing place for Greensboro’s residents and heritage and culture of Greensboro. Each of section. This out-of-town visitors in a setting that is both the four corners of the Greenway will be set artistic relaxed and lively. off by major pieces of public art that recog- collaboration Across Davie Street from the park is the nize themes unique to Greensboro’s will include city-owned Greensboro Cultural Center character: innovative housing the offices of more than a dozen arts • Motion and education lighting, organizations. The Cultural Center is home • Tradition and history sculpture, to diverse gallery exhibitions, rehearsal and • Innovation and industry graphics, and performance space for music, dance, and • Freedom and civil rights landscaping to theater, and classes for children and adults. There will be at least 12 benches created create a unique On the grounds outside the center, Festival by North Carolina artists, with each artist outdoor public

Park provides performance space for cultural photos courtesy of Action Greensboro working with the neighborhood at the bench art space. Opposite page: Proposed map of Downtown Greenway. This page: Center City Park event, cyclists at Center City Park

• 78 • • 79 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro By Tara TiTcomBe Art. Culture. Entertainment.

Downtown Connecting the Greenway Community

reensboro boasts one of the best parks and rec- and is open for public You’ll find regional artist Juan Logan’s granite reation systems in the nation as well as a robust enjoyment as the other and sandstone work titled Grounded Here. It phases begin design commemorates the history of the Warners- arts and culture scene. So it makes sense that and construction. Not ville neighborhood, the first organized the city works to fuse these two assets. And the only does the Down- African-American community in Greensboro. town Greenway Continue your meditation at Five Points new Downtown Greenway does just that. promote a healthy Bench designed by North Carolina artist Gary lifestyle for residents Gresko. Individual chairs, or “points,” form the G and visitors, it also bench and each is carved with an inspiring The $26 million, four-mile bike and pedes- encourages alternative transportation, word like “strength,” “faith,” and “hope.” 20 feet tall, the stainless-steel structure will Clockwise from top left: family trian trail will loop around downtown, making it easy for city residents to walk, jog, The Downtown Greenway also will change with the weather and time of day. biking, doggie connecting dozens of neighborhoods. The or bike to downtown. feature four major cornerstones of public art Multiple layers of the geometric framework water break along the Greenway, Greenway also will serve as the hub for the As if all that wasn’t enough, the Down- to represent the four pillars of Greensboro’s will incorporate work by local artist Frank artist Frank city’s entire trail system, which is currently town Greenway also serves as an open-air art character: motion, tradition, innovation, and Russell and by students at Greensboro’s Russell with elementary school being ramped up with an additional 400 venue adding to the city’s great inventory of freedom. Artists for the cornerstones are Jones Elementary School, making this students, artist tion greensboro miles of trails to complement the 81 miles public art. Functional pieces such as benches, C selected from a national pool to design and structure a piece that truly connects the Gary Gresko sitting on his Five already in existence. Oh, and did we mention bike racks, trash cans, and signage, as well as build the pieces. community with art. And that’s the main Points Bench, and it’s the only one of its kind in the state? pieces for historical and inspirational purpos- Brower Hatcher, a Rhode Island artist, purpose of the Downtown Greenway — to a part of the Gateway of the Currently, a quarter of a mile of the es, will be located throughout the Greenway. was selected to design the first cornerstone serve as a connection between the commu- Open Book Downtown Greenway has been completed Several works of art already can be enjoyed. titled Gateway of the Open Book. More than nity, the city, and the arts. sculpture. photos Courtesy of a

• 80 • • 81 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. BlandwoodBy LesLie Dunne saDLer A touchstone for change

f a house could speak, imagine what we could learn. Thanks to Preservation Greensboro and the John Motley More- head Commission (formerly the Greens- boro Preservation Society) the house Icalled Blandwood does indeed speak. A visitor can readily act, Governor Morehead hired a “starchitect,” of Italianate architecture, Governor More- innovation and deduce part of the a star architect, to the wealthy and powerful, head also put a symbolic stake in the ground, progress in North story. One sees a Alexander Jackson Davis of , establishing Greensboro and Blandwood Carolina, including humble farmhouse to build an Italianate addition — one of the as symbols of the “new South”— a South state-of-the-art water attached to a stately earliest examples in America. In building embodying progress, vision, and worldliness. transportation, rail Italianate home. Part what stands today as one of the best examples When people think about life in the antebel- expansion, and free of the story, one might lum South, images of Tara perhaps come to education for surmise, farming to mind. With Governor Morehead’s selection children. His fortune? A curious of A.J. Davis he, in effect, demonstrated that Blandwood stands as Photos (clockwise visitor need only enter Greensboro and the new South were as a testament to his from above): the the house, a National Historic Landmark, to important as Philadelphia or New York. appetite for progress. Blandwood today west parlor with Blandwood is many of the original learn more. Much more. There are knowl- Benjamin Briggs, executive director offers both an unsurpassed look open for tours furnishings, a view edgeable docents on hand six days a week to of Preservation Greensboro into an authentic antebellum Tuesday through of the Italianate Saturday, 11 a.m.– addition, commis- give a guided tour. And there’s a gift shop says “This building began an lifestyle, complete with many 4 p.m. and sioned in 1844 by filled with period reproductions and history international dialogue of original furnishings, and Governor John Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Motley Morehad, the books. architecture and stands as also a chance to enjoy the For information original farmhouse Blandwood, built in 1795, was expanded the beginning of modern property on 21st-century on membership and kids experience and support, visit hands-on history. in 1822 by its second owner. With its third North Carolina.” terms. From outdoor blandwood.org proprietor, John Motley Morehead, who In fact the site of Bland- concerts to lectures and or call purchased the home in 1827, Blandwood wood, once a rural parcel in special Christmas tours, 336.272.5003. became a symbol of progress and vision. Guilford County, is now Blandwood invites the Mr. Morehead, who would serve two terms surrounded by a thriving city historian and the modernist as governor from 1841–1845 is known as the with a diverse cultural and alike. After all, in 1844, when “father of modern North Carolina.” And his professional presence. Governor A.J. Davis was commissioned, it Governor John Motley

photos Courtesy of blandwood was a very modern move. beloved Blandwood led the way. In a telling Morehead was a pioneer for Morehead

• 82 • • 83 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. The Carolina Theatre A classic venue for a modern draw

he Carolina Theatre, built in first air-conditioned public buildings in North in concert make room for a parking lot. In 1977, the 1927 and listed on the National Carolina, and in 1928 it installed the Vita- United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro phone Sound System, becoming only the purchased it to provide a centrally located Register of Historic Places, is as second theater in the state to have talking performing arts center to serve arts agencies timeless as it is beautiful, mak- motion pictures. Today, the Carolina offers and the community. Dolby Digital Surround Sound and state-of- The Carolina Theatre was — and remains ing it one of Greensboro’s most the-art projection capabilities. — the perfect spot for community theater, errell revered downtown landmarks. Through the mid-20th century, the f dance and school programs, children’s

1,100-seat theatre continued to serve as a ndy programs including the Carolina Kids’ Club T community gathering place with events and Christmas at the Carolina, classic and The Carolina Today, the theatre attracts some 90,000 including live productions, films, and Saturday independent movies, speakers Theatre’s rotating people to the city each year to experience the and lecturers, and concerts calendar of events includes: atmosphere and ambiance of another era, featuring top names in every- ■ Live music while enjoying modern entertainment at its thing from blues, rock, and folk ■ Classic films finest. to R&B, bluegrass, and reggae. ■ Community theater In its early days, as a popular stop for The theatre is available to ■ Dance productions performers traveling between Washington rent for private events, including 310 S . Greene St. ■ Children’s and Atlanta, the theatre hosted some of the weddings, anniversaries, church programming Box office HourS: Monday – ■ Touring theater era’s most famous vaudeville performers. The morning children’s programs. Caught in the functions, graduations, and friday, noon – 5 p.m.; open one performances Carolina also served as a first-run movie midst of the growth of movie multiplexes and corporate events in both the hour prior to show times ■ Renowned house for silent films. suburban shopping centers, however, the auditorium and the banquet 336.333.2605 lecturers and carolinatheatre.com

speakers Other firsts for the venue? It was one of the photos (top) courtesy of the carolina theatre and (right) a by theatre’s allure faded. It was nearly razed to area, the Renaissance Room.

• 84 • • 85 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. The Community Foundation Unique Public Art Endowment provides

art to everyone and helps Greensboro Entrance to a Garden by Dennis Oppenheim, unveiled in September begin to forge its new identity 2010, provides a touch of whimsy on the front lawn of the VF/Wrangler Corp. building downtown.

once asked three little boys what they thought Although the mom was a bit I wish we had them in every city,” said the late quite accessible. While full trustee member- of a very offbeat sculpture,” recalls Jane Levy, embarrassed, I was thrilled internationally renowned sculptor Dennis ship is possible with gifts of $25,000 or more, that the art had opened up a Oppenheim. Just months before he died in others can participate in “trustee groups” for a Greensboro art collector and philanthropist. world of imagination and January, Oppenheim unveiled his Entrance as little as $80 a month over five “The first said it looked like a dinosaur. The engagement. And this to a Garden in Greensboro to great fanfare. years. “Wealthy residents aren’t certainly taught me to look “It’s got a very interesting role here,” he said the only ones who appreciate art,” “ second said it looked like an airplane. The at things differently. We of the endowment. “It’s unique. I’ve never says Adeline Talbot, program third thought it looked like a piece of junk. need more conversations come across anything quite like it. Anything director. “It was important to us like this on the streets of that helps art operate in the public has got to that we shape a program that Greensboro.” be applauded, so I’m very grateful that they many, many people can join.” I The Community Foundation of And that’s why The Community Founda- could make this happen.” “I’ve always been interested in Billy Lee’s Guardian II stands watch Greater Greensboro helps on the grounds of the Old Guilford tion of Greater Greensboro created the Public Each year, a selection committee of art art and have spent time educating anyone who wants to make a County Courthouse. Art Endowment in 2008. Like Levy, the experts and professionals vets pieces and myself by visiting museums, significant impact — for life — foundation believes that art is closely tied to a appropriate prospective sites to put before reading, and talking to artists and on the causes about which they are passionate. As a trusted city’s identity and its people. Through the trustees for a vote. The winning piece is then collectors,” says Adair Phifer leader, the foundation brings generous contributions of endowment brought to Greensboro. Armfield, an endowment trustee. people together to address trustees, such as Levy and her husband “When you stop and think how art has “However, I really issues and needs important to our local community. Richard, new and significant pieces of art are already changed your life as an individual, about public art and am excited to For more about The Commu- installed in public places, breathing fresh life just think what it can do collectively for this have the opportunity to learn nity Foundation and its role into Greensboro’s streets and parks. foundation ommunity entire community,” says Lauren Worth, who more about it and be part of a with art, visit cfgg.org. The Public Art Endowment is a new with her husband, David, co-chaired the process in Greensboro that model for public art programs nationally — endowment’s launch and recently contrib- allows all the citizens to enjoy one funded solely through private support uted $100,000. “We can’t do this alone. We public art.” and overseen by noted art professionals. need your support, we need your help.” For more information on The Public Art

“[The endowment] is a very positive thing. photos Courtesy of the C By design, endowment participation is Endowment, visit cfgg.org.

• 86 • • 87 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. Downtown Greensboro Growing, developing, and revitalizing the center city

owntown Greensboro’s revitalization efforts continue to grow the economy and nurture the region’s arts and cul- ture scene. Key players attribute the vibrant local outlook to two major factors: committed leadership that maximiz- es the center city’s key business assets and artistic and cultural offerings that appeal to a wide range of people. ert vanderveen ert

South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro floors along South Elm are filled with a ark b by Anchored on one end by a restored train depot and the The First Friday gallery stroll Clockwise from top right: NewBridge Bank is the best place to see the blending of mixture of offices and residences. Greensboro Historical Museum on the other, Church Street highlights the creative community, and Park, historic antique commerce and arts that is so vital to the city. North Elm Street’s high-rise buildings are is another lively destination. Nearby attractions include the street festivals like Festival of Lights and district, First Friday stroll, public art, This historic district features distinctive occupied by corporate giants such as Lincoln Greensboro Children’s Museum, the Greensboro Cultural Fun Fourth attract huge crowds. While artisan at work architecture and a wide array of users. Financial Group, United Guaranty, and VF Center, and Festival Park. The park hosts events ranging these free events draw visitors, Wolverton Restaurants, nightclubs, antique Corporation. Nestled among the office towers from the Carolina Blues Festival to the Beach Music Concert says that they also spark interest from hoto ofhoto newbridge bank p stores, art galleries, and charming, is Center City Park, a two-acre urban oasis Series and even offers outdoor ice-skating during the holiday entrepreneurs and investors. unique retail shops create a with fountains, sculptures, and well-mani- season. The momentum is undeni- vibrant streetscape. Triad Stage cured landscaping. The park was privately “The downtown is growing at a faster rate than the city as able. Ask Wolverton if he’s and the Broach Theatre are home built and opened in 2006. a whole — and has for the last six years,” says Ed Wolverton, bullish about downtown’s to theatrical performances, and Just two blocks away from Elm Street is president and CEO of Downtown Greensboro Incorporated. future and without pause he the majestic Carolina Theatre the Southside neighborhood. This redevelop- The nonprofit shepherds a number of economic redevelop- replies, “Absolutely … Center (just a block away on Greene ment won awards from the Sierra Club and ment programs aimed at revitalizing the 99-block business city Greensboro is the Street) hosts concerts, movies, the Environmental Protection Agency for its improvement district in the heart of downtown. dominant commercial and

and events. Five museums, mix of townhomes, single-family houses, and While newcomers ranging from School artistic center for the region To learn more including the International Civil live-work units. The project, along with of Law to the Greensboro Grasshoppers minor league base- and is the premier place to about Rights Center & Museum, offer several others, helped to fuel the doubling of ball team have diversified the economic base of downtown, live, work, shop, dine, and Downtown Greensboro interactive experiences that range downtown’s residential population over the leaders continue to recognize the relationship between visit. The experience keeps Incorporated,

from solemn to whimsical. Upper past seven years. photos courtesy of downtown greensboro incorporated. p development and the arts. getting better and better.” visit downtown greensboro.net.

• 88 • • 89 • Darius Rucker in concert

★ Experience Elsewhere online at elsewhereelsewhere.org Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment.

Its efforts have been recognized in grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, the NC Arts and Humanties Council, and Greensboro’s United Arts Council. a creative playground hosting some of today’s Applying a pro-active approach to the most experimental artists and thinkers. remnants of the past, Elsewhere re-makes Living Museum Nine years since its founding, Elsewhere the museum as a living investigation of Programs has gained international recognition for its collaborative culture — with attention to ■ Events include openings, lectures, emerging artist residency program and sustainable practice, responsive process, performances, unique collaborative model. Each year, 50 and adaptive solutions. Elsewhere models a and dinners artists — painters, sculptors, musicians, new future for contemporary art: the inspired ■ Playshops ■ Residencies leadership of a creative society activating Elsewhere writers, puppeteers, gardeners, designers, ■ Internships chefs, and creatives of all kinds — are invited global and local imaginations. ■ Creative Retreats n South Elm Street in a revitalizing residency program inviting artists from to Greensboro to form and re-form this around the globe to build a living museum downtown Greensboro, a thrift ever-evolving environment. Elsewhere’s from Sylvia’s collection. three-story composition of layered cultural store turned living art museum Inspired by experimental artist commu- memories engages global artists and local nities such as the Paris expatriates, Andy participants in hands-on learning. Creative

brings together international SYLVIA GRAY IMAGE: FOUND PHOTO Warhol’s Factory, and North Carolina’s Black , retreats immerse university students and artists and local communities to Mountain College, George and Stephanie

MASON corporate groups in one-of-a-kind team design new futures for art and life. imagined a responsive, interactive, and building experiences. evolving museum exploring art and life From this collaborative premise, Else- through the continual re-organization of where has helped revitalize downtown things. They named the museum Elsewhere, From 1939 to 1997, Sylvia Gray ran a series of Greensboro by encouraging urban develop- and with an ethos of re-use have transformed second-hand stores at 606 South Elm Street ment rooted in creative partnerships a once sleepy downtown antique district into in downtown Greensboro. For 58 years, she between organizations, businesses, and collected mountains of assorted inventories: neighbors. Its front window street theater, Depression-era furniture, WWII army weekly Friday events, and educational surplus, upholstery fabrics, vintage clothing, playshops engage Greensborians across toys, books, housewares, and eventually generations in exceptional artistic exchang- general thrift. es. While Elsewhere advances local connec- Clockwise After Sylvia passed, the three-story shop tivity, it brings an inclusive, interactive from top left: approach to national and international Visitors explore was boarded up with all 12,000 square feet Elsewhere’s Living filled to the brink. In 2003, her grandson locales. Through its alumni network, A LIVING ART MUSEUM Museum, Goodbye Elsewhere designs projects for cities and to All That by George Scheer and collaborator Stephanie 60 6 South Elm Street Brian Hitselberger, Sherman, recent graduates of the University communities that unite artists and leaders Greensboro, NC 2740 6 Elsewhere’s kitchen, of Pennsylvania, moved to Greensboro, around civic vitality, public engagement, and Visit: Wed. – Sat.: 1–10 p.m. Fabric Wall, Collector Events: Fri. 8 p.m.

Sylvia Gray c. 1979 declared “nothing for sale,” and launched a PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP BLAKE LEFT: MASON, SHALIN SCUPHAM, NORAH HOOVER, BLAKE creative experimentation. 336.549.5555

elsewhereelsewhere.org

• 90 • • 91 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. entertainment. The By Lance eLko Greensboro Historical Museum If a city could speak

Henry wrote in 1908, “What of note include an ornate shell necklace would a city say if it could speak?” crafted by Native Americans, a rifle fired during the Revolutionary War Battle of Twenty-six years after the writer Guilford Courthouse, a loom from the time posed this question, an answer that Greensboro was called the world’s denim capital, and seats from the Woolworth’s lunch Clockwise from top: was given. The Greensboro Revolutionary War counter, site of the famed sit-in that sparked Civil War. This exhibit showcases 120 rare traveling exhibit Down Home: Jewish Life in reenactors, pottery for Historical Museum was born. change across the South. Confederate longarms, the finest surviving North Carolina brings to life the important sale and denim loom Voices of a City is the latest in the examples from armories of seven southern cultural influence of a people who have been a O. museum’s outstanding exhibits. In light of the states. part of our state since Colonial Greensboro is a proud city. Proud of its Civil War Sesquicentennial, visitors will be The exhibit America’s First Lady: Dolley times. Sit down at a virtual heritage and of its place in the America fascinated by the one-of-a-kind presentation Madison honors one of the nation’s most Seder dinner, hear a peddler of today. There is no better way to at Through Collectors’ Eyes: Treasures of the influential women of her time. Born in what is inviting customers to his cart, understand the soul of the town than now Greensboro and later the wife of James and marvel at beautifully to visit the museum. And there are Madison, she is remembered for her bravery crafted Judaica. connections you’ll make here — to when the British invaded the nation’s capital The perfect way to finish a your own history and that of our in 1814. Many of her personal possessions are visit is to step into the Museum

nation. The newest exhibit, Voices of a on display. Shop. The gifts here make won- Go here: The Greensboro City: Greensboro, North Carolina, Welcome to the Gate City is an interactive derful souvenirs of your trip to Historical Museum, a City of debuted a year ago and has delighted exhibit focused on Greensboro in the early Greensboro. Many of the distinc- Greensboro facility, is open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.– visitors. With artifacts, video, audio, 1900s. Must-sees include a vintage hotel and tive pieces available are made in 5 p.m. and on Sunday from From left: local and high-tech interactive stations in an moving-picture theater, a telephone exchange, North Carolina — pottery from 2 p.m.–5 p.m. Admission and invention Vicks 8,000-square-foot space, the exhibit leads and the Richardson & Fariss Drugstore, whose the famed Seagrove community, parking are free. For more VapoRub and information, visit studying a Civil the viewer through a series of galleries owner invented Vicks VapoRub. handmade jewelry, books, and GreensboroHistory.org.

War exhibit spanning 300 years of local history. Features photos courtesy of the greensboro historical museum Running through September 18, the much more.

• 92 • • 93 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Advance ticket office Schiffman’s Diamond Club Staff parking Art. Culture. ETimntertainment. Rickard/News & Record Club seats ACC HALL OF CHAMPIONS COLISEUM ARENA Sections 224-217 The VU Lounge N GREENSBORO AQUATIC CENTER Capacity: 23,500 Sections 237-225 Sections 120-114 Capacity: 2,500 Sections 129-121 High Point Rd. THE TERRACE High Point Rd. Kitchen Parking

Sections 130-104 Sections 238-204 GreensboroLEE STREET SPECIAL EVENTS Sections 105-113 PARKING LOT CENTER HALL A Coliseum entrance FUTURE ENTEENTERTAINMENT/RTAINMENT/ Sections 205-216 Auditorium EXHIBIT SPACE VIP Parking 40,000 square feet WAR MEMORIAL EXHIBIT SPACE ticket office AUDITORIUM Plaza Capacity: 2,460 Odeon Entrance to Special SPECIAL EVENTS Events Center CENTER HALL B Theatre 20,000 square feet Meeting rooms 7 & 8 Capacity: west wing 300 AMPHITHEATRE - Atrium BACK OF HOUSE Entrance to Special Events Center Service Drive Auditorium VIP walkway Patterson St. SPECIAL EVENTS Pedestrian GREEN ROOM Entrance to CENTER HALL C Concourse Parking ramp PRODUCTION / plaza Lawn seating lower level 60,000 square feet Coliseum Upper level of coliseum Capacity: 4,500 DRESSING ROOMS Lawn seating main entrance

Entrance to Chair seating Special Events Center east wing

Ellington St.

REST ROOMS / PAVILION CONCESSIONS 30,000 square feet Coliseum Boulevard Parking SHOW POWER Parking

Parking Concourse WHITE OAK plaza Complex AMPHITHEATRE BOX OFFICE / Capacity: 7,688 MAIN ENTRANCE ENTRANCEMAIN Reserved: 2,005 AND EXIT Lawn: 5,683 With sports, music, and more, it’s the city’s premier entertainment showplace.

aving celebrated its 50th anniver- the addition of three new, unique visitors, and an interactive exhibit that lets venues that will bring thousands of fans face off in a head-to-head challenge to sary in 2009, the Greensboro Coli- visitors — and the ensuing economic test their knowledge of ACC sports trivia. seum Complex has a longstanding impact generated from those visitors — Greensboro Aquatic Center — and well-earned — reputation to Greensboro for years to come. Scheduled to open in August, the Greensboro “The Greensboro Coliseum Complex Aquatic Center (GAC) will be a state-of-the-art as one of the premier sports and en- has evolved into one of the most unique facility featuring leading-edge concepts in tertainment facilities in the country. and versatile entertainment complexes aquatic design. The GAC includes three bodies in the entire country,” says Matt Brown, of water: a 25-yard warm-up pool, an Olympic managing director. “The amount and competition pool, and a 17-foot diving well with H diversity of events we host on an annual This past year was no exception as the complex springboards and platform diving. brought national exposure to Greensboro with basis is second to none.” The GAC will bring together all major this multipurpose facility will serve local Premier events its hosting of prestigious events including the ACC Hall of Champions aquatic sports — competitive swimming and citizens through its diverse programming, include the 2011 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Having debuted to rave reviews in March in diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, U.S. Figure Skating including therapeutic rehabilitation and Championships. 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference conjunction with the coliseum’s hosting of and other unique sports — all in one venue. “Learn to Swim” classes in conjunction with (ACC) women’s and men’s basketball the 2011 ACC women’s and men’s basketball The facility will offer Greensboro the the Guilford County Schools system and other tournaments, and concerts by some tournaments, the ACC Hall of Champions opportunity to host high school and collegiate instructional organizations. of the biggest names in the music celebrates past, present, and future confer- events, USA Swimming meets, Masters swim- industry including Justin Bieber, ence success through fun-filled, interactive ming, and U.S. Water Polo events as well as White Oak Amphitheatre Prince, Usher, and Taylor Swift. displays, ACC institution exhibits, and a wide myriad local, regional, national, and interna- With a grand opening on June 5 featuring Looking to the future, the multi- variety of displays that showcase the league’s tional competitions. Last September, the a concert by The Beach Boys, White Oak venue facility continues to evolve storied history. GAC was awarded the prestigious 2012 U.S Amphitheatre is Greensboro’s newest thanks to tremendous community Highlights include a four-foot, 360- Masters Swimming Spring Nationals, an attraction. Featuring a seating capacity of support, dynamic leadership, and degree, state-of-the-art video globe with a unprecedented achievement for a facility still more than 7,600, the venue will host a diverse a “never say no” attitude toward unique, multimedia display of conference under construction. selection of community events, music, arts event bookings. And, even with the highlights, a historical timeline of the ACC’s The facility is expected to operate 15 hours and crafts, and festival-type events. economy improving at a slower founding in Greensboro in 1953 through a day, 360 days a year, while packing local For more information on the Greensboro than desired pace, the complex has today, life-size ACC school mascot exhibits restaurants and hotels with swim-meet Coliseum Complex, visit greensborocoliseum

expanded even more in 2011 with that have been a huge hit with younger photos courtesy of the greensboro coliseum complex competitors and their families. In addition, .com or call the event hotline at 336.373.7474.

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Greensboro Children’s Museum Where play is a smart adventure — and a tasty one, too! By waynette goodson

The ESY also features a kitchen where projects from recycled materials at the children and their families can use fresh, Creation Station. And they can even play half-acre, organic garden filled with vegetables, culinary local, and organic ingredients to make film director using real video monitors in herbs, dwarf fruit trees, and fruit bushes (kiwi, blueberry, delicious snacks and meals. So not only do the Media Room. Other interactive exhibits and blackberry) — and even a chicken coop. It’s all part of the kids pick up practical gardening skills, they include Pizza Pan, Train Depot, and The Clockwise from top: also learn cooking techniques, connect with Bloomingtales Bookstore. The Greensboro Children’s Museum’s new Edible Schoolyard at Greensboro Children’s Museum. the natural world, and enjoy nourishing food. It’s no surprise to learn that in 2004, Edible Schoolyard, Is all of this beginning to sound very the museum was chosen as one of the top 50 climbing trees during “Chicks in The City,” A Alice Waters to you? It is! The renowned children’s museums in the United States. and making green The museum is the first and only licensed chef/author, who’s credited with founding All that momentum began on May 15, 1999, eggs as part of the “farm to table” Edible Schoolyard (ESY) within a children’s the farm-to-table movement, pioneered the when the 37,000-square-foot facility experience. museum setting. It will serve as a national first ESY at Martin Luther King Middle opened its doors for the first model for other museums and children’s School in Berkeley, , a project of time in downtown Greensboro institutions nationwide, promoting health her Chez Panisse Foundation. The Greens- at 220 N. Church St. and wellness in young children and families. boro Children’s Museum is the first licensed Today it has evolved into a At the ESY, children participate in all museum model of this original ESY. hands-on, interactive museum

aspects of the farm-to-table experience, hildren’s museum But kids have much more to experience for children, their families, and preparing garden beds, planting seeds, at the museum than the ESY. More than 20 teachers. Most of all, the space tending crops, harvesting produce, picking permanent exhibits are designed to stimulate is designed to inspire learning and preparing food, and composting waste. their imaginations and provide educational through play in a safe, energetic Through these engaging activities, children play experiences. For example, kids enter the environment for children up to can begin to understand the cycle of food actual cockpit of a DC-9 jet and pretend to 10 years of age. But to kids, that production — and perhaps most important, be a pilot in the Plane Exhibit Area. They all spells one thing — f-u-n!

learn how to eat healthfully. photos Courtesy of greensboro C draw, color, paint, and design take-home art Visit gcmuseum.com.

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Go here: Greensboro Opera is located at 200 N . Davie Street, Suite 315 , Box 17, Greensboro, NC 27401 . For more details on performances and programs, Greensboro visit greensboroopera.org. Opera At center stage in full voice

s Greensboro a large providing opportunities for talented young Opera sponsors an annual Write Your people, Greensboro Opera engages interna- Own Opera! contest to Guilford County enough city to sup- tionally known artists in its main-stage fourth-graders. The winning entry is port and sustain a productions. Operatic icons such as soprano premiered alongside a pocket-sized quality opera com- June Anderson, baritone Thomas Allen, and version of a standard opera in Greens- soprano Kathleen Battle have performed on boro’s downtown Carolina Theatre. Also, pany? The answer Greensboro Opera’s stage. young people’s artwork depicting is a resounding yes! Interaction with the local community is a Greensboro Opera’s annual main-stage key component of Greensboro Opera’s production is displayed opening night in I mission. Programs include Opera After the lobby of Greensboro’s War Memorial Greensboro Opera celebrates its School, which features show-and-tell opera Auditorium. 30th anniversary this year. The demonstrations for local middle-school A Speaker’s Bureau brings opera and community-based company students. Collaborations with Guilford opera-related topics to Greensboro’s civic stages professional operas and County Schools and UNC-Greensboro organizations in lively presentations by opera education programs that Opera Theatre bring the opera experience to opera professionals, and Greensboro reach out not only to Greensboro 6,000 fifth-graders annually. Greensboro Opera is proud to partner with The but also to other towns and Metropolitan Opera to bring all of the counties in the Piedmont Triad. Met’s Live HD Broadcast transmissions In collaboration with the to Greensboro. Greensboro Symphony, Greens- Another local music-performance boro Opera produces a main- endeavor that draws national attention is stage performance from the the renowned Eastern Musical Festival, standard operatic repertoire an annual Greensboro event that spans six From left: The Face on the Barroom every fall. For 2011, Greensboro weeks every June through July. Greens- Floor and Write Opera collaborates with the Greensboro boro Opera collaborates annually with Your Own Opera contest winner Symphony in Puccini’s La Bohème on Eastern Music Festival to present Chicks November 5. cabaret-style performances that draw In addition to showcasing local talent and from the popular American songbook. photos courtesy of greensboro opera Clockwise from top left: Le nozze di Figaro, Madama Butterfly, and L’elisir d’amore

• 98 • • 99 • ★ Celebrate Greensboro Art. Culture. Entertainment. North Carolina’s only center-of-state aquarium, the Carolina SciQuarium, is now under development. A true one-stop shop for science will add a tourist destination Natural like no other to the Science Gate City.

OmniSphere Theater and (left) tiger 4301 Lawndale Dr. Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily Center (Zoo: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Admission fees (subject to change): adults, $8; children 3–13 and seniors 65+, $7; children 2 and under, free. Group rates available. Amenities: Free parking, gif t of Greensboro shop, snack and vending machines, picnic shelters nearby. The NSC also of fers a wide variety of educational programs, field A trio of attractions makes it a family favorite. trips, and science workshops throughout the year for children in pre-K through high school. Info: 336.288.3769, natsci.org. he Natural Science Center of Greens- Gem and Mineral Gallery; learn Master Plan Expansion starting this summer, 2012, it’s part of the expansion boro (NSC) is one of the most distinc- about and experience extreme the NSC is only getting better with age. that also includes complete weather conditions; see live snakes In June, the museum unveiled Health- renovation of the Science tive family destinations in the city and in the Herpetarium; and enjoy Quest — an exhibit unlike any human health Museum and major additions to in all of North Carolina, offering three hands-on learning in Kids’ Alley and biology experience in the nation. It the zoo. The “SciQuarium” will and the touch labs. combines 21st-century medical science with make the NSC the only attraction great attractions in one place: a hands- Up-close encounters await in state-of-the-art videography, real preserved of its kind in the U.S. with an on Science Museum, an Animal Dis- Animal Discovery Zoological Park, human bodies, and more than 100 “kid-cool” accredited Science Museum, covery Zoological Park, and a state-of- home to tigers, meerkats, lemurs, interactives such as a machine that amplifies Zoo, and Aquarium. T monkeys, crocodiles, farm animals, the sound of your gurgling stomach. Executive Director Glenn Dobrogosz the-art OmniSphere Dome Theater. and more. On the prowl in a green, A blockbuster international show will open predicts the additions and expansion will solar exhibit are three rare and July 30 for a four-month run that’s expected boost annual visitation from nearly 300,000 endangered maned wolf pups that to draw record crowds. Titanic: The Artifact to 500,000 and position the NSC as a top-10 It’s one of just 14 institutions nationally were born at the zoo earlier this year. Exhibition focuses on the doomed ocean tourist destination in the state. Although it accredited by both the Association of Zoos And star-gazers will love the new Omni- liner’s compelling human stories told through started out as a small regional science and Aquariums and the American Associa- Sphere Theater, an awe-inspiring, full-dome authentic artifacts and room re-creations. museum and petting zoo 53 years ago, the tion of Museums. digital laser and 3D projection theater Also this month, the NSC breaks ground NSC is well on its way to becoming a In the Dinosaur Gallery, come face-to- experience — the state’s first! on a Science Aquarium that will feature signature national draw that will help make face with a roaring 36-foot Tyrannosaurus With several major exhibits being added sharks, penguins, fishing cats, stingrays, and Greensboro an even more vibrant place to rex model; discover Earth’s treasures in the this year and a $20 million, seven-year fish of all types. Scheduled to open in winter live, raise a family, and build a business. photos courtesy of natural science center of greensboro

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The cast of Brother Wolf and (opposite page, from left) Tyler Hollinger, Cheryl Koski, and Matthew Carlson in Triad The Glass Menagerie

leven years ago, Triad Stage theatrical experience. The was just a dream. Today it is show has been produced by Stage other theaters across the a major force in the North country, and Carolina arts community and performed one of its songs From a vision to a on his Grammy-winning a catalyst for Greensboro’s album Dirt Farmer. leading voice downtown revitalization. This season Triad Stage is paying tribute to the life E and work of North Carolina Using the best local and national talent author Reynolds Price (Kate Vaiden, A Whole (including Tony Award–nominated actors New Life) by producing all three plays of his Standing and designers), Triad Stage has produced New Music trilogy over a five-week period in Ovations 76 productions (including 14 world premieres February and March of 2012. This is the first ■ One of the Top 10 Most Promising ge and nine holiday shows) and numerous special time since the plays debuted at A Theaters – American

d st events in its MainStage and UpStage Cabaret Playhouse in 1990 that all three (August Snow, A Theatre Wing spaces. Founded by Yale School of Drama Night Dance, and Better Days) will be per- (founders of the alumni Preston Lane and Richard Whittington, formed together. Tony Awards) the theater has grown into one of the largest Key to the theater’s development was ■ Best of 2007 – regional performing arts organizations with the purchase and renovation of a former ■ Best N .C . Production phers/courtesy of tri A 3,250 Season Passholders. Montgomery Ward department store — of 2010 – Triangle Arts Today the theater company is making a vacant for almost 40 years — in the heart of & Entertainment hotogr p national name for itself by fostering a unique downtown Greensboro. After a community- ■ Best Live Theatre Southern voice. While works by Tennessee wide fundraising campaign, Triad Stage – GoTriad/News & Record (eight nderVeen A Williams, William Inge, Erskine Caldwell, brought new life to the five-story building consecutive years)

ge) V Endesha Ida Mae Holland, and Ernest by transforming it into a world-class venue

A ■ 2010 J. Edward Gaines have been great successes, the now called The Pyrle Theatre, complete Kitchen Leadership theater’s four world premieres written by with a 300-seat thrust MainStage, a 90-seat Award – Downtown Greensboro, Inc. Triad Stage Artistic Director Preston Lane UpStage Cabaret, the Sloan rehearsal hall, nd (opposite p and musician/ Laurelyn Dossett lobbies, and special event areas. The space is have propelled it onto the national scene. also home to Chapel Hill–based WUNC Their first collaboration, Brother Wolf Public Radio’s Greensboro News Bureau. (an Appalachian retelling of the epic story For more information about Triad Stage Beowulf) combined music rooted in the or to support the theater’s efforts, go to

photos by J. Allenphotos by A Aycock region and storytelling to create a new triadstage.org or become a fan on Facebook.

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by LesLie Dunne saDLer Greensboro Symphony A cultural gem

he art of music, above all the other arts, is the including Yefim Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, Dave “It doesn’t expression of the soul of a nation.” —Ralph Bronfman, Emanuel Bennett, considered the greatest clarinet Ax, Lynn Harrell, player of our times, and J. Mark McVey, who get much Vaughan Williams. Here in Greensboro, one Garrick Ohlsson, and claims 3,000 performances as Jean Valjean can find the soul of many nations interpreted Time for Three. in Les Misérables. On the horizon will be better than music of , Andrew Lloyd LEADERSHIP through strings, brass, winds, and percussion Webber, and Disney, to name a few. this in the “ Supporting Maestro played by 80 members of the Greensboro classical- T Sitkovetsky are Board THE FUTURE Symphony, who hail from around the world Chair Robert L. Shinichi Suzuki once said, “If children hear music and pour their passions out under the inspired Harris, Jr. and music from the day of their birth and learn to President & CEO Lisa play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline, and world.” direction of Maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Crawford, who have endurance. They get a beautiful heart.” The —Tim Lindeman, been able to grow such Greensboro Symphony takes this beautiful a successful and sentiment to the highest level of instruction News & Record In fact, it’s remarkable that a city of 270,000 inspiring institution because of the support and performance. In fact residents is the home to the level of talent they’ve garnered from corporations and the Symphony reaches an of Greensboro Symphony. But it is. Music individuals in the Triad region. “There is no Beethoven. The 2011–12 season, A Season of astounding 50,000 young Director and violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky doubt the Greensboro Symphony has been an Winners, opens in September with the world people across four counties is world-renowned. Raised in Moscow, important asset for corporations looking to premier of Queen Anne’s Revenge by Mark with full-orchestral Sitkovetsky studied at the Moscow Conserva- relocate. The quality that the Symphony O’Connor and continues with young emerging concerts and in-school tory and then Juilliard after emigrating in offers and the educational opportunities artists — all who have won major international ensembles to excite young 1977. He has been a guest conductor at the Symphony provides to young people competitions such as: Lukas Geniusas, winner students about orchestral leading orchestras around the world including are without peer ,” says Susan Schwartz, of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw and Ray music. The Youth Orchestra the London & Royal Philharmonic Greensboro Board Chair-Elect and Executive Chen, winner of the Queen Elizabeth Compe- Program serves more than For a season subscription, Orchestras, Academy of St. Martin Director of the Cemala Foundation. tition in Brussels. 200 students, and the most information on individual performances, or to support in the Fields, , SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE For those who enjoy the lighter side of advanced group has toured the Greensboro Symphony, visit Dallas, Minnesota, and more. He The Masterworks Series and Chamber Series orchestral performances, there’s the POPS to Carnegie Hall, Piccolo greensborosymphony.org has brought many sought-after reach the classical purists with impassioned series. Recently POPS performances included Spoleto, and most recently or call 336 . 335 . 5 456 .

guest artists to Greensboro performances of Bach, Tchaikovsky, and photos courtesy of the greensboro symphony Franc D’Ambrosio, the longest-running Salzburg and Vienna.

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3 Photo©Bert VanderVeen Photo©Bert O the enjoyment ofourcampus, community, and ductions, andmaster classes each year for concerts, recitals, dance performances, theatrical pro- Faculty andstaff ofthe Schoolproduce well over 300 Dance Company. Dance Company, ChrisBotti, andtheMarthaGraham Lily Tomlin, The Tallis Scholars, BillT. Jones/Arnie Zane example, haspresented sucheminent performers as surrounding region. The Performing ArtsSeries,for tion ofartistic performances inGreensboro andthe Lecture Series), theSchoolisaleaderinpresenta- ing ArtsSeries(formerly theUniversity Concert and Research Institute (MRI),andtheUNCG Perform- Young People, NorthCarolina Dance Festival, Music Jazz Studies Program, NorthCarolina Theatre for Home to theUNCG SummerMusicCamp, MilesDavis strengths ofthisinstitution. region, ontheperforming arts—oneofthetraditional to focus itsattention, andthat ofourcommunity and Theatre, andDance. This merger allows theUniversity combines over 200years ofexcellence inMusic, performing artsschoolsinthesoutheast, theSchool School ofMusic,Theatre and Dance. Oneofthefinest Dance joinedtheUNCG SchoolofMusicto form the 2010, nJuly1, theDepartments ofTheatre and

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Greensboro Opera production of La Traviata Stars of the Show

Action Greensboro Greensboro convention & Thank You! 336.379.0821 visitors bureAu actiongreensboro.org 800.344.2282 or 336.274.2282 We would like to page 78 visitgreensboronc.com thank all of the page 38 participating the AtlAntic coAst conference organizations and 336.854.8787 Greensboro extend a special theacc.com historicAl museum thank you to page 50 336.373.2043 greensborohistory.org The Community blAndwood page 92 Foundation 336.272.5003 of Greater blandwood.org Greensboro operA Greensboro, page 82 336.273.9472 Greensboro cArolinA theAtre greensboroopera.org Convention & 336.333.2605 page 9 8 Visitors Bureau, carolinatheatre.com Greensboro symphony and Joseph M. page 84 336.335.5456, ext. 224 Bryan Foundation the community foundAtion greensborosymphony.org of Greater of GreAter Greensboro page 104 Greensboro 336.379.9100 Guilford colleGe who helped make cfgg.org bryAn series this possible. page 86 336.316.2852 downtown Greensboro inc. bryanseries.guilford.edu 336.379.0060 page 62 downtowngreensboro.net internAtionAl civil riGhts page 8 8 center & museum downtown GreenwAy 336.274.9199 336.387.8353 sitinmovement.org downtowngreenway.org page 66 page 80 nAturAl science center eAstern music festivAl & school of Greensboro 336.333.7450 336.288.3769 easternmusicfestival.org natsci.org page 42 page 100 elsewhere collAborAtive triAd stAGe 336.549.5555 8 66 . 57 9.TIX X (8 499) or 336 . 272.0160 elsewhereelsewhere.org triadstage.org page 90 page 102 Green hill center for nc Art uncG school of 336.333.7460 music, theAtre, And dAnce greenhillcenter.org 336.334.5789 page 5 4 performingarts.uncg.edu page 106 Greensboro bAllet 336.333.7480 united Arts council of greensboroballet.com GreAter Greensboro pera page 58 336.373.7523 uacarts.org Greensboro children’s museum page 70 336.574.2898 gcmuseum.com weAtherspoon page 96 Art museum 336.334.5770 Greensboro coliseum complex weatherspoon.uncg.edu 336.373.7400 page 74 greensborocoliseum.com page 94 photo courtesyphoto of Greensboro o

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