North Carolina Art
★ ★ GreensboroCelebrate North Carolina Art. Culture. Entertainment. Greensboro plays a starring role. ★Art. Culture. Entertainment. Celebrateby brian cook Greensboro North Carolina arbecue, basketball, 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.
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