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December Events
- December 1st – January 1st Tanglewood Festival of Lights. Location: Tanglewood Park. Rates: We accept cash, checks, or credit cards as payment for entrance to the Festival of Lights. Friday - Sunday and All Holidays (including Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) - Family: cars, vans and trucks: $15 - Commercial: vans, limos and mini-buses: $25 - Motorcoaches and buses: $90 Monday – Thursday (excluding Holidays and Holiday "Eves") - Family: cars, vans and trucks: $10 - Commercial: vans, limos and mini-buses (25 passengers or less): $20 - Motorcoaches and buses: $90. Trailers connected to the back of vehicles with people riding on the trailers are not allowed to go through the Festival of Lights due to unforeseen danger that may occur. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are very popular nights to visit the lights show. Because of this, long lines should be expected, and wait times sometimes exceed 2 hours. Please visit the Festival of Lights Mondays - Thursdays to avoid extended wait times. Thank you! For more information, Visit http://www.forsyth.cc/parks/tanglewood/fol/index.html
December 7th -15th The Nutcracker. Location: Oak Hollow Festival Park. Time: 2:00pm-7:30pm. Tickets: Prime Orchestra ($68); Orchestra Center ($50/$35); Orchestra Sides and Front Balcony ($45/$30); Center Balcony ($33/$24); Rear Balcony ($25/$20). For more information, Visit http://visitwinstonsalem.com
December 11th CLAFLIN VS UNCG SPARTAN MEN'S BASKETBALL. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 12:00 noon. Admission: Call UNCG Box Office At (336) 334-3250. This Is A UNCG GA School Game. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 11thOUR LADY OF GRACE HISPANIC MASS. Location: Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. Time: 8:00pm-9:20pm & 10:30pm-12:00midnight. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 12th-14th Speedo Winter Junior National Championships. Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center. Tickets: Single-session tickets are $5 for youth/seniors and $15 for adults. Daily tickets (include both prelims and finals for each day) are $15 for youth/seniors and $20 for adults an all-session pass is $30 for youth/seniors and $50 for adults. USA Swimming is excited to bring the 2013 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships to the Greensboro Aquatic Center," said Dean Ekeren, National Events & Marketing Director for USA Swimming. "We look forward to exposing young athletes and new fans from the North Carolina area to world-class swimming. The swimming community looks forward to competing in this beautiful new venue and enjoying the Southern hospitality that Greensboro is known for. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 13thJOHN PRINE With special guest JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE. Location: Greensboro WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. Ticket prices: $59.50 / $39.50 (plus applicable fees). Long considered a "songwriter's songwriter," John Prine is a rare talent who writes the songs other songwriters would sell their souls for. Evidence of this is the long list of songwriters who have recorded gems from his extensive catalog, including Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, the Everly Brothers, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Ben Harper, Joan Baez, and many others. With immeasurable accolades, including two Grammys and the distinction of being one of the few songwriters honored by the Library of Congress and US Poet Laureate, Prine is more than a musician…he is an American treasure. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 13th- 15thBishop McGuinness Catholic High School presents: White Christmas. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 13th and 14th 7:30 pm and 2:00 pm. Tickets: General Admission: $15, Seniors (62+): $10, BMHS Students (With ID): $5, Gropus 10+: $10 (Contact Box office), Children 5 & under are free, but require a ticket. Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
December 14th THE BIG SIP "BETTER BEVERAGE EXPO". Location: Greensboro Pavilion. Time: Connoisseur Session 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Admission: Advance $35.00, Day of Show $40.00, General Public Session 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Admission: Advance $25.00, Day of Show $30.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
- December 14thDONNA THE BUFFALO. Location: Ziggy's. Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. $20 adv | $25 day of, Call for the VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations. Donna the Buffalo's feel-good, groove-oriented, danceable and often socially conscious music all began over twenty years ago with roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric Americana mix infused with elements of cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. Donna the Buffalo is known for touring the country remaining fiercely independent as one of the industry's most diverse roots-music bands and has "earned a reputation as one of the most respected, eclectic and hardest-working acts today," praises Encore. "Donna the Buffalo is in the enviable position of being a homegrown entity, a group that finds itself outside the coloring lines of the accepted formula, a formula that is now in the past tense…People doing what they love, and better, sharing that passion to the benefit of the public, is the strongest business formula ever written. Donna the Buffalo is living proof of that. Lucky for them. Lucky for us. Everybody wins!," states Beat Magazine. Edd Hurt with the Nashville Scene writes, "Folkies with a superior sense of rhythm are rare enough, but folkies with a good beat and a healthy disrespect for eclectic clichés are a national treasure….they've never sounded better…they make music that's beautiful but never prettified." The dynamic songwriting tandem of vocalists Jeb Puryear and Tara Nevins have penned over 180 songs in their collaboration with DTB and have many more in the making. Although never writing a set list for live show, the Erie Times notes, "they stick to a pattern…usually alternating between Puryear's rhythmic, Dylan-influenced, guitar-centered songs and Nevins' breezy, melodic, accordion-driven gems like the folksy Tides of Time and infectious Locket and Key." As of late, Nevins and Puryear have also been known to perform as a duo on air and on select songs at live shows, which is always enjoyable to the fans to hear their favorite DtB songs in stripped down arrangements. Donna the Buffalo has been working on a 10th album with Puryear on guitar, Nevins on fiddle, guitar, accordion, and scrubboard, keyboardist Dave McCracken, bassist Kyle Spark, drummer Mark Raudabaugh. Donna the Buffalo has released nine albums and are affiliated with several others, including a Puryear's 2007 solo album Hopes and Dreams and a 2003 release, Wait Til Spring, with Jim Lauderdale. The band's 2008 release Silverlined, on Sugar Hill, rose to #8 on the Americana Music Chart. Nevins released Wood and Stone, produced by Larry Cambell in Levon Helm Studios in 2011 on Sugar Hill Records; it was her first solo album since Mule to Ride in 1999. Donna the Buffalo's fervent fan base, self-named The Herd, follows the band with zeal and has created a unique and supportive community online and at DTB shows across the nation. Puryear declares, "The main thing I like to say about The Herd is that you don't have to do anything to be a member. You just have to like a song." In an interview with The Roanoke Times, Nevins conveys, "It's a great feeling to promote such a feeling of community, like you're really part of something that's happening, like a movement or a positive force…All those people that come and follow you and you recognize them and you become friends with them — you're all moving along for the same purpose. It is powerful. It's very powerful, actually." When asked in an interview with the Weekender in PA what new people should look forward to experiencing at a show, Nevins replied "a really friendly, comfortable crowd, and a real community-oriented, positive experience." As an extension of this community and the band's own dedication to live roots music, Donna started, and are still the driving force behind, the 20+ year old Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg, NY, the bi-annual Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Silk Hope, NC and February 2012 marks the first year for the Virginia Key Grassroots Festival in Florida. DtB are regulars at MerleFest (NC), Suwanee Springfest & Magnolia Fest (FL), All Good (WV), Floyd Fest (VA), The Great Blue Heron Festival (PA), Del Fest (MD), Targhee Bluegrass Fest (WY) and a variety of other venues and festivals across the nation. Over the years and through their travels, Donna the Buffalo as a band and its individual members have had the opportunity to play music with and/or record with musicians such as Jim Lauderdale, Preston and Keith Frank, Railroad Earth, Bela Fleck, John Paul Jones, Bill Kreutzmann, The Avett Bothers, Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Pete Wernick, Abigail Washburn, Mamadou Diabate, Los Lobo, Rusted Root, Claire Lynch, David Hidalgo, The Duhks and Amy Helm, just to name a few. With over twenty years to celebrate, hundreds of gigs ahead of them, and an ever-evolving grassroots sound; it looks like Donna the Buffalo is riding a cloud that is truly Silverlined. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/donna-the-buffalo-2/
December 14thAuction Game Sales. Location: Education Bldg. Time: 10am - until. For more information, Visit http://www.joelcoliseum.com
December 14thUNIVERSAL SPIRIT NORTH CAROLINA ALL STAR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. Time: 8:00am. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 14th/ 15th REPTICON Reptile and Exotic Animal Convention. Location: Bolton Home & Garden Building. Time: Saturday: 10am - 5pm; Sunday: 10am - 4pm. For more information, Visit http://www.joelcoliseum.com
December 16th American Red Cross Blood Drive. Location: Deacon Room. Time: 8am- Noon For more information, Visit http://www.joelcoliseum.com
December 16th The United States Army Ground Forces Band. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 7:00 pm. Tickets: This is a FREE Concert, but tickets are required. Whether marching on historic parade grounds or the main streets of cities across America, The Army Ground Forces Band adds dignity and instills a sense of patriotic pride in both civilian and military events, performing for more than one million people every year. All 64 Soldiers assigned to The Army Ground Forces Band have passed highly selective auditions and are among the finest musicians in the United States Army Band Program. In addition to being highly trained professional musicians, members of The Army Ground Forces Band maintain all basic Soldier skills to the standards demanded by the U.S. Army for all its Soldiers. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
December 17thTHE MISFITS. Location: Ziggy's. $20 adv | $25 day of Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations. Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. From hell they came… 30 years ago in a small town in New Jersey called Lodi. It was there, at the dawn of the punk movement in April 1977, when the Misfits were born. Taking for their name the title of Marilyn Monroe's final movie, they set out to make an impression. They wound up making history and creating a legacy that has truly withstood the test of time. Today, boasting a massive catalog of music old and new, a new lineup and an influence felt around the world, the Misfits are generating more interest than ever before. The Misfits have been preserved on determination bound by unequaled loyalty to their fiends and the sheer will to survive. "It's been over 30 years and 30 years from now, people will still be playing our albums because we will never water down what we do," Only says. "Our goal is to keep perspective on who we are and always stay true to ourselves. The new album will only reinforce how potent the band has become with time. We plan to continue as always, to eclipse the past, block the sun and drag humanity by the throat into a world of darkness filled with ghouls, goblins and creatures of the night, where we are king." For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/the-misfits/
December 18th Mythbusters Behind the myths tour. Location: Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. Time: 7:30 pm. "MythBusters: Behind the Myths," presents a fantastical evening of on-stage experiments, audience participation, rocking video and behind-the-scenes stories. With this show, for the first time, fans join Jamie and Adam on stage and assist in their mind-blowing and mind-twisting approach to science. "MythBusters: Behind the Myths" brings you face-to-face with the curious world of Jamie and Adam as the duo matches wits on stage with each other and members of the audience. In 2012, the show performed 28-city national tour playing sold out performances all over the country. One of the Discovery Channel's most highly regarded and watched series, "MythBusters" is now in its tenth season. Co-hosted by Hyneman and Savage, "MythBusters" mixes scientific method with gleeful curiosity and plain old-fashioned ingenuity to create its own signature style of explosive experimentation – and the supporting or de-bunking of urban myths that we live with day to day. Adam and Jamie have become spokespersons at large for applying science to real life – most recently as hosts of the Discovery Channel special ""iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World," and have appeared on numerous shows including "Late Show with David Letterman," "Good Morning America," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "The Colbert Report," NPR's "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition," "Countdown with Keith Olberman," and many more. They were invited to participate in Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Fear And/Or Sanity and have received the Young Artist Award for inspiring young people in the interest of science. "MythBusters" has been invited to participate on a panel at Comic-Con, where their appearances have sold-out four years running. Adam and Jamie serve as guest editors for Popular Mechanics and were featured on the cover of the September 2009 issue. That same year, they were inducted as honorary members into Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. They are Honorary Lifetime Members of the California Science Teachers Association and were named Honorary Engineers and Honorary Members of the Francis Crowe Society at the University of Maine. Both Hyneman and Savage were given honorary Doctorates at the University of Twente in the Netherlands for their efforts at popularization of science. Adam and Jamie produced and starred in an H1N1 Public Service Announcement for the White House, and were chosen by the President to retest the Archimedes legend using 500 schoolchildren as surrogate soldiers. They appeared as themselves in the movie Darwin Awards and have made several cameos on other TV shows, including CSI. And In 2010, Hyneman and Savage received the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism from the Harvard Secular Society. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 18th JAMES MADISON VS UNCG SPARTAN MEN'S BASKETBALL. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 7:00 p.m. Admission: $15.00, $20.00, $35.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 18th2nd Carolina Country Christmas Tour. Location: Ziggy's. $10 | Doors:7pm | Show:8pm. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/2nd-carolina-country-christmas-tour/
December 18thNORTHERN GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL SWIM MEET. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Aquatic Center. Time: 7:30 pm. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
- December 20th Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker". Location: Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. TICKET PRICES: $27.50 and up. For group sales (10+) please call (336) 373-7433. Moscow Ballet's company of 40 star-studded dancers will perform Olympic-worthy leaps and lunges, astonishing lifts and magnificent partnering throughout the Great Russian Nutcracker. To the delight of audiences of all ages, the award-winning company, including many International Ballet Competition (IBC) winners, will bring humor, charm and finesse to Tchaikovsky's timeless score. Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" dramatizes the traditional story of a girl meeting her "Prince," and includes a tribute to world peace and harmony. Don't let your family miss the performance of a lifetime, full to the brim with magical toys, falling snow, growing Christmas trees, and astounding Russian dancers. The 2013 production includes 200 all new and hand-embellished costumes designed by Shakespearean expert Arthur Oliver and created in St Petersburg's best theatrical costume shop.. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 20thREVELUS w/ ADAGE CASUALTY CRY AUTUMN. Location: Ziggy's. $7 under 21 | $10 over 21, Doors:7pm | Show:8pm, IN THE ROCK HOUSE TAVERN. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/revelus/
December 20thROBERT SAWYER INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Aquatic Center. Time: 4:30 pm. Admission: $6.00, $5.00 If A New Wrapped Gift Is Brought In. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 20th-21st12th ANNUAL CAROLINA KARTING: KING OF CONCRETE. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. Time: (12/20) 7:30 pm, (12/21) 6:00 pm. Admission: $15.00 Adults, Children Under 10 Free, 2 Day Adult Wristband $20.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 20th and 22ndNorth Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Location: High Point Theatre. Run by a professional theater company, this festival runs from August to October of each year, presenting various works by Shakespeare. As well, during the holiday season they present A Christmas Carol. The company also offers educational outreach programs for local youth. For more information, Visit http://www.highpoint-nc.worldweb.com/Events/AllEvents/
December 20th and 22ndA Christmas Carol: Unplugged. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 20th 7:00 pm and 22nd 2:00 pm. Tickets: Reserved Seating with Pay All You Can pricing. The suggested minimum ticket price is $25. Anything paid over $25 per ticket is tax-deductible. Patrons who wish to pay less than the suggested minimum of $25 may do so at the door, 2 hours prior to curtain, via cash or check. The holiday season just isn't the same without NCShakes' annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. For 35 years, thousands of families have enjoyed the magical, musical NCShakes production. This year, NCShakes is in danger, and we need your help to bring back the full A Christmas Carol experience in 2014. This year, NCShakes is offering a musical Readers Theatre production of A Christmas Carol Unplugged as a fundraising event for two shows only. See many of the actors you have come to know and love. Hear all of the beloved Christmas music you have come to expect from the annual spectacular production. Tickets are Pay All You Can, with a suggested minimum of $25. Keep NCShakes in your family's Christmas tradition this year, and help us return to a full production in 2014. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
December 21stPuddingstone~ A Winter Soltice Concert. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Adults: $15, Students (through college): $10, Seniors (60+): $ 10, Group rates available for groups of 10+. Our name reflects us perfectly- Puddingstone is a conglomerate of many different stones. The genres we play range from Americana such as fife and drum, Celtic, folk, New Age, Flamenco, Renaissance and even some classical such as Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring and Pachelbel's Canon. What makes a Puddingstone arrangement recognizable is the unique sound. We have a dazzling array of ancient and modern instruments including hurdy gurdy, gemshorns, & viola de gamba as well as electronic wind machines and drum sets. The combination of the ancient and acoustic instruments with the electronic instruments is what gives us our signature sound. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
December 26th – 28th38th ANNUAL TIMCO BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL. Location: Greensboro Special Events Center. Time: (12/26) 1:30 p.m. (12/27) 2:30 p.m. (12/28) 11:00 a.m. Admission: $10.00, $7.00, Books $15.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 28thBIG DADDY LOVE w/ THE HERITAGE. Location: Ziggy's. $7 adv | $10 day of Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. Big Daddy Love's multiple performances at 2011?s Floyd Festival made it clear that this is likely the most important new band to watch in the East Coast roots rock and Americana community. Having only been together since the Summer of 2009, Big Daddy Love– founded by high school friends from the rural hill country of Sparta, NC– was just playing a handful of North Carolina markets when they made their first trip to Floyd in 2010, where they won the prestigious "Under The Radar" contest for the best new artist at the large, Virginia festival. The fresh, vital sound and energized performance of this new band simply blew people away, and with the fan-voted award under their belts, Big Daddy Love returned home and began to build their grass roots following in earnest. Essentially organic in both disposition and composition, Big Daddy Love is a five-piece band with a unique and natural blend of rock, roots and grass that they call 'Appalachian Rock'. Above the mix, the lead vocals and acoustic guitar accompaniment of their principal songwriter, Daniel Justin Smith, command the listener's attention and call for the harmonies that arise in response. Twin leads of Stratocaster riffs and soaring Allman-esque slide guitar on the one hand, and electric and acoustic 5-string Scruggs / Fleck style banjo on the other– like a typical Southern rock line-up, just replacing the second guitar with the banjo– punctuate and emphasize what Smith delivers. These contrasting voices are anchored by a rhythm section that is equally at home in a groove or driving the bus with country, swing, funk or straight ahead rock. Big Daddy Love's high-energy performances, fueled by this combination of fiery vocals, sweet-sugary harmonies and striking instrumental dynamics that range from bombastic assaults to soothing grooves, have garnered them a strong, passionate following throughout their home region. Live, with the lights on and the volume up, Big Daddy Love stretches the music out with top notch picking and ripping, delivering a stompin' good time rich with authentic Carolina soul. At the same time, the good-natured, yet thoughtful sincerity of the lyrical content, the authentic song-craft and the undeniable musicianship of the band– as heard in live and studio recordings– has resonated with audiences throughout the ether and generated demand beyond the markets where they currently perform. With their upcoming release, Let It Grow (Little King Records, 2011), Big Daddy Love's signature Appalachian Rock sound is further refined in a collection of songs that seamlessly pick up where their 2010 debut To The Mountain left off. Reviews of To The Mountain were glowing, such as this one from Belgium (of all places): "…[if you are] a fan of The Allman Brothers Band or Drive-By Truckers, but you are open to bluegrass elements, then this CD really is a must." Closer to home, North Carolina music media staple Mountain Xpress said: "From start to finish, To The Mountain is a captivating album that alludes to a dynamic live show. If the musicians dabble in a variety of styles it's only because, well, they can. And certain elements— a tightly-coiled energy always threatening to explode within each song, a choice group of collaborators, flawless musicianship and Smith's compelling vocals— provide a palpable thread throughout." The record was picked up as a favorite spin by Americana and AAA radio stations throughout the region, including taste-maker WNCW in Spindale, NC. — in many ways– a blue collar rock band with Appalachian flavor.
THE HERITAGE BIO: The Heritage is a funk/roots band forged by three musicians living in Winston-Salem, NC in the summer of 2011. Though initially formed by; Andrew Lazare, Cass Copsey, and Marshall Bjorling, the band has had multiple incarnations, but one unifying mentality: a passion for live music and a desire to replicate what great artists have done for them, for the listener. In their brief history, The Heritage has certainly made their fair share of noise in the South. They have played their unique spin on funk and rock from Winston-Salem to Raleigh, Boone, Savannah, Atlanta, Columbia, and many great venues and festivals in between with bands like Toubab Krewe, Lettuce, Slightly Stoopid, Yonder Mountain String Band, some of their good friends like Big Daddy Love, BIG Something, The Broadcast, and many many more. The Heritage sound is a unique blend of the soul of classic funk, roots, and rock n' roll with a modern groove based, high energy execution, while the live experience is an intimate and exciting exchange of energy between both them and the audience. The Heritage released their first full-length record, recorded at the esteemed Fideletorium Recording Studio, on November 1st and are now focusing new material and moving forward to bigger and better shows all across the buzzing southeast music scene. Please feel free to like the Facebook page and check out the website @ www.theheritagemusic.com so you can keep up with the guys and come out to a show near you!! For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/big-daddy-love-4/
December 30thNC STATE VS UNCG SPARTAN MEN'S BASKETBALL. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 7:00 p.m. Admission: $20.00, $25.00, $35.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
- December 31 Duke vs. Elon Men's Basketball . Location: Greensboro Coliseum. Time: 1 p.m. (tentative). The Blue Devils are ranked No. 4 nationally in the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll, announced earlier this week. In addition, Duke was picked to win the ACC with 50 of 54 first-place media votes at the annual ACC Operation Basketball event. Rodney Hood and freshman Jabari Parker were named to the Preseason All-ACC team, Parker was a near-unanimous selection as the preseason player of the year, and both Hood and Parker received multiple votes for ACC Preseason Player of the Year. Coming off last year's Southern Conference North Division championship and 21-win season, the Elon University men's basketball team was tabbed as the Southern Conference preseason favorites by both the league's head coaches and SoCon media. The Phoenix returns 12 letterwinners and five starters from a squad that went 21-12 last season and won the league's North Division under head coach Matt Matheny. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
December 31stTHE PLAIDS' NEW YEARS REVOLUTION. Location: Ziggy's.Doors: 8pm | Show:9pm: $15 adv | $20 day of Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations. Everybody's favorite local 80?s/90?s cover band are gonna help ROCK IN THE NEW YEAR. We will be giving away $1500 in cash and prizes in our midnight balloon drop! Free party favors! Free champagne toast at midnight! For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/plaids-new-years-revolution/
January 2014
January 1st Tanglewood Festival of Lights. Location: Tanglewood Park. Rates: We accept cash, checks, or credit cards as payment for entrance to the Festival of Lights. Friday - Sunday and All Holidays (including Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) - Family: cars, vans and trucks: $15 - Commercial: vans, limos and mini-buses: $25 - Motorcoaches and buses: $90 Monday – Thursday (excluding Holidays and Holiday "Eves") - Family: cars, vans and trucks: $10 - Commercial: vans, limos and mini-buses (25 passengers or less): $20 - Motorcoaches and buses: $90. Trailers connected to the back of vehicles with people riding on the trailers are not allowed to go through the Festival of Lights due to unforeseen danger that may occur. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are very popular nights to visit the lights show. Because of this, long lines should be expected, and wait times sometimes exceed 2 hours. Please visit the Festival of Lights Mondays - Thursdays to avoid extended wait times. Thank you! For more information, Visit http://www.forsyth.cc/parks/tanglewood/fol/index.html
January 4thKernersville Wedding Fair. Location: 215 S. Main Street Kernersville NC. The Kernersville Wedding Fair is an annual free event for brides and grooms to view the beautiful Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden venue and meet wedding vendors in the Triad area! Meet vendors that can help you make your special day a dream come true! For more information, Visit http://www.piedmonttriad.worldweb.com/KernersvilleNC/Events/AllEvents/
January 4th WWE Live. Location: Greensboro Coliseum. Don't miss WWE Champion Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, The Shield, and "The World's Largest Athlete" the Big Show plus many more of your favorite WWE Superstars and Divas! For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
January 5thJay Z. Location: Greensboro Coliseum. JAY Z recently released the now double platinum "Magna Carta… Holy Grail," just wrapped the sold out "Legends Of The Summer" stadium tour with Justin Timberlake and over Labor Day, oversaw his second annual Budweiser Made In America festival; both to rave reviews. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
January 10th- 11th US monster truck jam. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Friday Advance Adult $20.00, $25.00, Child 2-12 $ 5.00, $25.00, Day of Show $27.00, $22.00, Saturday Advance Adult $30.00, $30.00, Child 2-12 $ 5.00, $30.00, Day of Show $22.00, $32.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
January 11th Tinsley Ellis. Time: 8:00pm.Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25 /Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com
January 11thWinston-Salem Forsyth County Schools Magnet Department. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 7:30am-5:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
January 11th Premier Designs Event. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 8:30am-4:30pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
January 11thTinsley Ellis. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Since first hitting the national scene in 1988, hard-rocking, blues-soaked guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Tinsley Ellis has toured non-stop and released one critically acclaimed album after another. Jamming with focus and purpose … this is the ultimate fast-moving, high-energy, live blues-rock concert! For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
January 12th Patti LaBelle. Location: Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. Time: 7:00 p.m. TICKET PRICES: $55, $75, $89 & $99, $125 (concert and VIP reception). One of contemporary music's living legends, LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry. LaBelle spent 16 years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the iconic disco song, "Lady Marmalade". LaBelle started her solo career shortly after the group disbanded in 1977 and crossed over to pop music with "On My Own", "If You Asked Me To", "Stir It Up", and "New Attitude". She has also recorded R&B ballads such as "You Are My Friend", "If Only You Knew" and "Love, Need and Want You".lle started her solo career shortly after the group disbanded in 1977 and crossed over to pop music with "On My Own", "If Only You Knew", "If You Asked Me To", "Stir It Up" and "New Attitude". She has also recorded R&B ballads such as "You Are My Friend" and "Love, Need and Want You".Early years
Patricia Louise Holte was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 24,1944 . Her father, Henry Holte (alternatively, Holt),[1] was a railroad worker and lounge singer. Her mother, Bertha Holte, was a domestic and housewife. Holte was one of four daughters (Vivian, Barbara, Patricia and Jacqueline). Holte recalls having a happy childhood but said being sexually molested at the age of seven led her to be shy and withdrawn. Holte's parents had an unhappy marriage. When Holte was twelve, her parents split up and Bertha Holte raised her daughters as a single mother. Holte's mother later adopted Claudette Grant, who would become one of Holte's closest friends.
Despite her shyness, Holte was known for her gifted voice even as a child. After first joining her church choir at ten, she sung her first solo at the Beulah Baptist Church at the age of twelve. Growing up, Holte listened not only to gospel, but jazz and rhythm and blues. By her teens, "Patsy", as friends and family called her, also began listening to doo-wop and was encouraged to form a girl group in the late fifties. In 1958, she formed The Ordettes with three other friends. The following year, when two members of the group dropped out, singers Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, from a former rival group, joined them. Eventually with Cindy Birdsong included in the lineup by 1961 and with respected music impresario Bernard Montague managing them, the group gained a reputation around Philadelphia and soon caught the eye of a record scout, who introduced them to Newtown Records president Harold Robinson.
After hearing Holte's voice during an audition, Robinson, who nearly ditched the group due to their looks - he allegedly thought Holte was "too plain and dark" to lead a singing group, agreed to sign the group, renaming them The Blue Belles (the name would simply be "The Bluebelles" by the mid-1960s), after a Newtown subsidiary label.
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Not long after signing, the group was credited for the hit single, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman", though the song was recorded by another girl group, the Chicago-based The Starlets. This led to a lawsuit by a manager of the group and its record label boss, later resulting in the group winning $5,000 in damages. "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman" eventually reached the Billboard top 20. Despite this credited success, the group could not follow up with any other hit. The Blue Belles supported themselves by constantly touring including an appearance at the Apollo Theater.
In 1963, a record label executive sued Harold Robinson for use of the name "Blue Belles", since another group was using the name. As a result, Robinson gave Holte the nickname, Patti La Belle (La Belle is French for "the beautiful one") and the group's name was altered to "Patti La Belle and Her Blue Belles". A year later, the group left Newtown switching over to Cameo-Parkway Records. Their first hit for Cameo-Parkway was the top 40 hit, "Down the Aisle (The Wedding Song)". Their follow-ups included "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Danny Boy".
In 1965, Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun signed the group to the label, working with the group for a year. The group issued their first studio album (as Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles) titled Somewhere Over the Rainbow in 1966. While they had a modest pop charted hit with "All or Nothing" and its b-side, a pop cover of Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow", the group was not as successful as the label predicted. In 1967, their second release, Dreamer, issued two singles, "Take Me For A Little While" and the Curtis Mayfield standard, "I'm Still Waiting". In the middle of touring for that album, Cindy Birdsong suddenly left the group to join The Supremes after replacing Florence Ballard. The remaining trio of LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash struggled with subsequent recordings and by 1970, Atlantic had dropped the group from its roster, as had longtime manager Bernard Montague, who had by now focused his full energy on more successful Philly groups such as The Delfonics and The Stylistics.
After almost signing a management deal with Frankie Crocker and Herb Hamlett, the group settled on British manager Vicki Wickham (producer of the UK pop show, Ready, Steady, Go!) after Dusty Springfield had mentioned signing them. Wickham advised the group to perform in London and work on a brand new image and sound. LaBelle would later have disagreements with Wickham over changes often saying in interviews that she liked things the way they were. This led to some musical disagreements between LaBelle and Nona Hendryx.
Main article: Labelle
In late 1970, the group returned to the U.S. changing their name to Labelle and signing a contract with Warner Bros imprint, Track Records. Wickham then had the group open for rock group The Who. In mid-1971, the group released their Warner debut, Labelle. The record mixed harder-edged soul music with rock music elements, a marked departure from the pop sound of the Blue Belles. The album failed to catch on, as did their 1972 follow-up, Moon Shadow. The group, however, did find success singing alongside Laura Nyro on her acclaimed album, Gonna Take a Miracle. The group would tour with Nyro off and on for the next couple of years.
In 1973, Wickham had the group signed to RCA Records, in chicago where they recorded the Pressure Cookin' album. In the middle of recording, LaBelle gave birth to her only child, Zuri. While promoting the album opening for The Rolling Stones, Wickham advised the group to adapt the same flamboyant costumes of rock artists such as T. Rex, Elton John and David Bowie. Soon, their own stage entrances started to take a life on its own, at one point the group members flew into the concert stage, while singing. Despite this change in direction, their third album failed to become a success. However, a scout for Epic Records advised the group to sign with them in 1974 at the end of the Rolling Stones tour.
Later that year, Labelle issued their most acclaimed album, Nightbirds. In October 1974, the group made history by becoming the first pop group to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House.[2] In late December, Epic issued the single, "Lady Marmalade". Within six months, the record became a smash and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's first to do so. This helped their album sell over a million copies. Their fame was so massive during this time that they made the cover of Rolling Stone later in 1975.
Later in 1975, the group issued their follow-up, Phoenix, which did not quite catch on as fast though it was critically raved. They had a little more success with the Chameleon album in 1976, with the songs, "Get You Somebody New" and "Isn't It A Shame", the latter song Patti LaBelle would say was "the last record we ever did together". Despite her success, LaBelle was not pleased at the group's direction and by late 1976, neither LaBelle, Dash and Hendryx could agree on a musical direction. Following a concert in Baltimore in December 1976, LaBelle advised the others to break up.
[edit]Solo career
LaBelle released her self-titled album in 1977 on Epic. The record was a critical success, with the highlights being the dance singles, "Joy To Have Your Love" and "Dan Swit Me" and the pop-R&B ballad, "You Are My Friend", a song she and her husband co-wrote. Her subsequent follow-ups, however, 1978's Tasty, 1979's It's Alright with Me and 1980's Released, failed to be as successful. Though well-established in some circles, LaBelle never follow her live performance success with hit records, which was often the case with the Bluebelles. In 1981, she was switched to the CBS subsidiary, Philadelphia International Records, issuing the album, The Spirit's In It.
LaBelle found success outside music, performing in the Broadway revival of Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God, with Al Green. However, the play was criticized mainly because of what critics felt was vocal showboating by Green and LaBelle, criticism that LaBelle did not take lightly. In 1982, she recorded the Grover Washington ballad, "The Best Is Yet To Come", which led to her first top 20 R&B hit and her first Grammy nomination in the spring of 1983. Later that year, LaBelle appeared in the PBS-produced play, Working. In October 1983, the mid-tempo love song, "If Only You Knew", was released. The parent album, I'm In Love Again, was released the following month. In January 1984, "If Only You Knew" reached number-one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, where it stayed for four weeks. The song became LaBelle's first charted hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, reaching the lower regions of the top fifty, peaking at number 46. The success of that single and its similar-sounding follow-up, "Love, Need and Want You", which reached number ten on the R&B chart, helped I'm in Love Again, reached gold in the U.S.
Later in 1984, LaBelle appeared in her first film, A Soldier's Story. Her appearance in the film later led to Steven Spielberg handpicking her for the role of Shug Avery on The Color Purple, but she turned it down due to hearing that there was a nude scene and same-sex kissing. LaBelle would later regret her decision to turn down the role, after Margaret Avery won an Academy Award nomination for her role as Shug. In the fall of 1984, LaBelle recorded the songs, "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up", later issued for the soundtrack of Beverly Hills Cop, released in December 1984. The soundtrack became a hit, thanks to the releases of "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". The former single reached as high as number seventeen on the Hot 100 and was number-one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the spring of 1985, introducing LaBelle to pop audiences. In 1985, LaBelle left Philadelphia International signing a lucrative contract with MCA. PIR issued the final contractual LaBelle album, Patti. The album was not successful.
LaBelle garnered headlines in 1985 for her showstopping, and some say, purposely show-stealing performances, first at Motown Returns to the Apollo engaging in the so-called "infamous mic toss" between her and Diana Ross during the show's finale, to the Foreigner song, "I Want to Know What Love Is". LaBelle later alleged that Ross grabbed the microphone away from LaBelle following her taking over the lead, though someone else gave LaBelle another microphone where she finished singing. That same year, LaBelle was accused again of showboating, after singing in the finale of Live Aid to "We Are the World" so loud that she sounded as the only audible singer. Due to this press, she was given her own television special later that fall. In 1986, LaBelle released her eighth album, Winner in You, which peaked at number-one on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the pop hit, "On My Own", a duet with singer Michael McDonald. The song became LaBelle's first number-one hit since "Lady Marmalade". Winner in You eventually sold a million copies, becoming platinum. It remains her best-selling album. LaBelle took a break in 1988, re-emerging with Be Yourself, in 1989. The album went gold thanks to LaBelle's soft rock ballad, "If You Asked Me To". In 1989, LaBelle also sang the role of "the Acid Queen" in The Who's star-studded performance of TOMMY in Los Angeles.
Her 1991 album, Burnin', resulted in LaBelle's first Grammy win for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and spawned three top ten hits on Billboard's R&B chart also selling half a million copies becoming her third gold album. Her 1994 album, Gems and 1997 follow-up, Flame, also were certified gold and LaBelle's 1990s singles, "The Right Kinda Lover" and "When You Talk About Love" hit number-one on the dance charts. She won a second Grammy in 1998 for her live album, One Night Only! Following the announcement of the end of her marriage to her husband, Armstead Edwards, who also dismissed himself as LaBelle's manager after more than 20 years, LaBelle released the ballad-heavy When A Woman Loves album in 2000. LaBelle would not release another album until, after signing with the Def Jam Records imprint, Def Soul Classics, she released Timeless Journey, in 2004. The album became her highest-charted album in eighteen years. In 2005 a follow-up album, Classic Moments, was released. Shortly after LaBelle left Def Jam Records in 2006 over a public dispute with Antonio "L.A." Reid.[3] She released her first gospel album, The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle,which was #1 on the gospel billboard charts[4] on the Bungalo label. She returned to Def Jam in 2007 and released her second holiday album, Miss Patti's Christmas. As of 2011, LaBelle has yet to release a new solo album. In 2008, LaBelle briefly reunited with Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash as Labelle on the group's first new album in over thirty years, Back to Now.
Following her roles in A Soldier's Story and Sing, LaBelle won a recurring role as Kadeem Hardison's mother on the hit show, A Different World. In 1992, following her success on the sitcom and responding to the success of rapper Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, LaBelle starred in her own sitcom, Out All Night. The show was cancelled after only 19 episodes. In 1993, she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and two years afterwards, performed at the Super Bowl half time show. For a period, LaBelle's theme song for The Oprah Winfrey Show, titled "Get With the Program", proved to be popular along with its catchphrase. In 2003, she starred in her own lifestyle show, Livin' It Up With Patti LaBelle, which aired for three years on the TV-One channel. In 1996, LaBelle issued her autobiography, Don't Block the Blessings. She released her first of five cookbooks in 1997, and in 2006, released the book, Patti's Pearls. In addition, LaBelle began to sell collections of spices, lipstick and even wigs on her website. Her "Patti Labelle"wig collection,-featured in Especially Yours wig catalogs-.
On September 14, 2010, LaBelle made a return two decades after her last Broadway performance to star in the award-winning musical Fela![5] about Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. LaBelle replaced Tony Award-nominee Lillias White as Fela's mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and remained with the production through the end of its run on January 2, 2011.[6]
On May 23, 2011, LaBelle appeared on "Oprah's Farewell Spectacular, Part 1" the first show in a series of three shows constituting the finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show, singing "Over the Rainbow" with Josh Groban.[7]
LaBelle was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards on June 26, 2011.[8]
She performed for Obama at the 9/11 tribute, singing "Two Steps Away." She received a standing ovation, after she walked away from the microphone and continued to be heard.
On December 21, 2011, she appeared on an episode of the Bravo television series Top Chef, surprising the ten remaining chefs after their "Quickfire" challenge. A shortened version of Lady Marmalade was in the broadcast, which was filmed in Austin, Texas. She then served as a guest judge on the episode.
On January 2, 2012, she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NHL Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers at Citizens Bank Park.[9] LaBelle has sold over 50 million records worldwid and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Apollo Hall of Fame and the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.comJanuary 16thCOWBOY MOUTH. Location: Ziggy's. Doors:8pm | Show:9pm, $15 adv | $20 day of, Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations. The term 'Cowboy Mouth' has been used in the poetry of Shakespeare and Bob Dylan as well as a play by Patti Smith and Sam Shepard. Usually meaning One with a loud and raucous voice, it describes the band well. With over 2500 concerts under their belt and many years of reviews lauding their live show,there is still one quote which best captures their show….. "…on a bad night they'll tear the roof off the joint and on a good night, they'll save your soul." Cake Magazine, Cowboy Mouth is New Orleans rock n' roll. Annually presenting roughly 150 shows, releasing nearly a dozen records, and featured on TV shows and radio stations everywhere, Cowboy Mouth has been seen and heard by millions of fans worldwide. For more than 15 years, the members of Cowboy Mouth have preached and shouted at the top of their lungs the joys of being alive and the joys of being in and from New Orleans, sharing a slice of Mardi Gras heaven with fans around the world. As frontman Fred LeBlanc has said,"If The Neville Brothers and The Clash had a baby, it would be Cowboy Mouth." The band's 11 album releases include two records on MCA, one on Atlantic and several on their own Cowboy Mouth Records label. So far, the band has enjoyed domestic sales of over 500,000 units. But the album sales pale in comparison to the number of tickets the band sells to their live events. Cowboy Mouth shows are legendary, and have been witnessed by more than 9 million fans to date. Always on the road, they've toured several times with their friends in Hootie and the Blowfish, BareNaked Ladies, Sister Hazel and Better Then Ezra as well as other well known supporting acts. Crowd participation is a must at a Cowboy Mouth show. Led by Fred's larger-than-life presence, the band's performances are high-energy and extraordinarily intense, usually leaving audiences as drenched and spent as the band. Cowboy Mouth fans range from ages five to age eighty-five, but they have one thing in common – as Fred confides to the audience, "Cowboy Mouth is about pretending that you're five years old, naked as a jaybird and about to turn the hose on your parents, and there's not a damn thing they can do about it." A Cowboy Mouth show is always full of surprises, and have included guest appearances by Harry Shearer, Steve Van Zandt, Rob Thomas , John Popper, Art Neville, Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's piano player), Kyle Turley, and Tom Arnold (Best Damn Sports Show), to name a few. Their audience stretches from the festivals and colleges to the clubs and theaters they headline around the country. The band has also made several film and television appearances, including the Steven Soderburgh film "The Underneath," MTV and VH1, Live with Regis and Kelly, Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Show with Craig Kilborn. The band is led by Fred LeBlanc, Cowboy Mouth's maniacal drummer/lead Singer (think the Tasmanian Devil playing drums like Keith Moon with a voice like Bo Diddley) and John Thomas Griffith on lead vocals and lead guitar. Fred came to Cowboy Mouth after four years with the southern punk band Dash Rip Rock. Also an accomplished producer, Fred mixed the band's first two studio recordings and also earned a gold record for producing Deadeye Dick hit song from the movie Dumb And Dumber, "New Age Girl." Griffith, (the Griff) had been friends with Fred for years before the two talked about forming Cowboy Mouth together along with two local New Orleans musicians. As the lead singer of the the Red Rockers, Griff had a top-selling album on Columbia Records. Their hit song "China" was one of the first hits on MTV, and is still played on the radio today. Griff has opened on tour with bands like The Go-Gos and U2, and was recently inducted into the Texas Guitar Players' Hall of Fame. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/3880/
January 17thTHE WAILERS. Location: Ziggy's. Doors:8pm | Show:9pm $20 adv | $25 day of, Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations. Together with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide. In England alone, they've notched up over twenty chart hits, including seven Top 10 entries. Outside of their groundbreaking work with Marley, the Wailers have also played or performed with international acts like Sting, the Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and Alpha Blondy, as well as reggae legends such as Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Burning Spear. As the greatest living exponents of Jamaica's reggae tradition, the Wailers have completed innumerable other tours, playing to an estimated 24 million people across the globe. They have also been the first reggae band to tour new territories on many occasions, including Africa and the Far East. Their nucleus formed in 1969, when Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh recruited the Barrett brothers – bassist Aston "Family Man" and drummer Carly – from Lee Perry's Upsetters to play on hits such as Lively Up Yourself, Trenchtown Rock, Duppy Conqueror, and many more besides. Inspired by Rastafari and their ambitions of reaching an international audience, this is the line-up that pioneered roots rock reggae, and signed to Island Records in 1971. Bunny and Peter left two years later. It was at this point that the in-demand Barrett brothers – whose rhythms also underpinned innumerable seventies' reggae hits by other acts – assumed the title of Wailers, and backed Marley on the group's international breakthrough album, Natty Dread. Under Family Man's musical leadership, they then partnered Bob Marley on the succession of hit singles and albums that made him a global icon, winner of several Lifetime Achievement awards, and Jamaica's best-loved musical superstar. Drummer Carlton "Carlie" Barrett died in 1987, leaving his brother as the main beneficiary of the Wailers' mantle. Subsequent line-ups have revolved around Family Man, who is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest bass players. Modest and unassuming, he was present on all of those unforgettable performances by Bob Marley & The Wailers from the seventies. Family Man continues to be the main axis of the current Wailers – a group that's one of the last, great reggae institutions, yet which refuses to live off past glories. That's because Family Man represents tried and trusted roots authenticity and, along with the Wailers, injects fresh excitement into a show that continues to attract enthusiastic audiences from around the world. Be on the lookout for a new Wailers' album featuring some of the biggest names in popular music. Prepare to be amazed! For more information, Visit ziggyrock.net/events/wailers/
January 22ndIN THIS MOMENT w/ BUTCHER BABIE DEVOUR THE DAY ALL HAIL THE YETI. Location: Ziggy's. $20 adv | $25 day of Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations Doors:6pm | Show:7pm. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/moment/
January 23rdJustin Moore's Off the Beaten Path Tour starring Randy Houser plus special guest Josh Thompson. Location: Greensboro coliseum. Time: 7:30 pm. Justin Moore will truly take his fans on a unique journey with a new headlining tour in support of his September 17 album release on The Valory Music Co.
About Randy Houser
The Los Angeles Times wrote Stoney Creek Records' Randy Houser adds "grit to the genre" and The New York Times calls him a true "crowd pleaser." After earning songwriting credits for Trace Adkins, Justin Moore and Chris Young, Houser catapulted onto the scene with his debut album ANYTHING GOES, which Top 20 hit "Anything Goes," and No. 2, "Boots On," and landed Houser nominations at the CMA Awards, ACM Awards and CMT Awards. His follow-up, THEY CALL ME CADILLAC, was met with praise from The Washington Post and The Boston Globe who named it a top release of the year. Houser's latest album, HOW COUNTRY FEELS, hit stores Jan. 22 and has been called "a buoyant, hook-filled outing" (Washington Post) that shows off his powerhouse voice, hailed "one of the best in Nashville," (GAC). He celebrated his first No. 1 Gold-certified smash hit in "How Country Feels," and his latest single, "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" is currently Top 5 and climbing. Houser has co-headlined CMT On Tour '09 with Jamey Johnson, joined Gary Allan on the Get Off On The Pain tour and Willie Nelson on the Country Throwdown Tour, and most recently toured with Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley on the Locked and ReLoaded Tour. Visit www.randyhouser.com for more information.About Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson stormed out of the gate when he first came onto the music scene in late 2009, where his first two singles, "Beer On The Table" and "Way Out Here" grossed over half a million downloads and peaked at 15 and 16, respectively on the radio charts. His debut album, Way Out Here and was nominated for an American Country Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. In addition to headlining the 2012 Jagermeister Country Tour, Josh has toured with Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Daruis Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Hank Williams Jr. and Jamey Johnson, Gary Allan, Justin Moore and Rodney Atkins. A talented songwriter, his songs have been cut by Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley and Gary Allan. Josh is currently on the road supporting his new Show Dog Universal Music single, "Cold Beer With Your Name On It". For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.comJanuary 23rdGREENSBORO SYMPHONY MASTERWORKS CONCERT WITH DMITRY SITKOVETSKY. Location: Greensboro Coliseum War Memorial Auditorium. Time: 7:30 pm. Admission: Adults - $24.00, $30.00, $34.00, $42.00, Students- $ 5.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
January 25thSmokey Joe's Cafe. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $30, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $25. The Tony nominated Broadway production, Smokey Joe's Café, showcases the lyrics and music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, two prolific songwriters who virtually invented the genre of rock and roll. Featuring 39 of the greatest songs ever recorded from the 50's and 60's, this classic musical revue is a retro celebration of this golden age of American culture. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
January 25-26 AMSOIL Arenacross, featuring Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross. Location: Special Events Center. Time: Saturday, January 25, 7:00 PM, **Track Party Saturday, January 25 from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM**, Sunday, January 26, 12:00 PM **Amateur Day**. Tickets: available for $20 & $25 Gold Circle. Sunday is Amateur Day and tickets are $10. Greensboro will host the fourth weekend of racing during the 2014 season. The Greensboro Coliseum floor will be covered in 170 truckloads of soil, giving way to a sculpted, man-made dirt battleground featuring air-inducing jumps and logic-defying obstacles. The last time Greensboro played host to AMSOIL Arenacross was in 2009 where Chad Johnson grabbed the win in the Arenacross Class and Tyler Medaglia took home the Arenacross Lites Class victory. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
January 29th City of Winston-Salem Employee Excellence Awards. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 11:45am-2:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
January 30th Annual Dinner of the Greensboro Partnership - 2014. Location: Sheraton Greensboro Four Seasons 3121 High Point Rd. Greensboro NC 27407. Time: 5:45 PM to 9:00 PM. For more information, Visit http://www.greensboro.org
January 31stCOREY SMITH w/ Mallary Hope. Location: Ziggy's. $17 adv | $22 day of Email for VIP SUITE & Platinum Table reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. In today's country music climate, there is an abundance of artists and songwriters champing at the bit to tell you just how "country" they are. But none represents the genuine rural lifestyle quite like Corey Smith. Born and raised in the bucolic town of Jefferson, Ga., just a few miles northwest of the musical hotbed of Athens, Corey has carved out a successful career by writing and singing not about the idealized country imagery of trucks and bonfires, but by depicting truthfully the experience of growing up far from big-city sidewalks. "Country music is all those things that art is supposed to be. It's populist, it's infectious and, most importantly, it's about people," says Corey. "So country music should be about artists holding a mirror back to themselves to reflect what they're experiencing in their own little towns." Clearly, country fans feel the same way. Corey has amassed an unfailingly devout fan base, not only in his native Southeast region, but all around the nation, simply by telling it the way it is. He has released seven studio albums—including 2011's Top 20 release The Broken Record—all written and produced by Corey himself. And his concerts, documented on last year's live release, Live in Chattanooga, regularly sell out, with audiences singing along to such fan favorites as the coming-of-age anthem "Twenty-One," the nostalgic time warp "If I Could Do It Again" and the group hug "I Love Everyone." Now, however, Corey is set on reaching even more people. For the first time, he's teamed up with a producer—Keith Stegall, best known for his work with the likeminded Zac Brown Band and country icon Alan Jackson—and has recorded his most universal song yet, "Ain't Going Out Tonight." Set to appear on Corey's upcoming ninth album, the breezy jam is, on the surface, an ode to staying home with the one you love, but it's also about settling down and making sacrifices. "To me, 'Ain't Going Out Tonight' is a perfect way to begin introducing the record, because it's about making changes," says Corey, who in addition to working with Stegall has updated his ace touring band. "I've made a lot of changes in the past few months, but necessary changes so that I can still be the artist that I've wanted to be." An artist who maintains a unique voice while still honoring the tenets of his cherished genre, one that his grandmother helped introduce him to. "There's more than one way to skin a cat in country music," Corey says with a smile. "What makes me different is that I write all these songs, and I write from the heart and live all these songs. But I want to be a part of the country music establishment. Whenever I visit the Country Music Hall of Fame when I'm in Nashville, I leave there feeling really inspired. This is what I'm a part of, and I want to make my mark." For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/corey-smith-4/
February 2014
- February 1st Carolina Wedding Show. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 11:00am-4:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
February 1stLUCERO w/ JONNY FRITZ. Location: Ziggy's. $15 adv | $20 day of Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. Women & Work is a love letter from Lucero to its hometown, Memphis, Tennessee. "Having a band in Memphis puts you in a tradition," says Lucero frontman Ben Nichols. "We started at punk rock shows, not necessarily playing punk rock, but coming from the outside, from a bohemian place." The bohemian tradition is just as strong in Memphis as the city's series of international hits. The popularity of Sun, Stax, Elvis, and Al Green doesn't diminish the influence of the blues, Jim Dickinson, and Alex Chilton. The bridge between the shadows and the spotlight has become the heart of Lucero: Unafraid to mix pop with their anti-pop, they always charge into new territory. As punks, Lucero were masters of restraint, with country music beer stains dribbled down the front of their shirts. As whiskey-soaked bohemians, they didn't shy from sweeping Americana tableaus. And then they added an accordion. "When we started, we were building on a foundation we weren't aware of," says guitarist Brian Venable. "Listening back to our early stuff, we hear ourselves reference the old Sun Records. We didn't hear it or feel it then, but we hear it and feel it now." Women & Work, their 8th album, is such an exciting presentation of the band's eclectic explorations that it makes their 14-year meandering path appear to be a straight line to this very record. "We're more comfortable in our own skin as a band, more comfortable acknowledging regional influences," says bassist John Stubblefield. "We wound up making a Memphis country soul record." Integrating horns, pedal steel guitar, all manner of keyboards, and even a full-on gospel chorus, Women & Work is a fully realized musical extravaganza. Drawing inspiration from Delaney & Bonnie's obscure first album, Home, on the Stax label, Lucero's ambivalence about tradition has been replaced by an exuberant embrace. Women & Work is like Arcade Fire baptized in Joe Cocker and Leon Russell's Mad Dogs, then warmed with Don Nix's Alabama State Troopers. "On My Way Downtown," the album's lead song, tells the story: a reserved guitar riff sets the mood, a couple instruments quietly fall in and Ben adds the first contemplative vocals. The song seems headed firmly into the punk-rock-made-pretty territory of their roots—until the organ sustains a chord, the tempo ratchets up, and Lucero becomes a band that doesn't ask but rather insists that you move your feet. Go ahead hipster—dance! "Go Easy" is something new for the band: gospel music. A sing-along with a large female chorus, it's more likely to close the bar than open the church, but when returning producer Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem) pushed the band toward a sacred sound, they realized it could cinch the album's country soul feel. "You work all week, thinking about women and the weekend," says Nichols. "'Downtown' is Friday night, 'Go Easy' is Sunday morning. The rest of the record is the party in between." Nichols recently moved from stage to screen, playing a lead role in the acclaimed MTV series $5 Cover, directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Footloose). The character was a rambling musician, and Nichols brought authority to the performance. In 2009, he released a solo album, The Last Pale Light In the West, a collection of acoustic songs based loosely on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/3953/
February 5th-9thRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY PRESENTS LEGENDS. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Show Times: February 5: 7pm, February 6: 10:30am & 7pm, February 7: 7pm, February 8: 11am, 3pm & 7pm, February 9: 1pm & 5pm, Admission: $42.00. Ticket Prices: $15, $25, $30, $35, $50. Behold the living legends! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey brings the unbelievable to Children Of All Ages in an all-new show - - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents LEGENDS. Experience unimaginable family fun as amazing performers from around the globe perform awe-inspiring feats of daring, spectacles of strength and thrills of wonder to summon the mythical and the mysterious visions that have only existed in your imagination and now materialize before your eyes: theUnicorn, Pegasus and a Woolly Mammoth! Join us for an unforgettable family night of legendary proportions at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents LEGENDS! For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
February 7thDELBERT McCLINTON. Location: Ziggy's. $25 adv | $30 day of | $60 Gold Circle Email for VIP SUITE and PLATINUM TABLE reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. The venerable Delbert McClinton is a legend among Texas roots music aficionados, not only for his amazing longevity, but for his ability to combine country, blues, soul, and rock & roll as if there were no distinctions between any of them in the best time-honored Texas tradition. A formidable harmonica player long before he recorded as a singer, McClinton's career began in the late '50s, yet it took him nearly two de`cades to evolve into a bona fide solo artist. A critics' darling and favorite of his peers, McClinton never really became a household name, but his resurgence in the '90s helped him earn more widespread respect from both the public at large and the Grammy committee. Delbert McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas, on November 4, 1940, and grew up in Fort Worth. Discovering the blues in his teenage years, McClinton quickly became an accomplished harmonica player and found plenty of work on the local club scene, where musicians often made their living by playing completely different styles of music on different nights of the week. His most prominent early gig was with the Straitjackets, the house band at a blues/R&B club; it gave McClinton the opportunity to play harp behind blues legends like Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Bobby "Blue" Bland. In 1960, McClinton's cover of Williamson's "Wake Up Baby" made him the first white artist to have a record played on the local blues station KNOK. McClinton's harmonica was prominently featured on Fort Worth native Bruce Channel's 1962 number one smash "Hey! Baby"; brought along for Channel's tour of England, McClinton wound up giving harp lessons to a young John Lennon. Upon returning to the States, McClinton founded a group called the Rondells (sometimes listed as the Ron-Dels), which had a minor chart single in 1965 with "If You Really Want Me to, I'll Go." Although the Rondells recorded for several different labels, wider success eluded them and McClinton spent much of the '60s making the rounds of the Texas club and roadhouse circuit, where his reputation kept growing steadily. In 1972, McClinton moved to Los Angeles, where he teamed up with Fort Worth singer/songwriter Glen Clark as Delbert & Glen. Signed to the small Atlantic affiliate Clean Records, Delbert & Glen recorded two albums in a mostly country-rock vein, 1972?s Delbert & Glen and 1973?s Subject to Change. Neither sold well and McClinton returned to Texas in 1974, where he was able to land a solo deal with ABC on the strength of his emerging songwriting talent. His first solo album, Victim of Life's Circumstances, was released in 1975; although he was marketed as part of the emerging progressive country movement, McClinton's music was too indebted to blues and R&B to neatly fit that tag. Genuine Cowhide (1976) and Love Rustler (1977) followed to highly positive reviews, if not much commercial attention, and other artists started to mine McClinton's catalog for material; in 1978, Emmylou Harris took his "Two More Bottles of Wine" all the way to the top of the country charts. A switch to Capricorn produced two albums, 1978?s Second Wind and 1979?s Keeper of the Flame; the former featured his original version of "B Movie Boxcar Blues," later a part of the Blues Brothers repertoire. When Capricorn folded, he moved to the Muscle Shoals Sound imprint and his 1980 label debut, The Jealous Kind, gave him his first Top 40 single in "Givin' It Up for Your Love," which hit on both the pop and country charts. Unfortunately, Muscle Shoals Sound folded not long after McClinton's follow-up, 1981?s Plain From the Heart, and he subsequently took a long hiatus from recording, concentrating instead on live performances. His next prominent appearance was an acclaimed vocal turn on guitarist Roy Buchanan's 1986 album Dancing on the Edge; that guest appearance helped land him a deal with Alligator. In 1989, McClinton issued the comeback album Live From Austin, which earned him his first Grammy nomination (for Best Contemporary Blues Album). He signed with Curb in 1990, debuting that year with I'm With You, and moved to Nashville, where he soon became a much sought-after songwriter (often in tandem with new partner Gary Nicholson) in the contemporary country field. Over the next few years, McClinton placed material with stars like Wynonna, Vince Gill, Lee Roy Parnell, and Martina McBride, among others. His biggest break, though, came when he was tapped for a duet with Bonnie Raitt on 1991?s Luck of the Draw, the follow-up to her much-lauded comeback Nick of Time. The result, "Good Man, Good Woman," brought McClinton his first Grammy for Best Rock Vocal, Duo or Group, which suddenly raised his profile tenfold. He capitalized with 1992?s Never Been Rocked Enough, which featured not only his duet with Raitt, but also guest appearances from Tom Petty and Melissa Etheridge, and his biggest hit single since 1980, "Every Time I Roll the Dice." Later that year, he hit the country charts with another duet, this time with Tanya Tucker on "Tell Me About It." The song later appeared on McClinton's next album, 1993?s simply titled Delbert McClinton. Despite enjoying the greatest commercial success of his career, McClinton's relationship with Curb was beginning to sour. His next two albums were released to comparatively little attention and he finally extricated himself from his contract to sign with Rising Tide, a small label associated with Universal. Released in 1997, One of the Fortunate Few was designed to restore McClinton to his early-'90s stature, featuring an array of guest stars, including Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Lyle Lovett, Pam Tillis, B.B. King, John Prine, and Mavis Staples. It was still definitely McClinton's show, however, and as such it received mostly complimentary reviews; it also sold more than 250,000 copies before Rising Tide went belly up. McClinton next returned in 2001 on the Austin, Texas-based New West imprint with another acclaimed effort, Nothing Personal. It proved to be one of the most popular recordings of his career, gaining substantial airplay on Americana radio and ending up one of the year's biggest hits on Billboard's blues chart; it also won him another Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The impressive Cost of Living was released in 2005 on New West Records. Acquired Taste followed in 2009. In 2013, after a 40-year break, McClinton reunited with Clark for an album of new material, Blind, Crippled and Crazy. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/delbert-mcclinton-2/
February 8thJJ GREY & MOFRO w/ Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers. Location: Ziggy's. $20 adv | $25 day of Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. Over the course of six albums and a decade of touring, JJ Grey's grimy blend of?front porch soul and down-home storytelling has taken him around the world and?back again. Beating the streets on nearly every continent, he and his band Mofro?have sewn a continuous thread of laying-it-on-the-line shows that move folks to?dance and at times to tears. JJ was raised in North Florida by a typically Southern extended family that valued hard work and self-reliance. This upbringing permeates his no nonsense approach to writing and performing and has given him an abundance of material to write about in his songs. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/jj-grey-mofro/
- February 13th Luke Bryan. Location: Greensboro Coliseum. Luke's career now boasts over four million in album sales with seven #1 singles. His recent album, Crash My Party, sold 527,783 units in its first week of release in mid-August, making it the largest sales debut for a Country male artist since 2004. It also topped both the Billboard 200 and Country sales charts and is the third highest album to debut across all genres this year. Additionally, Luke is one of only two country artists that have sold more than a half-million copies of an album in a single week since 2008. This is Bryan's second consecutive Top 200 #1 album. Crash My Party has now sold over one million copies and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. At the close of 2012, Luke was named the #1 Artist of the Year and #1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named his last album, tailgates & tanlines, the #2 Country Album and the #3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Luke as the #3 Top Country Artist of the Year. Also in 2012, Luke took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the American Country Awards as well as his first American Music Award. This past spring, Luke co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards with Blake Shelton and received the coveted Entertainer of the Year award as well as the Vocal Event award with Jason Aldean and Eric Church for "The Only Way I Know.". For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
February 14th , 2014 THE WAILIN' JENNYS IN CONCERT. Location: Carolina Theatre. Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Tickets: $32.50 for adults, or $30.50 for students, seniors and military. A $2.50 Theatre Restoration Fee will be added to each ticket.. For more information, Visit http://www.carolinatheatre.com/
February 14th THE HIT MEN... featuring Former Stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $40, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $35. You loved Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tommy James and the Shondells. Carly Simon. Cat Stevens. Elton John. Jim Croce. Come see The Hit Men, an amazing look back through rock and roll history featuring former members of these mega-star acts performing all of your favorite songs -- from "Oh What a Night", "Who Loves You", "Sherry" and many other Four Seasons hits to "Peace Train", "Crocodile Rock", "Leroy Brown" and "Mony Mony". You'll know every word in every song in this night of mega hits – an amazing look back through rock and roll history by the artists you heard on the original records, listened to on the radio, watched on TV and saw in concert. And The Hit Men will regale you with lots of great stories about what it was like on the road and in recording sessions with Frankie, Tommy, Carly, Cat, Jim and Elton. Relive the glory days of rock and roll with The Hit Men. You'll leave the theatre saying "Oh, What a Night!" For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
February 15th Jon Batiste and The Stay Human Band. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. At age 27, New Orleans native Jon Batiste has already reached iconic artist status. Founder-leader of The Stay Human Band, a modern jazz ensemble noted for their world-class music, high energy and uplifting spirit, Batiste has performed in over 40 countries and collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and filmmaker Spike Lee, among others. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
February 16th -18thWilco-Hess Manager's Conference. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: All day event. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
February 19th Rock of Ages. Location: Greensboro coliseum. Time: 7:30 pm. Triad Best of Broadway is back with a ROCKIN' NEW 2013-2014 SEASON, including the premiere of one of the most sought after shows on Broadway! Each season patrons have enjoyed numerous Tony® award-winning classics—this year's performances feature a resume of 25 Tony® awards and nominations, not to mention Grammys®, Emmys®, and the music of numerous #1 songs and Billboard top ten hits! These accolades come from the 2013-2014 stellar lineup including: Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Sweet Charity, and Greensboro's Exclusive Premiere of the highly anticipated Jersey Boys! Don't miss these top rated titles! Be sure to catch all five magical performances, including the smash hit Jersey Boys, for as little as $225—and see how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history! You will be sure to be left saying, "Oh What a Night! For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
February 20thREBELUTION w/ CRIS CAB. Location: Ziggy's. $17 adv | $20 day of Email for VIP SUITE & PLATINUM TABLE reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. Rebelution has developed into a front-runner for grassroots, independent and tour driven music groups. Originally formed in 2004, members Eric Rachmany (vocals / guitar), Rory Carey (keyboards), Wesley Finley (drums), and Marley D. Williams (bass) met in college, while residing in Isla Vista, a popular beachside community in Santa Barbara. New Orleans saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Khris Royal was recently added to the group. It was there that the seeds to Rebelution's future were planted creating inspiring and engaging music that would leave their listeners with the sense that they have the power to make this world a better place. The band continuously tours across the USA, have ventured to South America, Guam, Hawaii, Aruba, New Zealand and Europe, and performed at Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits among others. Summer of 2013 saw Rebelution cross the United States on their first headlining amphitheater tour. Joining the band on their "Good Vibes Summer Tour," was Matisyahu, Collie Buddz and Zion-I. Sold out performances include Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO, the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, CA, San Diego's Open Air Theater, Hard Rock in Orlando, FL, Philly's The Electric Factory, Hollywood Palladium, Denver's The Fillmore and The Fox Theatre in Oakland. On Jan 10th 2012 Rebelution released Peace of Mind through their own label 87 Music in partnership with Controlled Substance Sound Labs. Peace of Mind was released as a multi-length triple-album, which includes Acoustic and Dub versions of every song. Marking the highest chart debut of Rebelution's career, Peace of Mind debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 Reggae and #1 Independent albums as well as #4 on the iTunes overall album chart. The band previously had four top 10 albums on the Reggae chart and their 2009 release Bright Side of Life debuted at No. 54 on the Top 200 and #1 Reggae. Peace of Mind, recently awarded the iTunes "Best Crossover Album", marks the first time Rebelution has expanded beyond their usual self-production enlisting producers Michael Goldwasser (Easy Star All-Stars), Amp Live (Zion-I), Yeti Beats (Kool Keith, George Clinton), Keith Armstrong and Errol Brown (Stephen, Ziggy, Damian, and Bob Marley). The album builds upon the band's signature style while venturing into new musical genres from the lush strings incorporated into the gentle "Route Around" to the driving guitar and synths throughout "Lady In White" For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/rebelution/
February 28th 2014 NASTIA LIUKIN CUP. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 7:30 pm. Admission: $30.00 (General Admission Seating). For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 2014
March 1stAT&T American Cup. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Ticket prices: range from $25-$125. Greensboro will be "gymnastics central" the last week of February because the 2014 Greater Greensboro Invitational is scheduled for Feb. 26-March 2, 2014, and will serve as the final qualifying event for the Nastia Liukin Cup. This is the first time the event has been part of the Nastia Liukin Cup Series. In addition, the equipment and podium brought in for the AT&T American Cup will be used for the finals for designated women's sessions of the invitational. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 1stUSA GYMNASTICS PRESENTS AT&T AMERICAN CUP. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Arena. Time: 11:30 am. Admission: $25.00, $50.00, $75.00, $125.00. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 4th Terrance Simien: Zydeco Mardi Gras. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 7:30 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Now considered a Living Legend in his home state of Louisiana, the dedication of Terrance Simien to preserve his indigenous Creole music has garnered him the status of cultural asset and ambassador. Drawing comparisons to Sam Cooke and Aaron Neville, Simien is headlining our Mardi Gras' celebration … Laissez les bons temps rouler! For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
- March 5th -8th Christian Cheerleaders of America. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: All day event. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
March 5th-9th2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Complex. TICKET PRICES: $99.00 book (all games), INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS: $10 -$20 ($7 - $15 for students/seniors). First Round – Wednesday, March 5: Session 1: 1 p.m. & 3:30 p.m., Session 2: 6:30 p.m., Second Round - Thursday, March 6: Session 3: 11 a.m., Session 4: 2 p.m., Session 5: 6 p.m. & 8 p.m., Quarterfinals - Friday, March 7: Session 6: 11 a.m., Session 7: 2 p.m., Session 8: 6 p.m. & 8 p.m, Semifinals – Saturday, March 8: Session 9: 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m, Championship – Sunday, March 9: Session 10: 7 p.m. The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 61st year of competition and 15 members strong, has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, continue to build upon the cornerstones on which the league was founded in 1953 with a consistent balance of academics, athletics and integrity. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow @theACC and on facebook.com/theACC. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 12th-16th2014 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Complex. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 15thBroadway's Next Hit Musical!Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Using the audience's favorite imagined songs, an ensemble of masterful improvisers create a musical complete with unforgettable characters, witty lines, and copious plot twists in the only unscripted theatrical awards show, Broadway's Next H!t Musical. Every song will be unique. Every scene will be new. It's all improvised and it's all hilarious fun. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
March 18th -19th JT Davenport and Sons Trade Show. Location: Benton Convention Center. 8:00am-5:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
March 18th Sweet Charity. Location: Greensboro coliseum. Time: 7:30 pm. Triad Best of Broadway is back with a ROCKIN' NEW 2013-2014 SEASON, including the premiere of one of the most sought after shows on Broadway! Each season patrons have enjoyed numerous Tony® award-winning classics—this year's performances feature a resume of 25 Tony® awards and nominations, not to mention Grammys®, Emmys®, and the music of numerous #1 songs and Billboard top ten hits! These accolades come from the 2013-2014 stellar lineup including: Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Sweet Charity, and Greensboro's Exclusive Premiere of the highly anticipated Jersey Boys! Don't miss these top rated titles! Be sure to catch all five magical performances, including the smash hit Jersey Boys, for as little as $225—and see how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history! You will be sure to be left saying, "Oh What a Night! For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
March 21stJohn McCutcheon in Concert. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Rustic Renaissance Man John McCutcheon is master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer, and is a powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author. With seven Grammy nominations, McCutcheon is considered one of the most respected and beloved folksingers on the scene today. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
March 21st Primerica The Young Agency. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: All day event. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
March 21st, and 23rdHARLEM GLOBETROTTERS. Location: Winston-Salem's Lawrence Joel Veterans Mamorial Coliseum on March 21st, and Greensboro Coliseum on March 23rd. Time: March 21st at 7 pm, and March 23rd at 2 pm. Admission: $23.00, $29.00, $35.00, $42.00, $58.00 For Groups Call (336) 373-2632. The world famous Harlem Globetrotters will take fan interaction to a new level when the 2014 "Fans Rule" Online voting is now open at harlemglobetrotters.com/rule, where all fans can choose which new game-changing rules they want to see in their hometown. The Globetrotters were the first organization in sports and entertainment to let fans vote on rules when the team introduced the concept last year. Since the fan response was so overwhelming, the team is doing it again – but with a major twist. The 2014 online ballot includes three never-before-seen revolutionary rules: Hot Hand Jersey – Both teams will have a "Hot Hand Jersey" they can pass among each other. The player who is wearing this jersey will receive double points on made baskets. Make or Miss – The quarter begins with only two players on the court for each team. When a team scores, a teammate may enter the game. When they miss, the player missing the shot must leave the court, leaving his or her teammates shorthanded. Trick Shot Challenge – Via three challenge flags per team, each coach can challenge the other team to make a trick shot. If the team makes the trick shot, they earn five points. If they miss, the other team receives five points. For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com, or http://www.joelcoliseum.com/
March 23rdCeltic Nights Emigrants Bridge. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 3:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. For those of Celtic origin, a driving passion for music and dance is the keystone of their identity. Travel along on a journey … transported back in time through traditional ballads, vivid choreography and the story of a rich heritage of the Celtic people as they struggle to find their place in a changing world. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
March 29th Etta May and the Southern Fried Chicks The Cage-Free Comedy Tour. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $30, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $25. The Southern Fried Chicks have busted out of the Hen House for a night on the town! Always a crowd pleaser and always hilarious, it's a fast and furious romp through the south when Etta May and the incredibly funny Southern Fried Chicks - Trish Suhr, Sonya White and Karen Mills - take the stage. It's a Cage-Free Comedy Tour you do not want to miss! For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
April 2014
- April 1st - 6th Jersey Boys. Location: Greensboro coliseum. Time: 7:30 pm. Triad Best of Broadway is back with a ROCKIN' NEW 2013-2014 SEASON, including the premiere of one of the most sought after shows on Broadway! Each season patrons have enjoyed numerous Tony® award-winning classics—this year's performances feature a resume of 25 Tony® awards and nominations, not to mention Grammys®, Emmys®, and the music of numerous #1 songs and Billboard top ten hits! These accolades come from the 2013-2014 stellar lineup including: Hello Dolly starring Sally Struthers, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Sweet Charity, and Greensboro's Exclusive Premiere of the highly anticipated Jersey Boys! Don't miss these top rated titles! Be sure to catch all five magical performances, including the smash hit Jersey Boys, for as little as $225—and see how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history! You will be sure to be left saying, "Oh What a Night! For more information, Visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
April 2ndUMPHREY'S McGEE. Location: Ziggy's. $20 adv | $25 day of Email for VIP SUITE & Platinum Table reservations Doors:8pm | Show:9pm. UM has built a rabid fanbase through endless touring, putting them on the road 100+ nights a year. Their constantly evolving sound channels a wide spectrum of influences while still preserving their distinct voice through crafty songwriting. With a massive repertoire of originals and note-perfect covers, their live shows are like flipping through the presets on your radio dial. Their A.D.D. approach to "progressive improvisation" utilizes a set of Zappa inspired hand signals allowing them to orchestrate their melodic creations on the fly. For more information, Visit http://ziggyrock.net/events/umphreys-mcgee-2/
- April 11th Sweet Adelines International - Blue Ridge Region #14. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: Start time TBA. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
April 18thBacchus/William Wedding Ceremony. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 8:00am-10:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
May 2014
May 1st Maria-in-the-Shower Legendary Folk-Cabaret Band. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 7:30 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Hailing from Vancouver, BC, Maria in The Shower is a little bit of everything – gypsy, folk, cabaret, blues, samba, swing, classical, jazz, punk, theatre, mime, puppetry and more – all smashed into an unexplained genre! This four piece band is a feast for the senses, it's inspired by wandering minstrels and vaudeville … it is the unexpected. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
- May 7th The Winston-Salem Foundation Luncheon. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 11:30am-2:30pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
May 9th Winston-Salem Sportsmen's Hall of Fame Banquet. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 6:00pm-10:30pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
May 10thA Tribute to Doc: Bryan Sutton, David Holt, & T Michael Coleman. Location: High Point Theatre. Time: 8:00 pm. Tickets: Front Orchestra Reserved: $25, Rear Orchestra/ Balcony Reserved: $20. Grammy award winners David Holt, Bryan Sutton and T. Michael Coleman have each been inspired and influenced by the life and legacy of folk legend Doc Watson who passed away on May 29, 2012 after a remarkable musical career that established him forever as a national treasure. Join the trio as they pay tribute to Doc Watson through story and song. For more information, Visit http://www.highpointtheatre.com/Events.asp
May 10thPhelps/Torraido Wedding. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: All day event. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
May 23rd-24th North Carolinians For Homes Education 2014 Conference. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
July 2014
July 14th -19th International Juggler's Festival. Location: Benton Convention Center. Time: Start time TBA. For more information, Visit http://www.twincityquarter.com
Ongoing Events
- Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday ACC Hall of Champions Location: Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. Time: Thursday 10:00am-4:00pm, Friday 10:00am-4:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm. Admission $5.00 Adult, $3.00 Ages 2-12. For more information, visit http://www.greensborocoliseum.com
Every 17th day of the month from now until August 2014 Poet she Presents ......Women Speak Out!. Location: Barnes & Noble 3102 Northline Ave Greensboro, NC 27410 Guilford. Time: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM. Cost is free. For more information, Visit http://www.greensboro101.com
Local Flavors Concerts with WBFJ. Location: Hanes Mall. Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm every Thursday. For more information, Visit http://www.shophanesmall.com
Every Tuesday from now through December "Steal the Pint" night - every Tuesday OWSC. Location: Old Winston Social Club 1131 Burke Street, Winston Salem NC. For more information, Visit http://smittysnotes.everwondr.com
Repeats every day until Monday, March 31, 2014 Wobbelin Concentration Camp Liberation. Location: 5801 Ardennes Street Building C-6841 Fort Bragg, NC 28307. All ages/ Cost is free. Time: 10:00am-4:30pm. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
Repeats every week on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday until Sunday, December 22, 2013 The Storytelling Center at Bryson City, NC. Location: The Storytelling Center 225-C Everett Street Bryson City, NC 28713. ALL AGES. Time: 10:00am. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday Martha Bassett in Concert. Location: Spring House 450 N. Spring Street , Winston-Salem NC. Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm. For more information, Visit http://www.smittysnotes.everwondr.com
Every Thursday from now through October MINI MARKET. Location: Hamburger Square Park. Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Every Thursday from now through December STAND UP: OPEN MIC. Location: Idiot Box. Time: 8:00pm.Tickets are $4. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Repeats every day until Friday, August 30, 2013 Descendants of the Maya: Photography by Morton W. Huber. Location: Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University 1834 Wake Forest Road Winston-Salem, NC 27106. ALL AGES. Cost is free. Time: 10:00am-4:00pm. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every Thursday from now until December THE BASICS: FIGURE DRAWING GROUP. Location: Center for Visual Artists. Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Every Thursday until December ARTIST TALKS. Location: Elsewhere. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Every Friday until December GREENE STREET FRIDAY'S. Location: Green Street Club. Time: Doors open at 10pm. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Every Saturday through December A TASTE OF GREENSBORO GOURMET FOOD TOUR. Location: Nico's Restaurant. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
Every Friday until January NO NONSENSE STAND UP COMEDY. Location: Idiot Box. Tickets: $10.00. For more information, Visit http://downtowngreensboro.net
- Every Monday; 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Hand Crafted Trivia With John Cain Rana Loca Global Latin Cuisine – 411 West 4th Street , Winston-Salem. </i> Each Monday night from 7pm until 10pm John Cain reads out his hand picked and "crafted" trivia questions. These entertaining and challenging questions are a must experience. <b>Admission</b>: FREE! For more information please call at (336) 723-1879 or check out http://www.yelp.com/biz/rana-loca-winston-salem
Repeats every day until Sunday, August 25, 2013 "3" . Location: Hillsborough Gallery of Arts 121 N Churton St Hillsborough, NC 27278. Free event. Time: 11:00am-6:00pm. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
Repeats every day until Wednesday, August 07, 2013 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Workshops. Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Boone, NC 28608. ALL AGES. Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every week on Tuesdays until Wednesday January 1st 2014 WS Job Search Networking Group. Location: Maple Springs United Methodist Church 2569 Reynolda Rd Winston-Salem, NC 27106. Time: 12:00 AM. Cost is free. For more information, Visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every day until Saturday August 31st Summer Sunsets Getaway Package. Location: Chateau Morrisette 287 Winery Road SW Floyd, Vi 24091. Time: 12:00 AM. For more information, Visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every day until Saturday November 30th The Luthier's Craft: Instrument Making Traditions of the Blue Ridge. Location: Mount Airy Museum of Regional History 301 N. Main Street Mount Airy, NC 27030. For more information, Visit http://www.journalnow.com
Every day until Saturday October 26th Celebrating 50 Years of the Museum of Anthropology. Location: Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University Wingate Road Winston-Salem, NC 27106. For more information, Visit http://www.journalnow.com
Repeats every week on Friday and Saturday until Saturday, October 26, 2013 Historic Mount Airy Ghost Tours. Location: Old North State Winery 308 N Main Street Mount Airy, NC 27030. Tickets are $10.00 and pre-paid reservations are required. Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm. For more information visit http://www.journalnow.com
- Saturdays, May 12 through Nov. 17 Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market. Location: Old Salem Adjacent to the Single Brothers' Garden and behind T. Bagge Merchant. Time: 9:00am - Noon. Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market brings fresh, local farm products back into the heart of the city! The market restores a tradition that began in Salem over 200 years ago.
- May 4 Music in the Vineyards Series at Childress Vineyards. Location: Childress Vineyards Lexington NC Saturday's 11:00am-3:00pm and Sundays 12:00am-3:00pm. - (Lexington, NC) Take in the beautiful surroundings of the vineyards while enjoying live music on the lawn. Food and wine will be available for purchase on the lawn. Artist vary each week. Admission: Free, Food and Wine sold.
- Every Saturday; 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Free Community Tai Chi Class Golden Flower Tai Chi Center - 612 Trade Street, Winston-Salem. </i> If you'd like to explore the possibilities of improving your health and well being, you're happily welcomed to participate in our Free Community Tai Chi Class led by certified Golden Flower Tai Chi School Instructors. The class presents the ancient teaching and principles of tai chi in a way that is meaningful, fun, and easily experienced by almost everyone. <b>Admission</b>: FREE! For more information please call at (336) 727-1131 or check out http://www.goldenflower.org/
- The Surry Arts Council Surry Arts Council Programs The following ongoing events are provided by the Surry County Arts Council in Mount Airy, NC.</i> For more information please call (336)786-7998 or visit http://www.surryarts.org
- Andy Griffith Museum, Old-Time Music Heritage Hall, Siamese Twins Exhibit, and Photo Gallery 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Saturday 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Sunday 1:30-4:30 PM. Admission: The Andy Griffith Museum is $3.00, others free. (336) 786-1604.
- Youth Music LessonsThursday Evening Old Time Music Heritage Hall (below Andy Griffith Museum) 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy FREE! Fiddle, Guitar and Banjo Lessons for kids with Jim Vipperman. 5:30 PM Fiddle, and 6:15 PM Guitar. No sign-up is required and instruments are available for use during the lessons.
- Weekly Jam Sessions Thursday, 7:00 P - 9:00 P Old Time Music Heritage Hall (below Andy Griffith Museum), 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Admission: FREE! All ages!
- Weekly Jam Sessions Saturday, 9:00 A - 11:00 A Downtown Cinema Theatre, 142 N. Main Street, Mount Airy Admission: FREE!
- Merry-Go-Round Saturday, 11:00 A - 1:30 P Downtown Cinema Theatre, 142 N. Main Street, Mount Airy Admission: FREE! The Merry-Go-Round is the nation's second longest running live radio broadcast. The Grand Ol' Opry is the first! The show is broadcast on WPAQ, 740 AM.
- Clogging Lessions Thursday, 5:30 P for Intermediate, 6:15 P for Beginners. Andy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level Dance Classroom, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Admission : Classes are $25.00 a month or free for TAPS participants. Call (336) 786-7998 to register for the next group.
- Photography Club Third Tuesdays, 7:00 P Andy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Admission: FREE. Email email@example.com to be placed on the email list for meeting information and topics.
- Golden Notes Chorus Tuesday, 10:00 A Andy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy. Admission: FREE for seniors but guests welcome.
- Line Dancing Tuesday, 11:00 AOld Time Music Heritage Hall (below Andy Griffith Museum), 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Walk-ins welcome. Admission: Free with SAC Membership and free to Special Needs participants.
- Line Dancing Wednesday, 10:00 A Old Time Music Heritage Hall (below Andy Griffith Museum), 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Walk-ins welcome. Admission : Free with SAC Membership. SAC Individual memberships are $10.00 annually.
- Adult Crafts Second Tuesdays, 10:00 A Andy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Admission: Free for Surry Arts Council members, $5.00 for non-members. To register please call (336) 786-7998.
- Surry County Basket Makers Second Tuesdays, 6:00 PAndy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy For more information please contact Deborah Wagoner at (336) 374-6530 or (336) 325-7914 for more information.
- Zumba Wednesday, 6:15 POld Time Music Heritage Hall (below Andy Griffith Museum), 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Admission: Each class is $4.00 and drop-ins are welcome. Toning. The certified instructor is Kayla Ellis.
- Music, Mommy & Me Friday, 10:00 AAndy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy Infants and preschoolers. Register with instructor Megan Johnson (336) 710-5537 or (336) 374-2603.
- Surry Arts Dance Program MondayAndy Griffith Playhouse, Lower Level, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy For ages 2 and up, contact the Surry Arts Council at (336) 786-7998 for information on fall registration.
- $3.00 Movies Downtown Cinema Theatre, 142 N. Main Street, Mount Airy Schedule : Friday and Saturday 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, Sundays 2:00 and 7:00 pm, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 7:00 pm. 336-786-2222 for features.
- Greensboro Children's Museum GCM Programs The following ongoing events are provided by the Greensboro Children's Museum, Greensboro. For more information please call (336) 574-2898 or visit http://www.gcmuseum.com
- Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays; 3:30 PM Growing Up Green Greensboro Children's Museum - 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro. These activities are aimed at 4-10 year old guests and their families. Programming varies from week to week and may include garden lessons, small craft activities, scavenger hunts, stories, and other seasonal activities. Free with admission/membership. Admission: Free with admission/membership.
- Tuesdays; 4:00 PM Kids on the Ball Greensboro Children's Museum - 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro. This program gets your kids moving in a fun way using kid-sized exercise balls! Our activities and games focus on a variety of fitness disciplines including balance, coordination, strength, cardio, and flexibility. We will be on top of, around, to the side of, and even hopping on balls! Ages 3-5yrs No pre-registration necessary. Admission: Free with admission/membership.
- Wednesdays; 3:30 PM Simply Storytime Greensboro Children's Museum - 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro. Storytime has moved in to stay at the new Blooming Tales Book Store along Main Street in OurTown. Admission: Free with admission/membership.
- Thursdays; 4:00 PM Noodlebugs Greensboro Children's Museum - 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro. Pool noodles in fitness? Yes indeed! Foam pool noodles help get your body moving, wiggling and hopping to music. The program focuses on getting heart rates up and smiles out in a high-energy and way. Parents, come ready to participate! This is a whole family activity!
- Wednesdays; 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wildlife Wednesdays – Art in Creation Station Greensboro Children's Museum - 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro. Get a little wild learning about a new animal in Creation Station. April 6th – Kiwi; April 13th – Platypus; April 20th– Bee; Hummingbird; April 27th – Grizzly Bear. Admission: Free with admission/membership.
Saturdays Bowman Gray Racing. Location: LJVM Bowman Gray Stadium. Time: 8pm Race. For more information, Visit http://ljvm.com/ or, bowmangrayracing.com