Editing Greenville, North Carolina (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:ECU Student Center.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|ECU Student Center]]
[[File:Freeboot Friday.jpg|thumb|Thousands gather for a Freeboot Friday concert in Uptown.]]
[[File:Kayaking the Tar River.jpg|thumb|Kayaking the Tar River]]

[[East Carolina University]] offers musical concerts, theatrical and dance productions, travel films, and lectures. The Greenville Museum of Art contains local art, as well as rotating exhibitions. Annually over 3,000 children participate in programs offered by the museum and over 12,000 people visit the museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmoa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=57 |title=Greenville Museum of Art |publisher=Gmoa.org |access-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref> The [[East Carolina Arts Education Foundation]] offers an annual concert series centered around the Perkins & Wells Memorial Organ at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, [[C. B. Fisk, Inc.]], Opus 126.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecmaef.org |title=East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation|publisher=ecmaef.org |access-date=January 27, 2010}}</ref>

Local arts and theater groups include:

* Greenville Theater Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenvilletheaterproject.org |title=Home |publisher=The Greenville Theater Project |access-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215034547/http://greenvilletheaterproject.org/ |archive-date=December 15, 2010 }}</ref>
* Magnolia Arts Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magnoliaartscenter.com |title=Magnolia Arts Center |publisher=Magnolia Arts Center |access-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112020728/http://www.magnoliaartscenter.com/ |archive-date=January 12, 2011 }}</ref>
*Smiles and Frowns Playhouse<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ne |access-date=January 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206134044/http://danceacademyofnc.com/default.cfm?fa=staff |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |title=Welcome to the North Carolina Academy of Dance Arts - Online }}</ref>

===Retail===
Greenville is the regional shopping destination for the [[Inner Banks]] area,  since many big-box retailers and specialty shops are located in the city. Large centers include [[Greenville Mall]] (formerly Colonial Mall Greenville and Pitt Plaza originally), University Commons, Lynncroft and Arlington Village. La Promenade, La Promenade II, Arlington Village, and Arlington Plaza located within Greenville Blvd, Arlington Blvd, and Red Banks Rd is one of the biggest outdoor/strip mall-type shopping locations in Greenville, housing over 60 shops and restaurants.  A new development called 11 Galleria, on the site of the former Carolina East Mall, features a number of big-box retailers. This new shopping center will contain a total of {{convert|400000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.

===Historic sites===
The [[College View Historic District]], [[Dickinson Avenue Historic District]], [[E. B. Ficklen House]], [[James L. Fleming House]], [[Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, North Carolina)|Greenville Commercial Historic District]], [[Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District]], [[Greenwreath]], [[Robert Lee Humber House]], [[Jones-Lee House]], [[William H. Long House]], [[Jesse R. Moye House]], [[Oakmont (Greenville, North Carolina)|Oakmont]], [[Pitt County Courthouse]], [[Skinnerville-Greenville Heights Historic District]], and [[U.S. Post Office (Greenville, North Carolina)|U.S. Post Office]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>