Editing Greensboro, North Carolina (section)

==Arts==
[[File:Greensboro Cultural Center - 2018-04-03.jpg|thumb|Greensboro Cultural Center]] 
[[File:Weatherspoon Art Museum.JPG|thumb|Weatherspoon Art Museum]] 
Greensboro is home to an active and diverse arts community.
* The [[Carolina Theatre of Greensboro]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.carolinatheatre.com/| title=The Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, NC| publisher=Carolinatheatre.com| access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> is a performing arts facility that has been a part of downtown Greensboro since 1927. Since the facility's renovation in the 1990s, the theater has served as the home of the [[Greensboro Ballet]], the Community Theatre of Greensboro, the Livestock Players Musical Theatre, the Greensboro Youth Symphony, and a variety of other local performing arts groups.
* City Arts<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=1448| title=City Arts| publisher=City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation| access-date=January 9, 2017| archive-date=January 30, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130203816/http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=1448| url-status=dead}}</ref> showcases a variety of musical and theatrical productions by the Livestock Players, the Drama Center, the Greensboro Children's Theatre, the Music Center, the Greensboro Concert Band, Philharmonia of Greensboro, the Choral Society of Greensboro, and the Greensboro Youth Chorus. Most of these groups participate in the city's annual OPUS Concert Series and the summer "Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park" series.
* The Community Theatre of Greensboro<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ctgso.org/| title=Community Theatre of Greensboro| access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref> has presented Broadway and off-Broadway plays and musicals for more than 45 years. Its Studio Theatre is in the Greensboro Cultural Center.
* The Eastern Music Festival brings more than 100 summer performances, from symphonic works to chamber music to recitals by professional and talented students from around the world. The event also hosts the Fringe Festival, showcasing avant-garde and nontraditional music and performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://easternmusicfestival.org/about/history|title=EMF History|date=November 23, 2018|work=www.easternmusicfestival.org|access-date=January 4, 2020|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224123827/http://www.easternmusicfestival.org/about/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Elsewhere Collaborative<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goelsewhere.org/ |title=Go Elsewhere |publisher=Elsewhere |access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> is a living museum set inside a former thrift store on South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. Elsewhere is an interactive, evolving environment of objects, creatives, and creations. The living museum hosts events, performances, projects, and productions that activate the 58-year collection and foster communications between creatives and participants.
* The Greater Triad Shag Club<ref>{{cite web |title=Greater Triad Shag Club |url=http://www.greatertriadshagclub.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604101521/http://www.greatertriadshagclub.org/ |archive-date=2002-06-04 |access-date=2014-03-25 |publisher=Greatertriadshagclub.org}}</ref> is a nonprofit club dedicated to the music and dance associated with [[Carolina shag]]. The Shag is recognized as the "North Carolina Popular Dance".<ref>{{cite web |date=September 27, 2014 |title=North Carolina State Popular Dance – Shag |url=http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/North_Carolina/popular-dance-shag.html |access-date=January 9, 2017 |publisher=Statesymbolsusa.org}}</ref> The Greater Triad Shag Club meets monthly at Thirsty's 2<ref>{{cite web |title=Thirsty's 2 – The Best in Beach, Blues, and Boogie |url=http://www.thirstys2.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190232/http://www.thirstys2.com/ |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |access-date=January 9, 2017 |publisher=Thirsty2.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> in Greensboro.
* [[Greensboro Ballet]] and School of Greensboro Ballet:<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greensboroballet.org| title=Welcome to Greensboro Ballet| publisher=Greensboro Ballet| access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> A traditional December production of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' is just one of the many artistic and educational activities offered by the ballet company. The School of Greensboro Ballet is one of a relative few nonprofit ballet schools in the nation.
* The [[Greensboro Cultural Center]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=3036| title=Greensboro Cultural Center| publisher=City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation| access-date=January 9, 2017| archive-date=January 30, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130201154/http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=3036| url-status=dead}}</ref> houses more than 25 visual and performing arts organizations, five art galleries, rehearsal halls, a sculpture garden, a privately operated restaurant with outdoor cafe-style seating, and an outdoor amphitheater. Art galleries include the African American Atelier, the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, the Greensboro Artists' League Gallery and Gift Shop, the Guilford Native American Art Gallery and the Mattye Reed African Heritage Center Satellite Gallery.
* The Greensboro Mural Project<ref>{{cite web |title=The Greensboro Mural Project |url=http://www.greensboromuralproject.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223042232/https://greensboromuralproject.com/ |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> engages the community in a participatory arts process around social issues, allowing people throughout the community to help paint the city together.
* The Greensboro Opera Company<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greensboroopera.org/ |title=Greensboro Opera Company| publisher=Greensboroopera.org |access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> is a regional opera company founded in October 1981 that has experienced much growth and expansion. Beginning with the production of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[La traviata]]'' featuring [[June Anderson]] (then a rising young New York City Opera soprano), the company expanded from a single fall production of a major opera in the years 1981–89 to the addition of Sunday matinee performances in the 1998–99 season when, in response to successive sold-out productions of ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' and ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1997 and 1998, a second spring opera with two performances was added, beginning in 1999–2000. The company has blended outside and local singers with a full orchestra, staffed by members of the Greensboro Symphony, in the pit at its home at Greensboro's War Memorial Auditorium.
* The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greensborosymphony.org/ |title=Greensboro Symphony Orchestra| publisher=Greensborosymphony.org |access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> led by conductor [[Dmitry Sitkovetsky]], has developed a strong reputation among national musical organizations, including continued exposure on National Public Radio's ''[[Performance Today]]''. The orchestra performs classical and pops concerts and holds educational programs for young listeners throughout the year.
* The Mattye Reed African American Heritage Collection<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ncat.edu/cahss/departments/vpa/visual-arts/university%20galleries.html| title=University Galleries| publisher=North Carolina A&T State University| access-date=January 9, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110160854/http://www.ncat.edu/cahss/departments/vpa/visual-arts/university%20galleries.html| archive-date=January 10, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> at North Carolina A&T State University hosts one of the nation's most acclaimed collections of African culture. It houses more than 3,500 art and craft pieces from more than 30 African nations, [[New Guinea]] and [[Haiti]].
* Stagelights Theater Company<ref>{{cite web |title=Stagelights |url=https://www.stagelightstheater.com/ |access-date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=Stagelights.com}}</ref> is a youth performing arts program dedicated to helping children experience the joy of theatre, dance, and music. Pamela Kinter founded it in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff-Stagelights |url=https://www.stagelightstheater.com/new-page-2 |access-date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=Stagelightstheater.com}}</ref> Students learn to express themselves in front of an audience, as well as the importance of teamwork and cooperation in creating a work of art. Stagelights holds many full-length musical theatre productions throughout the year, and also offers classes in the dramatic arts, dance, musical theatre, vocal education, and private instrument instruction.<ref>{{cite web |title=About-Stagelights |url=https://www.stagelightstheater.com/about |access-date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=Stagelightstheater.com}}</ref>
* The [[Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts]] is a 3,023-seat performing arts facility that opened in November 2021. It is scheduled to host multiple [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions in 2022, including ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Dawn |date=April 2, 2022 |title=Greensboro is the town where it happens; 'Hamilton' makes its Tanger Center debut Wednesday |url=https://greensboro.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/greensboro-is-the-town-where-it-happens-hamilton-makes-its-tanger-center-debut-wednesday/article_2ceba272-b03e-11ec-adf2-eb8e9e6aa144.html |access-date=April 2, 2022 |website=[[Greensboro News & Record]]}}</ref>''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]],''<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2022 |title=Disney's 'The Lion King' roars into Tanger Center in Greensboro |url=https://journalnow.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/disneys-the-lion-king-roars-into-tanger-center-in-greensboro/article_2780e78a-8e82-11ec-b384-93abee3aeb5b.html |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]}}</ref> and ''[[Mean Girls (musical)|Mean Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Tanger Center |url=https://www.tangercenter.com/about-tanger-center |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=tangercenter.com}}</ref>
* [[Triad Stage]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.triadstage.org/| title=Triad Stage| publisher=Triadstage.org| access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> is a not-for-profit regional theatre company based in the downtown historic district. All productions are created in Greensboro using a combination of local and national talent. The theater company was recognized as "One of the 50 Best Regional Theatres in America!" by New York's Drama League, "Best Live Theatre" in Go Triad/News & Record The Rhino Times, and was voted "2003 Professional Theater of the Year" by the North Carolina Theatre Conference.
* The [[Weatherspoon Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/ |title=Weatherspoon Art Museum| publisher=Weatherspoon.uncg.edu |access-date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro houses one of the Southeast's foremost collections of modern and contemporary art. Comprising six galleries, it is nationally recognized for its collection of 20th-century American art. The permanent collection also includes lithographs and bronzes by [[Henri Matisse]], and art by [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Henry Ossawa Tanner]], [[John D. Graham|John Graham]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]], and [[Andy Warhol]].
* Weaver Academy is a high school for advanced artists and performers. Plays, musicals, art shows, and concerts can be regularly seen on its downtown campus. The school has many accomplished alumni, notably [[Isaac Cole Powell]].

===Attractions===
[[File:International Civil Rights Center and Museum.jpg|thumb|International Civil Rights Center and Museum]]
* [[Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden|Bicentennial Garden]] was developed in 1976 to commemorate the U.S. bicentennial. The garden contains {{convert|1.25|mi|km}} of paved trails, along with outdoor sculptures and a pavilion. The park is across the street from The Bog Garden and also on Hobbs Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greensborobeautiful.org/gardens/tanger/|title=About the Garden – Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden|website=Greensboro Beautiful|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Blandwood Mansion and Gardens]] is the historic home of former North Carolina Governor John Motley Morehead. Today it serves as a museum of national architectural and historical significance. It is the earliest example of Tuscan Italianate architecture in the nation, designed by New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2015 |title=Blandwood Museum |url=https://preservationgreensboro.org/blandwood-museum/ |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=preservationgreensboro.org}}</ref>
* [[The Bog Garden]] is accessed by an elevated boardwalk that comprises a half-mile of the {{convert|1.06|mi|km}} of trails that wind through a garden of plants and wildlife that thrive in a wetland ecosystem. It is off Hobbs Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bog Garden at Benjamin Park |url=https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/253/5540 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |website=Greensboro-nc.gov}}</ref>
* [[Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park]] opened downtown in 2016 next to the library and the [[Greensboro Historical Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-gardens/lebauer-park-center-city-park|title=LeBauer Park & Center City Park|work=www.greensboro.nc.gov|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
* The revitalized downtown Elm Street area is known for its collection of antique shops, art galleries, and restaurants and clubs. Many people attend the First Friday events held each month at participating merchants.
* [[First National Bank Field]] is the home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball club. Completed in 2005, it hosts additional outdoor events and concerts during the summer months.
* [[Green Hill Cemetery (Greensboro, North Carolina)|Green Hill Cemetery]], Greensboro's oldest public cemetery, occupies 51 acres adjacent to downtown. Green Hill remains an active cemetery for burials, but visitors may walk or drive through it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/cemeteries/green-hill|title=Green Hill Cemetery Visitor Information|website=Greensboro-nc.gov|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* Greensboro offers and is well known for over 70 miles of hiking trails, including around the lakes, Guilford Military Park, and downtown. Many allow biking also, including Owl's Roost Trail, one of North Carolina's best biking trails.
* The [[Greensboro Arboretum]] was completed as a partnership between Greensboro Beautiful and the City of Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department. It offers an extensive selection of flora for study and enjoyment. The {{convert|17|acre|m2|adj=on}} site features 12 permanent plant collections as well as special display gardens with a fountain, overlook, arbor, gazebo, bridges, and viewing benches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greensborobeautiful.org/gardens/arboretum/|title=Greensboro Arboretum – Greensboro Beautiful|website=Greensborobeautiful.org|access-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://myfox8.com/news/greensboro-arboretum-staff-work-to-keep-everything-green-amid-piedmont-drought/|title=Greensboro Arboretum staff work to keep everything green amid Piedmont drought|last=Ewing|first=Charles|date=October 1, 2019|website=MyFox8.com|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* Greensboro Center City Park occupies half a city block adjacent to the Greensboro Cultural Center. Sponsored by Action Greensboro, the park features a fountain as well as works by several North Carolina artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=LeBauer Park & Center City Park |url=https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-gardens/lebauer-park-center-city-park |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=Greensboro-nc.gov}}</ref>
* The Greensboro Children's Museum (GCM) offers hands-on and interactive exhibits, educational programming, and special events all year long for children newborn through age ten.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greensboro Children's Museum – Our History |url=https://gcmuseum.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214010712/https://gcmuseum.com/about/ |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=gcmuseum.com}}</ref>
* The [[Greensboro Coliseum Complex]] was conceived, and continues to operate, as a multibuilding facility to serve citizens of Greensboro and the surrounding region by hosting a broad range of activities including athletic and cultural events; concerts, theater and other entertainment; educational activities, fairs and exhibits; and other public and private events such as conventions, convocations and trade/consumer shows. The coliseum complex has hosted prestigious events such as the collegiate [[ACC men's basketball tournament|Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball tournament]], [[ECHL|East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)]] and [[American Hockey League|American Hockey League (AHL)]] professional hockey, the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA men's basketball championship]] and [[Starrcade (1983)]]. The [[Carolina Hurricanes]] of the [[National Hockey League]] also called the Greensboro Coliseum their temporary home while their permanent venue was being constructed in Raleigh. Since 1959, the coliseum has featured superstars ranging from [[Elvis Presley]] to [[Usher (singer)|Usher]]. The facility again hosted ACC basketball tournaments (men's and women's) in 2010 and the 2011 and 2015 [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships]]. The complex has undergone several major renovations, most recently in 1994, enlarging the maximum arena capacity to 23,500 seats. The ACC Hall of Champions and Museum opened adjacent to the coliseum complex in March 2011, as the ACC was founded in Greensboro in 1953 and was headquartered at the [[Grandover]] Office Park in south Greensboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2023/11/20/tourism-greensboro|title=Greensboro, NC Living Up to its Tournament Town Moniker|last=Broughton|first=David|date=November 20, 2023|website=Sports Business Journal|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acchallofchampions.net|title=About us – ACC Hall of Champions|publisher=[[Atlantic Coast Conference]]|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
* The [[Greensboro Science Center]] is a family-oriented, hands-on science museum and planetarium. The zoo reopened in summer 2007 after extensive renovations.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Greensboro Science Center |url=https://www.greensboroscience.org |access-date=March 21, 2019 |work=www.greensboroscience.org}}</ref>
* [[Guilford Courthouse National Military Park]] commemorates the [[Battle of Guilford Court House]], which occurred there on March 15, 1781. The battle opened the campaign that led to America's victory in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The British lost a substantial number of troops in the battle, which factored in their surrender at [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktown]] seven months later. The battle site remains largely undeveloped, with large stone memorials erected early in the 20th century to memorialize the event.
* [[Hagan Stone Park]] is a scenic {{convert|409|acre|km2|adj=on}} wildlife refuge and family campground owned and operated by the city of Greensboro, on Hagan Stone Park Road off [[U.S. Highway 421]]. It is open daily 8 am to sunset, weather permitting. The park has several lakes, camp shelters with charcoal grills, and playgrounds. The park is the home of the Greensboro Invitational Cross Country Meet hosted annually in September by the Greensboro Pacesetters for high school and college athletes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/county-parks/parks/hagan-stone-park|title=Hagan Stone Park History|website=guilfordcountync.gov|access-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref>
* The [[International Civil Rights Center and Museum]], opened in 2010, is in the former F. W. Woolworth building in which the [[Greensboro sit-ins]] occurred. The museum was founded by the Sit-in Movement, Inc. to commemorate the sit-ins and persons involved, as well as other events in the history of the [[Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=About the International Civil Rights Center & Museum |url=https://www.sitinmovement.org/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322013110/https://www.sitinmovement.org/about/ |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |work=www.sitinmovement.org}}</ref>
* [[Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe]] has 36 rides, including Daredevil Drop, one of the nation's tallest [[water slide]]s, and family rides such as Tropical Drop. The park features two heavily themed family sections: Splash Island and Happy Harbor. Emerald Pointe is the Carolinas' largest [[water park]]. According to ''Amusement Business'' magazine, Emerald Pointe has the tenth-highest annual attendance among American water parks, at nearly 500,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.emeraldpointe.com|title=About Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe|work=www.emarldpointe.com|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Woods of Terror]] is a haunted theme park near Greensboro.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://woodsofterror.com/history/|title=History of the Woods of Terror|work=www.woodsofterror.com|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
* [[World War Memorial Stadium]] was one of the nation's oldest continuously used professional baseball facilities before it was replaced by the city's First Horizon Stadium in 2005. The stadium was constructed in 1926 to honor the lives lost during World War I. It anchors the Aycock Historic District and remains in use by collegiate baseball teams, amateur leagues, and other special events throughout the year. The stadium was home to the Greensboro Bats professional minor-league club until the First Horizon Park opened and the team became the [[Greensboro Grasshoppers]].

===Retail===
[[File:shopsatfriendly.jpg|thumb|The Shops at [[Friendly Center]]]]

Greensboro is home to a variety of retail shopping, from well-known national chains to local boutiques and galleries. [[Four Seasons Town Centre]], on the city's southwest side off [[I-40]], is a three-level regional mall. [[Friendly Center]], off Friendly Avenue, is an open-air shopping complex featuring the nation's largest [[Harris Teeter]] supermarket and a multiplex cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.friendlycenter.com/|title=Friendly Center homepage|website=friendlycenter.com|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> The Shoppes at Friendly Center, adjacent to Friendly Center, is home to many upscale retailers and restaurants. Around the corner on Market street is Fanta City International Mall, a mini-mall dedicated to foreign exchanget. This is a broad international supercenter combined with a flea market, offering European and East Asian specialties. Traditional shopping centers are primarily found on the West Wendover corridor near I-40 and on Battleground Avenue on the city's northwest side. Big-box retailers have clustered at the site of the former [[Carolina Circle Mall]] on the city's northeast side and far south along the newly completed urban loop (I-85, I-73). On New Garden Road, a large shopping area has popped up.