City Arts/World Dance Exchange “Viva Brazil!”: A celebration of Brazilian Dance and Music, including a free class in popular Brazilian dance styles, performances by Brazilian dancers and musicians and the opportunity to “Dance the night away!” Light refreshments will be available. Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 North Davie Street in The Music Center Rehearsal Hall. 7 pm - 9:30 pm. FREE.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Presents SALON, our first 5th Friday special membership event. Dress up in vintage clothing from the collection for parlor games and musical tinkerings. Special group portraits with your friends. 606 S. Elm Street from 8-11 p.m. Free. More information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Greensboro Public Library and Poetry GSO: Poetry reading and reception: Jimmy Santiago Baca. Central Library, 219 N. Church St. from 5-6 p.m. Free. More information here.

Touring Theatre of North Carolina: Letters from Leokadia. At the Upstage Cabaret at Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St. at 8 p.m. Ticket information here.

Triad Stage: Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow. 232 S. Elm St. at 8 p.m. Ticket information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Community Theatre of Greensboro: TRIAD IDOL talent finder. Greensboro Cultural Arts Atrium, 200 North Davie St. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information here.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Bike Basics with Bike Me! Collective and Sidewalk Gardening. 606 S. Elm Street from 2-4 p.m. Free. More information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Greensboro Public Library: SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT! El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), An event celebrating children, literacy and Latino culture featuring poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. Music by West End Mambo Activities for the whole family. May 1, from 1-6 p.m. Center City Park, Downtown. Free. Information here.

Touring Theatre of North Carolina: Letters from Leokadia. At the Upstage Cabaret at Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St. at 8 p.m. Ticket information here.

Triad Stage: Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow. 232 S. Elm St. at 8 p.m. Ticket information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

City Arts: Music for a Sunday Evening At The Park (MUSEP) Concert. Downtown Greensboro, Festival Park, 6:00 p.m. (come down after the Shindig Art, Craft and Music Festival!)

Community Theatre of Greensboro: TRIAD IDOL talent finder. Greensboro Cultural Arts Atrium, 200 North Davie St. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

“The Shindig Art, Craft and Music Festival“: Over 100 Artist and craft vendors; Music stage with 8 bands including Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Filthybird, The Raving Knaves and more; Food by Local Restaurants including Iron Hen, Zaytoons, Fincastles, And Thai Pan; and Hand-Crafted Local Beer by Natty Greene’s, all happening on Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro!! from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the 330 block of South Elm Street. Free. More information here.

Touring Theatre of North Carolina: Letters from Leokadia. At the Upstage Cabaret at Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St. at 3 p.m. Ticket information here.

Triad Stage: Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow. 232 S. Elm St. at 2 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Ticket information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Opening of 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. with reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Carolina Theatre: Gone With The Wind. 310 S. Greene Street. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 More information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Eastern Music Festival, EMFjazz&blues: Professor Jazz, bass player John Brown and his trio. The Undercurrent Restaurant, 327 Battleground Ave., 7 p.m. For reservations.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Sidewalk Gardening and POTLUCK DINNER. 606 S. Elm Street from 4-8 p.m. Free. More information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Family Night, gallery and ArtQuest open to family and friends. Free. Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. 5-7 p.m. For information.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Carolina Theatre: Cirque Motion “Awaken,” an innovative production featuring high-flying aerialists and acrobats, spine bending contortionists, incredible juggling and comedy. Ticket prices range from kids @ $5.00 to adults @ $33.00 and several prices in between. More information here. 310 S. Greene Street. 7:00 pm

Eastern Music Festival: Pamela Howland’s Remembering Frederic: A Musical Conversation between Chopin and George Sand. Mack and Mack Clothing, 220 S. Elm St., 8 p.m. Information here.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Signs Sundown, 606 S. Elm Street from 2-4 p.m. Free. More information here.

Face-to-Face Greensboro, Inc.: Word of Mouth, A FRIENDraising Event from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret. Free.

EMFspringsampler: The Old Ceremony will appear at Triad Stage, at 8 p.m.. Tickets, $15, Triad Stage Box Office, 232 South Elm Street, Greensboro, and online at www.triadstage.com. Information: 336.272.0160.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Carolina Theatre: Cirque Motion “Awaken,” an innovative production featuring high-flying aerialists and acrobats, spine bending contortionists, incredible juggling and comedy. Ticket prices range from kids @ $5.00 to adults @ $33.00 and several prices in between. More information here. 310 S. Greene Street. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

First Friday: a joint production of Downtown Greensboro Inc. and United Arts Council. May 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Self-guided tour of Greensboro’s creative community. Downtown on Elm St. Free. Information here.

• Center City Park – 200 N. Elm St. (corner of Elm St. & Friendly Ave.)
  Joining First Friday, Center City Park will liven up the heart of downtown with live music, Mischief Makers Handmade Market and activities for children every First Friday, May through October.
  6pm - Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands; 7:20pm - Amelia’s Mechanics
• Greensboro Cultural Center, Center for Visual Artists – 200 N. Davie St.
  Opening reception for “SIZE matters.” This is a small work/ big work art exhibition along with Linear Interpretations, a guest exhibition featuring local artist, John Charles Gibbs and contemporary artist, Dustin Merkamp. Exhibit runs through June 11. Gallery hours: Tuesday 10-5, Wednesday 10-7, Thursday-Saturday 10-5, Sunday 2-5
• Elm Street Center – 203 S. Elm St.
  Pottery and Music! Visit the Elm Street Center for an exciting pottery exhibit featuring local potter, Ann Lynch as well as musical entertainment.
• Mack and Mack – 220 S. Elm St.
  Experience the inscrutable musical meanderings of The F-Art Ensemble and supplemental sounds from the Dave Fox Band. Don’t miss a dueling piano session between Dr. Fox and Gil Fray and possibly up to eight other players joining them before the evening’s end. Refreshments served.
• Lyndon Street Artworks – 205 Lyndon Street
  Enjoy refreshments, wander through over 40 studio spaces, meet artists demonstrating their techniques and purchase or commission something of your very own. Come see potters, painters, sculptors, glass artists, metalsmiths and many other types of creative people at work in their creative spaces, including Jillian Webb and Erik Beerbower. We will also be selling signed copies of the children’s book “Wishful Thinking”, written by Max McNamara to support local artists, and the author, who is now currently serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Triad Stage – 232 S. Elm St. (6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
  High Lonesome Strings - Traditional local youth band Wide Open Bluegrass featuring Haley Owens, banjo; Daniel Greeson, fiddle; Luke Van Hine, mandolin; Joey Doss, bass; Jordan Robertson, dobro; and Adam Van Hine, guitar, of the High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association, will be playing bluegrass music in the lobby of Triad Stage from 6-7:30pm. This portion of the concert is free and open to the public.
• Old Photo Specialists – 320 S. Elm St.
  Come by on the First Friday in May for great ideas for Mother’s Day presents. Would your mother treasure the restoration of an heirloom family photo? Or perhaps she would prefer a current family portrait.
• Salon Bailey’s – 320 S. Elm St., Ste. A
  Salon Bailey’s will be having an open house showcasing artist Jeff Woodburn and his show Abstractions. Most of his art is latex on canvas. Refreshments served.
• Just Be – 352 S. Elm St.
  Just Be is happy to expand its local artists support by hosting a local Greenhouse Artist. Mike Lambert of Greensboro is showing his wonderful home grown herbs, vegetables and succulents for sale and ready to be planted. Let’s keep it local by supporting our local growers and farmers. Come by and check out his plantings and fairy gardens that are a work of art!
• Corner of South Elm and MLK (4 p.m. - 9 p.m.)
  The Indie Market is a place where local artists and crafts people come together for an Open Air Market of handmade and vintage items. Some of the local talent for the May Market includes J Britt Gardner Pottery, Donna’s Delights, Wild N Crazy Vintage and Home Brewed Art.
• Ambleside Gallery – 528 S. Elm St.
  A group show featuring wildlife paintings by Italian artist Dino Paravano, English artist Matthew Hillier and American artist Julia Rogers. Also, pastel landscape and still life paintings by Sarah Watts, Lindsay Harkness and Leigh Rodenbough. Permanently displayed are the watercolors by Chinese painter, Guan Weixing. Refreshments served.
• Elements Gallery – 602 South Elm St
  GRAND OPENING of North Carolina pottery and fine crafts gallery featuring 30 leading potters and glass artists from throughout the region and state. Refreshments served.
• Yew Tree Gallery – 604 S. Elm St.
  Featured artist is Jan Greene, a traditional transparent watercolorist. Jan’s subjects come from nature, and she paints with luminous colors that run from light to shadow in her work. Jan Green is the pastor at Liberty Friends Meeting, a Quaker church in Liberty, NC.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Radio FM Presents, A First Friday evening of radio waves with live music, interviews, replays, favorites and audio experiments. 606 S. Elm Street from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Free. More information here.

EMFfringe/EMFjazz&blues and Mountain Roots Management: An evening with flatpicking masters Larry Keel and Adam Aijala. Triad Stage, 232 S. Elm St. at 8 p.m. Information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Sidewalk Gardening 2-4 p.m., Scrambler and Bike in Movie Theater at sundown. 606 S. Elm Street from 2-4 p.m. Free. More information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Greensboro Symphony Orchestra POPS: Stuart Malina returns with the Great American Songbook. Westover Church, 505 Muirs Chapel Road at 8 p.m. Tickets and information here.

Piedmont Blues Preservation Society: 24th Annual Carolina Blues Festival presented by PBPS in association with YES! Weekly. Festival Park, Downtown. 2-11 p.m. Ticket information here.

The Music Center: Opus Concert, featuring Greensboro Youth Brass ensemble and Piedmont Youth Jazz Ensemble. Christ United Methodist Church, 410 North Holden Road. 7:30. Free. More information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Richard Ritter Studio Glass, Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. For information.

Green Hill Center for NC Art: Community Art Sundays celebration of the Caribbean Islands through craft and music. Green Hill Center, 200 North Davie St. 3-5 p.m. Free. Information here. Or, call: Mary
Young, 336.333.7460.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Existed: Leonard Drew. 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: 2010 UNCG Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, 500 Tate St. Free. Information here.

Weatherspoon Art Museum: Opening Entwined: Thread-Based and Thread-Like Works from the Permanent Collection. 2 p.m-4 p.m. 500 Tate St. Museum Store Sale with a discount to those who mention ArtBeat Greensboro. Free. Information here.