September 29th – October 1st - A Great Weekend for Art and Culture in Greensboro!

 

There are some great artistic and cultural events scheduled around Greensboro this weekend. From performances and exhibitions to demonstrations and celebrations, there's something for everyone!

Friday, September 29

5-9pm - The Sewing Shop: The Hair Journey Ballet Costume-Making Workshop at Royal Expressions School of Dance,  1220-E Battleground Ave Greensboro, NC 27408

We are inviting aspiring costume and apparel designers and makers to join us as we create the costumes for The Hair Journey Ballet. We need people to measure, cut, hand sew, and sew on a machine. Bring your machine if you have one, or use one of our extras. All others supplies are provided. If you are a beginner and want to learn, we will teach you. If you are intermediate and want to practice then this is for you! If you are advanced and want to bless us, then we thank you! We have had all levels come through our costume shop to help us and it will truly take a village to create the 40+ costumes we need to make by February 2024!

8:00pm-midnight - Greensboro Pride annual Pride Kickoff Party at Boxcar Bar + Arcade, 120 W Lewis St, Greensboro

The party will be hosted by Brenda the Drag Queen and will feature performances by Tia Chanella, Omega St. James, Marceline Mashic, Arianna XLopez, and Miss Cocktail. Must be 21+ with valid ID.

Saturday, September 30

8am – 11:30pm -Tie Dye Workshop with H2O Dyes at The Corner Farmers Market, 2105 W Market Street Greensboro, NC 27403

Join Julie Hardy of H2o Tie Dyes for this fun and creative dye workshop! $15 for adults and $10 for kids provides a prepared-for-dyeing tee shirt, all other supplies, and hands-on instruction.

9am-4pm Bricksboro with NC LUG at The Greensboro Science Center, 4301 Lawndale Dr Greensboro, NC 27455

The Greensboro Science Center is partnering again with the North Carolina LEGO® Users Group (NC LUG) to host Bricksboro on Saturday, September 30 & Sunday, October 1! Stop by the great hall to see a wide variety of builds, ranging from cityscapes, space, castles, mechanical machines, animals and so much more! Guests will have the opportunity to see some original creations, learn building techniques, and talk about anything and everything LEGO® related! Bricksboro activities are available 9-4 pm both days, and included with GSC membership or general admission.

4pm - So You Wanna Do a Solo Show at the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre in the Cultural Center, 200 N Davie St Greensboro, NC 27401

The free workshop explores how YOU can create your own solo show! Join Deonna Kelli Sayed, writer and performer of American Body: The Solo Show, for an introductory workshop on how you can can write and star in your very own solo show. Deonna will go over different types of solo show work and how the solo show democratizes theatre (anyone can perform, and you don't need a theatre space to do it)! We will do writing and performance prompts. No writing or acting experience is required. Bring paper/pen and a willingness to explore! This event is great for anyone 14+ (and older)!

Sunday, October 1

11am – 6pm - Greensboro Pride Festival and Parade on South Elm Street, West Market Street, and West Lewis Street in downtown Greensboro.

This year's headliners are Heidi N Closet and LaLa Ri, widely known from Ru Paul's Drag Race. The main stage will be hosted by Brenda The Drag Queen and Lawanda Jackson, while dozens of performers will take the stage throughout the festival. There's also a record-high number of vendors participating this year. The event is free to the public.

12 noon – 5pm – Art in the Arboretum at Greensboro Arboretum, 3299 Starmount Dr, Greensboro, NC 27403.

This juried art- and fine-craft event will feature regional artists exhibiting their hand-crafted offerings in an outdoor gallery. There will be also be live entertainment, interactive art activities, food and beverage vendors, and more. Admission is free!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

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Recycling Standards for Greensboro Will Be Enforced

Recycling can help save the environment, but you have to do it right.

It's fantastic that Greensboro has curbside recycling, because so many places don't. However, the City's contamination rate, which means regular trash found in the recycling bin, is a whopping 21%, as opposed to the national average rate of 5%. That's not what's good in Greensboro!

The City isn't going to stop the recycling program, thank goodness, but it is going to have to carry out new measures to try to keep trash out of the recycling stream. Recycling carts will be inspected and tagged if they contain trash, and a notice will be sent to you if your bin had trash in it. If multiple notices are necessary, the City will take your recycling cart. Please don't let that be you! If you're not sure what is and what is not recyclable, you can see the breakdown in this article:
http://whatsgoodingreensboro.blogspot.com/2014/11/city-issues-recycling-guidelines-for.html

You can also download the City of Greensboro's waste collection app, explained in this article:
http://whatsgoodingreensboro.blogspot.com/2018/04/another-new-app-to-help-greensboro.html

If you want more detailed information about what is or what is not allowed in the recycling bin, you can also visit https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/field-operations/recycle

Here's lots of ways to recycle other things that the City might not collect:
http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-to-recycle-if-you-dont-have.html

Trash can cause major problems in the recycling stream--it can even endanger workers at the sorting facility. Let's keep everyone safe and do it right!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Image credit: Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/recycle-bin-container-recycling-24543/

Another New App to Help Greensboro Residents

The City of Greensboro has developed a new app for your smartphone to help organize your trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk waste collection. Simply download the free app from the iOS or Google Play stores or access it at www.greensboro-nc.gov/Collects and use it to:

• Sign up for collection reminders
• Download your collection schedule to your device's calendar
• Send texts to your family members to take your bins out to the curb
• Report any waste-related issues

So, no more searching for that calendar that was supposed to be on the fridge, trying to remember whether you are “red” or “blue”, or missing a collection because of a holiday you forgot. Get the app now, and get your garbage achievements unlocked!

For more apps that are handy for Greensboro residents, check this out!

http://whatsgoodingreensboro.blogspot.com/2017/10/apps-that-help-people-get-around-in.html

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Truck image from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/truck-heavy-weight-vehicle-trash-3321672/

City of Greensboro Issues Recycling Guidelines for 2015

The City of Greensboro has released the new recycling guide for 2015, and I notice a lot of great changes! recyclables are still picked up on an every-other-week schedule, but the scope of recyclables accepted has been broadened, especially for plastic. Remember when you could only recycle #1 and #2 plastic? While that was great for milk jugs and soda bottles, it still left us with yogurt and pudding cups, microwave-dinner-plates and margarine tubs knocking around.

Well, not any more! According to the handy 2015 recycling guide, you can now recycle almost any kind of plastic, from small food containers (empty and dry, please!) to big ol' plastic lawn chairs, jugs, and buckets. They do not take garden hoses, plastic sheeting, or plastic bags, but you can recycle bags at many area grocery stores, donate your old hose, and...why would you give up plastic sheets? Use them for dropcloths! And to settle the age-old debate of whether or not to leave the caps on the plastic bottles, the official word is that it's fine (although I would recommend leaving the caps off of milk jugs so that they can dry out and won't smell oogy, but that's a personal choice)

Greensboro also accepts most kinds of metal--aluminum, steel and tin cans, pots and pans, and even aluminum foil, which used to be persona non grata in a recycling program. As with the plastic containers, please make sure they aren't all gloppy with food. Rinse them out. The city even takes aerosol spray cans; just remove the caps. Please do not put cords, car parts or electronics out for recycling (that stuff is hazardous waste).

Paper and glass are easy--all kinds of glass bottles and jugs (no lids), just no mirrors, windows or dishware. All kinds of paper, cardboard and chipboard (stuff like cereal boxes) is acceptable (even pizza boxes!), just don't put paper towels, tissue or diapers in there. That's biohazard stuff!

All in all, I would say we have an excellent recycling program here in Greensboro. The best part, besides the handy curbside pickup, is that you don't even need to sort the things into separate containers--everything that can be recycled just goes into the brown container and to the curb, and they take care of it from there, bless their hearts. Now there is no excuse whatsoever not to recycle, so go for it!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

Image from Pixabay http://pixabay.com/en/woman-girl-black-female-rubbish-160281/ This girl isn't as lucky as we are, because she has to sort stuff.

Greensboro City Offices Closed November 11 in Observance of Veteran's Day

The city of Greensboro closes its municipal offices on Tuesday, November 11th, in observance of Veteran's Day. Trash pickup that would normally be done on this day will be done on Wednesday, November 12th.

Also, the city offices will be closed for two days to celebrate Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 27th, and Friday, November 28th. Although trash pickup for Thursday the 27th will be moved forward one day to Wednesday the 26th, Friday's collection will stay the same.

Here's to all the veterans out there: We appreciate your sacrifices, and we pray that those of you who are still deployed come home safely and soon!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!

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October Greensboro City Council Meetings

The October meetings of the Greensboro City Council are scheduled for October 7th and October 21st, both Tuesdays, in the Council Chamber in the Melvin Municipal Building, located at 300 West Washington Street in downtown Greensboro. Meetings begin at 5:30 pm and are open to the public. If you can't make it to a meeting in person, you can watch the live broadcast on GTN (Greensboro Television Network; check with your service provider for channel) or on live streaming video at http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/WatchMeeting

To catch up on the details and minutes of all the Greensboro City Council meetings that you may have missed, visit this link: https://greensboro.legistar.com/DepartmentDetail.aspx?ID=23255&GUID=DB1BF63F-EC8D-4FE7-A38F-EED24B626938&Mode=MainBody
It's always good to stay informed about our city!

You can also find What's Good in Greensbroro? on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Good-in-Greensboro-848569635208317/ . See you there!


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