United
Arts Council
Each year the News & Record supports the annual Arts Fund
Drive which raises money for the member arts agencies.
Fun
Fourth N&R Pops Concert
The
News & Record has been the sole sponsor of the Pops Concert that
has thrilled concert goers for years. Because of fire laws, the concert
and fireworks display moved from downtown to Jamieson Stadium.
To attract people to the new location, the News & Record has brought
the Platters and the Catalinas in to headline the event.
International Civil Rights Center and Museum
On a cold day in February 1960, four young black men, all students at N.C. A&T State University, broke racial barriers to "sit in" at the Woolworth segregated lunch counter in Greensboro. After Woolworth closed its doors in 1993, two political leaders active in the black community announced plans to raise money buy the property and transform the building into a state-of-the-arts monument to the civil rights movement called the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. The News and Record has pledged $150,000 toward this $15 million effort.
Greensboro
Children’s Museum
This
interactive children’s museum opened in May 1999 and anchors the east
end of the Cultural District in downtown Greensboro. The News &
Record supports the museum with funding and technical assistance in
the Media area.
ArtQuest
This permanent gallery of Green Hill Center for North Carolina
Art is an interactive arts experience for children. The computer terminal
site is named for the News & Record.
Triad
Stage
This professional, nonprofit regional theatre housed
in a renovated building in downtown Greensboro has served as a catalyst
for center city revitalization. Eight productions are presented
annually in the 300-seat mainstage theatre, which opened early 2002. The News & Record was an early supporter of the capital campaign and is the print media sponsor this season.
And
there are others:
Community Theatre of Greensboro
Eden Preservation Society
Greensboro Opera Company
High Point Arts Council
International Civil Rights Center & Museum
NC Shakespeare Festival
NC Zoo
Randolph Arts Council
Theatre Guild of Rockingham County
Veteran's Memorial
For more
information about the News & Record's community programs, contact the Volunteer Center
at (336) 373-1633.
