At Cheesecakes by Alex in Greensboro, you can pick 12 different flavors to build your own cheesecake wheel.
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Open to Art
In 70 years of collecting modern art, the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro has become nationally known for selecting works of enduring value.
Pancake Masters
The pancakes at Tex & Shirley’s in Greensboro have been a customer favorite for nearly 40 years. So have the relationships that owner Bart Ortiz continued with diners after buying the restaurant in 1989.
Benevolent Books
It takes all year for the volunteers at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Greensboro to assemble thousands of titles and only three days for eager customers to carry them away.
The Story of the Greensboro Four and the Sit-In Movement
When four young men took their seats at a lunch counter more than 60 years ago, they had no intentions of leaving and no idea what would happen. Such a simple act, denied them for so long, reignited the civil rights movement throughout the South. Today, the lunch counter and the seats are preserved at the same South Elm Street location in Greensboro as part of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, giving all of us the chance to experience North Carolina’s place in the movement toward equality.
Breakfast in North Carolina: Smith Street Diner
This no-nonsense diner in Greensboro provides fresh cooked breakfast fare every morning.
Serious About Music: Amelia’s Mechanics
The passionate female duo Amelia’s Mechanics draws inspiration from everyday life to set memories to music.
Honest Talent: Laurelyn Dossett
After raising three daughters Laurelyn Dossett lets her musical ambition loose, writing authentic and sincere songs that come from down deep.
Flavor Wizards
Regularly mistaken for a bakery, Mother Murphy’s in Greensboro has been churning out delicious and intriguing aromas for more than half a century.
