Ladies of color and the men who love them, its that time again. ThemFive along with Footsteps To Follow is hosting the Beautiful Black Woman Festival for the 8th consecutive year. As always this year’s festival will be held in May at Aggie Park on 15 plush acres of private land in eastern Greensboro across from the new beautiful Gateway Gardens. Friends and family of all ages, genders and races are welcomed and encouraged to attend this FREE event celebrating the lives and legacies of all women of color.nThe Beautiful Black Woman Festival is produced to empower women - to show the young boys how to treat them and the young girls how to be them. Bring the entire family to this spectacular FREE event with your lawn chairs, tents, umbrellas, and blankets. Local vendors will be available for food, drinks, gifts, games, clothing, and more! Our line-up includes a full day of live gospel and soul music, spoken word, community awareness and opportunities, and much, much, more. Plus, moonwalks, games, prizes, and more will be available for the children. So, come on out and enjoy great music and beautiful people. n

The longest running blues festival in the southeast returns for a full day of blues under the big tent rain or shine.

Mosaic Festival is an international food, art and music event in downtown Greensboro to celebrate the culture and diversity in our city. It's free to the public and will have live performances by professional and local immigrants and refugees as well as food from countries all over the world.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greensboro gives everyone in the community a chance to help the organization save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Register your team today by visiting www.relayforlife.org/greensboro, or by calling 834-0844. Former and current cancer patients, those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, businesses, faith-based and civic organizations, and anyone wanting to make a difference in the fight against cancer are invited to take part in this exciting team event. The Relay For Life event will be held over twelve hours as individuals and teams camp out with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track at all times throughout the event. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites during Relay. Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups…people from all walks of life - all aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. “Relay For Life draws attention to the progress being made in the fight against cancer”, said Laura Johnson, Greensboro, Guilford County Volunteer and Relay Event Chair. “Many participants are our family, friends, and neighbors who have faced cancer themselves. Their involvement helps bring hope that, together, we can eliminate cancer as a major health problem.” Information about how to form a team or become involved in Relay For Life is available at www.relayforlife.org/greensboro, or by calling 336-834-0844. The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion, we turn what we don’t know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345, or visit cancer.org.

Camp in The Magickal Forest with Telepathic Productions. Psychedelic music, fun, and festivities!!