Arts in Greensboro: Art on Paper at the Weatherspoon, Wizard of Oz Nov. 14-22, Wicked from Nov. 18, Noir-Vember films and GreenHill's Winter Show from Dec. 6.

Last checked Nov. 6, 2026. Rebuilt on the first visit of every month and covers the next six weeks. Dates and times are from each gallery, theater or orchestra, linked in every entry; several listings were found on Downtown Greensboro Inc.’s events calendar. Check the organizer’s page before you go.

Greensboro’s arts calendar this month runs from paper art at the Weatherspoon to Community Theatre of Greensboro’s 31st Wizard of Oz and the Wicked tour at the Tanger Center, with the Carolina Theatre’s Noir-Vember film series in between. GreenHill opens its annual Winter Show of North Carolina art on Dec. 6.

Good to know

  • Free: the Weatherspoon Art Museum, GreenHill’s Winter Show opening and Greensboro Project Space shows.
  • Downtown venues: the Tanger Center is at 300 N. Elm St., the Carolina Theatre at 310 S. Greene St. and the Greensboro Cultural Center, home of GreenHill and the Center for Visual Artists, at 200 N. Davie St.
  • Parking: downtown decks and street rules are on our getting around Greensboro page; street closures are on road construction and closures.

Exhibitions now showing

  • Art on Paper 2026: The 48th Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, 1005 Spring Garden St., through May 8, 2027. The museum’s long-running survey of artists who turn paper into sculpture, cityscapes and armor. Weatherspoon.
  • Body and Soul, Humanist Visual Languages, Weatherspoon, second-floor galleries, through Feb. 13, 2027. Works chosen to show how art communicates experience. Weatherspoon. The museum is free and open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and to 8 p.m. Thursday.
  • Greensboro Project Space, 111 E. February One Place, UNC Greensboro’s downtown gallery: Embody: A Foundations Yearbook, noon to 5 p.m. through Saturday, Nov. 7; Kaleidoscope Minds, noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 10-14; and Dream Screen, an MFA thesis show, noon to 3 p.m. Nov. 17-21. Greensboro Project Space.
  • GreenHill Winter Show, Greensboro Cultural Center, Dec. 6, 2026, to Feb. 13, 2027: more than 70 North Carolina artists, and all work is for sale. The free public opening is 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6; the First Choice preview is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, and Collector’s Choice is 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. GreenHill.
  • Marshall Muse Gallery, 314 N. Church St., marks its first anniversary with a First Friday party from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Marshall Muse Gallery.

Theater and dance

  • Wizard of Oz, Community Theatre of Greensboro’s 31st annual production, Carolina Theatre: 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 14 and 21, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 15 and 22. CTG. Lunch with Dorothy, with photos and autographs, is at noon Sunday, Nov. 22, in the theater’s Renaissance Room, $15 plus tax, ticketed separately. Carolina Theatre.
  • Wicked, Nov. 18 to Dec. 6, Steven Tanger Center. Tanger Center.
  • The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, Carolina Theatre. Carolina Theatre.
  • Greensboro Ballet: The Nutcracker, Carolina Theatre, with the Nutcracker Orchestra: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 11 and 12 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13. Tea with Clara is at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13. Greensboro Ballet.
  • Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet, a touring production, 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, Tanger Center. Tanger Center.

Concerts and classical

  • Greensboro Symphony: Four Seasons Reimagined, Handel, Mozart and Max Richter’s take on Vivaldi, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, Tanger Center; Dragon’s Chamber with violinist Simone Porter, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, Well Spring Theatre, 4100 Well Spring Drive; Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, Tanger Center; and Home Alone in Concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Tanger Center. Greensboro Symphony.
  • UNCG jazz at the Carolina Theatre: the Vocal Jazz Ensemble’s Shades of Blue at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6; the Spartan Jazz Collective’s 100 Years of John Coltrane at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13; and the Latin Jazz Ensemble at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29. Carolina Theatre.
  • Our Towns, a revue of cities in Great American Songbook standards, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, Carolina Theatre. Carolina Theatre.
  • Tango Fusion, Fusion Samba, the Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble and a Hermeto Pascoal tribute band, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, Carolina Theatre. Carolina Theatre.
  • DePue Brothers Band: A Magical Grassical Christmas, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, Carolina Theatre. Carolina Theatre.

Film

The Carolina Theatre’s Noir-Vember Series shows Gaslight at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, The Night of the Hunter at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, and No Country for Old Men at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Modern Robot Plays Faust is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. The holiday film series follows from Nov. 30, with The Muppet Christmas Carol at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. All are on the Carolina Theatre’s calendar.

Classes and workshops

  • Artist talks at the Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro Cultural Center: painter and potter Emma Church at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, and bottle-cap portrait artist Mike Valle at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The CVA’s Mug on a Mission sale of handmade mugs is 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and its holiday plate pottery workshop is 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. Center for Visual Artists.
  • Artist talk: Raven Dial-Stanley, Lumbee artist and UNCG graduate, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon.
  • Sound bath in the Body and Soul galleries, 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, Weatherspoon; registration required. Weatherspoon.
  • Inter-Play: Contemporary Jewelry, 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at The Shop at GreenHill. GreenHill.

Regular events

  • First Friday downtown, the first Friday of each month (Nov. 6 and Dec. 4): galleries, shops and breweries hold First Friday events, listed on Downtown Greensboro Inc.’s calendar.
  • Third Thursdays at Marshall Muse Gallery, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 19 and Dec. 17: opening receptions with the featured artists. Marshall Muse Gallery.

Send us your event

Running a show, concert, gallery opening or class in Greensboro? Email hello@greensborojournal.com with the date, time, venue, price and a photo you own, and we will add it to this page. More events are on things to do this month and things to do this weekend.

Frequently asked questions

What art exhibitions are on in Greensboro in November 2026?

The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro has Art on Paper 2026: The 48th Exhibition through May 8, 2027, and Body and Soul, Humanist Visual Languages through Feb. 13, 2027. Admission is free. GreenHill’s Winter Show opens Dec. 6.

When is the Wizard of Oz in Greensboro in 2026?

Community Theatre of Greensboro’s 31st annual Wizard of Oz plays at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 14 and 21, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 15 and 22, at the Carolina Theatre.

When does GreenHill’s Winter Show open?

The Winter Show is on view Dec. 6, 2026, to Feb. 13, 2027, at GreenHill in the Greensboro Cultural Center. The free public opening is 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6.

Is the Weatherspoon Art Museum free?

Yes. Admission and parking are free. The museum, 1005 Spring Garden St., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.