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A 2015 Ebony Readers/Onyx Theater (EROT) performance.

Artistic activism heals Chapel Hill community through change

By Morgan Vickers | August 24

When the nation’s racial conflicts became too overwhelming over the summer, senior June Beshea found herself logging off Twitter and turning to art. ...

In latest shows, Paperhand Puppet focuses on the little things

By Chloe Lackey | August 23

The people at the Paperhand Puppet Intervention bring puppets to life.

Student theater gears up for fall seasons

By Marisa Dunn | August 20

Student theater participants and enthusiasts alike will have plenty to keep them busy this semester. LAB! Theatre, Company Carolina and Pauper Players ...

Steve Segedy (left) and Jason Morningstar, application analysts at UNC, stand in Bullhead's Bookshop with some of the books they have written. The two have recently developed Warren, a role-playing game based on the classic novel Watership Down.

UNC faculty release new board game

By Elizabeth Baker | August 20

From watching movies like “Bambi” and “The Fox and the Hound” to reading books of the same genre, Marshall Miller had always enjoyed animal fiction. ...

Chapel Hillians bring back hip-hop

By Sarah Vassello | August 20

From rapping on Franklin Street to performing in the cyphers in the Pit every Wednesday night, Chapel Hill is a haven for hip-hop.

Man on the street: Is graffiti art?

By Ryan Schocket | August 20

“I don’t think that we have to classify graffiti as art for it to have value, or for it to deserve to take up public space and to be a legitimate ...

ARTVSM, which combines art and activism, performed

Process Series transforms audience into critics, performance into practice

By Chloe Lackey | August 19

Practice makes perfect.

UNC grad David Payne honors brother in memoir 'Avalon'

By Kristina Kokkonos | August 19

David Payne and his younger brother, George, had a tradition.

UNC summer reading book spurs conversation

By Trevor Lenzmeier | August 18

Incoming freshmen ushered in the new school year yesterday afternoon as they met with fellow students, faculty and staff to discuss this year’s summer ...

UNC MFA graduate crowdfunds to spend month in Iceland

By Christine Bang | August 17

Nowadays, it costs most artists more money to purchase supplies for their work than they can earn from it.

On view near you for August 18, 2015

By Ryan Schocket | August 17

Ackland Art Museum: Highlights from the Permanent Collection The Ackland Art Museum is showcasing a three-part presentation from their permanent collection. ...

(From right) Valerie Sauer, Susanna Trotter, Taylor Lingle and Katie Arney practice their rendition of "Love Runs Out" by One Republic in preparation for Monday's Sunset Serenade.

Sunset Serenade attracts new students to a cappella

By Erin Wygant | August 16

Two years ago, a freshman sat in the Great Hall of the Student Union, watching the a cappella super stars of UNC belt out their latest mash-ups at the ...

New ArtsCenter director focuses on community

By Sarah Vassello | August 16

Dan Mayer knows a thing or two about eccentricity.

Punk haircuts to raise money for Orange County Rape Crisis Center

By Sarah Vassello | July 22

In 2011, Rachel Valentine, Orange County Rape Crisis Center community education director, shaved her head in her living room.

Students of Paul Green's Rock Academy bringing their inner Led Zepplin to the stage at The Utopia Studios in Woodstock, NY

'School of Rock'-influenced performance comes to Carrboro

By Trevor Lenzmeier | July 22

Before he opened two visionary educational rock schools, inspired Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn in “School of Rock” and toured across the United ...