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'Not all who wander are lost': Local artist featured in Eno Mill Gallery

By Christian Ciocoiu | January 30

In January, the Eno Mill Gallery featured local artist Austin Cathey's work in an exhibition titled "Not all those who wander are lost."

"What's your flavor?": Orange County to feature heritage cooking exhibit

By Sarah Choi | January 30

Courtney Smith, exhibits and programs coordinator for the Orange County Historical Museum, said heritage cooking is a twenty-first-century idea about ...

New Ackland exhibition featuring African metal arts opens this Friday

By Meagan Bergstrom | January 30

The museum is planning many public events and programs in relation to the exhibit ranging from hands-on art-making events to metalworking demonstrations ...

Chapel Hill Poet Laureate CJ Suitt seeks to uplift other artists

By Katie MacKinnon | January 30

“CJ’s poetry has always been profoundly beautiful, and all I really ever really had to do was hand him a mic and get out of the way,” Suitt's ...

Chapel Hill storm drain mural project aims to highlight waterways under threat

By Grant Alexander | January 26

Nearly all of Chapel Hill storm drains empty into the Jordan Lake Watershed, which provides drinking water for nearly 700,000 people.

'Letters from Red Farm': Elizabeth Emerson sheds light on Helen Keller's life

By Sarah Choi | January 26

Chapel Hill author Elizabeth Emerson published a book on Helen Keller's friendship with her great-great-grandfather, Joseph Edgar Chamberlin.

Artist uses community-donated film to create 3D project that emphasizes togetherness

By Adaliene Andsager | January 20

The "I REMEMBER" project involves donated film from local community members that Montana artist Elizabeth Stone and community members sewed together to ...

'A hometown hero': Carrboro celebrates folk musician on Libba Cotten Day

By Harrison Gummel | January 18

On Jan. 5, Carrboro celebrated Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten's birthday. The celebration honored Cotten's influence on American folk and blues music. ...

Student-Made UNC connects artists' work with the campus community

By Lauren Cook | January 17

The UNC branch of Student-Made is comprised of about 20 student artists whose work is available for purchase on the website. Students sell clothing, jewelry, ...

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Tracks Music Library holding open calls for local musicians

By Meagan Bergstrom | January 12

Tracks aims to archive the sounds of the local community and help local artists and bands find new listeners. The open call period for the library started ...

Cary hosts sixth annual North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival

By Sarah Choi | January 10

A large, red-lighted archway welcomed visitors this weekend at the front of Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, leading to a lantern-filled pathway. The ...

Office DJ: Getting aux on the London Eye

By Madison Ward | January 9

"The combination of listening to music I deeply enjoy and acknowledging that embracing change will make me a stronger person is sure to make my "cuppa ...

UNC performance groups navigate a return to the stage

By Valeria Cloës | December 1

UNC's Ebony Readers/Onyx Theatre, Company Carolina and Kenan Theatre Company all found ways to perform amid COVID-19 restrictions, and their programming ...

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Column: Harry Styles’ beauty brand reveals some unpleasant truths

By Layla Peykamian | November 21

The success of Harry Styles' beauty line, Pleasing, highlights a problematic tendency within the beauty industry and other female-dominated fields. ...

Column: “The French Dispatch” is Wes Anderson’s ode to filmmaking, and to himself

By Guillermo Molero | November 8

"I love this movie because it not only perfectly encapsulates why Wes Anderson loves movies, but it highlights all of the reasons why I fell in love with ...

Paint It Orange event features paintings of Orange County landscapes

By Ian Walniuk | November 8

Artists from as far as Connecticut traveled to Hillsborough to display artwork depicting landscapes and landmarks in Orange County for the fifth annual ...

'Colorful, bright and deserving of space': UNC student starts crochet business

By Jade Neptune | November 7

Tiffany Melenzio has been knitting and sewing since they were a kid. But it wasn’t until quarantine that the UNC junior turned their hobby into local, ...

Office DJ: Beats and brass — all you need is beats and brass.

By Guillermo Molero | November 4

I can’t think of anything else I’d rather have when listening to a song. Nothing else can pick me up and get me moving so quickly. Nothing else could ...

'Watching their work come to life': Long Story Shorts Festival takes the stage

By Hadley Chapman | October 31

The 11th annual Long Story Shorts Festival features performances of plays written by UNC students minoring in Writing for the Screen and Stage. It will ...

Film Festival brings critically acclaimed films to the silver screen in Chapel Hill

By Grant Alexander | October 24

Film Fest 919, a film festival focused on exposing the Chapel Hill community to critically acclaimed cinema, was held from Oct. 18-24.