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Beatmaking Academy hosts hip-hop events to educate, entertain

By Jamie Stuart | December 3

Hip-hop heads across campus will be excited to hear about two events hosted by Carolina Beatmaking Academy this Thursday.

UNC student disk jockeys Rob Sekay (left) and Trevor Dougherty led student protests of what they called a sexist bar culture.

A year of change for off-campus arts scene

By Paige Connelly | December 3

The greater Chapel Hill arts community experienced a year of flux in 2014.

LAB! Theatre and the Modern Shakespeare Society will perform “30 Plays in 60 Minutes” tonight.Courtesy of Shannon Kelly.

Student actors will pack 30 plays into holiday-themed show

By Kelly Cook | December 2

Thirty plays; 60 minutes. Do the math, and that means about two minutes per show.

Local band Look Homeward celebrates NC

By Margaret Gilmore | December 2

Influenced by a strong sense of place, local band Look Homeward is celebrating the different regions of North Carolina through its blend of folk and bluegrass ...

Annual Elf Fair features Carrboro artists

By Paige Hopkins | December 2

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Kamaira Philips is the founder, president and treasurer of Mind, Body, Spirit Connection, a social and wellness organization at UNC. Philips is leading a community yoga class in the Coker Arboretum at 2 p.m. on Friday.

UNC student, singer competes for art education

By Gabriella Cirelli | December 1

UNC senior Kamaira Philips is lending her voice to a larger stage.

Q&A with PlayMakers’ director Joseph Haj

By Elizabeth Baker | December 1

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s productions of “Into the Woods” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” have been in rotating repertory since Nov. ...

Attendees of the 9th annual Carrboro Film Festival prepare to watch a series of short films by UNC alumnus Jon Kasbe at the Carrbor Century Center on Saturday November 22.

Carrboro Film Festival draws 300 attendees

By Parth Shah | November 24

The beige curtains of Century Hall in Carrboro were drawn tight this weekend, transforming the ballroom into a makeshift movie theater for the ninth annual ...

Milton Nascimento, the influential Brazilian singer-songwriter known for fusing Africanized jazz with Latin-American folk, performed at Memorial Hall on Saturday night.

Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento comes to Memorial Hall

By Dan O'Neill | November 23

The silhouette of 72-year-old Milton Nascimento shuffled onto centre-stage. There was an uncomfortable silence at watching a man that seemed past his ...

UNC Swing Dance Club attracts up to 70 students every week

By Sarah McQuillan | November 21

Each week, a nostalgic air of the early twentieth century fills Phillips Hall 385 as the UNC Swing Dance Club enjoys jazz music, lindy hopping and a whole ...

Two Triangle nonprofits team up for concert

By Trey Flowers | November 20

Band Together, a Triangle-based, has selected Kidznotes, another nonprofit based in the Triangle, as its 2016 partner.

Sophomore Andrew Plotnikov (left) plays Johnny Johnson in Kenan Theatre Company’s production of “Johnny Johnson.”

Kenan Theatre Company lauds veterans

By Sindhu Chidambaram | November 20

Johnny Johnson was drafted into a world war in spite of his pacifist ideals. He left his family, returned traumatized, entered an asylum for Post Traumatic ...

Robert Roskind, the founder of Oasis coffee shop in Carrboro, leads a meeting on Tuesday night. Roskind is recruiting volunteers for his Global Call to Love event which will take place on February 6th, Bob Marley's 70th Birthday, in the San Francisco area. Roskind decided to teach love after being inspired by Bob Marley and his own trip to Jamaica.

Carrboro man honors Bob Marley's 70th birthday

By Mary Helen Moore | November 20

Robert Roskind has gotten a few questions about how a bald-headed white guy from North Carolina is in charge of Bob Marley’s 70th birthday celebration ...

Female comedians thriving in North Carolina

By Kelly Cook | November 20

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey scored big laughs on “Saturday Night Live” and have helped inspire other women to pursue careers in comedy, even here in ...

Cellist Christopher Bell is playing a variety of improvisational pieces at his free show at Johnny’s Gone Fishing in Carrboro. Courtesy of Christopher Bell.

Cellist Christopher Bell to visit Johnny’s in Carrboro

By Elizabeth Baker | November 19

For Christopher Bell, it all started with a bad case of writer’s block.

Paul Hsurovsky in his studio off Franklin Street.

Chapel Hill artist is selling his priceless art at Crook’s Corner

By Dan O'Neill | November 18

Chapel Hill artist Paul Hrusovsky believes his work is priceless.

False Profits' last show of the semester was held Saturday

By Margaret Gilmore | November 18

From smashing pies into each other’s faces to spraying silly string at one another, False Profits gave its audience plenty to laugh about during its ...