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Charli XCX performs "Boom Clap" at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill Thursday.

Hundreds turned out for Grammy-nominated artist Charli XCX

By Margaret Gilmore | October 29

Shirtless fans and platform boots dotted the crowd at the Charli XCX concert Tuesday.

Review: ‘Priceless Gem’ rings relevant

By Robert McNeely | October 28

In the wake of UNC athletic scandals and the recent release of Kenneth Wainstein’s report, “Priceless Gem: An Athlete Story” not only captures many ...

Carrboro Film Festival might lure fewer film pros

October 27

Durham resident Marilyn Hays became a film director by playing hostess during local film festivals.

Play draws on student-athlete experience

By Paige Hopkins | October 27

The release of Kenneth Wainstein’s report on Wednesday marked the most recent contribution to a larger conversation about the student-athlete experience, ...

Carrboro community gathers, creates art district plans

By Dan O'Neill | October 27

Carrboro has long relied on arts and creativity to fuel its economy — and now members of Creative Carrboro want to make that relationship official. ...

Abuse survivors turn to crafting for art therapy

By Drew Goins | October 24

For some survivors of domestic and sexual violence, all it takes to help heal is a collage canvas, a string of beads or a palette of paint.

Freshman Stephanie Clinton, who is a puppeteer, practices for the upcoming production, Little Shop of Horrors.

Theatre designers, stagehands and producers tell their story

By Everett Handy | October 23

While actors and directors are showered in applause, the unsung stars of theater are behind the curtain.

Q&A with wooden chest expert Edward S. Cooke Jr.

By Marisa Dunn | October 23

This year's annual Riggins Lecture in Art presents "The Inside Story: Materiality and Agency in Wooden Chests" with Edward S. Cooke, Jr., professor of ...

UNC, N.C. State alumni create app to bring Indian dance to the masses

By Morgan Vickers | October 23

For anyone watching a Bhangra dance during a celebration of the Indian holiday Diwali this week, the energy, physicality and beauty appear to be skills ...

Student deejay Sam Schaefer was featured at WXYC's semi-annual 90s dance party hosted by Cat's Cradle on Friday.

UNC student groups enjoy reliving the 1990s

By Sarah Vassello | October 22

Students longing for a time when Tamagotchis and “Rocket Power” were all the rage are not alone in their nostalgia.

Charles Garner stands next to the book cover of "Tobe," which features a photograph taken of him as a child. This photo is hanging in the North Carolina Collections Gallery, of Wilson Library.

UNC celebrates 75th anniversary of 'Tobe'

October 22

In 1939, a black boy in rural Hillsborough asked his white neighbor why he didn’t look like the kids in his storybooks. This question inspired that ...

Lecturer Sandra Cisneros wants to give gift of stories

By Paige Connelly | October 21

Sandra Cisneros, Mexican-American author of the award-winning “The House on Mango Street,” will be awarded the Thomas Wolfe Prize and give the accompanying ...

Courtesy of Yackety Yack/ Wilson Library

Fans miss Smith Center’s musical days

By Parth Shah | October 20

UNC alumnus and basketball fan Dalton Mayo loved living on the 10th floor of Hinton James Residence Hall in the early 1990s.

Emmy Awards honor 4 UNC grads

By Trey Flowers | October 15

Two pairs of UNC graduates took home Emmy awards at the 35th annual awards show this year for their work with The Guardian and National Public Radio.

PlayMakers preps for popular musical "Into the Woods"

By Drew Goins | October 12

PlayMakers Repertory Company is beating Disney to the punch.

Grammy Award winner Robert Cray and his band are coming to Memorial Hall

By Crystal Yuille | October 10

Five-time Grammy Award winner and one of the youngest members in the Blues Hall of Fame, Robert Cray and his band are coming to Memorial Hall today to ...

Historic Chapel Hill homes rich in University history

By Erin Wygant | October 9

While students jog through the many side streets in the quiet neighborhoods of Chapel Hill, the beat in their headphones pushes them past generations ...

PlayMakers Repertory Company Producing Artistic Director Joseph Haj is the 2014 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award.Photo courtesy of Connie Mahan. Photographer is Jenny Graham.

PlayMakers director Joseph Haj honored

By Everett Handy | October 9

Joseph Haj is a man who knows how to be versatile.

Environmental artist Patrick Dougherty hauls young maple trees and small branches on land at the Hillsborough District Headquarters for the North Carolina Forest Service to use for his stick work installation at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Dougherty, a 1967 graduate of UNC, said that it's a "big challenge" to find wood that's locally sourced.

Volunteers help UNC alum turn saplings into sculptures

By Trey Flowers | October 8

Although Patrick Dougherty graduated from UNC with an English degree, he’s found himself, 47 years later, working in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, ...

Thug Kitchen will be at Flyleaf Books and The Root Cellar tonight. Photo courtesy of Thug Kitchen.

"Thug Kitchen" writers hold meet and greet

By Robert McNeely | October 7

Chances are most published cookbooks will tell readers something about preparing food. Not all of them will tell readers to “eat like you give a f*ck.” ...