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Q&A with journalism school alumna, author Nancy Stancill

By Sindhu Chidambaram | October 7

Author Nancy Stancill graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1971. She wrote for The Daily Tar Heel before graduating, then ...

Tae Kwon Do United Academy showcase their student's skills during the Festifall event held on Franklin St. Sunday afternoon.

Artists join for town’s 42nd Festifall

By Parth Shah | October 6

Chapel Hill artist Stephen Nesnow said his favorite part of Festifall is seeing familiar faces.

Chapel Hill Public Library will add additional public art

By Samantha Sabin | October 6

In addition to adding four limestone animal sculptures to the front roundabout, the Chapel Hill Public Library will also have a multimedia public art ...

Long Story Shorts brings student playwrights together

By Sarah McQuillan | October 3

The fourth annual Long Story Shorts show will highlight the talents of eight gifted student playwrights of the Writing for the Screen and Stage (WSS) ...

Jack Vitaliz, community director of the Olde Campus Lower Quad Community at UNC-Chapel Hill, sings vocals for a local '50s tribute band.

UNC community director doubles as musician

By Carly Peterson | October 1

Jack Vitaliz is not only in tune with student life, but also tunes his guitar to the swinging beat of Ritchie Valens.

Lonnie Holley, a nationally known visual artist and musician from Birmingham Alabama, creates new pieces of art in near Wilson library. The Southern Folklife Collection donated old and broken materials for Holley to incorporate into his work.

Traveling artist Lonnie Holley makes art from trash

By Olivia Bane | October 1

It started as a collection of tires, branches, old radios and wires. But after one session with Lonnie Holley, the pile of items was transformed into ...

Beat Making Lab turns one year old

By Mary Helen Moore | September 30

Pierce Freelon said he’s been asked, “Yo, you’ve got a studio on Franklin Street?” countless times in the past year. In reality, he has much more. ...

Carrboro Music Festival: faces behind the music

September 29

The Town of Carrboro held its 17th annual Carrboro Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, bringing almost 180 local bands to venues around town.

Carrboro Music Festival says goodbye to organizers

By Kelly Cook | September 29

While thousands of attendees gathered in Carrboro to enjoy nearly 180 local bands Saturday and Sunday, Gerry Williams and his wife Janet Place closed ...

Pianist opens "Conversations in Modern Music" series

By Crystal Yuille | September 26

Composer-pianist Eric Moe will have his long-awaited Chapel Hill homecoming as the first guest in the UNC music department's “Conversations in Modern ...

Three Dollar Bill LGBTQ comedy group rehearsed before their performance Tuesday night at DSI Comedy on West Franklin Street. Meagan Voss of Carrboro, Robbie Wiggins of Raleigh and Brandon Holmes of Durham were playing a warm-up game called "Czechoslovakia."

LGBTQ comedians kick off NC Pride

By Samantha Sabin | September 25

Although comedy troupe Three Dollar Bill’s show for N.C. Pride tonight will be LGBTQ-themed, not every joke will be about being gay.

Cellist uses personal piece to honor Trayvon Martin

By Jamie Stuart | September 25

When Timothy Holley picks up his cello in Person Recital Hall tonight, the piece that he says will carry the most meaning will be played in memory of ...

Forest Theatre: Chapel Hill’s treasure in the woods

By Robert McNeely | September 25

Despite its eye-catching architecture and the various rumors surrounding its history, Forest Theatre might still be the best kept secret on UNC’s campus. ...

Performers with the Dorrance Dance / New York dance group will take the stage alongside BIGLovely to present The Blues Project at Memorial Hall at 7:30 p.m. tonight and 8 p.m. Friday.Courtesy of Dorrance Dance.

The Blues Project features hometown favorites

By Marisa Dunn | September 25

They have big shoes to fill.

DSI hopes comedy lottery will draw students

By Crystal Yuille | September 24

DSI Comedy is giving out a lot of laughs during their luck-of-the-draw Comedy Lottery tonight.

Rock 'n' Roll at Local 506

By Sindhu Chidambaram | September 24

California band The Chop Tops is known for “revved-up rockability,” a term they created to describe their combination of music styles.

The Swift Creek Band will play at tonight’s free concert.Courtesy of Brenda Rogers.

League of Women Voters and bluegrass unite

By Trey Flowers | September 23

Bluegrass music, a genre rooted in tradition, will meet its progressive match during a National Voter Registration Day concert later today.

BRONCHO and Low Litas unite nineties nostalgia and indie punk

By Christine Bang | September 22

Nostalgia for the 90s will blend with punk and indie styles when two Oklahoma-native bands, BRONCHO and Low Litas, take the stage at Local 506 tonight. ...

Chapel Hill Public Library to screen documentary about fracking

By Kelly Cook | September 22

Tonight at the Chapel Hill Public Library, a free screening of “Triple Divide,” a documentary highlighting the dangers of fracking, will open discussion ...

Highlighting the legacy of John and William Bartram, the “Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps” traveling exhibit is on display at the North Carolina Botanical Garden through Nov. 2.

Bartram family escapades on display

By Dan O'Neill | September 22

Walking through the North Carolina Botanical Garden is like walking through the uncultivated American landscape with its first botanical adventurers. ...