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International playwrights debut in Carrboro theater festival

By McKenzie Coey | July 1

The ArtsCenter in Carrboro will hold its 12th annual 10 by 10 in the Triangle festival starting Friday.

Creative Writing camp brings young students to UNC

By McKenzie Coey | June 27

UNC creative writing minors have been teaching middle and high school students how to put their imaginations into words.

Darcy, Elizabeth celebrate 200 years

By Sam Schaefer | June 26

Jane Austen’s Netherfield Park is invading the UNC campus.

From June 17-21, the UNC music department will host the Summer Jazz Workshop for a variety of students — from middle school and high school students, college students, band directors, and adults. They’ll be instructed in jazz theory, improvisation, small group playing, and have group lessons. Three faculty members gave a concert on Tuesday night: Scott Sawyer on guitar, Lynn Seaton on base, and Dan Davis on drums.

UNC Summer Jazz Workshop to conclude Friday

By Sam Schaefer | June 18

The UNC Summer Jazz Workshop continues to grow, encouraging its organizers even as it presents new challenges.

English professor David Baker will give a lecture about Shakespeare’s influences at Flyleaf Books.

Q&A with UNC English professor David Baker

June 18

English professor David Baker will be giving a lecture about how William Shakespeare’s works relate to the modern marketplace at Flyleaf Books. Staff ...

N.C. House budget could close curtain on arts funding

June 11

Arts funding in North Carolina faces the chopping block once again in the most recent budget proposal released by the N.C. House of Representatives Sunday. ...

Ackland Art Museum unveils new exhibits

By McKenzie Coey | June 11

The Ackland Art Museum’s upcoming exhibitions feature two exhibits titled “Adding to the Mix” and “In Pursuit of Strangeness.”

New CPA season to integrate arts, academics

By Samantha Sabin | June 4

Emil Kang knew he wanted to dial down Carolina Performing Arts’ 2013-14 season after “The Rite of Spring at 100.”

Q&A with Ackland Art Museum curator Timothy Riggs

By McKenzie Coey | June 4

Every other month, the Ackland Art Museum invites members of the community to bring works of art to have a curator evaluate the significance of the art ...

Q&A with author, Duke orthopedic surgeon Robert Schultz

By Kylie Piper | June 4

Robert Schultz, a member of the teaching faculty for the department of orthopedics at Duke University, had his second book “Autobiography of Baby Boomer” ...

Q&A with "The After Girls" author, DTH alumna Leah Konen

By McKenzie Coey | May 31

Leah Konen, a UNC alumna and a former staff writer for the arts desk of The Daily Tar Heel, recently had her first book, entitled “The After Girls,” ...

Carolina Performing Arts announces its 2013-2014 season

By From staff and wire reports | May 30

Carolina Performing Arts’ next season will include performances by dance company Compagnie Kafig, string quartet Brooklyn Rider, the Israel Philharmonic ...

Kristen Sieh, Rachel Chaukin and Jessica Almasy were taught Mandarin by Kim Satterfield Monday.

Theater ensemble finishes PlayMakers residency

By Samantha Sabin | May 28

Mandarin, banjo and other lessons taught at UNC are influencing a New York-based theater ensemble’s next project.

Storytellers share personal narratives, engage with audience in Monti performance

May 28

A group of five storytellers will go onstage and share personal narratives to complete strangers during a raw, live performance at The ArtsCenter Saturday. ...

Transactors Improv Company to host reunion performance

By Kathryn Muller | May 28

The Transactors Improv Company will host its 30th-Anniversary Reunion Show Friday, bringing together current members, past members and even founding members ...

UNC English professor Daniel Wallace, author of “Big Fish,” recently published a new novel, “The Kings and Queens of Roam.”

Q&A with author, UNC English professor Daniel Wallace

By Kathryn Muller | May 23

UNC English professor and author of “Big Fish” Daniel Wallace just published his newest novel, “The Kings and Queens of Roam,” which follows the ...

Twenty imaginative artworks by sixteen artists, creatively produced from recycled, repurposed, or cast-off materials, are on display in the Fifth Annual Scrapel Hill Art Competition & Exhibit at University Mall in Chapel Hill from April 29 to Aug. 23.

'Scrapel Hill' reinvents recycled materials as works of art

May 22

Instead of recycling in the traditional way, a group of artists has a different definition in mind.

The opening of Steamworks: Art, Stories, & Adornments, an exploration of the thematic genre of Steampunk at The Ackland Museum Store

Steampunk show merges art, fantasy, steam technology

By James Butler | May 22

Steampunk has invaded the Ackland Museum Store. The artistic genre — which takes the lens of steam technology to traditional science fiction — now ...

Dresses made solely from recycled materials are featured at the FRANK Gallery's current exhibition: Rubbish 2 Runway, on display since May 7th until July 7th. Designers who have submitted their work for this "trashion" show and exhibit range from high school to professional level artists.

Artist debuts 'trashion' collection in 'Rubbish 2 Runway' exhibit

By Sam Schaefer | May 21

Mark Elliott, an artist and member of FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill, thinks creativity can take many forms.

Courtesy of North Carolina Symphony
Music Director Grant Llewellyn conducts the North Carolina Symphony.

North Carolina Symphony reinvigorates ‘Rite of Spring’

By Kathryn Muller | May 15

It is a history of conspiracy theories, controversy and artistic evolution. Since its 1913 premiere in Paris, Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinsky’s ...