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Q&A with Mughal art historian Yael Rice

By Lauren Clark | March 27

Hanes Art Center guest lecturer Yael Rice will host a presentation today titled “Between the Brush and the Pen: On the Intertwined Histories of Mughal ...

Film aims to reframe the perception of mental illness

By Katie Hjerpe | March 26

Many say a culture of fear has pushed mental illness to the fringes of society, but one documentary is determined to bring it back.

Iron & Wine to perform acoustic set

By Carson Blackwelder | March 26

After a hip-hop-centric fall semester, the Carolina Union Activities Board is swapping out sick beats for an acoustic guitar.

Todd P. Lewis, a senior working on his honors thesis, has written a play that explores the lives of those without health care access.
Nilan Johnson(black shirt), Lauren Hovis, and Izzy Francke

Production combines health care debate with theater

By Josephine Yurcaba | March 26

One UNC senior is putting a face to the national health care debate by bringing it to the stage for his honors thesis.

CPA comissioned filmmaker Prashant Bhargava and composer Vijay Iyer to create a “RADHE RADHE: The Rites of Holi.”

‘Rite’ takes new color in show

By Josephine Yurcaba | March 25

Tonight Carolina Performing Arts celebrates a different rite of spring — with a greater multitude of colors.

Talk sheds light on deception in Mississippi's civil rights movements

By Tat'yana Berdan | March 25

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History is hosting two events shedding light on the violence and deception in Mississippi’s civil ...

Q&A with Elder in Residence Senora Lynch

By Sarah Ang | March 25

Senora Lynch, member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and newly selected 2013 Elder in Residence for the UNC American Indian Center will discuss “The Gift” ...

Business professor's art on display this weekend

By Tat'yana Berdan | March 22

Business and art collide in a UNC professor’s new art exhibition. “The Colors of Humanity,” a collection of oil paintings created by Sreedhari ...

Courtesy of Herbert Migdoll

Joffery Ballet dance company will perform it’s version of Nijinsky’s orignial ballet in Memorial Hall this weekend.

Joffrey Ballet re-enacts Rite of Spring ballet

By Samantha Sabin | March 21

Audiences will travel back to 1913 this weekend and experience Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” as if they were there ...

UNC Southern Folklife Collection presents steel guitar performance

By James Smith | March 21

The smooth and subtle sound of the steel guitar — a mix between Hawaiian roots and Southern twang — will resonate through the Carrboro ArtsCenter ...

A Little Knight's Musical Rehearsal Wednesday 6:30 in Hanes Auditorium. They're performing in a few elementary schools, as well as once in Hanes Art Center.

Dress rehearsal

Farmer Joe, Ricky Ruvio, tells the sheep a story of a dragon and a knight who saved the sheep from the dragon

UNC student directs 'A Little Knight' for after-school children's programs

By Rebecca Pollack | March 21

A UNC student will be showing on campus Saturday his original musical — a children’s fairy tale with a twist.

PlayMakers Repertory Company releases its season for next year

By From staff and wire reports | March 21

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 2013-14 season will include “Assassins,” “Private Lives,” “Metamorphoses,” “The Tempest” and “Surviving ...

As part of the "Your Turn to Burn" series hosted by the art department, Lauren Salazar's weaving and textile work is featured in the John & June Alcott Gallery in Hanes Art Center.

Q&A with MFA weaving artist

By Elizabeth Tew | March 20

Lauren Salazar, a Master of Fine Arts student, will be displaying her work as part of the MFA series “Your Turn to Burn.” Her exhibit, “Intertwined,” ...

FRANK gallery exhibit, "Meet Our Heros" displays the work of Durham Academy 6th grade students. The students created pop-up books that tell the story of their heroes. Ridna Frasbergen looks at one of the books created by her grandson's classmate.

‘Meet our Heroes’ features sixth graders’ artwork

By Gabriella Cirelli | March 20

Art can make a statement and teach lessons — even when the teachers are 11- and 12-year-olds.

Artist, activist to give spoken-word performance

By McKenzie Coey | March 19

Visual artist, musician and poet Charlotte O’Neal, also known as “Mama C,” will perform a spoken-word and music performance today, channeling memories ...

Stephen Anderson, a jazz piano and composition professor at the University, released a new album this month titled “Believe.”

UNC music professor debuts third album

By Edmond Harrison | March 19

Jazz piano and composition professor Stephen Anderson said playing the piano was mandatory during his upbringing, but as an adult he is driven by a love ...

Q&A with NC Botanical Garden Director Peter White

By Katie Hjerpe | March 19

The N.C. Botanical Garden is hosting “Robert Frost — Full Day of Spring” today to celebrate Frost’s 140th birthday, his poetry and the science ...

‘Water of Life’ exhibit expresses global issues

By Breanna Kerr | March 18

The water of life is not necessarily in liquid form. But Nigerian-born artist Bright Ugochukwu Eke uses water — in different forms — as an underlying ...

Cleveland Orchestra examines in?uence of Stravinsky's ‘Rite of Spring’

By Edmond Harrison | March 17

The Cleveland Orchestra took part in UNC’s centennial celebration of “The Rite of Spring” Sunday night, examining Igor Stravinsky’s influence ...

Screenwriting minor grows in its 10 years at UNC

By Samantha Sabin | March 7

UNC’s Writing for the Screen and Stage minor program has attracted aspiring screenwriters and playwrights throughout its 10-year tenure.