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Q&A with tapestry teacher Amelia Roberts

By Tat'yana Berdan | March 7

Multifaceted artist Amelia Roberts is teaching a tapestry weaving class Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hillsborough Road Co-op in Carrboro. Staff member Tat’yana ...

FRANK shows off art of 19 core member artists

By David Scarisbrick | March 7

Several art styles, mediums, materials and people have come together to create FRANK Gallery’s latest show.

John Claude Bemis of Hillsborough has been selected to be the Peidmont Lauriette for 2013. He is the first to have ever been selected for children's literature.

UNC alumnus John Claude Bemis selected as 2013 Piedmont Laureate

By Melissa Bendixen | March 6

Even when he was in college, UNC alumnus John Claude Bemis enjoyed reading books aimed at young readers.

AAUW Chapel Hill's Annual Literacy Tea hosted author Lee Smith. Smith speaks with women who attended the event before her speech about her journey from a young girl as a writer to her present day works.

Author Lee Smith spoke on upcoming book at "Tea with Lee" event

By McKenzie Coey | March 6

North Carolina-based author Lee Smith spoke about the effects aging has on writing and gave a preview of her upcoming book at the American Association ...

30 plays in 60 minutes rehearsals
CDA 104
Wednesday 6-10pm

Miles Bonsignore, Web Content Supervisor (left)
and
Zachary Meicher-Buzzi, a Producing Director (1 of 5)

Audience chooses ‘30 Plays in 60 Minutes’

By Rebecca Pollack | March 6

Audience choice is the driving force behind LAB! Theatre’s production “Who Ate My Sandwich? 30 Plays in 60 Minutes.”

Iron & Wine tickets to go on sale starting today at noon; ticket sales will be online only until March 18

By From staff and wire reports | March 6

Tickets will be available online from today at noon through the Memorial Hall box office. Tickets will be sold in-person at the box office beginning March ...

Lisa Jolley, John Allore, Wesley Miller and Abigail Coryell (left to right) rehearse for Deep Dish Theater Company’s production of “Next to Normal” opening tonight in University Mall.

A theater experience that is ‘Next to Normal’

By Mary Feddeman | March 5

Chapel Hill-based Deep Dish Theater Company is collaborating with the Town of Cary for its production of “Next to Normal,” a modern musical that shocks ...

Frederica von Stade, a world-renowned mezzo-soprano, will perform this week with James Meredith, a pianist.

Mezzo-soprano to perform semi-autobiographical set

By Edmond Harrison | March 4

World-renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, known to her fans as Flicka, will perform a semi-autobiographical concert tonight with pianist James ...

Ali Halerpin in her exhibit, Episode, in Allcott Gallery.

Q&A with MFA graduate student Ali Halperin

By Gabriella Cirelli | March 4

As part of the UNC art department’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition series, “Your Turn to Burn,” graduate student Ali Halperin’s show “Episode” ...

The Vagina Monologues was a female cast that portrayed a variety of different characters who relayed information based on over 200 interviews. It touched on the subjects of sex, rape, love, masturbation, orgasm, birth, and more. Carolina Company partnered with V-Day to present this play.

Izzy Francke Junior Drama/German

UNC introduces Spanish version of 'The Vagina Monologues'

By Breanna Kerr | February 28

Theatrical student organizers are looking to make a play with a universal message — about women’s vaginas — even broader. Para español, haz clic ...

‘Los monólogos de la vagina’

By Breanna Kerr | February 28

Estudiantes del teatro estan tratando construir una obra con un mensaje universal — sobre las vaginas de mujeres — más extensiva. For English, click ...

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Andrew Jones, opens Friday March 1st at the Historic Playmakers Theater.

'Putnam County Spelling Bee' highlights audience participation

By Rebecca Pollack | February 28

Audience participation, not a complete script, will dictate a small part of each night of Company Carolina’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ...

Damian Staemer
Arts Q&A
At his gallery at the Hanes Art Center

Q&A with artist Damian Stamer

By Elizabeth Baker | February 27

As part of the UNC art department’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition series, “Your Turn to Burn,” graduate student Damian Stamer’s paintings are ...

Memorists offer advice on successful writing

By Lauren Clark | February 27

Memoirist Mary Karr and three other writers spoke Wednesday about writing a successful memoir, encouraging attendees to always stick to the truth.

Mary Karr, the writer-in-residence for the English and Comparative Literature Department, will be giving a reading on Wednesday.

Q&A with writer-in-residence Mary Karr

By Carson Blackwelder | February 26

Memoirist and poet Mary Karr is visiting UNC this week as the distinguished writer-in-residence for the English and Comparative Literature Department. ...

Miss UNC Colleen Daly fights against eating disorders, promotes awareness

By McKenzie Coey | February 25

Miss UNC Colleen Daly has rebounded from an eating disorder that she said made her unrecognizable to her family, and now she’s back in action — in ...

Artists discuss value of collaboration, uniting different art forms

By Katie Hjerpe | February 25

Four artists met in a panel Monday in Greenlaw Hall to discuss collaboration between people and passions that leads to what moderator Bland Simpson called ...

Audrey Cook, a senior music performance and mathematical decision sciences major, is a cellist.

3 students to perform with UNC orchestra

By Madeline Hurley | February 25

Three student musicians will perform today as soloists accompanied by the UNC Symphony Orchestra in the William S. Newman Scholarship Series concert.

Dr. Banu Gökarıksel presents at the ReOrienting the Veil conference that took place February 22-23rd in the FedEx Global Center.

'ReOrienting the Veil' conference focuses on in?uence of Muslim veil

By Lauren Clark | February 24

Professors from colleges nationwide spoke this weekend about the Muslim veil’s far-reaching influences on religion, art and fashion.

Open Eye barista, Miles Murray, teaches Candy Cooper how to steam milk and make latte designs on Saturday morning.

Open Eye Cafe teaches the art of latte designs

By Melissa Bendixen | February 24

At a latte-making class at Open Eye Cafe on Saturday, students unleashed their coffee creativity, trying their hands at making designs from elephants ...