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Burgess Robinson and Emily Lucas stand next to art created by UNC students and displayed by TRU Deli + Wine. The collection is due to be auctioned January 25 and 26 to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, for second year in a row.

‘Mixed Concrete’ art show helps build Habitat for Humanity homes

By Sarah Ang | January 24

This weekend, art will help build homes. “Mixed Concrete,” an art show and silent auction taking place today and Saturday at TRU Deli Wine, aims ...

Sharon Lee Hart and Ashley Oates showcase their work in the Alumni Exhibition in the Allcott Gallery in Hanes Art Center. Their works theme represents rescued farm animals.

Alumni work looks at plight of animals

By Gabriella Cirelli | January 22

Sharon Lee Hart’s “Sanctuary: Portraits of Rescued Farm Animals” and Ashley Oates’s “Burrow” compose an installment at the Hanes Art Center, ...

Ackland Art Museum installation "Cryoacoustic Orb" imitates noises from nature

By Madeline Hurley | January 21

Of all the noises in nature, the sound of ice melting is not the first that comes to mind. “Cryoacoustic Orb” at the Ackland Art Museum explored that ...

The group Arts In Action, led by Whillie Hinton, practice and prepare for their opening act in the show.

Dance company to perform at ArtsCenter

By Mary Feddeman | January 17

The Carrboro Modern Dance Company opens its doors to both experienced dancers and novices alike.

Student DJs to play tonight at Mixology

By Elizabeth Baker | January 16

When Taylor Gerkin came to college, he liked playing music — but he had never tried his hand at disc jockeying.

PlayMakers tackles issues of gentri?cation in new plays

By Josephine Yurcaba | January 16

Gentrification, at its heart, is a hated concept because of deep-rooted racial tensions in the U.S. This issue is one of many addressed in “A Raisin ...

Emil Kang has served as the Executive Director of the Arts since 2005 and is the Executive Director of CPA.

Q&A with arts director Emil Kang

By Breanna Kerr | January 14

Carolina Performing Arts, led by Emil Kang, executive director for the arts at UNC, is halfway through its season celebrating the centennial anniversary ...

Katie Loebner (front) and Kate Winterbottom (behind), both Graduate students, enjoy the BLUES event at FRANK Gallery on Friday, the 11th. There was much to see, including jazz musicians, food, drinks, and lots of art, even the artists on display.

FRANK Gallery brings color to blues music

By Elizabeth Baker | January 13

Depictions of both blues music and shades of the color visually divide the walls of FRANK Gallery, while sultry sounds drift through the space.

Memorial Hall hosts fiddle concert

By Tat'yana Berdan | January 10

The sweet, southern twang of the fiddle will echo throughout Memorial Hall tonight.

Rinde Eckert and Nora Cole perform in “And God Created Great Whales,” which premiered Wednesday.

Photo courtesy of Caleb Wertenbaker.

‘Great Whales’ is an eerie success

By Josephine Yurcaba | January 9

The boundaries of reality, truth and memory are pushed so far in “And God Created Great Whales” that the play creates another world in which you could ...

UNC alumna Emily Kennard is the coordinating producer of “Salvage Dawgs,” a new reality HGTV series that will air tonight.

Photo courtesy of Phoebe Fox Blankinship.

Q&A with TV producer Emily Kennard

By David Scarisbrick | January 9

Emily Kennard, a UNC alumna who now works for Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, is a coordinating producer for the HGTV series “Salvage Dawgs,” which ...

ArtsCenter turns profit in 2012 fiscal year

By Carson Blackwelder | January 8

After several years of operating in the red, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro profited $143,695 in 2012.

Rinde Eckert and Nora Cole perform in “And God Created Great Whales.”

‘Great Whales’ production explores meaning of memory

By Josephine Yurcaba | January 8

Nathan is obsessed with “Moby-Dick” — he must finish his operatic version of the novel before the rest of his memory slips away forever.

Ackland to feature new exhibition themes this spring

By Samantha Sabin | January 8

Visitors to the Ackland Art Museum are no longer transported to Japan, but to the post-1990s contemporary art and multimedia scene.

World Micro Market is a non-profit student organization that periodically sells international artisans' goods in the Pit on Thursdays.

World Micro-Market offers sales with a story behind them

By Rebecca Pollack | December 5

Tables in the Pit are set up with scarves, earrings, bracelets and other accessories. Behind every piece of jewelry is a story — a person and a way ...

Rapper Common to stray from music in Memorial Hall speech

By Sarah Rutherford | December 4

The Carolina Union Activities Board is bringing Common to campus to wrap up the semester. But rapping won’t be the focus of the socially conscious hip-hop ...

Kate Harlow tells Santa, Brad Taylor, what she wants for Christmas. DSI Comedy hosted "Love in the Time of Santa Claus" in Carrboro. This performance will happen every Saturday in December.

Santa gets dirty at DSI comedy theater

By James Smith | December 4

Laughter erupted throughout Carrboro’s local comedy club as a parody commercial — advocating for Christmas tree rights to the tune of Sarah McLachlan’s ...

A production with ‘purrfect’ grammar

By Josephine Yurcaba | December 3

With cats swinging from cleverly woven prose and properly placed punctuation, “Cirque du Chat” is not for those allergic to clever language or “purrfect” ...

The cast of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” closes the Tuesday dress rehearsal performance by singing the ballad “Auld Lang Syne.”

PlayMakers brings new life to classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

By Katelyn Trela | December 2

In 1947, Jimmy Stewart — crying out to his guardian angel Clarence — begged to live again. His cries have been answered this year by PlayMakers Repertory ...

Kelly Renko, a second-year graduate student in the UNC costume production program, adjusts the costume of the Mary Hatch Bailey character.

PlayMakers brings to life adaptation of classic film 'It's a Wonderful Life'

By Carson Blackwelder | November 30

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s holiday play is bringing a decades-old American film to life. The company’s “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio ...