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Compagnie Marie Chouinard performance innovative and bizarre

By Sarah Ang | October 14

A man jumps, momentarily flying. He lands menacingly in a spotlight. The combination of Igor Stravinsky’s music and Marie Chouinard’s choreography ...

UNC students' photography shows explore perspective

By James Smith | October 11

Photography is all about perspective. And today, UNC students will use photography to give the community insight into different perspectives of major ...

Carolina Performing Arts takes new interpretation of "The Mexican"

By Sarah Rutherford | October 11

Telling a story better than Jack London might sound intimidating, but two playwrights have accepted the challenge.

Chouinard's provocative dance troupe returns to Memorial Hall

By Sarah Ang | October 11

Three years after its controversial performance of “Orpheus and Eurydice,” Compagnie Marie Chouinard is returning to Memorial Hall.

8th grade teacher uses art to encourage students to pursue higher education

By Elizabeth Tew | October 10

Eighth graders observed two UNC arts classes as UNC students painted and sketched, and they then viewed finished pieces in a gallery. The visiting students ...

LAB! Theatre transforms ancient myth of Eurydice

By Kirsten Ballard | October 10

In “Eurydice,” Orpheus travels through hell and back for his bride. LAB! Theatre is putting a quirky spin on the ancient myth, transforming it into ...

'Elsewhere' combines music, choreography, spoken word

By Caroline Pate | October 10

A woman behind a screen wrestles with a cello, making it sound more like an electric guitar than a classical instrument. The world premiere performance ...

UNC a capella groups will perform at NC State Fair

By Tat'yana Berdan | October 10

What do the UNC Clef Hangers, the Loreleis and fried Girl Scout Cookies have in common? All three are a part of the 2012 N.C. State Fair.

Ticket handling an issue for CUAB

By Breanna Kerr | October 9

Ticket distribution has been an issue for the Carolina Union Activities Board this year.

‘Jersey Boys’ teach entrepreneurship in Thorp's class

By Elizabeth Baker | October 9

It’s a kick to play the big room. Ed Strong, producer of the Broadway hit “Jersey Boys,” got to do just that in UNC’s Introduction to Entrepreneurship ...

Rare photos of Japanese internment camps on display at the Ackland

By Samantha Sabin | October 9

Three years ago, a UNC law professor came across something he never knew existed: color photographs of Japanese-American internment camps.

Ballet’s ?ery logo evocative of its energy

By Deborah Strange | October 8

“The Rite of Spring at 100” — CPA’s centennial celebration of Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s ballet — merits its own marketing strategy, ...

Q&A with Hope Larson

By Elizabeth Baker | October 7

Hope Larson, a North Carolina native and award-winning illustrator and cartoonist who specializes in graphic novels, hosted a book signing at Chapel Hill ...

Local actors bring humor to presidential history

By David Scarisbrick | October 4

Five Carrboro actors are adding drama to politics — more so than usual. “44 Plays for 44 Presidents,” showing at The ArtsCenter through Sunday, ...

Carrboro filmmakers get recognition for 'Fin de Siecle' short

By Mary Feddeman | October 4

Local Carrboro filmmakers are getting international recognition for their short film “Fin de Siecle.”

Scene from "Way Down East" recreated in Carolina Performing Arts' Process Series

By Rebecca Pollack | October 4

Ice is cracking — and actor Lillian Gish is in danger of being swept away in a snowstorm. This chase scene, from the 1920 silent film “Way Down East,” ...

CUAB brings Diplo to UNC for $30,000 this weekend

By Gabriella Cirelli | October 4

Disc jockey and music producer Diplo is known to jet set around the world.

ArtsCenter hosts a grown-up puppet show for adults

By Elizabeth Tew | October 4

Even puppets need to have a raunchy time. And they’ll have it today at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro when Jabberbox Puppet Theater presents its production ...

Q&A with music writer David Menconi

By Sarah Ang | October 3

David Menconi, The (Raleigh) News & Observer’s music critic since 1991, is making waves with his recent biography — “Ryan Adams: Losering, a ...

Performance explores art of secret keeping

By Josephine Yurcaba | October 3

Secrets are not usually shared, but one choreographer is using performance and multimedia to put them on display. “Secrets I Never Told My Mother,” ...