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PlayMakers’ season opens with ‘Red’

By Anissa Putois | September 18

Stage lights stream through grimy windows onto an enormous easel, where two actors will paint a portrait of an artist’s struggle.

"Prudencia Hart" creates world of imagination, hilarity

By Carson Blackwelder | September 17

“The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” is just as likely to capture your soul as it is your attention.

National Theatre of Scotland performs in Back Bar

By Madeline Hurley | September 16

The National Theatre of Scotland, which performed two years ago in Memorial Hall, is returning to UNC to open Carolina Performing Arts’ new season.

UNC ARTery holds Fall Talent Showcase Saturday

By Mary Feddeman | September 16

The UNC ARTery is looking to become the University’s hub of student arts.

Stone Center to honor Nina Simone in exhibit, play

By Katie Marriner | September 15

The University is celebrating Nina Simone for her words — not just the ones she put to music, but also the ones she used to speak against racial injustices ...

Wordsmiths to hold first slam in new Campus Y home

By Elizabeth Baker | September 13

If they like what you spit, they’ll reward you with snaps. The UNC Wordsmiths, an organization that promotes poetry on campus, are hoping for more snaps ...

Woody Guthrie celebration to be held Saturday at Carrboro ArtsCenter

By Gabriella Cirelli | September 13

Local residents will flock to the Carrboro ArtsCenter Saturday to celebrate a legend.

Ackland Film Forum screens ?rst ?lm miniseries

By Kirsten Ballard | September 12

This year’s Ackland Film Forum aims to connect art and cinema to cultivate global dialogue.

CowParade statues taken to Raleigh for repair of damage

By From staff and wire reports | September 10

Alexander Moo-lian Bow-vine was picked up and taken to Raleigh for Kluttz Thompson Designs to repair his signature bow tie.

Q&A with UNC artist Ellis Driver

By Caroline Pate | September 10

Ellis Driver is a 2012 UNC graduate who double majored in art and biology. Driver currently works as a research assistant in a biology lab on campus. ...

FRANK focuses on photography

By Mary Stevens | September 9

FRANK gallery is focusing photography in the minds of the community. The Franklin Street art gallery is the force behind FRANK: In Focus, a festival that ...

Stone Center holds ?lm festival

By Caroline Pate | September 5

There will be a lot of firsts for Mariette Monpierre tonight. Monpierre, the first woman to shoot a film on the island Guadeloupe, will take questions ...

The Iliad, reimagined

By Carson Blackwelder | September 5

PlayMakers Repertory Company kicks off its sixth season of the PRC2 series today with the opening of “An Iliad,” a solo show featuring Ray Dooley. ...

Shifting landscapes of Beijing on display

By Shilpi Misra | September 4

Beijing is moving away from its traditional roots, and local artist Barbara Tyroler is using non-traditional methods to illustrate this shift.

Vandals continue to plague cows

By Carson Blackwelder | August 30

The deadline for the safe return of Alexander Moo-lian Bow-vine’s bow tie came and went — and the cow’s neck is still bare.

Rameses comes to life

August 30

Michael Brown installs a new mural of Ramses in the Student Stores on Tuesday night. The mural will hang over the escalator on the first floor of the ...

Quilts displayed at Hanes Art Center

By Kirsten Ballard | August 29

Hanes Art Center is wrapped up in quilts. But not the traditional paisley kind. The quilts in the center’s new exhibit use everything from African fabrics ...

Santigold to headline secret concert

By Caroline Pate | August 29

Tonight about 500 people will wait in a Chapel Hill parking lot for shuttles to take them to an undisclosed location. It’s not a secret mission — ...

‘City of Frogs’ captivates with large-scale puppetry

By Mary Stevens | August 27

Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s “City of Frogs” fuses large-scale puppetry, interactive theater and live music, successfully captivating an audience ...

ShouldDoes.com focuses on literature and art

By Deborah Strange | August 26

The editors of UNC’s newest literary and arts magazine are young by most writers’ standards, but they say that’s where their charm lies.