UNC seniors produce short plays in ‘Long Story Short’ Festival
Amateur writers dream of seeing their work come to life in professional productions. For six UNC seniors, that vision is becoming a reality. The ...
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'Eating Animals' summer reading book unites UNC-Duke
This summer, a book brought two campuses together. UNC and Duke University chose Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals” as the joint 2011 summer ...
Read More »Company Carolina to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on the quad
Company Carolina will bring its stage outside this April. The student-run theater company will perform Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” ...
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Al Young will give the 2011 Thomas Wolfe lecture
Al Young is a writer. Delving into poetry and fiction, memoirs and anthologies, even screenplays for the likes of Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, Young ...
Read More »UNC’s Student Union to focus on displaying more student art
The Carolina Union Activities Board is filling a void. In an effort to increase its presence on campus and give student artists a place to showcase ...
Read More »Student Artery moves to Carrboro ArtsCenter for now
The Student Artery has found another home. The student-run gallery’s newest exhibit, “Falling Into Place,” will be housed at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro ...
Read More »ArtsCenter kicks off new big-name comedy series with Kyle Dunnigan
The Chapel Hill comedy scene, a notable launching pad for young comedians, has been missing a major element — big names. Funny Business Entertainment, ...
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Four-time Grammy winner Griffey will perform at Memorial Hall
The opening night for the opera “Of Mice and Men,” in Sydney, Australia, this July ended in a six-minute standing ovation. Four-time Grammy winner ...
Read More »Varsity Theatre, Ackland Art Museum partner for film series
The Varsity Theatre, one of Franklin Street’s many staples, has frequently partnered with UNC organizations. The Ackland Art Museum has been partnering ...
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Carrboro's DSI Comedy starts new improv class aimed at middle school girls
DSI Comedy Theater has a new student demographic — middle school girls. The Carrboro-based theater is offering a new improvisation class called IMPOWER, ...
Read More »CUAB: Choice of New Pornographers aimed to appeal to most students
With a population as large and diverse as that of UNC, finding a common ground among students is undeniably a feat. The Carolina Union Activities Board ...
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UNC alumni start 'Hamilton 100' improv group in Los Angeles
Named for the classroom in which the Chapel Hill Players — fondly known as CHiPs, a UNC improv group — performs, Hamilton 100 is a Los Angeles-based ...
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‘The vibrator play’ leaves audience satis?ed
Heads up — this one’s a screamer. An assortment of moans, groans and yelps — male and female, electrically and manually induced — is the chorus ...
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‘In the Next Room’ explores social history of the vibrator
Swing by the doctor’s office for a check-up, a drug prescription and an orgasm. In the late nineteenth century, women had that option. To treat “female ...
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Durham native brings dance home to Triangle
In its first four years, Carolina Performing Arts paid for the production of 15 premiere performances. Tonight, the Philadelphia Dance Company, called ...
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Coca-Cola memorabilia to be displayed on UNC campus
Stephen and Sandra Rich’s collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia began with just a few serving trays.
Read More »Pauper Players will perform 'Guys and Dolls' at the Carrboro ArtsCenter in November
In lieu of a permanent stage, UNC’s Pauper Players have performed all over campus. But their Fall production of “Guys and Dolls” won’t be seen ...
Read More »Carolina Creates, an offshoot of Innovate@Carolina sketches ambitious aims
With a broad vision and a even broader heft, a permanent version of the Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team was officially launched Monday, angling ...
Read More »The New Pornographers to headline UNC homecoming concert
Indie rock group The New Pornographers will headline the Homecoming concert on Oct. 29, the Carolina Union Activities Board announced yesterday.
Read More »UNC alum Daniel Levi Goans releases first solo album
English majors often use books in their careers — but not as musical instruments. Daniel Levi Goans, who graduated from UNC in 2009 with an English ...
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