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'Kind of Blue' is the first play of its kind

By Britton Alexander | February 21

In a first for UNC, a play written by a black undergraduate student will premiere on a main campus stage. Senior Kuamel Stewart’s piece, “Kind of ...

PlayMakers director keeps theater running

By Carson Blackwelder | February 17

Hannah Grannemann thought she wanted to be an actor. And though she’s still involved in the theater, she works more on the business side than on the ...

Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art hosts jazz loft exhibit

By Michelle Lewis | February 16

The Jazz Loft Project, a new exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, recalls the American jazz scene in the 1950s and 60s in a series ...

Art Lab offers space for creative expression

By Abby Gerdes | February 15

Tucked in the University’s facilities plant about a mile from the main campus, the Art Lab gives students a place to develop their projects in a studio ...

Carolina Jazz Festival mixes performance with education

By Gloria Schoeberle | February 15

Jazz legends and music students will gather on campus this month to celebrate the American jazz style.

Big Star brings encore show to Playmakers Theatre

By Katherine Proctor | February 14

After a pair of sold-out shows at the Cat’s Cradle in December, Memphis-based Big Star is bringing an acoustic encore of these concerts to the University’s ...

AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed at Paul Green Theatre

By Michelle Lewis | February 13

Though the AIDS Memorial Quilt is not new to the UNC campus, this year’s display — in the lobby of PlayMakers Repertory Company, which is currently ...

‘The Vagina Monologues’ take taboos to heart

By Tariq Luthun | February 10

The women of “The Vagina Monologues” won’t shirk away from the word. In its first ever presentation of Eve Ensler’s infamous performance piece, ...

International Theater Festival brings world theater to Memorial Hall

By Thankful Cromartie | February 10

This week, Carolina Performing Arts launched a two-month foray into world theater with a sold-out performance of “Black Watch,” a critically acclaimed ...

‘Black Watch’ takes Iraq War to Memorial Hall

By Britton Alexander | February 9

Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland as a part of the Carolina Performing Arts International Theater Festival, “Black Watch” aims to capture ...

Students make music from scratch with Fluxus

By Grace Tatter | February 7

Music will come from unexpected places in the FluxConcert to be presented Tuesday night at the Student Artery. The concert, a celebration of a 1960s experimental ...

Logos color student body president campaigns

By Gloria Schoeberle | February 7

Though platforms and endorsements form the backbone of many student body president campaigns, the logo on the a-frame can be just as important, candidates. ...

PlayMakers’ ‘Angels in America’ a ‘must-see’

By Colin Warren-Hicks | February 6

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s “Angels in America” premiered last week at Paul Green Theatre. Staff writer Colin Warren-Hicks gave part one, “Millenium ...

UNC’s Pauper Players to perform last show, ‘Broadway Melodies,’ in Union Cabaret

By Carson Blackwelder | February 3

Pauper Players, who have performed in the Union Cabaret since the closure of the Historic Playmakers Theatre in 2006, will say goodbye to the unconventional ...

Performance group’s play explores sterility

By Tariq Luthun | February 2

Though the Performance Collective is more art ensemble than activist group, their latest production takes on the idea of being clean in a modern society. ...

Kenan-Flagler student markets his hip-hop

By Katherine Proctor | February 1

A recent graduate of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, Lee will start a banking job in New York this summer. Until then, he’ll be promoting his latest ...

PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the controversial ‘Angels in America’

By Katelyn Trela | January 31

Tony Kushner’s award-winning play, “Angels in America,” has stirred controversy among audiences since its Broadway premiere in 1993. For the first ...

SBP Medlin's arts committee receives $20,000 grant

By Nick Andersen | January 30

Student Body President Hogan Medlin’s Arts Innovation Steering Committee is moving toward a clearer vision of its mission. A recently announced $20,000 ...

Unified Theater aims to bring students together

By Brian Fanney | January 27

With the help of Unified Theater, a national student-run program that focuses on bringing diverse students together, Tatyana Wilson and nine of her peers ...

Community director dreams of Broadway

By Laney Tipton | January 27

Morrison’s community director Josh Alexander does more than advise his residents. A performer from kindergarten on, Alexander recently flew to New York ...