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Thomas Wolfe prize to go to Southern author Lee Smith

By Colin Warren-Hicks | October 6

Today, Lee Smith’s relationship with Wolfe comes full circle as she accepts the 2010 Thomas Wolfe Prize. Smith was selected for her plentiful contributions ...

Performance Studies program brings diverse performances to Swain hall

By Malcolm Ogden | October 4

With a diverse array of performances lined up this year, the Department of Communications Studies’ performance studies program tries to push the boundaries ...

Reuven Fields, a local artist born in Israel, creates and sells a diverse collection of handmade metalworks from his home on N.C. 54.

Chapel Hill recycled metal sculptor a 'performance artist at heart'

By Kristina Weeks | October 4

Reuven Fields, like his artwork, might not be considered typical in any way, shape or form. A 49-year-old Israel native, Fields is a recycled metal ...

Ackland Art Museum to open store on Franklin Street, though date has been postponed

By Kelly Blessing | October 4

The Ackland Art Museum is expanding its boundaries with a store on Franklin Street, but it’s unknown when its doors will open. The future home of ...

Led by Bhangra Elite captains Ameer Ghodke, a junior chemistry major, and Rashi Kabra, a junior biology major, Bhangra Boot Camp consists of five sessions that teach traditional Indian dance moves. The cardio exercise class is at the Student Recreation Center on Sunday evenings.

Bhangra Elite hosts Indian dance class for beginners

By Carson Fish | October 3

Bhangra is not Bollywood. I learned this during the best workout of my life. I used to be a dancer. I’ve taken jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop and river-dance ...

Amanda Hughes, director of external affairs, welcomes the crowd Friday at the Ackland Art Museum to the exhibition featuring Andy Warhol Polaroids.

Ackland Art Museum shows Warhol's art

By Nick Andersen | October 3

It would have been easy for the Ackland Art Museum to put its new exhibit of Andy Warhol Polaroids at the front of its central hall. But by fixing Warhol’s ...

Senior Spanish major Olivia Myrick (center) rehearses for “Sweet Charity” with sophomore political science and Spanish major Michael McWaters (left) and freshman business major Taylore Woods (left) on Thursday in the Cabaret. The show runs Nov. 12-16.

Talented UNC senior blends interests and aspirations with the Pauper Players

By Kelsey Tsipis | September 30

For four years, Olivia Myrick has been defending her decision to go to medical school. But it’s hard when the operating theater isn’t the only theater ...

'Music on the Porch' music series begins

By Katherine Proctor | September 30

With a strum and a pick, Southern culture spilled off the porch and out into the lawn Thursday night.

This Saturday, Wilson Library will host a showing of “Gridiron Glory,” a film highlighting UNC football games throughout the 20th century. Courtesy of Wilson Library special collections.

Film showing looks at football past

By Carson Blackwelder | September 30

During the usual Tar Heel Town pregame festivities, Wilson Library will play host to “Gridiron Glory,” a celebration of UNC’s football past through ...

Volunteers give back with music

By Katelyn Trela | September 30

Music can shape lives — if a teacher is willing to take the time to sculpt. Carolina Music Outreach pairs volunteer UNC student musicians with grade-school ...

elin o’Hara slavick’s ink, watercolor, color pencil and gouache paintings are on display in the FedEx Global Education Center. They are part of the artist-professor’s collection “Protesting Cartography: Places the U.S. Has Bombed.”

War focus of new art installation

By Kristina Weeks | September 30

elin o’Hara slavick won’t capitalize her name. But for slavick, a UNC professor and visual artist, her creative capitalization choices aren’t ...

FedEx Global Education Center's 'Aftermath' exhibit uses maps to tell story of war

By Kristina Weeks | September 29

elin o’Hara slavick’s latest projects — “Hiroshima: After Aftermath,” and “Protesting Cartography: Places the U. S. Has Bombed” — are ...

UNC Freshmen aspire to start new a cappella group

By Katherine Proctor | September 29

Joshua Brown and James Kuo tried their best to enter the storied UNC a cappella community, but there just wasn’t room. So the two freshmen are starting ...

Company Carolina shows history of ups and downs

By Carson Fish | September 29

Company Carolina, a UNC theater group originally affiliated with the Department of Communication Studies, has seen its share of ups and downs.

senior drew Miller spends his free time working on moves to entertain hundreds at air guitar competitions in venues from Gerrard hall to washington, d.C., to london. “it’s definitely an addiction in that i keep doing it,” he said. “My friends haven’t staged an intervention yet.”

UNC student takes air guitar talent, alter ego abroad

By Laney Tipton | September 28

International air guitarist, bubble tea master, amateur music reviewer — the communications major from Polk County, N.C. has his share of quirky habits. But ...

Tonya Suggs, the string orchestra educator at Wake County Public Schools, demonstrates the proper technique for holding a violin as part of the KidZNotes program to give needy children musical training.

Nonproit gives gift of music

By Ali Rockett | September 27

The music room at Durham’s Holton Career and Resource Center buzzed with excitement on Saturday. As almost 40 children clamored to try their hand ...

Artist Michael Brown repaints a mural in Porthole Alley off of Franklin Street during the afternoon of Sept. 21. The mural is funded by UNC and the Chapel Hill Preservation Society.

Painted Walls Project raises funds to restore beloved murals

By Katherine Proctor | September 27

To try to combat the decay of Michael Brown’s murals, the Chapel Hill Preservation Society and the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership have sponsored the ...

Dance Company to share Korean culture at Memorial Hall

By Tariq Luthun | September 27

The Carolina Performing Arts series will present “Dynamic Korea: Dance and Song,” bringing the Chae Hyang Soon Dance Company to perform its iteration ...

Theater review: 'As You Like It'

By Colin Warren-Hicks | September 26

In this play, a classic Shakespearean comedy of banished brothers, forlorn lovers and mistaken identity, the plot waits off in the wings as characters ...

Playmakers Repertory Company’s As You Like It reviewed as pleasing despite a slow start

By Colin Warren-Hicks | September 26