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Mark Dixon of the alternative home-made music project INVISIBLE performs for a crowd at Ackland Art Museum on Thursday night.

Invisible rocks Ackland Art Museum

By Kelly Blessing | September 23

For an hour on Thursday night, a pair of musical mad scientists held court in the Ackland Art Museum. Amidst a pile of old television monitors, keyboards ...

Professor Stephen Neigher has taught screenwriting classes for the past seven years at UNC. Above, he sits in is his director’s chair, one of many mementos he keeps in his office at UNC to remember his time working in Hollywod in the TV and film industries.

UNC professor passes on screenwriting skills

By Malcolm Ogden | September 23

After an extensive career in television script writing, Stephen Neigher is now passing on his experience to a new generation of writers.

Natalie Quirk, a former intern and farm manager of Mountain Farm in Burnsville, N.C., greets the resident sheepdog, Oscar, in the lavender field. The Carolina Photojournalism Workshop traveled to the area last May. Courtesy of Margaret Cheatham Williams

Workshop takes students to Little Switzerland

By Rachel Coleman | September 22

As part of the Carolina Photojournalism Workshop in May, Sircar and 18 other UNC multimedia students spent 10 days in Little Switzerland, N.C., filming ...

PlayMaker's presentation of "As You Like It" experiments with setting and music

By Colin Warren-Hicks | September 22

One of Shakespeare’s comedies, “As You Like It” is about love. Couples are paired, warring brothers make amends and melancholy shepherds find smiles. ...

Joseph Haj, is the producing artistic director the PlayMakers Repertory Company. He has been with PlayMakers since 2006 and has launched many works including

Director revitalizes PlayMakers through outreach

By Kelsey Tsipis | September 21

Joseph Haj, the producing artistic director for PlayMakers Repertory Company, has revitalized the troupe, expanding its reach into the larger University ...

Playmakers Theatre receives necessary makeover

By Tariq Luthun | September 20

After 34 years, Paul Greene Theatre finally got a face-lift. PlayMakers Repertory Company will perform its first main stage production, Shakespeare’s ...

Company Carolina reorganizes

By Carson Fish | September 19

A 15-year-old student organization should have rich, documented history, but this isn’t the case for student-run theater group Company Carolina.

Passion Pit tickets sell fast

By Nick Andersen | September 17

Hundreds of students waited in line for hours to get tickets to Passion Pit’s Oct. 29 Homecoming show. Floor level tickets are sold-out, but riser ...

'Nothing Pink' a surprise

By Nick Andersen | September 16

It’s a good thing that the communication studies department knows how to tell a story.

The Red Clay Ramblers perform in the Beasley-Curtis Auditorium at Memorial Hall on Wednesday night. The band changed from the opening act to the main event when Earl Scruggs became too ill to perform. Refunds were offered as a result of the change. DTH/Allison Russell

Ramblers headline concert for ill Earl Scruggs

By Katelyn Trela | September 16

When an ill Earl Scruggs couldn’t play his sold-out concert at Memorial Hall on Wednesday, the Red Clay Ramblers, on the bill as Scruggs’ special ...

Nothing Pink play explores religion, sexuality

By Laney Tipton | September 15

Opening tonight, “Nothing Pink” was written and produced by off-Broadway playwright and award-winning communication studies professor Paul Ferguson. ...

Glass and ceramics brighten up Ackland

By Nick Andersen | September 14

There’s a reason why a Pyrex dish isn’t on display in the Ackland Art Museum right now. Sometimes, despite the outward appearance of a vase or ceramic ...

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Facebook movie packs Union

By Nick Andersen | September 14

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin doesn’t have a Facebook. And among the audience packed into the Student Union auditorium Monday night for the advanced ...

Mac Lomax peruses the local artist section of Chapel Hill Comics on West Franklin Street, which includes work by Yana Levy, 8, of Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill Comics showcases work of local artists

By Hillary Rose Owens | September 13

Just a few blocks west of Columbia Street, adventure and intrigue lurk. Chapel Hill Comics, a place where comic book enthusiasts travel to satisfy their ...

Artist Louis St. Lewis shows work at local boutique

By Kelly Blessing | September 13

Artist Louis St. Lewis has painted with his own blood, sculpted with human bones and been kicked out of six art schools. His newest collection — free ...

WXYC, the University’s student-run radio station, tells its new DJs not to worry about mistakes. The station is located on the second floor of the Union annex.

Music after midnight

By Kristina Weeks | September 9

In the WXYC radio studio on the second floor of the Union annex, freshman Elizabeth Morris’s first night as a DJ has just begun. Photos, posters and ...

Theatre Review: Happy Days

By Colin Warren-Hicks | September 9

PlayMakers Repertory Company opens its season in the middle of nowhere. Though the character Winnie — played by company regular Julie Fishell — ...

Beckett's 'Happy Days' honors the absurd

By Ali Rockett | September 7

“Happy Days” depicts a typical day in Winnie’s desolate life. PlayMakers has not produced a Samuel Beckett play in more than 20 years. It was ...

Theatre Review: 'Mi Vida Loca'

By Colin Warren-Hicks | September 6

Deep Dish Theater Company has opened their 10th anniversary season with tequila and painkillers. “Mi Vida Loca,” written by prominent television ...

UNC Student shares photos of trip to migrant village

By Lauren Ratcliffe | September 6

The bright lights and bustling streets of Beijing, China are often photographed. But rarely do images of migrant children running barefoot down dirt ...