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2ndFriday to host 101st lineup

By Ali Rockett | May 12

Visit the 2ndFriday ArtWalk's website.

Hohn is an adjunct lecturer in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, as well as an instructor at Duke U.’s theater studies dept.

UNC Professor Hohn teaches students to improvise in life

By Katelyn Trela | April 28

With improvisation, there are no plans.Greg Hohn, a business school adjunct lecturer, never planned on becoming an improvisation artist.

"MacGruber" has been made into a full-length movie. Courtesy of Universal Studios.

MacGruber movie stars to visit UNC campus

By Hillary Rose Owens | April 26

In the time it takes to read this sentence, MacGruber has probably been blown up.The Saturday Night Live sketch that — like its protagonist — has ...

Taylor Hartzog, left, dances with Isabelle DeWitt. DTH/ Alyssa Champion

North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble prepares for show

By Fabiana Brown | April 22

The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, fondly known as NCYTE, is now considered by many to be one of the premier youth tap ensembles in the world.But ...

Lab! Theatre presents 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide'

By Shelby Marshall | April 22

Since she first saw the play in high school, Jamila Reddy has wanted to direct “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.” ...

Forest Theatre will show one-act play series

By Jacqueline Scott | April 22

Even with exams looming, student playwrights, directors and actors are still managing to find time and energy to prepare their work for “One-Act Plays ...

Newman Montgomery takes part in a drum circle Wednesday at the UNC Wellness Center. DTH/ Margaret Cheatham Williams

Music therapists improve lives of Chapel Hill patients

By Kelly Blessing | April 22

When modern medicine and words fall short, music can be a remedy that helps afflicted individuals both physically and emotionally.Music therapists use ...

Artist speaks with Chapel Hill children as part of UNC Earth Week

By Hillary Rose Owens | April 21

Wearing the same red parka that she wore during her explorations, artist and polar explorer Nerys Levy showed her travels to an eager crowd from young ...

Jessica Dupuis creates art from discarded materials. DTH/Sam Ward

Ackland MFA series artist uses everyday materials for pieces

By Adam Hinson | April 20

When everyday objects are thrown away, they just might end up in the hands of an artist.Jessica Dupuis, whose work is on display as part of a series by ...

Road to fame takes work, students say

By Hillary Rose Owens | April 18

Many people dream of being chased by paparazzi and having their names in flashing lights. But the reality of success in show business requires a little ...

Photographs by T. Coke Whitworth in the Ackland Art Museum are part of the exibit. DTH/Sam Ward

'Zionville' exhibit shows artist, community growth

By Gavin Hackeling | April 18

A photograph of a man holding the severed head of a deer is among the detailed scenes of rural North Carolina depicted in “Zionville.” A series of ...

panish dance company Compañía Nacional de Danza will perform at Memorial Hall this weekend to honor composer Bach.

Compania Nacional de Danza brings Spanish themes to Carolina Performing Arts

By Mark Sabb | April 16

Spain’s national contemporary dance company Compañía Nacional de Danza will perform its tribute to the classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach at ...

Video artwork by Emily Scott Beck, a master’s of fine arts student, is on display at Ackland Art Museum.

Artist Emily Scott Beck examines ordinary life

By Jenn Kim | April 16

In some parts of the world, submerging one’s head in water is considered torture. To graduate student Emily Scott Beck, it’s art.Beck’s work is ...

Pauper Players travel ‘Into the Woods’ with latest show

April 16

UNC’s musical theater group Pauper Players presents “Into the Woods” in the Union Cabaret beginning at 8 p.m. tonight and running through Tuesday. ...

UNC to host own concert

By Lauren Russell | April 15

To celebrate UNC’s last day of classes, female singer St. Vincent and local band The Love Language will be performing in Memorial Hall. The Carolina ...

Duke's LDOC celebration now exclusively for Blue Devils

By Lauren Russell | April 15

Correction (April 16 12:24 a.m.): Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the year Kanye West performed at Duke. ...

UNC music professor Stephen Anderson (on the piano) premiered his original composition, “Dysfunctional.” DTH/Daixi Xu

Commissioned works provide opportunities for UNC performing groups

By Kelly Blessing | April 15

World premieres and commissioned pieces are a common theme among the arts at UNC. These bring something new and unique to not only the University, but ...

The Carolina Choir will be joined by other campus groups to perform “Carmina Burana” tonight. DTH/BJ Dworak

Musicians to play ‘Carmina’

By Lauren Russell | April 12

More than 300 UNC musicians will grace Memorial Hall tonight with the familiar strains of “Carmina Burana” and the entirely new piece “Dysfunctional.”This ...

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs at Memorial Hall on Saturday night. DTH/Zach Gutterman

Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

By Emily Stephenson | April 11

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performers dance with so much joy it’s infectious.It only took a few seconds of the first piece for the audience ...

Brady McReynolds and Drew Millard both won trips to compete in the regional air guitar championships. DTH/Shar-narne’ Flowers

Oscar de la Satan, Mystery Meat to represent UNC at air guitar championship

By Laney Tipton | April 9

The one thing Mystery Meat and Oscar de la Satan won’t pack for their Saturday guitar competition is a guitar. But they will bring their “airness.” ...