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Actor Kel Mitchell hosts hip-hop contest

By Seth Wright | March 26

When Kel Mitchell arrives at UNC and takes the Memorial Hall stage today, he won't be selling "good burgers" with his special sauce. Instead he will be ...

Arts forum focuses on space

By Bennett Campbell | March 25

For Tom Allin, the success of this year's series of student arts forums can't necessarily be tied to the number of people in attendance. The sixth ...

Soulchild tickets go on sale

By Alexandria Shealy | March 24

Multi-platinum R&B artist Musiq Soulchild will round out the Carolina Union Activities Board's musical offerings for the 2007-08 season. Tickets go ...

Haale hooks crowd

By Nash Roberts | March 20

Before Wednesday, the last time Haale performed in Chapel Hill was summer 2007 at Local 506 on the far end of West Franklin Street. Haale took the ...

Pop art restyled

By Kevin Turner | March 19

Flanked by a specialty nature boutique and a make-your-own beaded jewelry store in Carrboro's Carr Mill Mall is an anomalously placed art gallery called ...

Band Haale to perform today

By Nash Roberts | March 19

Memorial Hall will play host today to a band that bridges the gap between elements of Middle Eastern music and psychedelic rock. The band, Haale, owes ...

Playmakers' new season

By Alexandria Shealy | March 17

PlayMakers Repertory Company announced last week that it will showcase both modern and classical works in its 2008-09 season. "We'll present nine shows, ...

Production gets to the heart of music

By Ashley Nicole Lewis | February 29

The cast of "A New Brain," Pauper Players' latest production, aims to promote a simple message: "You gotta have heart and music to make a song." The ...

National, local talent featured in jazz festival

By Bennett Campbell | February 29

Jim Ketch has been a busy man this week. A professor of jazz studies at UNC, Ketch is the driving force behind the 31st annual Carolina Jazz Festival, ...

Yo-Yo Ma packs house

By Alexandria Shealy | February 28

Event organizers of Wednesday's performance, "Yo-Yo Ma & Friends," in Memorial Hall admitted it was probably the internationally renowned cellist's name ...

Noted author to give reading

By Jess Thom | February 26

Alice McDermott, author of several New York Times best-sellers and recipient of the 1998 National Book Award, will give a public reading at 7:30 p.m. ...

Ferrell antics appeal to campus audience

By Seth Wright | February 25

When Will Ferrell first appeared on stage Friday night in the Smith Center, he was wearing a Duke sweatshirt. Boos and hisses erupted from the audience, ...

Dancers seek to unite through performance

By Nash Roberts | February 25

When differences of language, culture and geographical origin can stand to divide, it can be easy to forget the connectivity humans share. Friday's ...

African filmmaker to teach techniques of film, preserving history

By Alyssa Griffith | February 25

Acclaimed independent filmmaker Haile Gerima travels the globe teaching cinematography workshops for interested film students. That journey has led ...

Ferrell's tour stops at UNC

February 22

Will Ferrell will be seeing empty seats for the first time in the second-to-last performance of his "Funny or Die Comedy Tour" in the Smith Center today. The ...

Iron & Wine tickets draw devoted

By Bennett Campbell | February 22

By 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the line snaked from Memorial Hall's entrance to the bike racks in front of Phillips Hall. Some UNC students jogged in place to ...

Performances to showcase popular music

By Adam Hinson | February 22

Performers in the next installment of the Music on the Hill series said students will be able to appreciate and recognize many pieces in Saturday's "When ...

Dancers explore slavery through performances

By Nash Roberts | February 22

Fourteen dancers of varying African heritage will take the stage tonight at Memorial Hall to perform their interpretation of "Les écailles de la ...

Pop festival comes to town

By John Choquette | February 21

The last time Chapel Hill band The Huguenots played a show, they wound up stranded off of I-540 in Raleigh fixing a blown-out tire with their stage gear ...

A 'Double' adaptation

By Will Augerot | February 21

The nervous energy of film noir pervades UNC communication studies professor Tony Perucci's new stage adaptation of James M. Cain's novella "Double Indemnity," ...