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'We've been screwed': Local music venues struggle as state restrictions carry on

By Hannah Kaufman | October 22

Chapel Hill bar owners have turned to methods such as livestreaming and GoFundMe to provide entertainment and generate revenue as state restrictions have ...

Behind the mask: Students share skin care tips for quarantine

By Savannah Gunter | October 22

Here's how students are adjusting their skin care routines for mask-wearing and quarantine.

'Fear of Buildings' premieres on the virtual stage through LAB! Theatre Company

By Rylee Parsons | October 21

LAB! Theatre Company will showcase “Fear of Buildings,” a free virtual production, from Oct. 23-25. "Fear of Buildings" is a comedy about two ...

Kenan Theatre Company's new play explores sexuality and adolescence in virtual format

By Gabi Allen | October 21

Kenan Theatre Company is continuing to provide a safe alternative for theater-goers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their virtual production of Gina Femia’s ...

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Pumpkin houses and DIY costumes: Students find ways to celebrate Halloween indoors

By Taylor Molina | October 21

The spooky spirit is still in the air this season. While there are less people dressed up on Franklin Street, more students have chosen to stay inside ...

'Halloweentown' to 'Hocus Pocus': Students revisit their favorite Halloween movies

By Macon Porterfield | October 20

There’s something special about watching Halloween movies and episodes that guided so many people through their childhoods. From "Hocus Pocus" to "Halloweentown," ...

Chapel Hill artist Kaze4letters releases album celebrating the diversity of Blackness

By Emma Henderson | October 19

UNC alumnus and North Carolina artist Kevin “Kaze” Thomas, who goes by Kaze4letters in the music community, hopes his seventh and most recent project, ...

UNC alumnus to make film debut in Film Fest 919

By Natalie Huschle | October 19

This year’s Film Fest 919 will feature 15 different films, including “Good Samaritans,” in which UNC alumnus Jake Lawler stars alongside his brother ...

Online Durham art school combines arts and academia

By Avery Baker | October 18

Since4Eva's goal of bridging the gap between artists and the community through low-cost online classes has "taken a life of its own" since the start of ...

Carolina Performing Arts explores art during the pandemic with its "Feedback" program

By Lily Chubb | October 18

Carolina Performing Arts is offering a new online program called "Feedback" that explores concepts of arts that are shifting in response to the COVID-19 ...

Save the Music initiative encourages supporting artists and businesses in downtown

By Mika Travis | October 18

If the Save the Music series is successful, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership hopes for it to continue into November and potentially into the holiday ...

UNC ensembles continue making music despite shift to online instruction

By Caroline Nihill | October 18

With public health safety risks causing classes to move online for the semester, many UNC music ensembles have taken an online format to continue creating ...

'It feels like the Twilight Zone': Local comedians adjust to pandemic

By Dominick Ferrara | October 15

Comedians in Chapel Hill are finding new ways to connect and share laughs during the pandemic. Some are organizing Zoom open mics while others are gathering ...

'Higher Ground Conversations' virtual series explores racial injustice in America

By Ellis Riggsbee | October 14

The Playmakers Repertory’s latest virtual series, "Higher Ground Conversations," encourages open and direct conversations about racial injustices ...

An eerie echo of today: 'It Can't Happen Here' play to be live streamed from Cat's Cradle

By Taylor Molina | October 14

This Sunday, "It Can’t Happen Here" will be live streamed from Cat's Cradle to the homes of audiences at 7 p.m. "It Can’t Happen Here" is a 1935 novel ...

FaceTime games and margaritas with mom: Celebrating 21st birthdays in quarantine

By Rylee Parsons | October 14

Twenty-first birthdays on UNC's campus are notorious for bar-hopping with large groups of friends on Franklin Street. During the pandemic, students have ...

Students become their own baristas in quarantine

By Macon Porterfield | October 13

Amid the pandemic, people have been staying home from their local coffee shops, driving many to become their own at-home baristas.

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Bye Chelsea boots, hello sweatpants: Fall fashion shifts in quarantine

By Charity Cohen | October 13

As the leaves change colors, it is clear that autumn is here and people are ready to pull out their fall fashion favorites. With COVID-19 isolation, students ...

UNC students and alumni reflect on how Eddie Van Halen changed music

By Lily Chubb | October 12

Local guitarists are reminiscing on how Eddie Van Halen not only changed music for them but for the music community as a whole.

UNC Native American students celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day virtually

By Emma Henderson | October 12

The Native American community of Chapel Hill came together on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, which honors the histories and cultures of Native ...