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Freight Train Blues concert series celebrates Carrboro music legend Elizabeth Cotten

By Grace Whittemore | June 9

Freight Train Blues, a concert series celebrating the life of blues legend and Carrboro native Elizabeth Cotten, is back for its ninth year this summer. ...

New Art History Maymester course has students explore local arts in the Triangle

By Ali Hardin | June 6

Students explored grassroots art sites in the Triangle through a special topics art history course taught by Kathryn Desplanque, who hopes to use the ...

'A nice little pocket of art': Chapel Hill and Carrboro house arts and culture spaces

By Lola Oliverio | May 22

Chapel Hill and Carrboro offer a variety of arts and culture organizations — concert venues, arts galleries, records stores and more. Schoolkids Records, ...

Playmakers looks forward to next season, educating the heart of campus

By Corey Davis | May 8

The PlayMakers Repertory Company recently announced their upcoming productions for the 2023-2024 season in a Youtube video, including well-known shows ...

Local artist Janvika Shah creates bus shelter art as part of Art + Transit program

By Ella Aluise | April 26

To celebrate Women’s History Month, Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture selected Janvika Shah to create a piece of art for a bus shelter on South ...

Senior BFA exhibit 'Intersecting Realms' explores identity

By Celia Funderburk | April 25

A group of 14 seniors have their art debuted in the John and June Alcott Gallery and the Hanes Hallway Gallery to showcase intersecting realms of art. ...

Qué Rico to host its first large-scale Latin dance showcase

By Kayla Hallac | April 19

Qué Rico will host their first ever Latin dance showcase this Sunday evening at the Great Hall in the Student Union.

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'YOU are an artist': Campus celebrates seventh annual Arts Everywhere Day

By Maeson Wagner | April 18

Last Friday marked the seventh annual Arts Everywhere Day, a campus event promoting creative expression. This year’s theme centered around the phrase ...

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New Ackland exhibit to explore art from the American South

By Eileen Foster | April 17

Starting this Friday, visitors attending the Ackland Art Museum can view the new exhibit “Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South.”

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Musical Empowerment to host free music festival this Saturday

By Defne Önal | April 17

This Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Musical Empowerment will hold a free concert on Franklin Street for community engagement. “We're hoping people ...

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Arts Everywhere Day to celebrate creativity on campus this Friday

By Madison Gagnon | April 12

The seventh annual Arts Everywhere Day will take place on Friday, April 14, with a theme of "YOU are an artist." There will be a wide variety of performances, ...

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro coffee shops offer unique, intimate live music setting

By Olivia Gschwind | April 11

Lanza’s Cafe, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews and 1922 By Carolina Coffee Shop are some of the local coffee shops that have recently hosted live music ...

Meet Grace White, paper conservator at Ackland Art Museum

By Zoe Sinclair | April 11

Grace White, the paper conservator at Ackland Art Museum, spends her days repairing damages on works of art like drawings, watercolors and prints. She ...

'Cypher, Cypher!' UNC artist collective celebrate expression, togetherness every Wednesday

By Akash Bhowmik | April 11

UNC Cypher is a student rap group that gathers at the Pit every Wednesday at 9:25 p.m. is planning on releasing their own album by the end of this semester. ...

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, poets laureate celebrate National Poetry Month

By Niharika Ghoshal | April 9

National Poetry Month is celebrated in April every year — and the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro will be celebrating this year as well. “The ...

Thousands flood Raleigh to see Drake, J. Cole, Usher at 2023 Dreamville Festival

By Shelby Swanson | April 4

Dreamville Festival, put on by rapper J. Cole’s record label of the same name, claims to be “one of the most anticipated annual events in the state ...

Chapel Hill calls for downtown installation celebrating LGBTQ+ community

By Vina Senthil | March 30

Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture is calling on artists to apply to create public art in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The art will be displayed ...

Underwear hung by the Old Well on Tuesday, students bring attention to campus sexual assault

By Eileen Foster | March 28

A group of students in the class ART 490: Art as Social Action created the project to bring attention to sexual assault on campus. Beneath a display of ...

Exhibitions celebrate Women's History Month at UNC

By Mary Mungai | March 28

Throughout Women’s History Month, students and faculty members have had the opportunity to explore female experiences and intersectional identities ...

Ackland Art Museum to unveil new Japanese art collection Friday

By Brianna Atkinson | March 27

The Ackland Art Museum holds the largest Asian art collection in the Southeastern part of the United States, which is set to become even larger soon. ...