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Arts@TheCore increases Carolina Performing Arts ticket sales

By Sindhu Chidambaram | October 21

Lauren Farrington, now a sophomore, took a first-year art seminar in spring and attended a dance show at Memorial Hall with her class. After attending ...

Silverspot Cinema, a “high-end, sophisticated movie theater” at University Place, will be holding its grand opening Friday. It’s currently open for business.

Chapel Hill welcomes new, sophisticated movie experience with Silverspot Cinema

By Alexis Allston | October 21

The buzz about Silverspot Cinema has peaked with the news of its grand opening on Friday.

New student organization brings film to UNC

By Kaitlin Barker | October 20

While UNC has approximately 800 student organizations listed online, only a small handful of those are devoted to film. This is something the Carolina ...

Joshua Rowsey back from his trip to Cherokee, NC.

(J) Rowdy's 'Rap if you want to rap' mentality

By Trevor Lenzmeier | October 20

A hurried glance at Josh Rowsey’s biography may prompt more questions than answers about the life and ambitions of the 24-year-old UNC graduate.

Q&A with artist and architect Matthew Ford

By Morgan Howard | October 20

Matthew Ford has been named The ArtsCenter’s Emerging Artist of the month. Tonight, he will give an artist talk at The ArtsCenter.

UNC graduate speaks about war book

By Cate Alspaugh | October 19

UNC graduate and journalist Michael Putzel was covering the War in Vietnam for the Associated Press when he first met Major James T. Newman.

Melissa Cordell, Sia Kennedy, Sidney Morris, Jenny Kim, and Courtney Staton.

From students to cinematographers

By Zoe Hazerjian | October 19

Few students wouldn’t want a week to play around with high-tech movie-making equipment with friends and produce a short film that could win $15,000 ...

Mipso performs at Musical Empowerment's 2nd Annual Benefit Concert at University United Methodist Church in April of 2014.

Mipso’s new album tops Billboard charts

By Chloe Lackey | October 19

When UNC graduates Wood Robinson, Joseph Terrell and Jacob Sharp originally founded their band, Mipso, in 2010, they didn’t know where the opportunity ...

Freshmen Ethan Butler and Andrew Burchins, who were both humans as of Monday afternoon, participate in the campus-wide Humans v. Zombies game.

Zombies infect UNC campus for the week

By Rachel Jones | October 19

This week, the walking dead will infect campus — and not just those with an 8 a.m. class. Today marks the start of the Urban Gaming Club’s “Humans ...

The UNC women's golf team participated in the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational at Finley Golf Course all weekend long.

Nicholas Sparks talks diversity in new book

By Elizabeth Baker | October 14

For Dana Rios, Nicholas Sparks’ latest book, “See Me,” has an extra special meaning.

Column: October is a stressful month, but it is important to still have fun

By Sarah Vassello | October 13

Here’s the thing about fall break — it is what you want it to be.

UNControllables host spray paint workshop

By Maggie Mouat | October 13

The street art workshop put on by the student-run organization known as the UNControllables and started off with an introduction to the difference in ...

UNC graduate headlines national tour, coming to DPAC

By Elissa Tew | October 13

UNC graduate and former Morehead-Cain scholar and Clef Hanger, Kevin Massey, has found his new home in the first national tour of the four-time Tony Award-winning ...

Local author writes self-help book from Facebook posts

By Elissa Tew | October 13

Local author Aruna Gurumurthy was pursuing a medical career, but eventually found her true calling with a pen in her hand, prompting her to write the ...

PlayMakers' 'Seminar' brings UNC dramatic arts Masters students to stage

By Kacey Rigsby | October 13

Professor-student relationships go from the classroom to the stage in PlayMakers’ next production, “Seminar,” which opens Wednesday. The show centers ...

Q&A with romance novelist Nicholas Sparks

By Sarah Vassello | October 12

The man behind “The Notebook” and “A Walk to Remember,” New York Times best-selling author Nicholas Sparks will speak about his newest book, “See ...

UNC grad creates multicultural comics

By Kyley Underhill | October 11

UNC graduate Jazmin Truesdale is bringing diversity and feminism to the comic book industry, one hero at a time.

Company Carolina presents the musical 'Violet.' It is showing October 9-12 at Historic Playmakers Theatre.

'Violet' explores looks, love in rolling trip across South

By Ziyad Habash | October 8

Company Carolina is premiering a production of the musical “Violet” tonight at Historic Playmakers Theatre.

Boxes that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity in the process of being constructed for the Innovation Summit on Oct. 9.

Six pods represent innovation at UNC

By Ryan Schocket | October 8

UNC is thinking outside the box — by thinking inside the box. On Wednesday, six closed wooden boxes were assembled and placed in the quad, each displaying ...

Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson will perform for a sold-outcrowd at Cat’s Cradle tonight. He is promoting his newest album. (Courtesy of Ayat Soufan)

Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson performs at Cat's Cradle

By Kacey Rigsby | October 8

Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson is going from soft-rock radio to Cat’s Cradle tonight.