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Female music duo Flutronix has a modern take on flute

By A.J. OLeary | September 19

Flautists Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull, the duo behind Flutronix, will be performing original tracks from their album of electronic flute ...

'It's like the Discovery Channel with beer': Nerd Nite appeals to your inner dweeb

By A.J. OLeary | September 9

Let your inner nerd out. Nerd Nite, a sort of quirky lecture series, is coming to Chapel Hill. And if fresh fun facts and fascinating speakers aren't ...

Sherwood brings laughs and music to PlayMakers with a new look at Robin Hood

By A.J. OLeary | September 3

PlayMakers Repertory Company updates the classic tale of Robin Hood with inclusive casting and original music.

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Cherish the 'Then and Now' through the new Bayard Wootten photography exhibit

By Chadwick Dunefsky | March 28

“Bayard Wootten: Then and Now,” a new exhibit in Wilson Library, commemorates the library's collection of photographs by Bayard Wooten, who is considered ...

Fourth annual Art in Bloom festival comes to the NCMA this Thursday

By Laura Shanahan | March 20

Spring has sprung — and so has the North Carolina Museum of Art. But this isn't your average enchanted garden. This weekend from Thursday through ...

Jubal Strube, a senior studio art major, spends much of his time in the Hanes Art Center darkroom.

UNC artists whittle, sew and print talent into profit

By Maeve Sheehey | February 21

Studio art is not what comes to mind when thinking of money-making majors, but some UNC student artists are using their creativity to turn a profit by ...

Peter Marin brings abstract style to Horace Williams House

By A.J. OLeary | February 4

One could call Peter Marin’s art many things, such as colorful, robust or abstract. Quite often it is many things. Most of his paintings are made entirely ...

Peter Nisbet, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Ackland Art Museum, discusses the meaning of a painting in the Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment exhibit.

Explore life as a woman in 18th-century France at the Ackland

By Laura Shanahan | January 25

In the current political climate of gender issues and cultural reflection across a diverse array of ideas, the Ackland Art Museum’s newest exhibition, ...

DREAMers paint the stories of undocumented immigrants in Durham exhibit

By Sara Pequeño | January 24

The Statue of Liberty has welcomed thousands of immigrants into the U.S. for over a century. Now, it also stands in works of art featured in Pleiades ...

NCMA's "Matrons of the Arts" initiative highlights female artists

By Laura Shanahan | January 22

According to the North Carolina Museum of Art, the word “matron” is no longer a derogatory term, but an elevating one.

Renzo Ortega's art brings influences from Peru to Chapel Hill

By Olivia Clark | January 18

A gallery featuring artwork by Renzo Ortega will be on display at the John and June Allcott Gallery from Jan. 17 to Feb. 16, with an opening reception ...

Asian Exchanges connects artwork from the East and West

By Isaac Rosso Klakovich | January 16

Art&Life and the Phillips Ambassadors will be partnering with the Ackland Art Museum to put on Asian Exchanges this Thursday. The event will feature ...

UNC photography class puts on 'Graphein' exhibition at FRANK Gallery

By Joseph Keys | December 5

FRANK Gallery will be hosting "Graphein," an art photography exhibition put on by the ARTS 305 class at UNC-Chapel Hill from Dec. 5 to 22. The exhibition ...

Review: University Chamber Players bring the house down

By Allie Todd | December 4

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Music presented the public with a free concert Monday night from University Chamber Players ...

Q&A with Director of Jazz Studies Jim Ketch

By Krupa Kaneria | November 30

It's time to get jazzy — the UNC Jazz Band will be holding a scholarship benefit concert this Saturday, Dec. 2 in the James and Susan Moeser Auditorium ...

The Kenan Theatre Company examines the purpose of art through 'The Kritik'

By David Saff | November 15

This Thursday, the Kenan Theatre Company will start a five-day run of The Kritik, a play set in a 19th century Russian bar about artists’ ceaseless ...

Irene Tison tells Gullah stories through her colorful paintings

By Rebecca Fiely | November 14

The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough is collaborating with Mike’s Art Truck to display Irene Tison’s newest collection “Low Country Life.” The ...

Addled Muse Fire Theater plays with fire in 'Purgatoire'

By Emilie Scheuerle | November 12

Addled Muse Fire Theater put on their original show called “Purgatoire” on Saturday, Nov. 11, restaging it for another year due the success that it ...

Asian-American art and culture will be highlighted at film festival

By A.J. OLeary | November 12

UNC Mixed AAPI Student's Heritage (MASH), in its efforts to promote Asian-American and Pacific Islander culture, will host its first ever UNC CineMASH ...