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'Finding your peace': Students channel their creativity during a year of isolation

By Charity Cohen | March 9

“It kind of just gets me out of the work mode, it’s something that I can just pick up and just do something creative and not be focused too much on ...

UNC arts organizations find ways to maintain connection throughout COVID-19 pandemic

By Elizabeth Egan | March 9

While in-person theater performances have been on hold due to COVID-19, arts groups across campus have figured out how to manage a largely virtual performing ...

Marvel Cooke’s legacy lives on in new show from Playmakers: 'Edges of Time'

By Macon Porterfield | March 8

Playwright and assistant professor Jacqueline E. Lawton's most recent play, "Edges of Time," shows the life of Marvel Cooke, the first Black woman journalist ...

Duke professor to give lecture on architecture of Nazi-occupied Krakow

By Noah Robert Houser | March 4

An important role of the digital humanities is the preservation of lost culture, which in turn increases diversity and the depth of representation in ...

'Dead Plants': UNC graduate Faith Jones and collaborators release new single

By Ellis Riggsbee | March 4

“With all this time in quarantine, I feel like these draining interactions with people is something I’ve thought about a lot personally,” UNC alumna ...

Grace Garcia blends social media and art for internship at the Met

By Anthony Howard | March 4

Garcia's internship will focus on utilizing social media to enhance user accessibility to the art collections at The Met. “For me, the Met represented ...

UNC lecturer's fiddle album explores musical realism inspired by literature

By Savannah Gunter | March 2

Inspired by "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez, Hargreaves hopes her solo fiddle album, "Soledad," reaches students, faculty ...

78th Golden Globe Awards makes history and sparks controversy all in one night

By Lucy Smithwick | March 2

The awards show saw several historical moments all while overcoming the technical difficulties a virtual show can bring.

'A necessary evil': Code-switching calls for alteration of dialect

By Nathan Wesley | March 2

“We're either consciously or unconsciously varying the way that we speak in response to the context in which we're in,” J. Michael Terry, an associate ...

'The Suffragist Project' podcast highlights the lives of women’s suffrage leaders

By Casey Meisel | March 2

“I didn't really know what to expect at all, but the storytelling and the acting was just all really well put together and I could almost visualize ...

New Carolina Performing Arts show makes connections between strangers

By Maggie Dunn | March 1

“The fact that you can’t see the person on the other side of the line means that they come to life even more, because you get to create an image of ...

'What we see can be deceptive': Art gallery hosts 'Transcending Geometry' exhibition

By Jane Wilson | March 1

“You think about your memories or your perceptions or even the histories that you learned about in school, and there are so many different interpretations,” ...

UNC alumna Sakari Milan explores untold Black history through children’s books

By Charity Cohen | March 1

“It allows Black children to start to imagine, it allows Black children to start to dream, especially at that young age, where imagination is a huge ...

Preview: Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture centers on virtual reality

By Sara Raja | February 28

Carla Gannis, LaJuné McMillian and Rachel Rossin create virtual reality contemporary art and will discuss their work and answer questions from participants. ...

UNC students consider how their lack of sleep affects wellness and school work

By Sophia Ramirez | February 25

Sleepless nights aren't unheard of for most college students, but that doesn't mean it should be the norm. For students, the ongoing pandemic, workload ...

Column: J Blakeson’s 'I Care a Lot' is a messy but watchable crime comedy

By Ryan Phillips | February 25

“I Care a Lot” is an entertaining dark comedy, but feels shallow and overstuffed enough to keep the experience from being truly satisfying. (5/10) ...

Carolina Public Humanities reading groups connect UNC professors with the community

By Casey Meisel | February 25

“It gives you a different perspective,” book club member Roger Goldstein said. “And all of a sudden you think, 'You know that was worth reading,' ...

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Student performers showcase underrepresented composers in First Fridays Series

By Rylee Parsons | February 24

“I think one of the best things we can do as performers is to perform the music by these composers,” Pratt said.

Spotify vs. Apple Music: Students share their thoughts

By Hannah Kaufman | February 24

“It really just depends on what you’re looking for,” Gilbert said. “Spotify is better if you’re looking to discover new music, but if you have ...

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'ARTivism' event will highlight scholars who use art to confront racism

By Mika Travis | February 23

The Race, Racism and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium will hold its third virtual event, “ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle ...