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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 ...

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 ...

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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.

Carrboro musician rejuvenates silent films

By Noah Robert Houser | February 8

Carless wrote the scores for comedic films, starring masters of the medium like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

CPA spring season offers opportunities for experimentation, audience interaction

By Sophia Ramirez | February 7

“What can a performing arts organization do if we can’t be on the stage and we can’t invite people to gather and serve communion over art and artists?” ...

The Modern Shakespeare Society brings Neo-futurist theater to UNC’s campus

By Rylee Parsons | January 28

“All the art that we make is very personal to us,” Pinnamaraju said. “They describe our inner lives, things we notice about the world, whether they're ...

Art majors adapt to the pandemic moving into the new semester

By Elaina James | January 26

Although performing arts is especially reliant on community spaces, students remain optimistic despite a remote start to the spring semester.

Carolina Performing Arts' Commons Festival gives a digital platform to local artists

By Ellis Riggsbee | January 21

“The subject matter that they're dealing with at this time, and for all four of these artists to be young Black artists and to be given a platform for ...

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 ...

Grammy-nominated UNC alum Tift Merritt to host livestream interview series for CPA

By Avery Baker | September 15

Carolina Performing Arts' upcoming virtual series, “The Spark,” is being hosted by Grammy-nominated musician and UNC alum Tift Merritt. ...

Carolina Performing Arts suspends fall performances, launches virtual concert series

By Elizabeth Egan | July 5

Like many other areas of the UNC and Chapel Hill communities, Carolina Performing Arts is "looking forward" with an ongoing virtual concert series.

Carolina Performing Arts cancels remaining performances of the spring season

By Maddie Ellis | March 12

Carolina Performing Arts has canceled all remaining performances and public events to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to an email sent Thursday. ...

Despite Oscars' neglect of women in top categories, UNC female filmmakers fight on

By Maddie Ellis | February 10

The Academy Awards were held on Feb. 9, honoring what many would consider to be the best of film. In the category for best director, no women were nominated. ...

'Distorted and false version of history': CPA responds to Silent Sam settlement

By Gaby Iori | January 16

On Dec. 20, Carolina Performing Arts released a statement in response to the Sons of Confederate Veterans settlement. Chancellor Emeritus James Moeser ...

'Not your parents' Swan Lake': Carolina Performing Arts hosts Loch na hEala

By Dominick Ferrara | November 18

A new take on "Swan Lake" is coming to Chapel Hill, rooted in folklore, the modern world and Irish influences.

Sarah Cahill celebrates the 19th amendment in 'The Future is Female'

By Rylee Parsons | November 14

The five-hour event will feature over 60 pieces composed by women and allows listeners to arrive and leave at any time.

'She is a goddess': Emmylou Harris brings her unique style of music to UNC

By Megan Friedman | November 6

Singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris is performing at Memorial Hall on Friday as a part of Carolina Performing Arts' 15th anniversary.

New exhibit illuminates North Carolina’s complicated history with women’s suffrage

By Hannah Correll | September 19

Artist Craig Walsh honors women's suffrage, which was a long time coming to North Carolina, with projection art installation, "1971."

'She's a barrier-breaking artist': Carolina Performing Arts to host dancer Misty Copeland

By Jessica Hardison | August 27

She is a woman who persevered through adversity and became a world-renowned ballerina. Carolina Performing Arts prepares to kick off their new season ...

Compagnie Kafig had its Chapel Hill debut on Tuesday and Wednesday as a part of the 2013-2014 Carolina Performing Arts season. The dance group, made up of 11 dancers, combines the dance style of hip-hop and samba with capoeira. (Photo courtesy of Carolina Performing Arts)

Carolina Performing Arts founder departs UNC for N.Y.C. arts foundation

By Preston Lennon | July 10

Carolina Performing Arts is the brain-child of Emil Kang, an influential professor in the music department who worked in the chancellor's cabinet to elevate ...