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Prima ballerina Wendy Whelan comes to Memorial Hall barefooted

By Ryan Schocket | April 21

To Wendy Whelan, the show is like getting on a ride she can’t get off.

Actors from the National Theatre of Scotland are returning to Chapel Hill again — this time to perform “Dunsinane” at Memorial Hall today and Friday. Courtesy of Carolina Performing Arts.

From Scotland to Chapel Hill, ‘something wicked this way comes’

By Kristina Kokkonos | January 29

Lovers of Shakespeare have been given a chance to witness a production that picks up where one of the playwright’s most well-known works leaves off. ...

Milton Nascimento, the influential Brazilian singer-songwriter known for fusing Africanized jazz with Latin-American folk, performed at Memorial Hall on Saturday night.

Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento comes to Memorial Hall

By Dan O'Neill | November 23

The silhouette of 72-year-old Milton Nascimento shuffled onto centre-stage. There was an uncomfortable silence at watching a man that seemed past his ...

Grammy Award winner Robert Cray and his band are coming to Memorial Hall

By Crystal Yuille | October 10

Five-time Grammy Award winner and one of the youngest members in the Blues Hall of Fame, Robert Cray and his band are coming to Memorial Hall today to ...

Wynton Marsalis jazz show celebrates Harlem church

By Elizabeth Baker | October 2

He may be a world-renowned musician, but Wynton Marsalis still likes to jazz things up.

Carolina Performing Arts to gear grant funds toward new program personnel

By Samantha Sabin | July 9

At first glance, Carolina Performing Arts’ project to bridge the arts and academics might seem too simple to require an $800,000 grant.

New CPA season to integrate arts, academics

By Samantha Sabin | June 4

Emil Kang knew he wanted to dial down Carolina Performing Arts’ 2013-14 season after “The Rite of Spring at 100.”

Carolina Performing Arts announces its 2013-2014 season

By From staff and wire reports | May 30

Carolina Performing Arts’ next season will include performances by dance company Compagnie Kafig, string quartet Brooklyn Rider, the Israel Philharmonic ...

CPA comissioned filmmaker Prashant Bhargava and composer Vijay Iyer to create a “RADHE RADHE: The Rites of Holi.”

‘Rite’ takes new color in show

By Josephine Yurcaba | March 25

Tonight Carolina Performing Arts celebrates a different rite of spring — with a greater multitude of colors.

Lincoln Center Orchestra and UNC team up to jazz up campus

By Gabriella Cirelli | February 7

Carolina Performing Arts is bringing 15 of today’s most prominent jazz musicians to campus on Sunday.

‘A Rite’ brings new meaning to show

By Carson Blackwelder | January 27

“A Rite,” a collaborative venture between theater legend Anne Bogart and choreographer Bill T. Jones, held its world premiere Saturday, after weather ...

'Rite of Spring at 100' off to a fiery start

By Samantha Sabin | December 4

Carolina Performing Arts’ “The Rite of Spring at 100” series might not have culminated in a riot in 2012, but the series is off to a fiery start. ...

Carolina Performing Arts' ticket revenue inspected by SBI

By Mary Stevens | November 19

Carolina Performing Arts officials never expected a scandal. But the organization that has brought the likes of Bela Fleck and Yo-Yo Ma to UNC is under ...

Grammy Award winner Bela Fleck to come to Pittsboro

By Michael Lananna | November 15

When 14-time Grammy Award winner Bela Fleck comes to Pittsboro on Saturday, he’ll find a home at Manifold Recording studios.

Rite of Spring brings New York-based band to play at UNC

By Madeline Hurley | November 15

When it designed a year of performance around Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” Carolina Performing Arts knew it wanted to include the work’s ...

Brazilian rock star Gilberto Gil performs Monday night in Memorial Hall.

Gilberto Gil discusses the role of song in his life

By James Smith | November 12

Gilberto Gil, a Brazilian guitarist and pop musician, performed at Memorial Hall Monday night. Gil’s music is noted for its African roots and eclectic ...

Chang and Eng is the reworks of Phillip Kan Gotanda play. It is an epic and fictional re-imagining of the lives of the original Siamese twins.

Show tells the story of the original Siamese twins

By Elizabeth Tew | November 7

After 25 years, Philip Kan Gotanda’s narrative about Chang and Eng Bunker is ready to be told.

Russian avant-garde ensemble to perform as part of 'Rite' series

By Breanna Kerr | October 24

During the 20th century, contemporary classical music flourished in the Soviet Union — but it had to remain underground. The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory ...