Hayti Heritage Film Festival centers Black stories and preserves history

The 29th Hayti Heritage Film Festival in Durham, taking place between March 7 and 9, will center Black stories around the theme "Homecoming" with ...

Skate Club puts their own spin on skating culture around campus

On Thursday nights, UNC Skate Club, which calls itself a place for "anything with wheels," transforms the Pit into their skate park with quarter ...

Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls' showcases Ethan Coen's aging absurdism

"The film is a fun watch if you can leave your expectations at concessions and expect half-baked, oddball entertainment. Plus, expanding the presence ...

Sis2Sis club helps Black women on campus explore their 'Hairitage'

Festival 'floods the scene' with punk spirit of female and non-binary artists

When Erika Kobayashi Libero and River Shook founded Manifest Music Festival, they wanted to increase connectivity and visibility among local women ...

Word on the Street: Songs that feel like UNC

Music can be one of the most important things that connects someone to the places and experiences around them. For The Daily Tar Heel’s 2024 Music Edition, ...

Interdisciplinary project brings lesser-known Greek play to life

A stage reading of the lesser-known "Alcestis" by Euripides led by Kari Lindquist will be held on April 8 in the hopes of bringing together the community, ...

UNC Hip Hop Ensemble encourages collaboration, creative freedom

The UNC Hip Hop Ensemble — UNC’s first performance ensemble dedicated to hip-hop’s cultural traditions and global impact — is a class offered ...

Editors’ Notes concert series to feature local artists

"Along with this edition, we are releasing the first episode of Editors’ Notes, a video music series shot in The Daily Tar Heel office, featuring guitarist ...

Bill Moore remains true to the energy and history of local music traditions

You'd be likely to hear swing, jazz and blues guitar styles in the streets and warehouses of the N.C. Piedmont region a century ago, but Bill Moore, a ...

Editors' Notes 1 - Bill Moore

You'd be likely to hear swing, jazz and blues guitar styles in the streets and warehouses of the N.C. Piedmont region a century ago, but Bill Moore, a ...

Who's on aux: Employees set the mood in Chapel Hill establishments

On Franklin Street, wide varieties of music escape the insides of different storefronts. Passersby may wonder who is playing the music and how they ...

Q&A: Merge Records has had worldwide success, but loves its home in N.C.

The DTH's Margaret Hungate spoke with Merge Records label manager, Christina Rentz, on the label’s history and influence on the music scene in the Triangle ...

Former Chapel Hill student bands remember a lifetime of music

Countless bands are started in Chapel Hill by college students whose love of music outlasted the groups themselves. Not every band formed at UNC ...

Triangle jazz scene embraces vibrant artists and an evolving genre

The jazz scene in the Triangle became as colorful, vibrant and connected as it is today because of the efforts of members of the jazz community in the ...

The story of Elizabeth Cotten, the 'Freight Train' picker

Elizabeth Cotten, a Carrboro native, wrote her song 'Freight Train' at the age of 11 or 12 about the section of North Carolina Railroad that she could ...

Vinyl, CD listeners feel connected through physical media

When WXYC graduate student DJ Luke Cimarusti buys a vintage record, they don't know how many people have owned it, or have many stores it has been ...

UNC and State Department program connect global communities through hip-hop

Next Level is reaching its 10th year as a diplomacy program at UNC. Mark Katz, the creator of the program, said that the group is all about building a ...

Preview: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater comes to Chapel Hill, celebrates 65 years

For 65 years, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has carried out the legacy and vision of its late founder, American dancer and choreographer Alvin ...