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All treats, no tricks: Halloween festivities in the Triangle

By Laney Currin | October 27

From music festivals to movie screenings, there is something for everyone in Chapel Hill and Carrboro this Halloween.

Review: Unconventional movies to stream and scream to this Halloween

By Carly Breland | October 26

"The best way to celebrate Halloween – besides trick-or-treating – is to turn off the lights and find a movie that makes you question whether there’s ...

Book List: Eerie novels that will leave you on the edge of your seat

By Madison Gagnon | October 25

Booksellers from Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews and Flyleaf Books, as well as a UNC students, recommend reading these five horror and thriller novels ...

The culture and history of tarot, from Italy to Chapel Hill

By Sydney Brainard | October 24

Tarot, which began as an Italian card game, has made its way to the Triangle through local readers and teaching groups.

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College of Arts and Sciences sees differences in funds, expenditures among departments

By Hamsini Sivakumar | October 24

In the 2022-23 fiscal year, the five programs with the top expenditures, all of which were STEM, received and spent $20 million and $42 million each, ...

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Author explores writing Afrofuturism and identity in Latina/o Studies Program event

By Sophia Melin | October 22

Yolanda Arroyo Pizzaro, Puerto Rican author and poet, spoke on a zoom call hosted by the UNC Latina/o Studies Program last Wednesday about her career ...

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Rimini Protokoll and Carolina Performing Arts perform the demographics of the Triangle

By Kathryn Bragg | October 22

Rimini Protokoll doesn’t work with actors. Instead, they are interested in what Helgard Haug, the show's co-director and the collective's co-founder, ...

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Review: Standout State Fair rides provide thrills and photo ops

By Alli Pardue | October 19

"This year at the fair, you’ll find all your quintessential attractions, including local exhibitions, heritage artisans, unhealthy — and overpriced ...

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Review: New foods at N.C. State Fair offer a change of pace

By Sarah Wooster and Anh Nguyen | October 19

"Overall, this year's new additions diversify the fair's menu, offering a refreshing change from the classics. Most of them are worth a try, but it will ...

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Local musicians perform in unlikely places

By Preethika Ratnam | October 17

Musicians in the Triangle can be found performing in cafes, breweries and farmers markets. Local artists Andrew Kasab, Robert Gelblum and Rabbi Sandra ...

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UNC alumni reunite in band 'Megayacht'

By Sydney Brainard | October 17

Since the 1990s, Mitch Bennett, Matt Blanchard, Kevin Jenkins and Frank Peveler have crossed musical paths through various iterations of bands. Now, they ...

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Run, don't crawl: Local bookstores celebrate National Book Month

By Kaitlyn Church | October 17

The Chapelboro Book Crawl took place on Oct. 14 between five local bookstores in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. They offered sales, discounts, free merchandise ...

'This is home': The haunted history of Poplar Hill

By Morgan Brenner | October 17

Laurel Kilgore and her husband purchased Poplar Hill in 2020 — a home that once belonged to Nannie Carr with a history of unusual and paranormal activity. ...

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Creativity from the shadows: Acktoberfest blends art, poetry and spoken word

By Preethika Ratnam | October 17

The Ackland Museum of Art's second annual Acktoberfest took place on Friday, Oct. 13 as part of their monthly second Friday art walks.

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Edible Campus festival highlights sustainability and student performers

By Shreya Senthilkumar | October 16

Last Thursday's Harvest Moon Festival celebrated the beginning of fall with tabling events, food and student performances.

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Review: “Men on Boats” puts a vigorous twist on the western explorer

By Satchel Walton | October 16

"This all heightens the sense that the group dynamics of manly men in the 19th-century Wild West were not all that different from the dramatic slumber ...

Local church festival raises money to pay off community medical debts

By Delphine Liu | October 15

Jubilee Baptist Church hosted the RIP Medical Debt Festival last weekend to raise funds for local people suffering from medical debt. More than 100 people ...

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Adult virtual learning platform opens physical location, bar in Durham

By Margaret Hungate | October 15

On Oct. 12, Night School Bar opened a bar and classroom in Durham, providing a physical space for pay-what-you-can humanities and arts courses for adults. ...

UNC graduate displays career of Afrosurrealist work on campus

By Sophia Melin | October 15

His work is often an intersection of speculative fiction, monster theory, surrealism and critical race theory that investigates contemporary Black experiences, ...

Review: Playmakers production of 'Misery' electrifies a dull novel

By Marisa Rosa | October 15

"As a massive fan of the horror genre, it pains me to say that it failed to meet my expectations. Horror is meant to be immersive, but when I was reading ...