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Graduate students create, design costumes for UNC plays

By Sydney Brainard | October 3

Students in the Costume Production Master of Fine Arts teach undergraduates and oversee every stitch and button of costumes for PlayMakers' productions. ...

American historian celebrates 101 years of learning

By Liv Reilly | October 2

Bill Leuchtenburg celebrated his 101st birthday last Thursday. As a celebrated historian and UNC professor emeritus, he has rubbed elbows with former ...

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Carrboro Music Festival provides accessible, 'magical' experience

By Kaitlyn Church | October 2

This year's festival featured local acts from a variety of genres like rock, Americana, ska, hip hop and jazz.

Authors celebrate debut books about Latino history in the South

By Kathryn Bragg | October 2

Sarah McNamara, author of "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South," and Cecilia Márquez, author of "Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation," ...

A history of zines, from political activism to creative expression

By Kaitlyn Church | October 2

Zines, self-published DIY booklets, are creative ways to feature personal social and political expressions through various forms of art and the written ...

Edible Campus grows community through interactive gardens

By Shreya Senthilkumar | October 2

UNC's Edible Campus provides free crops for foraging and community events on campus.

‘There’s never going to be a show like it’: Immersive production of "Lord of the Flies" takes the stage

By Skye Taylor | September 30

Student theater group Company Carolina put on "Lord of the Flies" this weekend in the Forest Theatre.

Arthouse theater brings popular, local and classic films to Chapel Hill

By Charlie Bagwell | September 28

The Chelsea Theater has been a part of the Chapel Hill film community for 33 years, and a team of volunteers is helping it continue into the future for ...

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Preview: Music festival supports local artists for the 26th year

By Margaret Hungate | September 28

This weekend, the Carrboro Music Festival will take over venues across the town with local artist performances from every genre.

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Junior Victoria Wlosok celebrates release of her debut novel

By Skye Taylor | September 27

UNC junior Victoria Wlosok released her debut novel, young adult sapphic thriller "How to Find a Missing Girl." The book follows Iris Blackthorn, a 17-year-old ...

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“You’ve got to get to know your community": Generations of Chapel Hill families preserve history

By Morgan Brenner | September 27

Generations of family members work to preserve historic family homes and community spaces in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Word on the street: How community members define home

By Emi Maerz | September 27

Assistant Lifestyle Editor Emi Maerz asked students and community members the question, “What makes the place you live feel like home?”

Triangle creatives face soaring rent, lack of affordable housing

By Kathryn Bragg | September 27

Artists in Chapel Hill and Carrboro are struggling to afford housing and workspaces at rent costs that are now the standard in the area.

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International students at UNC bring a sense of home to campus

By Satchel Walton | September 25

At UNC, nearly 2,500 students are international, from places like Peru, Zambia, France and London. Students who are at school far from home have found ...

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House shows strike the right chord among Chapel Hill residents

By Hamsini Sivakumar | September 25

UNC students, alumni and community members use an unlikely venue — their houses — for concerts and performances, which help them build community and ...

Review: Olivia Rodrigo's "GUTS" is the album for everyone else's happily-ever-afters

By Hamsini Sivakumar | September 25

"In that way, an engagement party might be the most immersive way to listen to "GUTS" — outward celebration clashes with internal, music-induced angst. The ...

French film festival brings immersive language experiences to UNC community

By Marisa Rosa | September 25

The Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival is showing classic and contemporary French language films on campus over the next five weeks.

Local organizations celebrate National Service Dog Month

By Mila Mascenik | September 25

National Service Dog Month, which takes place during the month of September, aims to educate the community about service dogs and the laws protecting ...

'Experience some living': PlayMakers' new production explores self-growth and sandwiches

By Morgan Brenner | September 21

The first show of PlayMakers' season serves up touching displays of emotion as characters navigate self-expressions through making sandwiches.

Ackland Art Museum brings music to the galleries through interactive event

By Satchel Walton | September 20

Through a collaboration with the UNC Music Department's Baroque Ensemble, the Ackland Art Museum blended music and art to create an event that transported ...