"I swear listening to rock or rap gives me a significant speed boost in the mornings. If 'Satellite' by Harry Styles is playing, I am going to be late. If 'BULLETPROOF' by TOKYO'S REVENGE is playing, I will make it to class with time to spare."
“I think she does an excellent job of creating characters that aren’t just reflections of herself,” Zirkle said. “I can tell that she puts thought into creating characters that have different motivations and outlooks”
“Around the latter half of my first year in I.B. Art, I stumbled across artists like Hannah Höch and Barbara Kruger who made social commentary,” Michelle Castellanos, an I.B. Art student at Cedar Ridge High School, said. “I was inspired to address these messages of women’s issues and racial issues since it's something that affects me as a Latina.”
“I think in general, community produced projects have been on the rise,” Michelle Fikrig, a graduate student studying art and art history, said. “Chalk walks are rising in popularity as ways to show off the creativity of community members in a low-cost, low stakes setting.”
With online classes keeping most students inside all day, it becomes a matter of getting creative for students to stay fit.
Marc Callahan, director of UNC Opera, said the group’s fall performance opened the door to the countless possibilities opera has to reach new audiences and experiment with different digital installations in the future.
Many concert tours in 2020 ended before they could even start, causing music fans and many UNC students to miss out on seeing their favorite songs performed live. Cancellations and postponements have become the new normal, leaving artists and their fans hoping 2021 will be different for the concert scene.
Kenan Theatre Company is continuing to provide a safe alternative for theater-goers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their virtual production of Gina Femia’s “The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows” will stream on Oct. 23 and 24 with a focus on themes of sexuality, religion and adolescence.
Every student has their go-to Spotify or Apple Music playlist for studying or driving, but that feeling you get when you find an album you enjoy from front to back is unparalleled.
The fall program of virtual events, which is produced by the UNC Department of Communication, allows creatives to showcase their new artistic works in developments and to build a stronger connection with their audience through unique and new mediums.
Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. Courtesy of Unsplash.
The Editorial Board makes their endorsements for this year's Orange County Municipal Elections. The positions being voted on include: Chapel Hill Mayor, Carrboro Mayor, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, Chapel Hill Town Council and Carrboro Town Council.
A Guide to UNC's Professional and Pre-Professional Fraternities. Graphic by Gabi Allen.
