Twelve recycled drummers stand in marching positions, 10 UNC basketball “lords” leap on a mechanical Christmas tree and two turtle doves sit in a display in the middle of the lobby.
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Nourish International will mix laughs with community service tonight with its second Comedy Night on Franklin Street.
Only 10 students decided to submit works in September for an exhibit in the highly trafficked Student Union gallery.Their 12 pieces are not enough to cover the long hallway, leaving large gaps along the gallery walls.“While many students complain about not having any place to showcase their work on campus, they still do not turn their work in, which makes the committee’s job harder,” said Shivani Chudasama, the art gallery coordinator of the Carolina Union Activities Board, who arranged this exhibit.
A new UNC exhibit works to capture the struggles and triumphs of Southern black history. The display includes such diverse items as a pair of 19th century slave shackles and a journal from the first black female student at UNC.The exhibit, “We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present” is on display in Wilson Library and runs through Feb. 5.
Music and math met Tuesday night for “Jazz by the Numbers,” a performance by the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra.“Music is arithmetic for the soul,” said David Hartman, narrator of the show and previous host of “Good Morning America.”Every song in the show featured a number either in the title or the theme of the song.The concert was strong overall, although some performances did not convey the music’s underlying emotion.
As a teenager he played saxophone amongst famous musicians such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk in Harlem. Now, Sonny Rollins is one of the last living musicians of the golden age in American jazz.A famous tenor saxophonist, Rollins will play tonight in Memorial Hall as part of the Carolina Performing Arts season.
