In the spirit of Halloween, Transactor’s Improv will host an improvisational performance titled “Day of the Dead” which plays on horror and mystery themes.
Flyleaf Books will host a reading and discussion on Saturday about a new anthology that brings together essays by 40 women under 40 that tackle the taboos Christian women face in their communities. “Talking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank About Faith” is the fourth book in the “I Speak for Myself” series, a narrative collection of interfaith and intercultural books.
For four years, Pamela Gutlon has brought the Triangle area together through a celebration of business, nonprofits and passion for making art. Gutlon, who owns Outsider’s Art and Collectibles, brought self-taught artists from all over the U.S.
Although many people are able to recognize the names of a few greats of contemporary history — Queen Elizabeth, Henry VIII, Ivan the Terrible — the name Tokugawa Ieyasu generally does not ring a bell. Morgan Pitelka, associate professor of Asian Studies and director of the Carolina Asia Center, is doing what he can to remedy that notion. Pitelka gave a lecture on Tuesday about Ieyasu at Flyleaf Books as part of the UNC Program in the Humanities’ “Spotlight on Scholars” series, a subset of the Program in the Humanities organization that focuses on scholars doing interesting work. Ieyasu founded the the Tokugawa Shogunate, the government that ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Pitelka said he wasn’t interested in a biographical approach, but instead wanted to look at Ieyasu in terms of his social context. “I’m especially interested in material culture — the history of things — and therefore focused on practices like the tea ceremony, gift giving, collecting, display, and the tools of warfare in my research.” Interim director of the UNC Program in the Humanities in Action, Max Owre, said the “Spotlight on Scholars” series does not differ much from the other Program in the Humanities, Humanities in Action, which Flyleaf also hosts.
The art of spoken word poetry turned competitive at the Carrboro Arts Center on Saturday with the “Voicebox Youth Slam.” The event was presented by UNC’s Sacrificial Poets. Participants from ages 13-19 will competed in three rounds of poetry slams at the event.
“Winston’s Quest,” by Will Hall, is a novel about a young man’s quest to find truth. While on his journey, Winston learns new things about life and the importance of truth.
Durham Central Park is going to the dogs. The Coalition to Unchain Dogs is hosting its 7th annual benefit concert, Music for Fences, today from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the park to help raise funds and awareness for their organization.
Flyleaf Books’ monthly poetry readings — which often feature award-winning poets — are places for friends and family to gather and discuss their passion for poetry. The poetry readings, which are held once a month, started in 2010, when the Flyleaf storeowner asked Debra Kaufman and Absher to begin organizing these events.
In a style of upbeat classical music, the UNC Symphony Orchestra will perform the first show of its 2013-2014 season tonight. The performance, sponsored by Carolina Performing Arts, begins at 7:30 p.m.
You’re never too young to use your imagination, according to Jarrett J. Krosoczka Krosoczka, an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator, was chosen to speak at the 2013 Steinfirst Lecture on Saturday at Wilson Library.
30 plays. 60 minutes. A whole lot of emotion. UNC’s LAB! Theatre brought “30 Plays in 60 Minutes” back to campus this weekend with an interactive, relatable and unpredictable show.
John Claude Bemis will visit Chapel Hill’s Flyleaf Books to host a discussion on children’s literature Saturday. Bemis is the current Piedmont Laureate and UNC School of Education Excellence in Teaching Award recipient. A cohort of local children’s book authors will also join the conversation.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country filled with a rich culture and a lively people — but it is also filled with violence, political unrest and exploitation.
Sashaying towards the stage in a teased wig, throngs of pearls and shimmering eye shadow, Rev. Yolanda channels the stereotypical church matron as well as the iconic women of Southern gospel. He is, at once, the welcoming Big Mama and the sassy Dolly Parton.
Three artists with entirely different artistic approaches have collaborated to present “Capturing Light,” an exhibit at the Hillsborough Gallery of Art that runs until Oct.
Chocolate pecan chewies, hickory smoked baby back ribs, pastrami and buttermilk biscuits: these are the succulent and unforgettable flavors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Family Day at the Ackland Art Museum became a cultural milieu this past Sunday as the museum highlighted “The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India from 1989.” On Sunday, the museum elected to focus less on the politics behind the collective and more on the work as a celebration of Indian culture, said Jenny Marvel, the Ackland’s manager of school and community programs. “The Sahmat exhibition itself is definitely a little bit of higher thinking,” she said.
The classical world of chamber music fuses with the contemporary sound of cabaret as the Mallarme Chamber Players kick off their 30th season tonight with a performance at the Cookery in Durham.
Tonight in Kenan Rehearsal Hall jazz professors Stephen Anderson, Dan Davis and Jason Foureman are putting on a concert showcasing the history of their jazz trio.
The soulful sound of the blues filled the Hayti Heritage Center Saturday during their annual Bull Durham Blues Festival.
