Earlier today, the UNC Cello Choir, conducted by cello professor Brent Wissick, performed a series of pieces composed by cellists for cellists in the Hill Hall auditorium. The concert’s program, mostly organized by Wissick, aimed to highlight the longevity of the instrument, as well as the musical and technical diversity the cello provides it’s performers.
Kevin Allison, creator of “RISK!,” a live podcast and traveling comedy show, said the show aims to humor and shock — whether that’s through stories about experimenting with prostitution or about psychotic, murderous breaks in sanity. “RISK!,” created by Allison in 2009, is coming to the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival Saturday, with a show at the Carrboro ArtsCenter at 7:30 p.m.
While most of us find a way to express ourselves in a mere 140 characters or in a simple Facebook status, the UNC Wordsmiths use poetry that’s as eye opening as it is personal. From racism to women’s rights to abuse, the UNC Wordsmiths didn’t hold back on the audience Saturday night at the finale of their Grand Slam Weekend.
Callie Henson, marketing chair for The Fuzz’s DAILY TAR HEEL: Who is behind The Fuzz? CALLIE HENSON: Our class is a new media technologies class in the J-School.
“Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity” — a documentary created by UNC journalism professor C.A. Tuggle — delves into the history of Argentinian human rights group Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and poses larger questions about the human right to identity.
While many are partaking in “No Shave November,” writers will be participating in a month-long writing initiative.
“Doubt can be a bond as powerful as certainty.” Father Brendan Flynn opened with a sermon to the audience of Saturday night’s showing of Company Carolina’s “Doubt: A Parable.” The UNC student theater group presented this rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony-Award winning play this weekend in the Historic Playmakers Theatre. Set in a Bronx Catholic School in the year 1964, the play does not address religion but rather concerns uncertainty.
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One of the only places it is okay to make a racist joke — and laugh at one — is at “The Most RACES Show on Earth,” a comedy show that seeks to unify through laughter.
LAB! Theatre’s adaptation of the Greek tragedy “Eurydice” is a twisty, comedic take on the original.
Ian McFeron is a Seattle based folk musician who first broke into the music scene in the early 2000s. McFeron and his band will be playing in Chapel Hill Saturday at Caffe Driade at 8:00 p.m.
Your destination for arts events for the upcoming week.
From hand-crafted jewelry to designer clothes, the trunks at Dovecote Boutique are full of artisanal treasures.
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Staff writer Elizabeth Baker saw “Broadway Abridged” on Friday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. She gives the show three stars out of five.
This is what you should do this week.
This is what you should do this week.
This is what you should do this week.
UNC student Adam Bowers used Twitter to convince the band to make a video prefacing his proposal.
