'Guys and Dolls' a near perfect success

The actors featured in “Guys and Dolls” are rookies compared to the thespians that typically take the stage at PlayMakers, but they refuse to act their age.

PlayMaker's "Mary's Wedding" draws big tears and applause

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s opening night production of Mary’s Wedding moved the audience from laughter to tears to a standing ovation as...

'Poetry Fox' judges MFA art

Freshman journalism major, Emily Yue, wasn’t expecting to befriend a poetry writing fox in college...

Well$ paid $750 for CUAB's "Jubilee" concert

Thousands of UNC students attended the Carolina Union Activities Board Jubilee concert Saturday, the first since Johnny Cash and the Temptations played in 1971. Within the course of four days 1,800 student tickets ...

Xenia Rahn breaks heptathlon record in Athens

Twitter pushes for tacos for Rae Sremmurd

Company Carolina's "Edges" misses its dynamic mark

Company Carolina's "Edges" 2 1/2 Stars (Note: This review was based on a dress rehearsal of the production.) Company Carolina debuted Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s “Edges” tonight at the Martha Nell Hardy Performance Space in Bingham Hall. The performance's song cycle — a collection of individ...

PRC's "4000 Miles" offsets serious themes with clever comedy

PlayMaker's "4000 Miles" 4 1/2 Stars PRC’s “4000 Miles” kept the audience laughing steadily at the play’s clever quirkiness while simultaneously taking to heart somber messages for both young and old...

'4000 Miles' Explores Distance Between Generations

UNC Bucket List #36: Watch the sun set from the eighth floor of Davis Library

"The Drowsy Chaperone" lovingly spoofs the classic Broadway musical

Company Carolina's "The Drowsy Chaperone" 4 1/2 Stars It is rare for musicals to break the fourth wall for anything more than a quick gag or jarring joke. However, Company Carolina managed...

LGBTQIA community speaks out in annual conference this weekend

Safety is a major concern for the UNC community. Many efforts have been made to create campus safety, which is focused into efforts such as Alert Carolina and Safewalk. The Southeast Regional Unity Coference aims to...

UNC & Duke face off through music

The crowd roared, the amps hummed and an age-old rivalry took on musical life in a sea of parkas and Blue Cups...

Chadwick Stokes rocks Cat's Cradle for tour finale

Chadwick Stokes, lead singer of the bands Dispatch and State Radio, returns to Cat’s Cradle Saturday night for his last stop on the tour of his new solo album...

East Chapel Hill High School tackles music, comedy and murder

While hundreds of Chapel Hill and Carrboro students played in the snow, actors and technicians for East Chapel Hill High School’s Theater Department were busy improvising to keep...

"Art at the Source" with Carroll Lassiter

In partnership with Chapel Hill’s FRANK Gallery, Canvas will take a behind-the-scenes look at artists from various disciplines over the spring semester. In this second installment of the series, staff writer Nat Zhai met with artist Carroll Lassiter to discuss the life, loves, career and craft of a painter and sketch artist.

An Enemy of the People leaves audience awestruck

???? 1/2 PRC's official opening of "An Enemy of the People" elicited laughs, gasps and...

PlayMaker's "An Enemy of the People" explores media and public opinion

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s performance of An Enemy of the People will not only cause audience members to question themselves, but also questi...

Flyleaf talks Oscars for 2015

Films can reveal a surprising amount about cultural and social trends, many of which will be discussed tonight at Flyleaf Books' 2015 Oscars Preview...

Duke Professor’s “Crude Extractions” Lecture Aims to Challenge and Inform

For many, movies can be a distraction. But film can offer more than mere entertainment value. Movies can challenge a viewer’s assumptions and morals, provoke criti...