Carolina Performing Arts is the brain-child of Emil Kang, an influential professor in the music department who worked in the chancellor's cabinet to elevate UNC's status in the art world. He accepted a position at a N.Y art foundation and will leave the University in September.
The University has been purchasing leases at Carolina Square for a few years. Its most recent attempt to buy more space has been stalled by changes in the proposed usage of the property.
UNC is bringing story dispensers, which will print short stories for on-the-go readers, to campus for Arts Everywhere Day. These dispensers have two buttons, one to dispense “Carolina Stories” and one for “Global Stories.”
Charles E. Williams, an artist based out of Greensboro, N.C., explores the family relationship, forgiveness and transformation in his exhibit.The exhibit is debuting just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Stone Center.
Experience the magic of ballet and the holidays this weekend at Memorial Hall.
The Town of Chapel Hill plans to establish a task force to investigate potentially broadening the use of Varsity Theatre, helping attract patrons to other small businesses on Franklin Street.
The Southern Oral History Program online database allows students to look back into the lives 6,000 people in the American South.
It all started with a letter.
With midterms ending and finals season fast approaching, many UNC professors are asking students to attend cultural events for their classes. Whether you need event ideas to get class credit or are looking for a way to spend a cultured evening, here is a list of some opportunities for students to take advantage of on campus.
Carolina Performing Arts will kick off their new venue CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio with a special installation by Paul Dresher on Feb. 2. His installation, “Sound Maze” is interactive, inviting an audience of all ages and musical backgrounds to play large instruments created by the ensemble, scattered around the room. The events at CURRENT are unlike a typical gallery show or stage performance. Attending a gallery or art exhibit usually involves walking around and looking at the art. CURRENT, however, wants to challenge that norm of the art world. Events will involve more of the senses.
The Arts Everywhere initiative has launched an eponymous app, which allows everyone to locate all University arts events in one place.
UNC alumnus Charles Frazier’s best selling novel, “Cold Mountain,” is coming to Chapel Hill in the form of an opera.
Carolina Performing Arts has invited Carrie Mae Weems to be an artist in residence for the next few years.
Major changes continue to come to the Carolina Performing Arts.
In one year, Carolina Performing Arts tripled the donations they received.
Lauren Farrington, now a sophomore, took a first-year art seminar in spring and attended a dance show at Memorial Hall with her class. After attending a show with her class, she and a friend decided to attend an orchestra show.
At 79 years old, Buddy Guy still rocks just as hard as the rest of them.
In a busy college campus, it’s difficult to catch students’ attention.
Emil Kang, executive and artistic director of Carolina Performing Arts, has been appointed to serve on the selection committee of the Institute of International Education’s new Artist Protection Fund, the same fund that sponsors the Fulbright Scholar Program.
Chancellor Carol Folt took the stage at Memorial Hall Wednesday morning, addressing the Carolina Performing Arts advisory board, members of the Board of Trustees, UNC academic leadership, local school and community leaders and Chapel Hill artists and art advocates in the room.
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