"Taylor Lorenz recently wrote an article called 'Stop Trying to Be Productive,' and it was exactly what I needed to hear. So I’m putting down my phone and its anxiety-inducing news notifications, and instead picking up a book." Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Maddie Ellis shares the books on her quarantine reading list.
In light of the current coronavirus crisis, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History has created a new format to continue their 2020 Author's Discussion Series. They plan to offer a virtual platform to their speakers and are attempting to find similar alternatives for other such speaking engagements that have been recently cancelled.
Arts Everywhere is providing a creative outlet to discuss the impact of the pandemic on people's lives through a writing competition. Poems, fiction, and non-fiction stories ranging in length of 250-500 words, reflecting on writers' emotions during this period of isolation, can be submitted until April 30 at midnight.
Assistant City & State Editor Sonia Rao swaps NSYNC for NPR with a playlist featuring her favorite podcast episodes.
An admin for “Kevin G’s Big L Meme Self-Quarantine (UNC)” said the Facebook group's activity peaks around Duke games. When he checked the stats recently, curious how engagement had fared amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he found a spike over three times as tall as the others, and he attributed this activity to the student body’s collective boredom.
Much of the museum’s collection has been digitized and made available in an online catalog. Visitors can browse through featured selections from the collection and use keywords to search for their favorite works.
Local artist and UNC student Alessandro Uribe-Rheinbolt is giving back to the community by donating the profits from selling his art to the employees at Cosmic Cantina.
Chapel Hill's FRANK Gallery has put images of most of its exhibition online so that people can access it from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Even after the virus and the epidemic passes us and everyone's reopened again, I still want to continue with these interviews,” Bakova Gallery owner Nick Baldridge said. “I hope people take away the entertainment value of it and the cultural relevance of it all.”
“The biggest rule in improv is ‘Yes, and …,’” said UNC senior Emma Haseley. “So, if you say something, you just have to roll with it and keep going. It’s really about engaging in the world that you’re in.” Haseley said that historically, the main comedy troupes on campus have been white male-dominated, but the comedy scene at UNC has become more inclusive in recent years.
Carolina Curls helps people embrace natural hair, with styling tips and a welcoming community.
Casey Longyear and Marsche Wyche opened Rumors Boutique in 2007. They were not expected to be successful, but 13 years later, they have not only expanded but have also created a positive work environment.
Founded in 1994 on UNC's campus, Alpha Pi Omega is a sorority that celebrates Native American sisterhood.
The podcast calls on members of the community to share their stories during this time of uncertainty.
Lizzy Campbell, a UNC sophomore and musician, just released her fourth EP on SoundCloud. "Suggestion Box" includes tracks such as "Butterscotch Brownies," "burnt red" and "Amidst the Chaos." The EP's title comes from Campbell's quest to find song ideas: a Google Form she sent out to her friends asking for three random words and a chord she had to use.
“Retweeting, engaging with content on social media platforms, commenting — all of that can provide a supportive and uplifting experience for everybody, whether you're the one enjoying the performance or the one participating in it.”
Co-photo Editor Maya Carter shares the songs that are keeping her spirits up now that March Madness, commencement and basically everything else has been cancelled or postponed in "Ms. Rona's wake."
“As we’re college students learning how to live on our own and function on our own, it's really important to make these habits now,” Ragsdale said. “Our habits now will probably stick with us for a very long time in our adult life.”
Many of UNC's arts organizations had competitions and performances this spring that have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the groups try to figure out what to do until they can perform in person again, they hope people will still connect with them online.
"There’s potential that something new is going to come out of all of this that is going to change the way we think about telling stories."
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