Though Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is celebrating Youth Arts Month this March, teachers across the district emphasize the importance of arts all year. Educators Terra Hodge, Johnathan Hamiel and Deb Cox detail the benefits their students receive from engagement with different art mediums.
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After months of deliberation and renovation, a soft opening of the new ArtsCenter facility at 400 Roberson St. in Carrboro is scheduled for August of this year. The new location was previously expected to open in May, according to Mark Bettger, the deputy director for the ArtsCenter.
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This weekend at Memorial Hall, the Carolina Performing Arts will be showing "Omar" – an opera following the story and life of Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said. Leading up to the N.C. premier, UNC has hosted several events and discussions surrounding the historical context behind the opera, delving into who he was, his impact and his connection to the University.
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A conversation with the former director of Carolina Performing Arts led Joseph Megel to create The Process Series — a feature of new works in the performing arts. In early March, the series will debut “The Bench,” a show from veteran puppeteers Tori Ralston and Tarish Pipkins. The show is about two people, an older Black man and an older white woman, whose random encounter changes both of them.
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The Chapel Hill Public Library recently highlighted three bus shelters in Chapel Hill with art that depicts important moments in the Civil Rights Movement that took place in Chapel Hill to commemorate Black History Month.
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Members of the Carrboro community gathered on at the Carrboro Century Center on Sunday, Feb. 19 to listen to Finesse, a rhythm and blues band, perform for the Black History Month concert series. The Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources Department organized the series — along with other events such as lectures and open mic poetry nights — to celebrate Black history and unite the community.
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The grand opening of the Student Life and Leadership’s Black History Month Art Gallery Exhibition was held on Friday in the Carolina Union Art Gallery. The exhibition came after the SLL held a Black History Month Art Contest, which encouraged students to submit pottery, photography, digitals, painted works or poetry for the chance to be featured in the gallery.
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The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History has begun its spring exhibit and speaker series for the semester. The collection offers a spring exhibition and also a collection of authors and professors whose work focuses on enslaved individuals and the past.
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"While we can never fear that color is going to disappear from our world, it does impact several factors in our lives. Color is something we take for granted, yet its presence changes our emotions, perception and ability to communicate and understand each other. Since the way our surroundings look affects us in so many ways, it's important that we do more to analyze what having a larger color palette can do for you."
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The Kenan Science Library will begin its "Crafting Tuesdays" workshops this week. The workshops aim to house a creative space for all students within the Library. The first workshop will be held on Feb. 7 and will focus on hand sewing.
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"That’s what I love about music. It takes little moments you forget about, and when you revisit the song, a decade or two later, the memories come flooding back."
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Wednesday, Feb. 1, was World Hijab Day, an international holiday to raise awareness and celebrate Muslim hijabi women. The UNC Muslim Students Association set up a tent in the quad to commemorate the day. “World Hijab Day is not one day, ‘Let's do it and then call it a day,’" Rida Bayraktar, UNC Muslim Student Association vice president, said. “It’s actually a continuous process about raising awareness about hijabi Muslim women and then carrying respect and understanding towards them.”
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Chapel Hill's new poet laureate Cortland Gilliam recently began in his position, and he hopes to amplify suppressed voices and educate young members of the community. Gilliam's objectives as poet laureate include highlighting the voices of marginalized people and honoring the local community that has supported him through his time as a graduate student and doctoral candidate at UNC.
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After months of rehearsals, the Pauper Players — a student-led organization at UNC — will premiere their performance of “Rent” this weekend at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. Tickets are $8 for students and $12 for non-students and can be purchased online or in the Pit this week.
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"Every Book a Mirror: Book Artists Engage with the 21st Century" is a new collection within Wilson Library that opened up earlier this month. The collection features artists’ books, zines and other collections of art that highlight social issues around the world.
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