“Given I never went to college and then just thinking about the fact that my daughter is not only in college, but is about to graduate is just something amazing,” Oczaveus X, father of a UNC student, said. “I learned a lot that day, even though I didn’t know anything her professor was saying,” he added with a smile.
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“Around the latter half of my first year in I.B. Art, I stumbled across artists like Hannah Höch and Barbara Kruger who made social commentary,” Michelle Castellanos, an I.B. Art student at Cedar Ridge High School, said. “I was inspired to address these messages of women’s issues and racial issues since it's something that affects me as a Latina.”
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This will be AnnaBanana Jewlery's third year contributing to the Jewels of Hope fundraiser, which is organized by Carolina Women in Business and benefits the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.
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“People can quote popular Vines or TikToks in everyday conversation or when meeting new people,” Blackburn said. “I think quoting Vines in fitting, funny situations is one of the most unique but awesome icebreakers."
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“When we have things like movies and shows, it gives us a chance to go into a different world," UNC psychology professor Jonathan Abramowitz said. "It distracts us from the stress of school, the stress of the pandemic and whatever other stressors are going on in our lives."
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Lawrence Dunmore, a historian and storyteller from the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, will be telling stories from his tribe as well as others from the Southeast and Nations from Turtle Island as part of the Orange County Historical Museum's virtual event.
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“Our brains are now really wired for narrative as the memorable way for us to take in information, sort it out, and store it with meaning,” storyteller Milbre Burch said. “So why not devote yourself to the most effective way to communicate with people, especially if you're trying to do it for the betterment of a culture." The series will be livestreamed from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21.
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“History is important to us,” Randi Emerman, the co-founder of the drive-in, said. “No matter where we are or who we are—film tells that story.”
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Honors Carolina’s C-START, which stands for “Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility through Teaching," allows undergraduates to design, develop and teach their own courses. These include topics ranging from literature to the environment.
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For artist Loren Pease, the program is a way to unite the community and encourage residents to support local businesses. “Considering the times we’re in, I figured it was a good, inclusive term to use, so I designed the art around the term ‘Stronger Together'," Pease said.
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After being postponed due to COVID-19, the release of the new film "Saint Maud" produced a gripping and discomforting experience full of great acting, directing and visual imagery.
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Beverly Scarlett recently released “The Harris Family of Orange County, North Carolina,” which chronicles the history of a Black Indigenous North Carolina family as they continue to triumph through centuries of oppression.
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“The whole approach that we take to music is something that we call ‘song first,’” David Joseph, owner and general manager of SORCH, said. “It’s teaching our students how to play music and play as a band before getting into all of the theory of music and learning how to read sheet music.”
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“The CAAWC is just great,” Harris said. “They prove that Black people and Black writers are not a monolith."
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Inspired to cook at home instead of eating out, students are giving the viral dish a try. Some praise the recipe for its delicious simplicity, but others feel it doesn't live up to the hype.
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This Black History Month, students consider the erasure of Black history lessons in schools. “When I think about the way that African American history is cramped and restricted to a few figures and those figures, in turn, are often sanitized, they’re reduced to a few selected stories to represent their lives," UNC professor Glenn Hinson said.
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The annual Carolina Jazz Festival will be held online from Thursday, Feb. 18 to Saturday, Feb. 20, kicking off with livestream concerts by University faculty and students. For high school students, there will be open clinics, coaching sessions and a competition with cash prizes. “I think it says a lot about Dr. Anderson's dedication and thoughts about serving the student communities that he has stuck it through,” UNC Jazz Band Director Rahsaan Barber said. “And I think we've actually created something that is going to be uniquely positive.”
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For some, Valentine's Day is the most romantic day of the year. For others, not so much.
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"Judas and The Black Messiah” will be released on Friday. We talked with the creators and cast about the making of the movie.
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“Lockdown happened and I hit a very low point in my life where all I was doing was going to class and then lying in bed,” Marina Carolina Fela-Castillo, owner of Pintamar, said. “It was awful, so I turned to my artistic side again and I started making things.”
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It's been a rough year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro businesses. Vote for the best of the best to win a Carolina's Finest award.
