Arts & Culture - The Daily Tar Heel

Committee Refines Public Art Plans at University

By Caroline Lindsey | March 26

The Public Art Planning Committee assembled Monday to refine recommendations for a public art program's institution at UNC, including plans for funding. After ...

Play Explores Post-Sept. 11 Emotion

By Kristen Williams | March 22

With the general expressions of healing after Sept. 11 becoming ever more frequent, it comes as no surprise that this effort at consolation would soon ...

Gottfried Brings Squint, Stand-Up Humor to Raleigh

By Evan Lucas | March 22

He has been called the most obnoxious Jew in the world as long as he can remember. Despite this, Gilbert Gottfried has established himself as a talented ...

CUAB Celebrates the Oscars in Style

By Allison Rost | March 22

If you walk by the Great Hall in the Student Union on Sunday night, you might think you've been magically transported to a glitzy awards show in Los Angeles. And ...

Payton Reveals Talent; Bragg Disses the British

By Staff Editor | March 21

Jennifer Nettles Band Drag Me Down: Gravity 3 Stars Maybe Jennifer Nettles is such a great singer that she just doesn't know what to do with herself. ...

Great Escapes - New York, New York

By Aaron Freeman | March 21

The night was cold, and the gray moon cast blue, wet shadows on the concrete before us. My two friends and I were engulfed by New York City, wandering ...

Great Escapes - San Francisco, California

By Allison Rost | March 21

The San Francisco art community got a jolt in 1995 when the current location of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art opened in the trendy South of Market ...

Angry Industrial Rockers Make a Hard-Core Attak

By Nick Parker | March 21

KMFDM Attak 4 Stars KMFDM's latest attempt, Attak, is the kind of music that you can only appreciate if you listen to it loud -- really loud. But that ...

Great Escapes - Mont Tremblant, Canada

By Nick Parker | March 21

Standing at the summit of Mont Tremblant, staring down at a massive frozen lake behind wide white slopes speckled by skiers and snowboarders, I wondered ...

Chanticleer Redefines Perfection With Memorial Hall Performance

By Brooks Firth | March 21

Chanticleer Memorial Hall Tuesday, March 19 5 Stars Its secondary moniker is "an orchestra of voices." Yet it is rare to see any orchestral performance ...

Rusty Gears, Plot Line Plauge H.G. Wells' Revised 'Machine'

By Jenise Hudson | March 21

"The Time Machine" 1 Star What has the world come to when a movie based on H.G. Wells' classic book "The Time Machine" ends up being a huge letdown? According ...

Superior Animation Makes 'Ice Age' A Fun, Frosty, Family-Oriented Flick

By Sarah Kucharski | March 21

"Ice Age" 4 Stars While "Ice Age" may not be the next coming of animated perfection, this family-friendly film is sure to please. Starring the voices ...

Dive Recommends

By Brooks Firth | March 21

Poses, Rufus Wainwright

Great Escapes - Panama City, Florida

By Kristen Williams | March 21

Driving to Panama City Beach, I had three main goals in mind: get a tan, bond with my best friends and party. Unfortunately these goals came at a price: ...

Senior to Donate Voice To Distinguished Arts Series

By Jenise Hudson | March 8

Old-school rhythm and blues, swing, gospel -- you name it, and baritone-bass Prince Taylor will tell you he has been doing it for more than 50 years. ...

'Moon Woman' Author To Read Excerpts of Work

By Joanna Pearson | March 8

UNC graduate Pamela Duncan tells it like it is -- and her gift for depicting small-town North Carolina life has helped establish her as one of the up-and-coming ...

Inking Art Draws On History

By Elliott Dube | March 7

The oldest known tattooed human was found frozen in the Alps. The body, which had been preserved for more than 5,000 years, has more than 50 different ...

UNC Receives Grant to Save Rare Dylan, Ian Recordings

By Michael Abernethy | March 7

Rare folk music tapes in UNC's Southern Folklife Collection will be restored thanks to a $22,649 grant from The National Academy of Recording Arts and ...

Imbruglia Torn by Influences; Cary Finds Life After Adams

By Staff Editor | March 7

Natalie Imbruglia White Lilies Island Three Stars In what seems to be an attempt to overthrow her former "Torn" personality, Natalie Imbruglia has ...

Trailer Bride Marries Twangy Blues, Saw Blades

By Evan Lucas | March 7

Trailer Bride Go! Rehearsal Studios Friday, March 1