"You have to have a pretty solid reason to remake a film for the fourth time, especially when the plot wasn’t that good to begin with, and forced chemistry between a pop star and an actor singing generic country tunes is not a good enough reason."
Only a year ago, Bri Steves was a student at Temple University. Now, she is touring with H.E.R, trying to make a name for herself, women in hip hop and Black girls everywhere. Assistant arts and entertainment editor Kayla Boswell sat down with Steves before her Sunday show at the Ritz Raleigh to talk music, sacrifice and the industry.
Despite residual controversy of public art from Silent Sam, a group of artists and professors plan to fund more public works on the quad. What does this mean for art that is based in intense historical moments?
The three-day event will consist of academic panels with scholars who study different aspects of Jewish material culture around the world and two round tables – one with collectors of Jewish ceremonial art and one with well-known curators of Jewish material culture.
The second annual Student Hip-Hop Organization's 919 Fest, "Unite Carolina," celebrated a wide variety of student performers Saturday night.
Campus organizations are hosting Thanksgiving dinners for those who cannot travel back home for the break.
"A lot of people have this idea that, 'Oh, all the Native people are gone,' or 'all the Native people live in teepees,' or 'all the Native people are mixed with something.'"
Long Story Shorts Play Festival will give audience members a show they will remember. One student's play was inspired by her mother's death, while another student's will explore the relationship of a man and a woman who saved his life. From comedy to tragedy, the show is sure to please all viewers.
Celebrate Middle Eastern culture at 1001 Nights while also experiencing a variety of cultures with several clubs on campus.
Filmmakers of new documentary, "Working in Protest," hope it will allow people to feel what it’s like to be in the midst of a movement and let them make their own decisions.
Ebony Readers/Onyx Theatre, a spoken word group at UNC, held their Casino Royale-themed show Thursday.
If you're a Greek mythology buff, perhaps you know the fated love story of Orpheus and Eurydice. But even if you have, you've probably never heard it quite like this.
The art world may be perceived as feminine, but historically it has actually been male-dominated. The 'flowery,' 'girly' sphere occupied by women in liberal arts today is highly misunderstood. At UNC, considered a research university, male students still outnumber women in programs such as business and law, but women currently outnumber men in the College of Arts and Sciences, which houses many fine arts programs. The discrepancy between the significance of contributions people think women make compared to men is not a new phenomenon, but it's certainly in need of remediation.
The local farmers markets of Chapel Hill Farmers' Market and Carrboro Farmers' Market work to further their missions by staying open year round. The benefits of shopping locally both for your health and for enhancing your sense of community are unmatched compared to shopping in grocery stores.
The second annual CineMASH film festival will screen seven culturally relevant and thought-provoking films on Nov. 18 from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall.
“It shows the community that we are vested in what we’re doing here and that we’re not just a business."
The organization was founded by Jessica Boone in 2011 who sought to create a community for black women to talk about their hair as she had recently “big-chopped”.
The Chapel Hill Farmers' Market's annual pie making contest allows attendees to test their skills while supporting locally grown produce.
The LGBTQ Center defines intersex people as persons who develop or have congenital biological sex characteristics that do not fall under what is considered to be typical for a male or a female.
The gardening store is now teaching classes to promote DIY wellness, ranging from brewing beer and kombucha to succulent cultivation.
The rivals are joining forces to make a special Rivalry Edition (both on-campus and online Feb. 20) and to see which student media program can raise the most money between Feb. 1 and 20.
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