Melissa Miller wants to destigmatize mental health. She's hoping to do so through the Art of Mental Health: Community Art-Making Event at the Rubenstein Arts Center on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Eighth-graders from The Expedition School in Hillsborough are hosting a performance by Mary D. Williams, a gospel singer and scholar of African American music, on Sunday, Jan. 12 from 3 to 4 p.m.
The new exhibit at the FRANK Gallery features the work of local artists and their unique depictions of nature.
Nathalie Joachim started her musical journey with the intent of telling the stories of female Haitian musicians and giving them the acknowledgment they deserve.
The inclusive, communal event will consist of two bands along with several other local musicians.
Artist George McKim brings his second solo art exhibit back to Chapel Hill for the first time since 1987. He hopes his work, which is inspired by the cubist movement from the early 20th century, will have "a really strong impact on the viewer."
The Yale Russian Chorus will be in Chapel Hill on Jan. 8 — the choir's first performance in the state.
Samantha Crain, a Choctaw singer and songwriter, will perform at the Nasher Museum of Art on Jan. 9 to shed light on Native American music.
WXYC is hiring new DJs for spring 2020, no experience necessary.
“For people who love music and writing, it’s fun to just listen, but we also make a safe space for people who want to come up and give it a try and be heard, if they’ve got something they want to share,” Weiner said.
While the characters in "The Amish Project" are fictional, it is based on a real shooting in an Amish community in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania in 2006, in which eleven young girls were taken hostage and five killed in a schoolhouse. This is not the retelling of a shooting — it's an analysis of the Amish community's unexpected forgiveness for the shooter.
Durham Parks and Recreation’s upcoming event "MLK: Remembering the Legacy through the Arts" will celebrate his life on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 2-5 p.m. at the W.D. Hill Recreation Center, and is free and open to the community.
The constant Electronic Dance Music influence in today's pop is one-note and super boring, but the 2010s brought about some surprising changes to musical trends, and I'm here to give you the best and worst songs of decade.
A look at some of the highs and lows of cinema this decade.
One of the lasting cultural legacies of the 2010s will undoubtedly be the mainstream popularization of the meme — and as the resident meme historian of The Daily Tar Heel, I have identified some of the best memes that emerged over the past decade.
From the integration of social media into everyday life to the political polarization of an entire generation, large cultural shifts were an undeniable characteristic of the 2010s. In no particular order of relevance or importance, here are some significant culturally transformational moments of the past decade.
The 2010s are what I like to consider the breakthrough decade for new work in the musical world. With shows like "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Wicked" boasting impressive decades-long runs, it's harder than ever to break through these Broadway and West End phenomenons to gain public attention.
Carolina Performing Arts is continuing to work toward its goal of providing more diverse art to the Chapel Hill community.
Student theatre is using technology to reach out to diverse audiences. Their goal is to reach out to people who would otherwise not be interested in performances, and they are doing this with adaptations of golden-age performances.
As new technological services become more and more prominent, the Ackland Art Museum looks for new ways to encourage consumption of art.
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