This year, the Pauper Players theatre group will be remotely recording and creating a music video for “Time Warp,” a song from their annual production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." The video will be available through the group's social media starting on Halloween.
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"Out of Darkness," a virtual exhibition at Block Gallery in Raleigh, features photographs and videos inspired by film noir, a style of dark Hollywood film.
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The staff of WXYC is working to preserve the station's culture and core values amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The student-run radio station has allowed some student DJs to broadcast from home, while others come into the studio alone to broadcast.
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UNC graduate student Simon Spire captured these tumultuous emotions in his latest song, "Uncomfortable." But there’s brightness desperate to break free, and Spire latches on to the much-needed “light-at-end-of-tunnel” philosophy for all it’s worth.
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The LEVEL Retreat, located in southern Chapel Hill, is working to provide local artists with a peaceful and safe space to work.
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Chapel Hill bar owners have turned to methods such as livestreaming and GoFundMe to provide entertainment and generate revenue as state restrictions have kept their businesses closed.
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LAB! Theatre Company will showcase “Fear of Buildings,” a free virtual production, from Oct. 23-25. "Fear of Buildings" is a comedy about two characters who run into each other on the street. There is an omniscient presence commenting on what they talk about, who they eventually meet.
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Kenan Theatre Company is continuing to provide a safe alternative for theater-goers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their virtual production of Gina Femia’s “The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows” will stream on Oct. 23 and 24 with a focus on themes of sexuality, religion and adolescence.
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The spooky spirit is still in the air this season. While there are less people dressed up on Franklin Street, more students have chosen to stay inside to safely celebrate Halloween.
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There’s something special about watching Halloween movies and episodes that guided so many people through their childhoods. From "Hocus Pocus" to "Halloweentown," seasonal movies and TV shows take the audience for a ride through the spooky season with beloved characters on the screen. The wide variety of Halloween films across genres is a positive for the movie marathons to come this season, as some people love the Halloween spirit but cannot fathom the suspense of horror movies.
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UNC alumnus and North Carolina artist Kevin “Kaze” Thomas, who goes by Kaze4letters in the music community, hopes his seventh and most recent project, “A Thousand Shades of Black,” will reintroduce people to his music while also celebrating diversity.
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This year’s Film Fest 919 will feature 15 different films, including “Good Samaritans,” in which UNC alumnus Jake Lawler stars alongside his brother and co-writer Conor Lawler, a UNC School of the Arts student. The 12-minute-long film focuses on an interaction between two strangers who debate the topic of homelessness after witnessing a homeless man being abused.
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Since4Eva's goal of bridging the gap between artists and the community through low-cost online classes has "taken a life of its own" since the start of the semester.
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Carolina Performing Arts is offering a new online program called "Feedback" that explores concepts of arts that are shifting in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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If the Save the Music series is successful, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership hopes for it to continue into November and potentially into the holiday months. The series encourages people to check out local musicians spread across downtown while they eat, shop or stroll.
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With public health safety risks causing classes to move online for the semester, many UNC music ensembles have taken an online format to continue creating music together. With the shift, musicians have also had to adapt to new challenges and learn new skills.
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Comedians in Chapel Hill are finding new ways to connect and share laughs during the pandemic. Some are organizing Zoom open mics while others are gathering outside and maintaining safety protocols. Groups such as UNC's CHiPs are filming sketches to be shared via YouTube.
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The Playmakers Repertory’s latest virtual series, "Higher Ground Conversations," encourages open and direct conversations about racial injustices plaguing the nation.
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This Sunday, "It Can’t Happen Here" will be live streamed from Cat's Cradle to the homes of audiences at 7 p.m. "It Can’t Happen Here" is a 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis that was adapted into a play. The novel is a satirical look at the rise of a fascist dictator.
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Twenty-first birthdays on UNC's campus are notorious for bar-hopping with large groups of friends on Franklin Street. During the pandemic, students have found creative ways to celebrate the milestone of adulthood, from turning up margaritas with their parents to playing online games with friends.
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