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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Amid the pandemic, people have been staying home from their local coffee shops, driving many to become their own at-home baristas.
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As the leaves change colors, it is clear that autumn is here and people are ready to pull out their fall fashion favorites. With COVID-19 isolation, students battle with the thought of whether or not their fall wardrobes will shift from double-breasted blazers to sweatpants.
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Local guitarists are reminiscing on how Eddie Van Halen not only changed music for them but for the music community as a whole.
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Meet the Moment Art Walk is a pop-up art installation focused on encouraging voter turnout and highlighting various social justice issues. Artists and businesses, such as Epilogue and Mediterranean Deli, have come together in their support of the art installations.
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Michael Sparks' film "My Trip to Japan" has been selected as one of three finalists in this year’s IES Abroad Study Abroad Film Festival. The filmmaker behind the grand prize-winning film will win $1,500. The public can vote for the winner on the festival’s website through Oct. 14. The winner will be announced live on YouTube Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. EST.
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Here's your spooky guide to socially distanced Halloween attractions this October.
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Events start Friday, Oct. 9, and run through Sunday, Oct. 18. The event is free but viewers must register online ahead of time. The film festival will be showing films such as “La Historia Oficial,” “When the Mountains Tremble” and “NO,” as well as presenting a series of conversations and talks from renowned speakers. The full calendar of events can be found on the NCLAFF website.
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After Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz encouraged professors to cancel Oct. 9 classes in favor of World Mental Health Day, a flurry of opinions arose surrounding the matter. Some students will have the opportunity to relax or take day trips, while others will still be in Zoom lectures and continuing the week as per usual. Students have started making self-care plans for Friday.
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Through the collaborative efforts of the Orange County Arts Commission and the Hillsborough Arts Council, this year’s fourth annual “Paint it Orange,” is taking a new online format to continue supporting artists in North Carolina.
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Video footage on the organization’s website walks visitors through "Then and Now," an exhibition of Anne Thomas’ prints and paintings, in the latest COVID compromise. From September 6th to November 22nd, the historic Horace Williams House is hosting the exhibit, which spans the 91-year-old artist’s prolific career.
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read at the Ackland Art Museum will highlight LGBTQ+ perspectives in their virtual community reading programs this month.
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In an effort to keep musical spirit alive, the annual Carrboro Music Festival adapted to the pandemic by hosting both live and prerecorded shows last weekend. Presented via Facebook, YouTube and the local radio, the festival featured over 100 total bands and solo artists from a variety of different genres and backgrounds.
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The Harry Potter franchise itself has been making a resurgence in pop culture because of these TikToks.
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