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FRANK shows off art of 19 core member artists

By David Scarisbrick | March 7

Several art styles, mediums, materials and people have come together to create FRANK Gallery’s latest show.

Sam Peterson recounts his life journey as he explores gender relationships in the natural world.

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‘F to M to Octopus’ is latest installment in Process Series

By David Scarisbrick | February 14

Carolina Performing Arts’ Process Series presents its latest installment: a tale of a girl, a boy, a sex change and a cephalopod.

UNC alumna Emily Kennard is the coordinating producer of “Salvage Dawgs,” a new reality HGTV series that will air tonight.

Photo courtesy of Phoebe Fox Blankinship.

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Q&A with TV producer Emily Kennard

By David Scarisbrick | January 9

Emily Kennard, a UNC alumna who now works for Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, is a coordinating producer for the HGTV series “Salvage Dawgs,” which airs tonight. Staff writer David Scarisbrick spoke with Kennard about her time at UNC and The Daily Tar Heel, her TV career and the new show.

Memorabilia from the Taylor family collection is a part of the Southern Historical Collection at Wilson Library. There are 5,000 of these special collections and this is one of them. "We are endeavoring to build a collection documenting the Taylor family from Chapel Hill and Massachusetts," said Tim West, curator of the Southern Historical Collection at Wilson Library.

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‘Carolina music royalty’ Taylor family to join UNC collection

By David Scarisbrick | November 27

The family whose son has “gone to Carolina in his mind” is becoming a permanent facet in the annals of Southern history.

[title of show], the name of the play about two guys writing a play about two guys writing a play, is opening tomorrow. Pictured are Will Hawking and Jake Springfield.

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Company Carolina presents rendition of a New York Musical Theatre Festival show

By David Scarisbrick | November 15

With four actors, four chairs and a keyboard, Company Carolina presents what could be considered the “Inception” of theatrical performances. Tonight, Company Carolina opens its rendition of “[title of show]” — which originally premiered in the New York Musical Theater Festival.

Cameron Ayres (right), playing the character of Lamb, rehearses a scene in which he is approached to receive treatment.

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Depression is a central focus in the dark rendition 'Of Lamb'

By David Scarisbrick | November 7

Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white with mild depression and undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

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Local actors bring humor to presidential history

By David Scarisbrick | October 4

Five Carrboro actors are adding drama to politics — more so than usual. “44 Plays for 44 Presidents,” showing at The ArtsCenter through Sunday, brings a dimension of comedy to the U.S. presidency.

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UNC student DJ 'good ratio' will open for Diplo on Oct. 6

By David Scarisbrick | September 26

Trevor Dougherty is a self-described “electro-beat farmer” — and harvest time is coming.