Elizabeth Egan
Articles
Two pieces from Meet The Moment Art Walk missing, rest to be auctioned
Two of the pieces included in the Meet The Moment art walk, a public art show on Franklin Street, were stolen last Wednesday.
Meet UNC senior Christian Boletchek, the Rosemary Street parking deck trombone player
The sound of the trombone wafting through Rosemary Street belongs to UNC senior Christian Boletchek, who has taken to practicing in the parking garages most nights a week. Boletchek, a bass trombone player who is majoring in music, said he began practicing in the parking garage because of the lack of options of other rehearsal spaces due to COVID-19 safety restrictions.
UNC alumnus collaborates on virtual play supporting Black transgender people
The play, which was written in less than two weeks, aims to continue the movement started by the Black Lives Matter protests.
Here's how these groups are distributing food to senior residents during COVID-19
Food insecurity affects one in four low-income senior citizens in Orange County — and with the COVID-19 pandemic, it's become even more difficult for the group to access the resources they need.
New students: Here's who represents you in N.C. and D.C.
New to Orange County? Here's who represents you in state and national government.
Carolina Performing Arts suspends fall performances, launches virtual concert series
Like many other areas of the UNC and Chapel Hill communities, Carolina Performing Arts is "looking forward" with an ongoing virtual concert series.
'It doesn’t literally mean zero police': An academic approach to police reform
“Regardless of if the police budget changes in the future, we need to put money into social services that have been underfunded in the past because they do serve a great need for our community,” Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said.
Here's why some bars are able to reopen in Orange County
As North Carolina has moved into Phase 2 of reopening, some self-described bars have been able to reopen under a loophole in state statutes that defines restaurants as any establishment that gets 30 percent of its revenue from food sales.
Mayors across Orange County respond to death of George Floyd
The Daily Tar Heel talked to Mayor Pam Hemminger of Chapel Hill, Mayor Lydia Lavelle of Carrboro and Mayor Jenn Weaver of Hillsborough about a statement they co-signed condemning the death of George Floyd and police brutality.
Protesters gather peacefully in Winston-Salem to march against police brutality
On Saturday in Winston-Salem, the largest crowd of eight days of demonstrations in the city to that date gathered to protest the deaths of George Floyd and others lost to police brutality.
