Maddie Singleton

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Arts programs and classes allow students to create art and perform, even through virtual classrooms. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Nash.

Area schools get creative as they adapt the arts to online instruction

Arts classes and extracurriculars are adapting for online instruction at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and in the Orange County School District after both systems made the decision to be fully remote for at least the first nine weeks of school.

Members of Blank Canvas, a student dance group, sit in Memorial Hall's auditorium for a past performance. Photo courtesy of Tiffany Oliver.

UNC dance groups find ways to recognize their work despite canceled performances

By Maddie Singleton

Following the cancellation of extracurricular activities due to COVID-19, members of these dance groups have continued to try to celebrate their hard work and share their performances with the community.

PlayMakers Repertory Company has canceled all productions and other public-facing operations for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season, including the final week and a half of performances of “Julius Caesar." Photo courtesy of HuthPhoto.

PlayMakers Repertory Company looking to adapt in wake of coronavirus cancellations

By Maddie Singleton

"There’s potential that something new is going to come out of all of this that is going to change the way we think about telling stories."

Advocate, a portrait of Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel, will be shown as part of the REEL Israel Documentary Film Festival March 8 and March 12 at Chelsea Theater. Photo courtesy of Emily Kass.

Putting context into the conflict: Film series to educate on Israeli current events

By Maddie Singleton

The Chelsea Theater will host the REEL Israel: Documentary Film Festival from March 8 to March 12. The festival will present audiences with a rarely-seen view of the country through the screenings of some of its most popular movies.

The Department of Music hosted the Annual Spectrum Concert on February 2, 2019, at Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The concert was held to celebrate the 100th birthday of the department. The annual concert showcases a variety of UNC Music Department performance groups including Carolina Choir, Carolina Bluegrass Band, UNC Opera, UNC Glee Club and various instrumental ensembles. Photo courtesy of Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill.

Find your new favorite genre at the music department's Annual Spectrum Concert

By Maddie Singleton

On Feb. 29, the fourth annual Spectrum Concert will be held in Hill Hall.

Nikky Finney, author of six poetry collections, and recipient of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry will be visiting campus from Feb 23 to Feb 28 as the 2020 Frank B. Hanes Writer-In-Residence. Photo courtesy of Nikky Finney.

National Book Award Winner Nikky Finney is the 2020 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence

By Maddie Singleton

Previous writers have included Annie Dillard, Alice Walker and Tim O’Brien.

The Art Therapy Institute's annual fundraiser includes a silent auction of art donated from clients and local artists. Photo courtesy of Hillary Rubesin.

Art Therapy Institute to host 10th annual community fundraiser

By Maddie Singleton

The I Heart Art fundraiser will be held at Top of the Hill Feb. 16.

Brandon K. Winford, the author of "John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights," will be giving a book talk at the Museum of Durham History on Feb. 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of Brandon K. Winford.

Durham museum to host civil rights author

By Maddie Singleton

UNC graduate Brandon K. Winford's new book explores the life of John Harvey Wheeler — a banker, civil rights lawyer and activist — and major figure of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s. But the book goes beyond Wheeler, to study how black businesses in Durham developed and how economic concerns shaped Black Americans struggle for civil rights.

The Onyx Boys and Tony Williamson who will be performing this weekend at the Django Reinhardt Festival. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Pelli.

Festival celebrating Django Reinhardt and gypsy jazz coming to Cat's Cradle

By Maddie Singleton

The third annual Django Reinhardt Festival is taking place this weekend from Jan. 17 to 19 at Cat’s Cradle Back Room. The festivities kick off Friday night with a free party and jam session from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at The Station.

A still from "Black Orpheus," which will be shown on Jan. 12 at the Orange County Public Library. Photo courtesy of Michael Corrado.

Showing of 'Black Orpheus' hopes to spark discussion about the ethics of filmmaking

By Maddie Singleton

"Black Orpheus" will be shown on Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. at the Orange County Public Library. "It was acclaimed around the world. It was despised in Brazil as a European film that treated the people of the favelas more or less as children, and did so in the service of retelling a Greek myth," Michael Corrado said.