Pranav Chintalapudi

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6lack and Retro performed to thousands of fans at Carmichael Arena on Saturday, Apr. 13, 2019 as part of Jubilee 2019 organized by the Carolina Union Activities Board.

REVIEW: Day-one Tar Heel 6LACK did not disappoint

"Consistently entertaining, 6LACK rides grooves like a hawk rides air currents, gracefully weaving through the music’s dense atmosphere."

An audience watching the 2018 Duke Film Festival. The festival has been going for five years straight, and gives the scattered filmmaking community at Duke a time to come together. 
Photo courtesy of Quinten Sansosti

Duke's arts community forges bonds through student-run film festival

By Pranav Chintalapudi

The Duke Independent Film Festival has been running for five years, and works to create a network of student artists with vested interest in each other's works.

J. Cole returned to North Carolina for the inaugural Dreamville Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C.

Review: Dreamville Festival brings the heat without the Fyre

By Pranav Chintalapudi

After a bumpy start due to Hurricane Florence, J. Cole's Dreamville Festival was a triumph.

Musician Micah Moses will play a new score for the classic anime film, "Akira," at Local 506. Photo by Micah Moses.

'Akira' is reimagined with musician Micah Moses' new score for the anime classic

By Pranav Chintalapudi

Musician Micah Moses is playing a new score to the classic anime film, "Akira," at Local 506. He aims to portray the emotional tone of the scenes and break into new musical territory.

Watsky recently performed at Cat's Cradle.

Review: Sometimes, Watsky is good enough

By Pranav Chintalapudi

You’re here to see Watsky in his scruffy, melodramatic philosophy-101-esque splendor, and there can be no question that the man delivers. Sometimes, that’s plenty enough.

Sudie Rakuskin, a mixed media artist, is one of the four featured artists at the FRANK Gallery, Feb 28, 2019.

Stop by the FRANK Gallery for Coffee and Donuts

By Pranav Chintalapudi

The FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill will be starting a free educational series called Coffee and Donuts. It aims to educate interested parties about art as a part of the Gallery's larger goal of bringing art to everyone in the community.

Binkley Baptist Church is hosting a new Bible study series about understanding Bible quotes traditionally used to denigrate the queer community in a new, positive light. Photo by Austin Maynor.

“Reading With a Queer Eye” brings a queer perspective to bible reading in Chapel Hill

By Pranav Chintalapudi

"Reading With a Queer Eye," a new Bible study series at Binkley Baptist Church, examines traditionally exclusionary Bible passages through a progressive lens.

Cat's Cradle hangs posters for upcoming concerts in February and March at their venue in Carrboro on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

Review: John Maus brings worlds of pure, unfiltered emotion to Cat's Cradle

By Pranav Chintalapudi

"Never let it be said that relentlessly deconstructivist pop must always be deconstructed itself to be enjoyed."

Company Carolina is putting on a bluegrass musical this spring called "Bright Star." Photo courtesy of Bryant Chappell.

Company Carolina's bluegrass musical is their 'love letter to North Carolina'

By Pranav Chintalapudi

The show, a bluegrass musical originally written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, weaves its way through a sepia-toned depiction of mid-20th century North Carolina.