PlayMakers Repertory Company is starting the new year off with a bang. Its first performance of 2014 is the world premier of Mike Daisey’s one-man show, “The Story of the Gun” as part of the PRC squared series.
Laughter, music, puns, oxymorons and other grammatical concepts will echo through Wilson Library this afternoon.
Three boys are sitting in a dorm of an all-boys’ boarding school: One is telling the story of his most recent sexual encounter. One is waiting anxiously for his girlfriend to call, and the last one is trying — and failing — to get some homework done.
“Big Fish” is making a new splash — on Broadway.
Nathan Kotecki is a North Carolina author who will hold a release party for the second book in his “Suburban Strange” series today at Flyleaf Books. The young adult series tells the stories of Suburban High School through the eyes of different teenagers. Kotecki spoke with staff writer Rebecca Pollack about the future of the series, today’s reading and how North Carolina inspired his writing.
Last academic year, Company Carolina planned to perform Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” on UNC’s campus. The play was advertised as “Shakespeare’s earliest and bloodiest tragedy,” but objections over the gore caused Company Carolina to drop the show.
Instead of performing at the usual Center for Dramatic Art, LAB! Theatre’s next show, “Tender Napalm,” will be held at Linda’s Downbar on Franklin Street.
Author Peter Rizzolo will be reading from his new novel “Forbidden Harvest” today at the Bull’s Head Bookshop.
To go along with the summer motif of red, white and blue, Claymakers’ Gallery in Durham has an exhibit, “Copper, Kaolin & Cobalt: Ceramics in Red, White & Blue.”
As the Ackland Museum opens a new exhibit on contemporary art in India, the museum’s store will give shoppers a chance to explore artisanal works from the country.
