Wynton Marsalis displayed an aptitude for music even at a young age diligently practicing the trumpet his father had given him. Sunday he will show Chapel Hill he has grown into one of the most illustrious jazz musicians of today boasting a Pulitzer Prize for music and nine Grammy Awards for either jazz or classical recordings.
Joanne Marshall didn't exercise often 12 years ago. But as she watched her mother become ill and less mobile each day she realized she had to make a life change. Yoga was the change she needed.
For Carolina Union President Tom Allin hosting a one-time Ben Folds Five reunion isn't what made 2008 successful. It was finger-painting in the Pit.
Concerns are mounting about the future of the UNC arts community as the national economy continues its downward spiral. ""If you talk to anyone who manages a budget they'll tell you that they're worried"" said Emil Kang, UNC's Executive Director for the Arts. I'm included; we're worried.""
Tom Allin knew since this summer that The Avett Brothers were going to be this year's first Homecoming act. But the trio told the Carolina Union Activities Board president they would only come on one condition: The show had to be students only.
Jim Ketch lectures students plays jazz with them directs them and performs for them. Today he's just going to have lunch with them. Ketch along with his colleague Stephen Anderson from the UNC Department of Music and several students" will host ""Lunch with One: One Work of Art" One Expert" One Hour"" today at the Ackland Art Museum.
