It’s time to slip on that dusty pair of blue suede shoes. Tonight, the music of Elvis Presley is coming to Historic Playmakers Theatre as UNC’s Pauper Players begins its five-day run of the jukebox musical, “All Shook Up.”
This week, Carolina Performing Arts launched a two-month foray into world theater with a sold-out performance of “Black Watch,” a critically acclaimed production from the National Theatre of Scotland.
This semester, UNC freshman Ljiljana Karan is working with eighth graders at A.L. Stanback Middle School through Postcards for Progress, a UNC student group dedicated to encouraging international cultural ties through the arts.
Class registration may have been a disappointment for students with a casual interest in the arts. With most of UNC’s arts classes closed to non-majors, some find it nearly impossible to pursue a newfound passion for art. But the ArtsCenter of Carrboro is offering another solution.
During the month of November, Chapel Hill artist and UNC alum Tola Oguntoyinbo displayed his mixed media and acrylic paintings at Chapel Hill’s Caffé Driade and Cup A Joe, adding color to the spaces and leaving patrons staring at walls for hours.
Though director Roman Polanski remains a somewhat infamous public figure, his provocative films continue to stand as sources of intellectual discussion. It was the promise of such discussion that inspired the department of English and comparative literature to feature the director as the subject of its upcoming UNC UniVarsity Film Series. This semester’s screenings will move off campus for the first time.
On a typical weekday at the Carrboro ArtsCenter, several dozen children are busy at work finding ways to improve North Carolina’s economy.
When Hookah Bliss was forced to close in the spring because of the state indoor smoking ban, the community rallied behind the establishment in hopes of keeping it open. But the ban is not keeping new tobacco shops from coming to the area.
It’s rare to arrive at an event and see both Jedi younglings and couples in formal wear waiting in line to get in, but that’s what is unique about Star Wars — it’s loved by all. The “Star Wars: In Concert” tour, which stopped in Raleigh for two showings Sunday, boasted a professional live symphony orchestra, highlights and sequences from all six movies, narration of the events and a lights show.
Stepping through the door of the Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery, it’s easy to feel like Alice entering Wonderland. But don’t worry — you’re not a giant. The art just shrank. The council’s most recent exhibition of miniature art challenged professional artists from five local counties to create visual art pieces measuring 6 inches or smaller in each dimension.
