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Featured Blogs

Jan 02 2026

Come Sing a Sea Chantey at Hillsborough’s Colonial Inn


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline When it comes to singing sea chanties, the appropriate setting seems like it would be aboard a ship at sea – or at least close… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Chantey Pub Sing, Colonial Inn, Dani Black, david menconi, down on copperline, hillsborough, Jerry Bragg and Laura Bradford, sea chantey, Ship’s Company Chanteymen

Dec 05 2025

Cue the music: Greg Bell joins Arts Commission team


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline If you have attended any sort of live-music event anywhere in the Triangle over the past three decades, chances are that Greg Bell was part… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Chantal, david menconi, down on copperline, Festival for the Eno, Greg Bell, IBMA, Katie Murray, SleepyFest, Uproar Festival of Public Art

Dec 05 2025

Hillsborough “Lights up the Darkest Night” with the Annual Solstice Lantern Walk and Market


—Arshia Simkin, The Underline This December 20, on the eve of the shortest day of the year, an estimated 6,000 people are expected to gather in Downtown Hillsborough for the… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, Heather Tatreau, hillsborough arts council, Hillsbrough, Ivana Beveridge, Solstice Lantern Walk, Tinka Jordy

Nov 03 2025

Hillsborough’s Jonathan Byrd has always been more than just a musician


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Hillsborough singer/songwriter Jonathan Byrd has always been more than just a musician, working the multi-task hustle on a variety of fronts. But this year has… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: david menconi, down on copperline, Jonathan Byrd, nc state university, Painting, Songwriting, tom stevens gallery

Nov 03 2025

The ArtsCenter is Thriving—and it “urgently” needs your help


—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Jessica Webb, who is in her eighties, almost gave up on art. Although she had been painting for 25 years, one summer day in 2024, she… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, The Underline · Tagged: Arshia Simkin, carrboro, The ArtsCenter, The Underline, Wendy Smith

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