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Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Jiha Moon

Zoom , United States

Zoom: Pre-register at the link on our website (available until start of event) Jiha Moon’s gestural paintings, mixed media, ceramic sculpture, and installations explore fluid identities and the global movement of people and their cultures. She says, “I am a cartographer of cultures and an icon maker in my lucid worlds.” She is taking cues... Read More →

The Spark with Tift Merritt: Rhiannon Giddens

Virtual Event

Registration required. Register by September 23, 2021 on our website. Available on-demand for all ticketholders for 72 hours, beginning on September 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM EDT.Suggested ticket donation (per household) is $15. Tickets available starting at $0. Join us for The Spark with Tift Merritt, featuring award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens, who begins her three-year artist residency with Carolina Performing... Read More →

The West End Poetry Festival

West End Poetry Festival: October 15 & 16, 2021 Friday, 10/15 7 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom Poetry Writing Workshop with Crystal Simone Smith. In this interactive workshop, take your poetry to the next level with Crystal Simone Smith. Saturday, 10/16 3 pm - 4:45 pm Poetry in the Round. Gather at the Carrboro Town... Read More →

“The Lasting Impacts of Carolina’s First Settlers”

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The Orange County Historical Museum and Tom Magnuson present ‘The Networks of Early North Carolina History’ as a four-part series. In this series, Tom Magnuson will share some of his findings from his thirty years of studying the earliest commercial transportation networks in the Southeast of North America. Part 4 takes place on Thursday, October... Read More →

Art for Lunch with Dr. Laurie Langbauer

Zoom , United States

Featuring Laurie Langbauer (UNC Department of English and Comparative Literature) and Elizabeth Manekin (Ackland Head of University Programs and Academic Projects) Join us for a virtual version of Art for Lunch, our interview-style talk with the Ackland’s Elizabeth Manekin, to discuss how Dr. Laurie Langbauer’s class “Picture Books” utilizes selections from the Ackland’s collection on... Read More →

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Junior Gardeners

Virtual Event

Join us on Zoom for guided learning activities for infants, toddlers, and caregivers! 8-week sessions integrating early literacy and STEM activities into daily routines, making connections with other caregivers, and focusing on caregiver and child health and wellness. Children ages 0-3 and their caregivers who are residents of Orange County only. Registration is REQUIRED and... Read More →

“From Xo Ho to Mi Li: Horace Walpole and China” by Peter Sabor

Zoom , United States

Jane Austen & Co. presents the third event in our "Asia & the Regency" series. Horace Walpole's Hieroglyphic Tales are remembered as some of the most surreal literature produced in eighteenth- century England. In this talk, Peter Sabor (McGill University) will explore the depiction of China in English literature through Walpole's stories. Among the many... Read More →