World-renowned fingerstyle guitarist Richard Smith makes his ArtsCenter debut! His repertoire includes original compositions, gypsy swing, Bach, and Beatles, not to mention classic fingerstyle guitar arrangements. Smith started playing guitar at age 5, often getting a piece of music under his fingers after only a single hearing, and developed a unique style combining thumbpicking and... Read More →
BY NAMBI E. KELLEY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY RICHARD WRIGHT DIRECTED BY COLETTE ROBERT WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? On Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s, Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world where systemic oppression and poverty make fear and violence the everyday... Read More →
“Tierra Whack is the Philly surrealist taking rap into another dimension.” —VICE Tierra Whack is leading a generation of young artists remaking the music industry. Called a “true hip-hop original” (Pitchfork), the Grammy-nominated rapper/singer/songwriter’s music slips between genres and moods, creating a surreal experience that captures the bright spectrum of human emotion with nary a... Read More →
This special performance brings together three powerhouses of old-time music for a night of collaboration, as Grammy nominee Alice Gerrard joins the banjo and fiddle duo of Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves. Allison and Tatiana are standouts in the next generation of Roots musicians, with de Groot known for her intricate clawhammer banjo work,... Read More →
This special performance brings together three powerhouses of old-time music for a night of collaboration, as Grammy nominee Alice Gerrard joins the banjo and fiddle duo of Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves.
A breakout star in Korean traditional music, award-winning percussionist and composer Kim So Ra is one of the most skilled and internationally renowned janggu (Korean double-headed drum) players performing today.
A breakout star in Korean traditional music, award-winning percussionist and composer Kim So Ra is one of the most skilled and internationally renowned janggu (Korean double-headed drum) players performing today. She is known for her genre-bending performances, which combine traditional Korean styles and instrumentation with contemporary influences and visuals. She joins us on her debut... Read More →
Join us for a bluegrass workshop with guitarist and singer Michael Daves, banjo player Tony Trischka, fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves and Mike Bub, former bassist for the Del McCoury Band. Event is open to UNC students, faculty and staff and the general public. Space is limited. Registration is required. Sponsored by through a grant from... Read More →
The Southern Folklife Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill’s University Libraries is turning 30! Join us for a celebratory concert with three innovative guitarists whose diverse styles demonstrate a range of contemporary acoustic guitar: Yasmin Williams (Acoustic Fingerstyle) Daniel Bachman (American Primitive) Michael Daves & Friends, featuring banjoist Tony Trischka (Bluegrass) Supported thanks to a grant from the Martin Guitar... Read More →
Texture, nuance, and a gift for dexterous high-wire improvisation are the hallmarks of San Francisco-based classically trained pianist Holly Bowling, who infuses jam band music with a technically advanced, emotionally rich style. Presented by Cat’s Cradle.
In honor of twenty years of larger than life puppetry in the Triangle, Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents: Radicackalacky! A festival of radical puppetry.
PopUp Chorus is no audition, no commitment community chorus. Just show up, learn popular songs, and sing with an ad hoc bunch of other lovely, excellent people!
In honor of twenty years of larger than life puppetry in the Triangle, Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents: Radicackalacky! A festival of radical puppetry.
In honor of twenty years of larger than life puppetry in the Triangle, Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents: Radicackalacky! A festival of radical puppetry.
In honor of twenty years of larger than life puppetry in the Triangle, Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents: Radicackalacky! A festival of radical puppetry. Performances feature puppeteers from throughout the Southeast with an array of puppetry styles, including table top monsters, life-sized paper sculptures, and reverential shadow puppetry accompanied by song. The late night cabaret, is... Read More →
In our first-ever artist “takeover” dancers from Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) host lively immersive experiences featuring Graham’s pioneering choreography alongside emerging technologies in the setting of CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio. Stop by the CURRENT ArtSpace, where you can watch in awe as a Graham dancer performs the iconic work Lamentations alongside cutting-edge projection created... Read More →
SOUL SUNDAYS : LIVE R&B, JAZZ, AND POETRY presents D. SHAWN AND SOUL (w/ live band) with THE KIDS DOWNTOWN and AJS $8 ADV/$10 AT DOOR SHOW 8PM SOUL SUNDAYS @ LOCAL 506 EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. sponsored by VibeHouse405
Vocalist Alicia Olatuja is known for blending the earthy with the sublime. With Intuition, the acclaimed singer, composer, and arranger has crafted a statement of female empowerment at a pivotal moment in our cultural history. Through her soulful lens, Olatuja celebrates the contributions of icons and rebels like Sade, Imogen Heap, Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush,... Read More →
On Video Age’s forthcoming album Pop Therapy, out June 15 via Inflated Records, longtime friends and songwriting partners Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli conjure up a thrilling assortment of experimental pop songs. Using a palette of vintage synthesizers and the propulsion of a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks drum machine, the New Orleans-based group’s buoyant synth-pop echoes from some imagined vision of the past, leaning on an invented nostalgia to soundtrack an ideal future that never arrived. Video Age brings that future fully to life on Pop Therapy. Emerging from New Orleans’ DIY scene and label collectives, Farbe and Micarelli were intrigued by each other’s songwriting among several curiously satisfying guitar pop bands. As a producer and prolific engineer, Farbe has helmed some of the most exciting releases from genre-pushing New Orleans artists, whose singular visions are made possible with his gifted ear and love of tape recording. Micarelli’s talent for crafting simple, tangible melodies complements Farbe’s studio world-building, letting ideas drift until they emerge into impressive arrangements. The pair’s seemingly effortless gift for crafting earworm hooks was glimpsed on their 2016 debut Living Alone, a gorgeous collection of guitar-driven melancholy. On Pop Therapy, they’re joined by Duncan Troast, Nick Corson and Jordan Odom, taking inspiration from the limitless possibility on sonic canvases of the late 1970s and early 1980s (Yellow Magic Orchestra, McCartney II, Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly). Where Living Alone catalogued the solitude of reflecting on what was and could have been, the sentimental love songs on Pop Therapy gaze longingly at the likeliness of a brighter tomorrow.
MANHATTAN SHORT is an instantaneous celebration of international cinema that brings great short films to venues around the globe and allows audiences to select their favorites.
MANHATTAN SHORT is an instantaneous celebration of international cinema that brings great short films to venues around the globe and allows audiences to select their favorites.