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DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance

Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History 150 South Road, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

"Under the looming threat of death, how might we inspire life? Through what mechanisms could we resist the psychological violence and despair inspired by the threat of violence while at the same time usher in hope?" DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance features the work of visual artist Fahamu Pecou, who elevates and re-contextualizes Black... Read More →

“More Outsider Art in the Visitors Center”

Alexander Dickson House 150 E. King St., Hillsborough

The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are pleased to present another special exhibit of folk art at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. Highlighted by the work of Savannah artist Rudolph Bostic, “More Outsider Art in the Visitors Center” is the second in a series of shows featuring “outsider” art from... Read More →

Free

Learn the Art of Ascension in Chapel Hill, NC

Residence Given at registration, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What we focus on grows. Consider the possibility of focusing on Infinite Force for Good, Divine Source - Unconditional Love and Infinite Potential- and to expand our experience of That in our lives and in our World. The Art of Ascension offers simple, reliable, and proven tools to do that. Its natural by-product heals mind... Read More →

Lindy Tuesdays (Starts Oct. 8)

West End Theater 300-G East Main St, Carrboro, NC, United States

Lindy Tuesdays with Richard Badu (Oct 2019)

$46

Wilder & Wilder

Chatham Community Library 12 East Street, P.O. Box 1809, Pittsboro

A Medley of Thornton Wilder Short Plays

Free

NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and Artist Judith Ernst Installation

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A new art piece is on display in the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until December 20, 2019. North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and renowned artist Judith Ernst will discuss their collaborative public art project and honor the 100th anniversary of W.B Yeats’s seminal poem,... Read More →

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Recurring

Rosas danst Rosas by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill

In this riveting performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, repetition plays the lead role. A seminal postmodern work, Rosas danst Rosas is unequivocally feminine—four women dancers engage in a dialogue of fierce movements that are countered by small everyday gestures. The exhaustion and perseverance that come with it create an emotional tension that contrasts sharply... Read More →

$27

Stolen Jars

Local 506 506 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, United States
$8

Difficult Discourse

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Hyde Hall, University Room, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

After the toppling of the Confederate monument known as Silent Sam on the UNC campus in August 2018 there was considerable discourse on campus about the history of the statue, and the social and political implications of its presence, its removal, and its possible restoration. These were (and are) needed conversations. But missing from the... Read More →

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