Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
Sona Jobarteh is a pioneer in the ancient male-dominated hereditary Griot tradition of Africa, a tradition that has been exclusively handed down from father to son for the past seven centuries. Jobarteh defies convention as the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a legendary west African Griot lineage famous for its Kora masters, including... Read More →
Alamance Artisans Guild Art Extravaganza 2018, October 20–21 Art lovers are anticipating the Alamance Artisans Guild’s Art Extravaganza 2018 on the weekend of October 20–21, featuring 32 guild members at the Vailtree Event and Conference Center in Haw River. Artists will showcase and sell unique and wide-ranging works, including painting, pastels, pottery, jewelry, photography, sculpture,... Read More →
Join Piedmont Laureate Nancy Peacock in a workshop designed to build fictional characters using clothes as a writing prompt. Come have fun and let your imagination run wild.
The Chapel Hill Philharmonia will present its annual free children's concert on October 21, 2018 at 3:00pm in Moeser Auditorium on the UNC campus. The featured work on the program is Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by Timothy Sparks of the UNC Music Department. Two short pieces by Sibelius round out the concert. Donald... Read More →
The Orange County Main Library honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a reading by four poets who write with courage and candor about experiences with family and/or intimate partner violence and the journey through pain to empowerment. Featured readers: Pam Baggett, Terri Greco, Janis Harrington, and Priscilla Webster-Williams. The event is free and open to... Read More →
Using random texts from old books or magazines, we select words that resonate for us. These words can be used to create a prose-poem or inspirational message. We then either black out the remaining words, or use doodling to isolate our chosen words. While the Instructor will have pages with text to work on, students... Read More →
Using random texts from old books or magazines, we select words that resonate for us. These words can be used to create a prose-poem or inspirational message. We then either black out the remaining words, or use doodling to isolate our chosen words. While the Instructor will have pages with text to work on, students... Read More →
This choreographer’s genome, converted to an algorithm, controls the ordering of the 23 dance sections of Autobiography for each performance, resulting in a “tantalizingly personal” new dance work exploring the chapters of human life.
Enter a world of magical beings and mystical scenes. Let your imagination roam free as you form a personal enchanted relationship with each of featured artist Judith Maier’s ceramic companions. Her figures will be joined with fancies from other local artists working in a variety of media, including oils, acrylics, photography and mixed media. Show... Read More →
EL FUEGO Early Music Ensemble presents "The last Conquistador" (The last Conqueror): narrative, music, poetry and art from Spain's Golden Age and New Spain colonies (Today's Mexico and New Mexico), surrounding the time of Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626). Salomé Sandoval, voice, vihuela, baroque guitar and artistic direction; Roman Testroet, voice; Molly Barnes, Sarah... Read More →
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