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Exhibition of watercolor paintings by Kendal Brown and Chris Berndt August 20-September 27, at the Seymour Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. Reception August 20 3:00-4:00 p.m.
This rip-roaring romp through Sherwood Forest comes to PlayMakers with all the thrills and romance you could ask for. We’ll fill the theatre with flying arrows, clanging swords, and perilous feats of daring as you follow Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Robin Hood himself through this timeless story of a people’s hero who... Read More →
Join us on the lawn as we kick off another season of Music on the Porch! Our first fall concert features world-renowned local violinist and composer Jennifer Curtis. An educator with a focus on music as humanitarian aid, Curtis has performed with musical shaman of the Andes, improvised for live radio from the Amazon jungle,... Read More →
The Stone Center will kick off its 30th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition With Us Comes the Parallax. This show will feature works by past Stone Center visiting artists, dating back to 2004. The opening will also include talks by some of the participating artists, including Toni Scott, Arturo Lindsay, Lucia Mendez, Michael... Read More →
Featured readers at the monthly Second Thursday Poetry Reading will be Adrian Rice and Iris Tillman. An open mic follows, at which poets may read one poem no more than a page long. An informal get-together at The Root Cellar next door begins at 6 p.m. 919-942-7373. www.flyleafbooks.com
This fall the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC Chapel Hill will feature the work of two Lumbee artists, community-based visual artist Ashley Minner of Baltimore’s Lumbee community, and artist Alisha Locklear Monroe from the home of the Lumbee people, Robeson County, North Carolina. "Unique As We Are Alike" is a... Read More →
This fall the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC Chapel Hill will feature the work of two Lumbee artists, community-based visual artist Ashley Minner of Baltimore’s Lumbee community, and artist Alisha Locklear Monroe from the home of the Lumbee people, Robeson County, North Carolina. "Unique As We Are Alike" is a... Read More →
In the universe of independent singer-songwriters, Neko Case is near the epicenter. After several years collaborating with kd lang and Laura Veirs, she has released her first solo album since 2013: the acclaimed Hell-On. Speaks for itself, no?
This is no ordinary store: All of the products that line the shelves are just plastic bags. There are bottles of bags, cans of bags, boxes of bags, and, of course, bags of bags, each product an original design, made from discarded plastic stuffed inside other discarded plastic, creating an endless cacophony of packaging. ... Read More →
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