Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
The owners and artists of Mike’s Art Truck are happy to return to the Orange County Main Public Library in Hillsborough with a new collection of self-taught art featuring work by three popular folk artists: Ruby C. Williams, Michael Banks, and Sam Ezell. Roadside paintings by Ruby C. Williams like those in the exhibit once... Read More →
Four local comics preform 12-15 minutes of material and Jack Bowen, well, he’s your host.
Fafnir Adamites, a sculptor from Western Massachusetts, will be visiting Chapel Hill as an artist-in-residence at Level Retreat thanks to an artist grant from the Orange County Arts Commission. During her stay, she will be hosting this free artist talk and hands-on demonstration about her process. Fafnir uses traditional craft processes – such as feltmaking,... Read More →
Round 2 of 100% true anecdotes from the life of an high-strung ginger. Come hear about trying to fake it as a male, becoming goth, summer camp ghosts, puberty, and surviving as a red head in China.
We’ve curated two house teams with some of the best improvisers in The Triangle! Come see them perform every Friday night at 8:00!
Holly & Hess & Hunicutt have over 10,000 years of improv comedy to their names. All three are veteran performers in Chicago and Los Angeles, having played together regularly over the past two decades at Chicago's iO Theater, iO West in Los Angeles, and UCB, among others. Holly Laurent (Second City Mainstage,The Reckoning), Greg Hess... Read More →
Travel Journaling is a class where the instructors take you outside and show you how to observe and capture the environment around you, also called painting in “Plein Air”. These drawing classes are taught by FRANK artist Nerys Levy and Carroll Lassiter. You will learn how to draw landscapes, get an understanding of value, line... Read More →
Please join us at FRANK Gallery for a dramatic reading and discussion lead by historian and photographer Peter Filene one of our featured artists for January. Peter recently wrote and published "Striving Fathers, Troubled Sons" which "dramatizes the history of manhood-making in America through the intimate narratives of seven families: the Adamses; the Rockefellers; Woodrow... Read More →
BUY TICKETS Come practice those improv skills and get some feedback in this fun environment. We meet every Saturday from 3pm-5pm. STUDENTS - If paying at the time of the event, you can show a valid student id and take the class for only $10!!!
BUY TICKETS Come practice those improv skills and get some feedback in this fun environment. We meet every Saturday from 3pm-5pm. STUDENTS - If paying at the time of the event, you can show a valid student id and take the class for only $10!!!
The audience suggests the subject of a documentary and improvisers create a 45 minute long form "film" featuring the scenes and interviews with the cast and crew.
Three improv teams from The Triangle and surrounding areas are selected per week to perform an hour’s worth of incredibly unscripted fun for you every Saturday night!
The Seashell and the Clergyman is Germaine Dulac’s 1928 silent film, featuring a script from Antonin Artaud. Often cited as the first surrealist film, it is offered here with a live score from Tim Carless. Tim is performing this piece solo at the piano. TSATC is a relatively short film, running at 30 minutes. Preceding... Read More →
A late night stand-up showcase featuring 5 of NC’s best comics every third Saturday of the month.
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