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The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough and Mike’s Art Truck are proud to present artwork by North Carolina artist Cher Shaffer at the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, NC. “Art from the Holler by Cher Shaffer” is a new selection of unique creations by one of our state’s best-loved self-taught artists. The show is on display... Read More →
At once compassionate, heartbreaking, and unexpectedly funny, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play chronicles one woman’s journey to break the cycle—and silence—surrounding her sexual abuse at the hands of a beloved family member. A story of boundaries, personal agency, and how hindsight is not always 20/20, How I Learned to Drive has earned its place in the... Read More →
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wilson Library’s Fearrington Reading Room (3rd floor) Free and open to the public Curated by Abigail Washburn, banjo player and Carolina Performing Arts DisTIL Fellow, these gatherings will explore silence as a mechanism for deeper understanding. Students, faculty, staff and community members will join together to provide a soundscape of silence. Music... Read More →
Blind Path Booking Presents: Born A New, Weeping Wound, Basilica & Discerner at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, NC.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events, including abuse and neglect. Join us to learn more.
Local and visiting artists share musical images, using various mediums to create a visual concert. Featured artists include Kevin Flynn Bell, Richard Blackmon, Debi L. Drew, Ray LaMantia, Allan Leon, Armen Knox, D. Xavier Knox, Joseph Mareka, Margaret Oatney and Sam Williams. Also available will be paintings and drawings, mixed media, photography, sculpture, jewelry, reprints,... Read More →
Che Apalache is a four-man Latingrass band based in Buenos Aires with members from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Their style combines South American music and Bluegrass, ranging from vivid Latin rhythms to a cappella mountain gospel songs sung in four part harmony. The group’s founder is Joe Troop (fiddle), a North Carolina-born multi-instrumentalist,... Read More →
The Hillsborough Arts Council (HAC) is pleased to present the 11th Annual Art in the Heart Art Fair on April 27, 2019, from 10AM-4PM (rain date April 28). This year, with a record number of artist applications to choose from, we are pleased to be presenting a high-quality selection of talented local artists and craftspeople.... Read More →
Visit for an hour with the Find Your Own Voice Singers, local musicians who bring their voices and instruments to create an enjoyable sing-along, featuring American folk and pop favorites, classics from the 1960s--and songs you suggest. Raise your voice in song, clap your hands or just enjoy the rousing music. Embrace Spring by experiencing... Read More →
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