“More Outsider Art in the Visitors Center”
Alexander Dickson House 150 E. King St., Hillsborough
Free
Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
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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
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DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual, Resistance
"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”
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
Kikagaku Moyo
“Masana” is a fictional word created by Kikagaku Moyo to express a Utopian feeling; an existence where everything can interact harmoniously and offer inspiration and understanding. Their fourth album Masana Temples radiates this vision, architecting a vibrating world that isn’t confined to the known limits of what came before it. Kikagaku Moyo progressed from early days in Tokyo’s experimental scene to traveling the world with their mind-bending sounds, exploring different facets of psychedelia on each new release and blowing minds with a live show that was just as searching as their records. The shifting dimensions of Masana Temples are informed by various experiences the band had with traveling through life together, ranging from the months spent on tour to making a pilgrimage to Lisbon to record the album with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas. The songs came together in the wake of the band breaking up the communal house most of them had shared in Tokyo, with some members relocating to Amsterdam, and others moving to different parts of Japan. Transitioning from being based in the scene they had roots in to scattering around various locales made for an even more enhanced understanding of how mystically connected the sum of their parts were when the band reunited to record new material. The music is the product of time spent in motion and all of the bending mindsets that come with it. The band sought out Pernadas both out of admiration for his music and in an intentional move to work with a producer who came from a wildly different background. With Masana Temples, the band wanted to challenge their own concepts of what psychedelic music could be. Elements of both the attentive folk and wild-eyed rocking sides of the band are still intact throughout Masana Temples, but they’re sharper and more defined. Without sacrificing any of their experimental impulses, songs are more composed and cohesive. Pernadas’ bright production meets with nearly telepathically locked-in performances, on both lazy cloud-like jaunts like “Nazo Nazo” or fuzzed-out expeditions like lead single “Gatherings”. Drummer/vocalist Go Kurosawa, guitarist/vocalist Tomo Katsurada, bassist Kotsuguy, sitar and keyboard player Ryu Kurosawa and guitarist Daoud Popal Akira act as a unit, with an intuitive attention to space and dynamics that could only come from years of playing together in every imaginable setting. More than the literal interpretation of being on a journey, the album’s always changing sonic panorama reflects the spiritual connection of the band moving through this all together. Life for a traveling band is a series of constant metamorphoses, with languages, cultures, climates and vibes changing with each new town. The only constant for Kikagaku Moyo throughout their travels were the five band members always together moving through it all, but each of them taking everything in from very different perspectives. Inspecting the harmonies and disparities between these perspectives, the group reflects the emotional impact of their nomadic paths. Coming together in a way more deliberate than the beautifully floating improvisations of their Stone Garden EP or the sometimes hushed dreamstate of 2016 album House In The Tall Grass, Masana Temples is focused and clear in its vision in a way that feels unlike any of Kikagaku Moyo’s earlier sounds. Links: Website | Facebook| Bandcamp
Robyn Hitchcock (solo)
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration). Since founding the art-rock band The Soft Boys in 1976, Robyn has recorded more than 20 albums as well as starred in ‘Storefront Hitchcock’ an in concert film recorded in New York and directed by Jonathan Demme. Blending folk and psychedelia with a wry British nihilism, Robyn describes his songs as ‘paintings you can listen to’. His most recent album is self-titled and marks his 21st release as a solo artist. Out on April 21 2017, the album is produced by Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs). Hitchcock describes it as a “ecstatic work of negativity with nary a dreary groove.” It has received rave reviews from UNCUT, Rolling Stone, Paste, Tidal and more. “A gifted melodist, Hitchcock nests engaging lyrics in some of the most bracing, rainbow-hued pop this side of Revolver. He wrests inspiration not from ordinary life but from extraordinary imaginings…” – Rolling Stone “These 10 gems slither, rock, roll, glide and shapeshift, coalescing around Hitchcock’s typically anxious, strained but striking and immediately identifiable vocals.” – American Songwriter “Beloved of everyone from Led Zeppelin to REM, Hitchcock has only enhanced his status with this wonderful outing.” – Hot Press “Witty, moving and seriously catchy, Robyn Hitchcock is a glorious return for a man who wasn’t really gone in the first place.” – Paste Magazine Links: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter DJANGO HASKINS A songwriter based in North Carolina, Django Haskins has fronted the pop-noir band, The Old Ceremony, since 2004. He also forms one half of the psych-folk duo Au Pair with the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris. He has toured. He has been written about. In 2016 he received the NC Arts Council’s Artist Grant in recognition of his extensive creative exertions. He has been a part of the traveling circus known as Big Star’s Third since its inception in 2011. He has released a dozen albums of his songs in various guises. Links: Website
Turnover & Men I Trust
Turnover Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music–> Men I Trust Links: Website | Facebook | Tumblr | Bandcamp | YouTube Renata Zeiguer Links: Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp
black midi
You can hear black midi’s rehearsal space from the other end of the road. A rhythmic racket blasts from behind the iron lion knocker on the door of a dilapidated Georgian townhouse in south west London. It’s only when they’ve finished playing that they can hear it bang and let you in… Inside, the energy only lessens a notch. Geordie Greep, black midi’s curiously voiced singer, and guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin sit with guitars on their laps, occasionally flickering out riffs to illustrate a point. The repartee between the pair, and bassist Cameron Picton and drummer Morgan Simpson, is quiet but quick and laconic. It’s a connection reflected in the intensely focused and driven live shows with which black midi have made their name, Over the past year or so, this fearsomely youthful group – Greep and Picton are 19, Simpson and Kelvin just a year older – have built a reputation for fierce, uncompromising and ever-evolving live shows that, though they’ve drawn comparisons to the likes of Shellac, sound like nothing else around at the moment. After a series of early gigs at Brixton’s Windmill, their increasing reputation led to requests for support slots with Shame, and a debut American tour that saw them win over new fans at SXSW and beyond. black midi bonded over shared musical enthusiasms, or “liking messed up things” as Kelvin puts it, including an appreciation for rapper Danny Brown, Death Grips, Deerhoof, Miles Davis and Talking Heads, who they like so much they called a song… Talking Heads. Greep says that “we’ve always tried to make it heavy but danceable, melodic but good rhythms. It is accessible music, there are experimental aspects that we’ve taken from when we went crazy at the beginning, we’ve just reigned it in to make something that is pop music.” It feels like an explosion from a group of young men who have long been steeped in making music. Morgan Simpson grew up in a church and took up the drums when he was two. Greep started out playing along to the likes of Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out and Black Sabbath on “the OG” Guitar Hero. “I was like ‘this is badass’, I thought the songs were sick so I borrowed CDs of my dad, I got into that music and thought ‘now let’s learn the real guitar'”, he says. The foursome all met at the Brit School, the music college that has turned out the likes of Adele, and are full of praise for their education and teachers for giving them a vital grounding in musical collaboration. While studying, the group paid their way by teaching music and doing sessions for friends, and Greep and Kelvin would go busking in Bromley. This actually ended up giving them one of their best songs, Ducter. “Back when we were kids, well three years ago, but when you’re a kid, busking is a chill way to make money. Some days versions of Jimi Hendrix’ ‘Purple Haze’ and blues and soul tracks might yield a couple of hundred quid, others were less lucrative. Sometimes we got £5,” says Greep. “It was one of those days when we got £5 and we thought, ‘let’s just jam our own stuff.’ People were saying ‘what’s going on?'” When the group began, they had far more rules and regulations about what should and shouldn’t be done. This evolved, says Greep, into an “anything goes” policy of experimentation, “if it works, if we keep thinking about it, just do it. If it doesn’t fit then who cares?” At first, the music they were making was “an ambient, droning, noisy thing” as Greep describes it, mutating into something reminiscent of Swans or the Boredoms, before songs like bmbmbm and Speedway started to take shape. Links: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Bandcamp
Carrboro Film Festival
Now celebrating its fourteenth year, The Carrboro Film Festival has grown to become the premiere festival in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Featuring world class films of every length and genre, CFF is known for packed houses and standing ovations. This two day celebration, from November 23-24, 2019, of Film ART, NOT Film Business,... Read More →
The Blazers – How To Rock Reunion
This show has been rescheduled for January 3, 2020. The players: Rick Miller, Lee Guildersleeve, Sherman Tate, Jimmy Weaver, Joey Sinreich, Ron Taylor, Robin Woodard
$15
Gaelic Storm
This is a seated show. It’s hard to imagine a band just coming into their own after 20 years of success, but that’s exactly what makes a true anomaly. This multi-national, Celtic juggernaut grows stronger with each live performance, and as you can imagine, after two decades and over 2000 shows, it is a true force to be reckoned with. With their latest release, Go Climb a Tree, their music has never sounded more representative of themselves as musicians and as live performers. The band attributes their continued success to their fanatic audience, and it’s a well-diversified crowd for sure. The country-music folks adore the storytelling, the bluegrass-heads love the instrumentals, Celtic fans love their devotion to tradition, and the rockers simply relish the passion they play their instruments with. Each band member, in their own way, expresses a deep gratitude for their fans, but it’s best summed up in the words of Patrick Murphy: “The fans are the ones that have given us this life. We’re here for them.” On Go Climb a Tree, co-founders of Gaelic Storm, Steve Twigger and Patrick Murphy, along with longtime friend and co-writer Steve Wehmever, are again at the helm of song-writing duties. The album has everything-party drinking songs (“The Beer Song”), patriotic anthems (“Green, White and Orange”), beautiful folk songs (“Monday Morning Girl”), spritely instrumentals “”The Night of Tomfoolery”), perfectly poppy songs (“Shine On”), and even a raucous pirate song (“Shanghai Kelly”). When speaking of the overall concept of the album, Patrick Murphy gives some insight: “With all the craziness and division in the world, we wanted to make an album about ‘contemplative escapism.’ Go Climb a Tree certainly isn’t about dropping out of the conversation, it’s just about taking a short hiatus to recharge the batteries before you take on the world again.” Gaelic Storm takes a true blue-collar, hard-nose approach to touring, consistently traveling the US and internationally over 200 days a year, forging a unique path in the Celtic music world. “You have to see us live. We are the true working-mans’ band,” says Ryan Lacey, who joined the lineup in 2003. “We still, and most likely always will, tour most of the year, and that’s how we constantly hone our craft.” The dedication to live shows date all the way back to the mid-1990s, when Gaelic Storm kicked off its career as a pub band in Santa Monica, California. Due to their discovery at the pub, by the end of the decade, the musicians had appeared in the blockbuster film Titanic (where they performed “Irish Party in Third Class”). This laid the groundwork for a career that would eventually find them topping the Billboard World Chart six times, making appearances at mainstream music festivals, and regularly headlining the largest Irish Festivals across the country, all the while gaining a reputation as a genre-bending Irish rock band, whose songs mix Celtic traditions with something uniquely creative. Looking to the future, Gaelic Storm is excited about what lies ahead. They’ve added a new fiddle player, Katie Grennen, and she has affectionately become the “purple squirrel” of the band, meaning she is the perfect new addition. Pete Purvis who joined the band in 2005 said, “With the addition of Katie, the band has never sounded better, we’re gelling on a whole new level, and the idea of sharing these new songs with our fans is exciting!” Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
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Live Event Photography Workshop
Live Event Photography Workshop
Learn live event photography from visiting artist and professional photographer, Tod Seelie, at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. The $70 enrollment fee includes two classes – plus a press pass to a show of your choosing at Cat's Cradle – during the week of November 10-17, 2019. In the first class, Tod will discuss tools, techniques, and how best... Read More →
$70
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Live Event Photography Workshop
Live Event Photography Workshop
Learn live event photography from visiting artist and professional photographer, Tod Seelie, at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. The $70 enrollment fee includes two classes – plus a press pass to a show of your choosing at Cat's Cradle – during the week of November 10-17, 2019. In the first class, Tod will discuss tools, techniques, and how best... Read More →
$70
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Pints & Pitches Chapel Hill
Pints & Pitches Chapel Hill
This monthly event brings together founders, startup teams, free lancers, and local professionals for introductions and networking. Attendees can watch or participate in quick pitch sessions, or simply share what they're up to. Practice telling your story to customers, investors, and the public. Join us in at the Pit Chapel Hill for appetizers on the... Read More →
Free
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What Sustains Us: Poets on Nature
What Sustains Us: Poets on Nature
Pam Baggett, Florence Nash, Garrett Sharpe, and Caren Stuart will read work that focuses on the beauty and interconnectedness of the natural world, the tragedy of climate change, humans as a part of and apart from nature. The event is free and open to the public. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts... Read More →
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Sarod Trilogy: Amjad Ali Khan, Master of the Sarod
Sarod Trilogy: Amjad Ali Khan, Master of the Sarod
Amjad Ali Khan is lauded for reinventing the technique of playing the sarod, the stringed instrument essential to Hindustani and Indian classical music. Using Ragas—rhythmic cycles of music—as the basis for his performances, Khan ensures that each concert experience is unique unto itself. For the first time, he brings his extraordinary style to Carolina Performing... Read More →
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November Story Time, Puppet Show and Art Activity
November Story Time, Puppet Show and Art Activity
Puppet Show Incorporated https://www.puppetshowinc.org/ presents the classic folk story Stone Soup. Activities include a story time, puppet show and make and take art activity. Puppetry programs will be held at the following community locations. Recommended ages are 4-8. FREE November 16th at 10:30-11:30 Carrboro Branch Library. FREE November 14th at 4:00-5:00 Hillsborough Main Library FREE... Read More →
free
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Fame On Fire w/ Lowborn
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Robyn Hitchcock (solo) with Django Haskins
Robyn Hitchcock (solo) with Django Haskins
A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. Django Haskins opens. Presented by Cat’s Cradle.
$20
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Tod Seelie: “American Wild” Popup Exhibition
Tod Seelie: “American Wild” Popup Exhibition
Level Retreat artist-in-residence Tod Seelie presents selections from his forthcoming book, "American Wild", in a one weekend only popup exhibition. Tod is a prolific photographer and photojournalist, known for his evocative documentation of events, locales, and scenes that few dare to explore. He has photographed all across America and in 25 other countries on five... Read More →
Free!
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Carrboro Film Fest
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Ragtime
Ragtime
Nominated for thirteen Tony Awards including Best Musical, this triumphant masterpiece bursts forth with show-stopping splendor and unbridled passion. Prepare to be swept away by the diverse rhythms of the turn of the 20th century as three intersecting narratives capture the rich complexity of the American experiment past, present, and future. Cultures clash, people change,... Read More →
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Ragtime
Ragtime
Nominated for thirteen Tony Awards including Best Musical, this triumphant masterpiece bursts forth with show-stopping splendor and unbridled passion. Prepare to be swept away by the diverse rhythms of the turn of the 20th century as three intersecting narratives capture the rich complexity of the American experiment past, present, and future. Cultures clash, people change,... Read More →
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Sam Burchfield
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Soils Collection, Libations & Remembrance Ceremony
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Curry Wilkinson Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening
Curry Wilkinson Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening
Please join us for our Holiday Kiln Opening at Curry Wilkinson Pottery! This is a special time of year where we open up to the public our large wood fired kiln and pottery studio. Shop, learn about wood fired pottery, and meet the potter. Traditional salt glaze and contemporary wood fired pottery will be for... Read More →
free; pottery for sale
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Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
A few simple drawings of organic shapes and a patterned background will provide infinite creative possibilities for artwork on fabric. If you’ve ever filled in an image in a coloring book you are ready to work on fabric. You will create your own design and use fabric markers and/or acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium... Read More →
$49
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Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
A few simple drawings of organic shapes and a patterned background will provide infinite creative possibilities for artwork on fabric. If you’ve ever filled in an image in a coloring book you are ready to work on fabric. You will create your own design and use fabric markers and/or acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium... Read More →
$49
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Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
Fabric Art: Organic Design, workshop for adults with Debi L. Drew
A few simple drawings of organic shapes and a patterned background will provide infinite creative possibilities for artwork on fabric. If you’ve ever filled in an image in a coloring book you are ready to work on fabric. You will create your own design and use fabric markers and/or acrylic paint mixed with fabric medium... Read More →
$49
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Introduction to Glassblowing & Flameworking (Section B)
Introduction to Glassblowing & Flameworking (Section B)
Section B) Jonathan Davis – Saturday, 10am-4pm, Nov 16 (Fall 2019)
$84
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Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Journalism: Making a Mark
Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Journalism: Making a Mark
Come hear from the founders of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting talk about how to make a mark through journalism "Making a Mark: The 1619 Project, Investigative Journalism and Raising the Caliber of Reporting Through Diverse Voices"A panel discussion with Ida B. Wells Society co-founders:Nikole Hannah-Jones, Correspondent, Racial Injustice, New York Times... Read More →
Free
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Tod Seelie: “American Wild” Popup Exhibition
Tod Seelie: “American Wild” Popup Exhibition
Level Retreat artist-in-residence Tod Seelie presents selections from his forthcoming book, "American Wild", in a one weekend only popup exhibition. Tod is a prolific photographer and photojournalist, known for his evocative documentation of events, locales, and scenes that few dare to explore. He has photographed all across America and in 25 other countries on five... Read More →
Free!
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Carrboro Film Fest
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Arts Marketing Meetup
Arts Marketing Meetup
Triangle Artworks Arts Marketing Meet-Up Join us for our first Arts Marketing Meet-up! Marketing Meet-Ups will be a new opportunity to network with artists of all disciplines, while learning about marketing. There will be two ways to learn and network:1. Learn from area marketers! At each meet-up, local marketing people will be present to discuss... Read More →
Free
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An Afternoon of Burlesque Art: Live Model Drawing Event
An Afternoon of Burlesque Art: Live Model Drawing Event
The Bottom Line Burlesque & Comedy Troupe is excited to bring "An Afternoon of Burlesque Art" to Historic Downtown Hillsborough on Saturday, November 16th. Doors open at 2pm, and the event should wrap up by 4pm. Join Troupe members at Yonder Bar, (located at 114 W. King Street, 27278) for an afternoon of Burlesque-themed art... Read More →
$5 – $10
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The Future is Female: Sarah Cahill, piano
The Future is Female: Sarah Cahill, piano
“A sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde.” —New York Times Featuring dozens of compositions by women around the globe—including Chen Yi, Meredith Monk, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Clara Schumann—pianist Sarah Cahill’s The Future is Female is both a ritual installation and communal feminist immersive listening experience. A “marathon” performance meant to... Read More →
$27
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