Orange Co. Arts Commission

The General: Live Score by Tim Carless

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Buster Keaton’s 1926 classic silent film is once more being presented with a unique live score from Tim Carless. Carless has been performing live scores at The ArtsCenter, to critical and audience acclaim, since 2013. He’ll be joined by a small ensemble of musicians. Tim Carless has been a working musician for the last 30… Read More →

Piedmont Melody Makers

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The Piedmont Melody Makers, purveyors of old-time, country and bluegrass music, take their name from the Piedmont region of eastern North Carolina where three-quarters of the band now reside. Featuring the incomparable Alice Gerrard alongside folk stalwarts Jim Watson, Cliff Hale, and Chris Brasher, these perennial ArtsCenter favorites return to the Wynn Theater to celebrate… Read More →

Sona Jobarteh at The ArtsCenter

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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 →

Skeleton Crew

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At the start of the Great Recession, one of the last auto stamping plants in Detroit is on shaky ground. The long hours and demanding shifts have turned the line workers into a family, but the stress and strain of an uncertain future threatens to do more than just gum up the works. In the… Read More →

Opening Reception: Unique As We Are Alike

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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 →

Opening Reception: Unique As We Are Alike

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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 →

Film Fest 919 to Bring the Best Independent Films to Chapel Hill this Fall

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During the first week of October, more than 40 of this year’s best independent films will be featured at Silverspot Cinema in Chapel Hill as a part of the inaugural Film Fest 919. Many of the featured films will likely go on to receive prestigious awards and nominations this season, including at the Academy Awards…. Read More →