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SHIMMER

Aug 03 2017

2017-18 Arts Grant Recipients Announced


The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2017-18 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded twenty-five Grassroots Arts Program Grants and… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Press Release · Tagged: artist grants, Arts in Education, Arts in Schools, Boomerang, Carter Hubbard, Chapel Hill Philharmonia, Dawn Hummer, Donn Young, Eno Publishers, floraffiti, grants, Grassroots Program, hillsborough arts council, Inc., Jenks Miller, Kidzu, literary arts, Marie Rossettie, NC Arts Council, NC ArtsCast, NC Symphony, Nicholas Chatfield, One song productions, Orange County Historical Museum, Pam Baggett, performing arts, poetry, Renzo Ortega, SHIMMER, Street Signs, The Chapel Hill Chorus, The Walls We Build, visual arts, Voices, Women's Voices Chorus

Feb 10 2017

Weekend Culture Fix for February 10-12


Here’s your #weekendculturefix from #OCAC. Don’t miss #2ndFridayArtWalk / #SHIMMER tonight in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, and #LivingHistoryDay tomorrow in Hillsborough! Scroll through the list for all the details. LIVE MUSIC Hillsborough •… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Weekend Culture Fix · Tagged: 2nd Friday ArtWalk, alexander dickson house, carrboro, chapel hill, chapelhill, classes, comedy, concerts, dance, events, exhibits, families, happenings, hillsborough, kids, live music, living history day, music, orange county, performing arts, SHIMMER, shows, theater, visual arts, weekend culture fix

Feb 02 2017

Arts Matter: Meg McGurk Gets the Arts


A recent blog post explained how Orange County is an under-cover arts mecca.  How, in almost every category in which you can gauge the significance of the arts in a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Blog Posts, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: 2nd Friday ArtWalk, art, Arts Matter, chapel hill, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, chapelhill, events, happenings, Meg McGurk, orange county, SHIMMER, visual arts

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