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Join Piedmont Laureate Kelly Starling Lyons on Wednesday, February 3rd, in celebration of World Read Aloud Day. Kelly will, through video, share her easy readers, Ty's Travels: All Aboard, and Geisel Honor-winning, Ty's Travels: Zip Zoom, and offer recommendations of readalouds by North Carolina children's book creators. The video will appear on the Piedmont Laureate... Read More →
This spring, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Ackland Film Forum continues its all virtual series on Queer Cinema, now expanding to a selection of four international films for a look at Global Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own... Read More →
Mike Wiley brings to life the recollections of author Tim Tyson surrounding the 1970 murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow in Oxford, NC and the events that followed. Marrow, who was black, was chased from a local store by three white men after reportedly making a crude remark to the wife of one of those men.... Read More →
At 7 P.M. on December 21, NCBC will livestream our virtual choir holiday concert online like we have never done before. The entire program was prepared and made by our choir virtually this year. We will showcase selections from our Fall 2020 virtual choir program and will feature classical holiday choral pieces for our local... Read More →
Curl up with the whole family for an intimate evening of storytelling with PlayMakers legend Ray Dooley. Ray embodies Scrooge, Marley, Tiny Tim and a lifetime of Christmas memories in Dickens’ classic tale of redemption, charity, and love. This is a “radio drama”-style production, including the expertly-crafted Foley artistry of PlayMakers sound designer and engineer,... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated presents One Grain of Rice a folk tale from India. The puppet show is offered online through the Orange County Public Library's Virtual Branch. The puppetry program will consist of pre-recorded and live interactions via Zoom. Registration is required through the Orange County Public Library. 919 -245-2525. https://www.orangecountync.gov/2377/Virtual-Branch The Zoom link will... Read More →
Hanging Tree Guitars introduces the work of African American luthier and visual artist Freeman Vines. Vines’ sculptures are imbued with an expressive form and symbolic imagery, shaped by hand from repurposed wood sourced from the natural and built landscapes around his home in an eastern North Carolina farming community. Freeman Vines’ instruments are sculpted from... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated presents two classic holiday puppet performances online. In this double header event The Shoemaker and the Elf and The Wish Tree will be performed . The format will include both pre-recorded and live interactions via Zoom. Registration is required through the Town of Carrboro Park and Recreation Programs Lollipop Series. More information... Read More →
Puppet Show Incorporated presents the African Folk Tale Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock. The puppet show is offered online through the Orange County Public Library's Virtual Branch. The puppetry program will consist of pre-recorded and live interactions via Zoom. Registration is required through the Orange County Public Library. 919 -245-2525 https://www.orangecountync.gov/2377/Virtual-Branch The Zoom link... Read More →
On Saturday, November 7th, 2020, Tim Carless presents The Immigrant, the second film in his series of Charlie Chaplin live-scores streaming the first Saturday of October, November and December. The Immigrant, made in 1917, is the eleventh of twelve films that Charlie Chaplin made for the Mutual Film Company. It begins aboard a ship, bound... Read More →
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