January events: art, music, plays, photography and more

The College of Arts and Sciences January calendar has plenty of arts events and more to launch your new year. Enclosed are highlights, followed by a link to the University calendar for even more activities.

Jan. 10-Feb. 7:  UNC’s  First-Year MFA Exhibit, Built Forged Faked, explores unraveling narratives of identity, race, gender, geography, ritual and constructed spaces. Opening reception Jan. 10, 6 pm, Alcott Gallery, Hanes Art Center. http://www.art.unc.edu

Jan. 11-15: PlayMakers’ Second Stage Series presents No Child…, portraying life at a fictional multiethnic high school. Kenan Theatre. $10-$45. 919.962.7529.  http://www.playmakersrep.org

Jan. 14: All-Carolina Invitational Male Choral Festival. 5:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium. 919.962.1039. http://music.unc.edu

Jan. 18: Carolina Global Photography Exhibition featuring the work of UNC students, faculty, staff and alumni competing in the annual photo contest; winners announced at the reception, 5 pm, FedEx Global Education Center. You may bring a dish to share and compete for a $10 gift certificate to Global Cup Café. The exhibition runs Jan. 2-April 14. 919.962.0318. http://global.unc.edu

Jan. 19:  National Humanities Center President Geoffrey Harpham will discuss Finding Ourselves: The Humanities as a Discipline, part of a series of events honoring the 25th anniversary of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. 4 pm, Hyde Hall. http://iah.unc.edu

Jan. 19:  Giselle Corbie-Smith of UNC’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research will discuss culturally sensitive and sustainable interventions to prevent HIV in rural African American communities in eastern NC, part of Hutchins Lecture Series.  4:30 pm, Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, 039 Graham Memorial Hall. 919.962.5665.http://www.uncsouth.org

Jan. 20:  Richard Luby will perform Solo Violin Music of Bach, Part I, 8 pm, Historic PlayMakers Theater.$10-$15. 919.962.1039. http://music.unc.edu

Jan. 20-21: Django Haskins sings and performs Painting the Town: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Life and the Souls of Four Great American Cities, based on his new book. Directed by Joseph Megel. 8 pm, Gerrard Hall. megel@unc.edu

Jan. 21: The first annual TEDxUNC event features brief presentations by Dennis Whittle, Joseph DeSimone, Alan Murray, Dan Ariely, Shamila Kohestani, John McGowan, the Sacrificial Poets, Victoria Hale, Kate Otto and Greg van Kirk. 12 noon to 4 pm, FedEx Global Education Center.  http://facebook.com/tedxunc

Jan. 22: Sopranos Jeanne Fischer and Melissa Zwicker Martin, and pianist Deborah Hollis perform Songs and Duets by Slavic Composers. 3 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium. 919.962.1039. http://music.unc.edu

Jan. 24: South Carolina textile artist Ellen Kochansky exhibit opens, with reception and live music by the New Music Collective from Charleston. 5:30 pm, Center for the Study of the American South, Love House, 410 E. Franklin St. 919.962.5665. http://www.uncsouth.org

Jan. 28-March 4:  PlayMakers presents The Making of a King: William Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V, in rotating repertory.  Paul Green Theatre. $10-$45. 919.962.7529. http://www.playmakersrep.org

Jan. 29:  American Song with soprano Andrea Edith Moore and Friends, with cellist Sarah Carter, poet Jeffrey Beam and pianists Daniel Spiegel and Keiko Sekino. 3 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium. 919.962.1039. http://music.unc.edu

Jan. 29: Cello Music of Britten, performed by cellist Brent Wissick, pianist Clara Yang and the UNC Cello Choir. 7:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium. 919.962.1039. http://music.unc.edu

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UNC calendar, for more events.