Fine Arts & Humanities

Twenty-four teams from across the U.S. participate in National High School Ethics Bowl

Editor’s note: The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham won the 2017 National Ethics Bowl competition. This was the largest competition to date, with 3,924 students from 413 teams representing 281 schools competing in 32 regionals from September to March before the national championship.    The fifth annual National High School Ethics

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PlayMakers Repertory Company announces 2017-2018 season

A playful, irreverent take on Jane Austen; a dizzy, dysfunctional family reunion; two topically charged premieres by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni; and the return of the popular rotating repertory with works about faith and following will comprise the Main-stage lineup of PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 2017-2018 Season: A Season on the Edge.

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Award-winning historian Brenda Stevenson to speak on Black Lives Matter, gender and justice

Award-winning historian Brenda Stevenson, who has been praised for “bravery in journalism,” will deliver the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 13th annual African American History Month lecture at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8, in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.

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