Master drummer and composer Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band will headline the 38th annual Carolina Jazz Festival Feb. 18-21 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Many events are free at the 38th annual event — which features concerts, workshops, open rehearsals, a Latin jazz night and more.
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Familiarity, so the saying goes, breeds contempt.
Ray Dooley begs to differ.
In the world of theater, Dooley believes, familiarity with other people on the stage instills the confidence needed to take risks. Familiarity can be the safety net that allows an actor to inhabit an imaginary role so completely that, in that moment, the imaginary seems real.
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Whether she’s helping direct the Marching Tar Heels or samples in a research lab, senior psychology major Betsy Unger keeps her life as a Carolina student up tempo
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2/26 UPDATE: DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Yo-Yo Ma and members from the Silk Road Ensemble will give a free talk Feb. 26 at UNC.
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The Process Series at UNC will feature an engaging new work by two poets in February. Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. and Elisabeth Lewis Corley’s Geomancy: Divination by Geography will be performed Feb. 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. in Studio 6 of Swain Hall.
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As a conceptual artist, Paul Travis Phillips starts with an idea. The materials — paint, drawing, sculpture, video, performance — come as a secondary. Phillips, an MFA candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, says the hours of an artist are nonstop.
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Louise Toppin, professor and chair of the music department in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received the Legacy Award from the National Opera Association. The award recognizes the importance of racial and ethnic diversity in professional opera and honors individuals who have made significant contributions toward that goal. Toppin is an internationally acclaimed
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PlayMakers Repertory Company continues its main-stage season Jan. 21-Feb. 8 with a scathingly funny backstage drama, “Trouble in Mind.” Listen to a new podcast featuring members of the show.
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PlayMakers Repertory Company will present the regional premiere of “Wrestling Jerusalem,” written and performed by Aaron Davidman, Jan. 7-11.
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Former Tar Heel basketball player Ademola Okulaja was called “The Warrior” because of his tough spirit. But his nickname took on a larger meaning in 2008, when doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in his spine.
