Oct. 1: Live bluegrass banjo concert with Jim Mills. 12 noon, Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room. 919.962.7105. http://library.unc.edu
Oct. 1: Syria — The Wider Implications, a discussion with UNC Political Science Professors Timothy McKeown, Navin Bapat and Stephen Gent, and doctoral students Bryce Loidolt, Elizabeth Menninga and Chris Watt. 7:30 pm, Murray G202. https://college.unc.edu/2013/09/18/syriapanel/
Oct. 2: UNC eminent historian William Ferris will read from his book, The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists, 3:30 pm, Bull’s Head Bookshop. 919.962.5060. mckay@unc.edu
Oct. 2: European Foreign Policy in the Making, with EU Ambassador Joao Vale De Almeida. 1 pm, FedEx Global Education Center, Mandela Auditorium. K.larres@unc.edu
Oct. 2: Author Ron Rash presents the Thomas Wolfe Lecture, 7:30 pm, Genome Sciences G-100. https://college.unc.edu/2013/09/22/ronrash/
Oct. 4-5: Celebrating Congo: a festival bringing musicians, film artists and speakers together. Part of Festival on the Hill. Sonja Haynes Stone Center. http://www.salaamkivu.org/skiff-us-celebrating-congo.html
Oct. 4-5: 2013 Merrimon Lecture and Health Justice Conference. Keynote speaker Oct. 4 at 4:30 p.m. in Rosenau Hall auditorium is Ruth Faden, co-author of “Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Policy.” A dialogue on health justice continues at the UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities in Hyde Hall Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. http://bioethics.unc.edu/healthjustice
Oct 5-6, 10-13: The Uncanny Valley, a new play by UNC Communication Studies Professor and filmmaker Francesca Talenti. 8 pm; Sunday 2 pm. Swain Hall 110, Black Box Theater. 919.962.1449. $12 at door; $10 online at http://etix.com.
Oct. 7: (How) Can We Talk About Rape? A discussion with Druscilla French, Foundation for Mythological Studies, Barbara Friedman (UNC JOMC) and Kumi Silva (UNC Communication Studies). 4 pm, Hyde Hall nancys@email.unc.edu
Oct. 7: “Two Towns of Jasper” film screening. Filmmaker Marco Williams will discuss his film which documents the aftermath of the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to a pickup truck and ragged to death by three white men in Jasper, Texas. 5:30 p.m. Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Free. http://sonjahaynesstonectr.unc.edu/
Oct. 7: Lincoln and American Jewry, with Gary Zola, Hebrew Union College. 7:30 pm, Friday Center. http://jewishstudies.unc.edu/
Oct. 8: UNC eminent historian William Ferris will discuss his book The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists. 2:30 pm, Alumni Center. 919.962.3574. ann-louise_aguiar@unc.edu
Oct. 8: Gambling with Armageddon: The Cuban Missile Crisis from Hiroshima to Havana, with Professor Martin Sherwin, George Mason University. 4 pm, Hamilton Hall 569. K.larres@unc.edu
Oct. 8: Visual artist Saya Woolfalk will discuss her science-fiction-inspired works. Reception 5 pm. Exhibit through Nov. 1. Hanes Art Center, Alcott Gallery.http://art.unc.edu/event/gallery-talk-saya-woolfalk/ valentine@unc.edu
Oct. 10: UNC Symphony Orchestra in concert performing Svoboda, Dvorak and Mussorgsky. $15, 919.962.1039. 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall. http://music.unc.edu
Oct. 12: Celebrate University Day and the installation of Chancellor Carol Folt. 2 pm, Polk Place. There will also be a lecture on Carolina’s history Thursday Oct. 10 by UNC History Professor James Leloudis and three panel discussions and a free Carolina Performing Arts event Friday Oct. 11. Details htp://installation.unc.edu
Oct. 13: UNC cellist Brent Wissick with visiting artists, performing sonatas and trios by Mendelssohn. 3 pm, Person Hall. http://music.unc.edu
Oct. 13: Duke historian Corinna Kahnke discusses Gendered Violence in Pop Literature. 5 pm, Hyde Hall. http://unc.edu/ncgs
Oct. 15: Ms. Behaving: How NC Women Make History, a summit on women’s issues including three panel discussions co-sponsored by the Southern Oral History Program and Women AdvaNCe. 9 am to 5 pm, Carolina Club. Registration required. https://college.unc.edu/2013/09/20/womensummit/
Oct. 15: Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture: Kevin Everson. 6 pm, 121 Hanes Art Center. http://art.unc.edu
Oct. 15: UNC Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band. $15, $10. 919.843.3333. 7:30 pm, Memorial Hall. http://music.unc.edu
Oct. 17: Understanding and Getting Help for OCD: An Evening with Experts. 6:30 p.m. Cameron Village Regional Library, room 202, Raleigh. UNC’s Jon Abramowitz, a professor in the psychology dept. and director of the OCD/Anxiety Disorders Clinic, will be one of the panelists. http://www.ocfoundation.org
Oct. 22: Oil and Politics: The Oil Crises of the 1970s and Beyond, with Professor David Painter, Georgetown University. 4 pm, Hamilton Hall 569. K.larres@unc.edu
Oct. 24: Football and Civil Rights: A Story of Two Ground-breaking Coaches, with author Sam Freedman, Columbia University School of Journalism. 4:30 pm, Carroll Hall, Freedom Forum. 919.962.5665. csas@unc.edu
Oct. 24: Beginning at 7:00, in Carroll Hall Auditorium, UNC will host a screening of the new EPIX documentary: “Schooled: The Price of College Sports.” The documentary is inspired partly by award-winning author Taylor Branch’s recent book The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA. After the screening, beginning at approximately 8:30, there will be a town hall panel discussion and Q&A session. welee@email.unc.edu
Oct. 25: Implementing Human Rights to Eliminate Inequalities in Water and Sanitation, a presentation by UN Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque. 5:30 pm, FedEx Global Education Center, Mandela Auditorium. dnalls@med.unc.edu
Oct. 25-26: UNC artist Roxana Perez-Mendez presents a multimedia installation and performance on colonialism in America, En Mi Espejo, Veo Tu Cara. 8 pm, Morehead Planetarium. http://processseries.unc.edu/
Oct. 25-26: “Long Story Shorts,” The third annual Writing for the Screen and Stage One Act Festival, 8PM, Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Rd. Eight shorts plays presented as staged readings.
Oct. 29: New Orleans conga/percussion player Alfred “Uganda” Roberts will be joined by Tom Worrell for a program in a Southern Music class and a public concert at noon in the Pleasants Room of Wilson Library. wferris@unc.edu
Oct. 30: Foreign Policy and National Security, a conversation with Thomas Donilon, former National Security Advisor to President Obama, and Barton Gellman, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Moderated by Professor Hodding Carter, former State Department spokesperson during the Carter administration. 5:30 pm, Genome Sciences Building, G-100 auditorium. deereid@unc.edu
