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.<\/p>\n
Jan. 10-Feb. 7:\u00a0 UNC\u2019s\u00a0 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<\/p>\n
Jan. 11-15: PlayMakers\u2019 Second Stage Series presents No Child\u2026, portraying life at a fictional multiethnic high school. Kenan Theatre. $10-$45. 919.962.7529.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a><\/p>\n Jan. 14: All-Carolina Invitational Male Choral Festival. 5:30 pm, Hill Hall Auditorium. 919.962.1039. http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n 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 Caf\u00e9. The exhibition runs Jan. 2-April 14. 919.962.0318. http:\/\/global.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Jan. 19:\u00a0 National Humanities Center President Geoffrey Harpham will discuss Finding Ourselves: The Humanities as a Discipline, part of a series of events honoring the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. 4 pm, Hyde Hall. http:\/\/iah.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Jan. 19:\u00a0 Giselle Corbie-Smith of UNC\u2019s 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. \u00a04:30 pm, Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, 039 Graham Memorial Hall. 919.962.5665.http:\/\/www.uncsouth.org<\/p>\n Jan. 20:\u00a0 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<\/a><\/p>\n Jan. 20-21: Django Haskins sings and performs Painting the Town: A Rock \u2018n\u2019 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<\/a><\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 http:\/\/facebook.com\/tedxunc<\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n Jan. 28-March 4:\u00a0 PlayMakers presents The Making of a King: William Shakespeare\u2019s Henry IV and Henry V, in rotating repertory.\u00a0 Paul Green Theatre. $10-$45. 919.962.7529. http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a><\/p>\n Jan. 29:\u00a0 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<\/a><\/p>\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n