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Women’s Week and other events to celebrate Women’s History Month in March

Following is a sampling of March events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please use this information for calendar listings and postings and in planning your event-oriented coverage. Events are free to the public unless otherwise noted.
 



Feb. 29 – March 1

Seminar: “Worried Sick: Human Values and Reforming American Health Care”
4:30 p.m. Friday – 1 p.m. Saturday
For location details, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/
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Part of the Program in the Humanities and Human Values, this seminar will explore the state of the American health care system and modern medicine through medical practices and ethical questions. Registration is $120, with an optional $20 dinner. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/2008_Spring/6-WorriedSick.htm.

March 1
Play performace: “Platanos and Collard Greens”
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre
Since its 2003 Off Broadway debut, “Platanos & Collard Greens,” a thought-provoking romantic comedy, has addressed the stereotypes, prejudices and urban myths that exist between African-Americans and Latinos. A maximum of four tickets may be picked up at the Stone Center front desk. For more information, call (919) 962-9001.

Musical performance: SF JAZZ Collective
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Part of the Carolina Jazz Festival, the SF JAZZ Collective’s all-star ensemble will perform pieces by Wayne Shorter as well as compositions by collective members. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
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March 2
Dance performance: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
2 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The internationally acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from Southern India transports viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with the sensuous flow of Odissi, the oldest of India’s classical dance forms. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org
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Musical performance: UNC Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
Winners of the 2007 UNC Concerto Competition will perform in a benefit concert for the music department’s scholarship fund. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for UNC faculty, staff and students. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar/
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March 3
Book reading: Bart Ehrman’s “God’s Problem”
4 p.m.
Bull’s Head Bookstore
Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, will be at the Bull’s Head Bookshop to read from his newly released book “God’s Problem.” Ehrman is a leading authority on the early church and the life of Jesus. For more information, visit http://store107.collegestoreonline.com/
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Lecture: Joshua Jacobson
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre and Auditorium
Joshua Jacobson, professor of music and director of choral activities at Northeastern University, will examine the impact of American life on Jewish composers and the impact of Jews on American music. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/events.html.

Musical performance: Music Department Faculty Gala Concert
7:30 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The department of music will host a gala concert of chamber music and solos. Featured performers and works will be announced at a later date. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.

March 4
Women’s History Month Luncheon
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
The documentary “Angels Can’t Help But Laugh,” by Terri J. Vaughn and Cas Sigers examines the struggles and complexities of African-American actresses in Hollywood. Lunch will be provided. The luncheon is sponsored by the curriculum in Women’s Studies, the Kappa Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the Omega Iota Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. For more information, visit http://ibiblio.org/shscbch/events/.

Lecture: Wangechi Mutu
6 p.m.
FedEx Global Education Center Nelson Mandela Auditorium
Using images cut from fashion magazines, National Geographic and books about African art, artist Wangechi Mutu pieces together goddess-like figures embodying the disjointed facets of modern Africa. Hosted by the art department through the Robin and Nancy Hanes Lecture Series with support from the African Studies Center. For more information, visit http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_mellocal&Itemid=36.

March 5
Musical performance: k.d. lang
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
With a repertoire ranging from Tin Pan Alley torch songs to Nashville tearjerkers, playful cow-punk tunes to sultry, grown-up pop, multiple Grammy Award winner k.d. lang has long attracted a loyal and diverse, multi-generational following. Tickets are $30-60 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit
http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
performances/event.aspx?id=76e55a69-26ab-4e8d-9c45-408fea52b6d8

March 6
Videoconference: Inside the Future of News
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Carroll Hall 340
Mary Specht, a product design specialist for Gannett Newspapers, will participate in a videoconference at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Assistant professor Ryan Thornburg will interview Specht, followed by questions from the audience. Specht’s appearance is part of the Inside the Future of News series.

Lecture: Robert Temple
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Michael Hooker Research Center
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Auditorium
Robert Temple, MD, is the director of the Office of Medical Policy of Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and acting director of the Office of Drug Evaluation I, which is responsible for the regulation of cardio-renal, neuropharmacologic and psychopharmacologic drug products. The talk is sponsored by the School’s UNC Center for Innovative Clinical Trials. A reception will follow the event at 5 p.m. in the Research Center’s atrium.

Global Queer Cinema Film Series: “Trembling Before G-d”
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
House Undergraduate Library 205
The Global Queer Cinema Film Series presents “Trembling Before G-d” directed by Sandi Simchi Dubowski. Her film narrates multiple stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are faced with reconciling their homosexuality with their faith. For more information, e-mail Alize Kuzniar at akuzniar@email.unc.edu.

Reception: PlayMakers Repertory Company
5:30 p.m.
Center for Dramatic Art
PlayMakers Repertory Company will announce its 2008-09 season of plays at a reception open to the general public. Reception begins at 5:30 pm, with the announcement at 6 pm, and the party continues thereafter. RSVP to the PlayMakers’ box office at (919) 962-7529.

Lecture: Kathleen Blanco
7 p.m.
Carolina Inn Chancellor’s Ballroom East
Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will speak on the lessons from Hurricane Katrina in the third annual Charleston Area Alumni Lecture in Southern Affairs, presented by the Center for the Study of the American South. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/.

Musical performance: Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Grammy Award-winning Joshua Bell has captivated audiences worldwide with his poetic musicality. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader, his restless curiosity and multifaceted musical interests have earned him the rare title of “classical music superstar.” Tickets are sold out. For more information, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
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March 7 – 8
New Directions in American Indian Research Conference
8 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. – noon Saturday
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The UNC Graduate School and the American Indian Center will host the third New Directions in American Indian Research Conference, featuring keynote speakers Ada Deer, Craig Womack and Robyn Hannigan. Registration is $80 for the general public; $60 for UNC students. For more information and to register, visit http://gradschool.unc.edu/diversity/newdirections/.

March 10, 17
Class: Digital Camera Basics
9 a.m. – noon
N.C. Botanical Garden Totten Center
Instructor John Sehon, an amateur photographer, will cover the fundamentals of buying, using and sharing the benefits of a digital camera. Registration is $50 for the general public; $40 for Botanical Garden members. For more information and to register, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/26/.

March 15
Children’s presentation: Storytime Science at the Morehead Planetarium
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The planetarium will host Storytime Science, reading science-focused children’s books and exploring the science behind the stories through hands-on activities. Fee is $4 for planetarium members; $5 for nonmembers. To register, call (919) 962-1236.

March 17
Speaker: Michael Neidorff
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Michael Hooker Research Center
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Auditorium
Michael Neidorff, CEO of Centene, a Medicaid managed care firm, will give a lecture as part of the School of Public Health Distinguished Visitors Program. A reception will follow in the Research Center atrium. For more information, contact Jerry Salak at (919) 966-0198.

Exhibit opening: Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns and Ron Liberti
5 p.m.
Wilson Library Pleasants Family Assembly Room
The Southern Folklife Collection will exhibit the work of two local poster artists whose work has advertised Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s independent rock music scene since the early 1990s. The exhibit will run through May 31. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/fol/calendar_of_events_friends.pdf.

March 18
Book reading: Scott Huler’s “No Man’s Land”
3:30 p.m.
Bull’s Head Bookstore
NPR contributor Scott Huler will read from his new book “No Man’s Land,” a funny and touching exploration of the life lessons embedded within “The Odyssey.” For more information, visit http://store107.collegestoreonline.com/
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Musical performance: Ivana Vidovic
7:30 p.m. – 9:40 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
Rising international star and Croation pianist Ivana Vidovic performs the music of Beethovn, Albeniz, de Falla, Ginastera, Liszt and Dora Pejacevic. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for UNC faculty, staff and students. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (919) 962-1029.

March 19
Lecture: David Rumsey
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Wilson Library Pleasants Family Assembly Room
David Rumsey will present the annual Online Computer Library Center Inc. and Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture for the School of Information and Library Science. The lecture is given in honor of the late Dr. Frederick G. Kilgour, founder of the OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. and distinguished research professor at the school. Kilgour invented the WorldCat database, one of the most consulted databases in higher education, used daily by students, teachers, scholars and researchers worldwide.

Lecture: Priscilla Coit Murphy
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Banquet Hall
Author and independent scholar Priscilla Coit Murphy will speak on Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” and its continuing impact more than 40 years after Carson’s death in 1964. Partnering with the North Carolina Botanical Garden to host this special reception and presentation are the General Alumni Association, the Carolina Women’s Center and the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Tickets are $8 for the general public; $5 for members of the N.C. Botanical Garden, the planetarium or the GAA; free to UNC students.

Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Triple Feature
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
The film festival will show three films: “American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity,” about African heritage and ethnic identity; “Unfinished,” about a South Asian-American women reconnecting with her estranged African-American father; and “Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican,” a documentary on the Cape Verdean community in the United States.

Music performance: Haale
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Born in New York City to Iranian parents, Haale grew up with Jimi Hendrix in one ear and Persian music in the other. Her distinctive style and incendiary live shows draw on ‘60s psychedelic rock and traditional Sufi music. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
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Workshop: Starry Spring Nights
7:30 p.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Star Theater
A planetarium educator will showcase the constellations, planets and other celestial objects visible in early spring. Registration is $12 for the general public; $8 for planetarium members. To register, call (919) 962-1236.

March 20
Book release: “Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth”
1:30 p.m.
Bull’s Head Bookstore
The launch event for the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth," featuring readings by the author, a book signing, and brief presentation from Judy Norsigian, executive director of the Our Bodies Ourselves program, and Miriam Labbok, director of the Center for Infant and Young Children Feeding and Care in the School of Public Health.

Children’s presentation: Fairytales from Across the Globe
6:30 p.m.
FedEx Global Education Center 4003
Children are invited to a lemonade and cookie reception to hear cherished fairytales from around the world.

Film screening: “War/Dance”
7 p.m.
FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix-Fine’s documentary “War/Dance” follows three children and their school in the Patongo refugee camp in Uganda. The school is the first from the northern war zone to make it to the finals of Uganda’s national music and dance competition. Winner of awards including the 2007 Sundance Best Documentary Director Award. Cosponsored by the African Studies Center and part of North Carolina State University’s African Diaspora Film Festival.

March 24-28
Women’s Week 2008
Each year the Carolina Women’s Center offers Women’s Week at the end of March to commemorate Women’s History Month. The week will be full of interesting and educational programming, including speakers and other interactive events. For more information, visit http://womenscenter.unc.edu/index.html.

March 24
Lecture: Robert Pippin
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Murphey Hall 116
Robert Pippin, a distinguished professor in the philosophy department at the University of Chicago, will speak on “Political Psychology and American Myth: Who Cares Who Shot Liberty Valence?” Pippin is being brought to UNC by the classics, political science and English departments.

March 25
Seminar: Robert Pippin
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hyde Hall Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Robert Pippin, a distinguished philosophy professor at the University Chicago, will be the featured speaker in a seminar focusing on “The Politics of Self-Knowledge in John Ford’s ‘The Searchers.’” The pre-circulated paper for the seminar is available by request from Brendan Boyle, bpboyle@email.unc.edu.

Lecture: Sallie Krawcheck
5:30 p.m.
Kenan-Flagler Business School Koury Auditorium
The Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Dean’s Speaker Series will feature Sallie Krawcheck, chairwoman and CEO of Citi Global Wealth Management. The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a reception following immediately afterwards in the Kenan Dining Room. Please RSVP to kfbsrsvp@unc.edu or (919) 843-7787.

March 26
Seminar: Interdisciplinary Obesity Center
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
School of Public Health Rosenau Auditorium
The Interdisciplinary Obesity Center will sponsor a seminar by Boyd Swinburn, MD, chairman of the population health program at Deakin University, and president of the Australasian Society for Study of Obesity. Swinburn, an internationally renowned endocrinologist and public health researcher, will speak on “The Methodological Challenges of Whole-of-community Intervention Projects for Obesity Prevention.” For more information, contact Frances Dancy at (919) 966-2155.

March 27-30
Festival on the Hill and Music on the Hill: Latin Music
The UNC music separtment’s Latin Festival on the Hill, March 27-30, will feature a variety of music and musicians from Latin America joining forces with UNC artists and scholars in a four-day series of concerts, workshops and lectures. For ticket and performance information, visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar or http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
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March 27
Lecture: Bill Schneider
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Carroll Hall Room 111
Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst, will give a public lecture on the role of media in politics. Schneider’s lecture is the School of Journalism and Mass Communications’ annual Nelson Benton Lecture.

Lecture: Rinaldo Brutoco
6 p.m.
Kenan-Flagler Business School Koury Auditorium
The Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Center for Sustainable Enterprise is hosting distinguished speaker Rinaldo Brutoco, author of “Freedom from Mid-East Oil.” A book sale and signing will occur after Rinaldo’s talk, “Lemons to Lemonade: How to launch a sustainable business in 24-36 months.”

Lecture: E.L. Doctorow
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Hanes Art Center Auditorium
E.L. Doctorow is the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. His lecture, “Notes on the History of Fiction,” is co-sponsored by the College, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, the department of history and the curriculum in peace, war and defense.

Exhibit: Global Village
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
FedEx Global Education Center Atrium
Experience cultures from various countries as the atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center is transformed into a market place featuring music, street performers, ethnic foods and displays resembling the markets that are part of everyday life in many countries.

March 28-31
Tenth Annual Scholars Conference: “Colorism, Caste, Class and Race”
James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence
The 10th annual International Scholars Conference hosted by The Institute of African American Research will examine international questions of colorism, class, caste and race. Scholars will explore skin shade and social stratifications found in the United States, India, Brazil, the Caribbean and Africa. Juanita Merchant, professor of internal medicine and molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, will deliver the keynote address concerning the success of women and minorities in the academy. The conference will move to 200 Rubenstein Hall at Duke University on March 31. To register for the conference and the keynote luncheon, call (919) 962-6810.

March 28
Program on Health Outcomes Seminar
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Michael Hooker Research Center
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Auditorium
The Program on Health Outcomes Seminar will feature Professor Jeff Alexander of the University of Michigan. His talk is entitled “A Review and Critique of Quality Improvement Research and it’s Implications for Practice.”

Lecture: Salih Booker
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
FedEx Global Education Center
Salih Booker the executive director of Global Rights: Partners for Justice, a human rights advocacy group that collaborates with activists around the world to challenge injustice, will deliver the African Diaspora Lecture. Booker’s lecture, “Human Rights: Lessons Learned from Africa over the Last 20 Years,” will focus on global human rights issues and violations.

Global Queer Cinema Film Series: “I Am My Own Woman” and “Shinjuku Boys”
5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
House Undergraduate Library 205
The Global Queer Cinema Film Series presents two films: “I Am My Own Woman,” directed by Rosa von Praunheim about a transvestite’s struggles in Nazi Germany, and “Shinjuku Boys,” directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, a documentary about a transvestite bar in Tokyo. For more information, e-mail Alize Kuzniar at akuzniar@email.unc.edu.

March 29
Nano Family Science Day
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Explore the science of nanotechnology through exhibits, activities and programs for the whole family. For more information, visit http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/
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Music performance: Gonzalo Rubalcaba
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba was discovered in Havana by Dizzy Gillespie and went on to conquer the jazz world by reshaping Afro-Cuban themes, forms and rhythms. Part of the Festival on the Hill. Tickets are $24-50 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
performances/event.aspx?id=9fb2e39f-fac7-44ed-81a7-fa10747ca500
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March 30
N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism Induction Ceremony
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Carolina Inn
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host the 2008 induction ceremony. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the ceremony. Tickets are $75. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact Jo Bass at jbass@email.unc.edu or (919) 843-8288 by March 20.

Ongoing

Feb. 1 – March 1
Play performance: “Doubt: A Parable”
8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
Paul Green Theatre at the Center for Dramatic Art
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Doubt,” a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, where a strong-minded principal wrestles with conscience and uncertainty as she is faced with concerns about one of her male colleagues. Tickets are $10-32, depending on the performance date. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org.

Feb. 1 – March 2
Play performance: “Topdog/Underdog”
8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
Paul Green Theatre at the Center for Dramatic Art
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Topdog/Underdog,” a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Suzan-Lori Parks. Two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth, whose names were given to them as a joke by their father, fight for position and legitimacy in the world. Haunted by their past and their obsession with the con game three-card monte, they are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future. Tickets are $10-32, depending on the performance date. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org.

Feb. 1 – March 31
“The ABC of Collecting Everyman’s Library: Archives, Books, Collections”
Daily through March 31

Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library
Joseph Malaby Dent founded Everyman’s Library in London with the goal of publishing 1,000 classic titles in beautiful and widely affordable editions. “The ABC of Collecting Everyman’s Library: Archives, Books, Collections,” will showcase 107 historic Everyman’s titles, along with advertising, bookmarks and business records from the J.M. Dent & Sons archive in Wilson Library. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/everymans.html.

Feb. 14 – May 31
Exhibit: “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A Century of Student Cartooning at UNC”
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
Wilson Library North Carolina Collection Gallery
Student cartoons in UNC publications have entertained and informed this campus community for more than a hundred years. The exhibit features selected works from 1907-206. For more information, call (919) 962-1172 or visit
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/gallery/current_exhib.html.

Feb. 18 – March 5
Class: Continuing Spanish
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Maria del Carmen Cana Jimenez will build on the conversational Spanish skills gained in the General Alumni Association’s beginning Spanish class. Call Steffi Kinton at (919) 843-5115 to register and for more information.

Class: Continuing French
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Bernard Luscans will build on the conversational French skills gained in the General Alumni Association’s beginning French class. Call Steffi Kinton at (919) 843-5115 to register and for more information.

Feb.19 – March 6
Class: Continuing Italian
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Lorenzo Borgotallo will build on the conversational Italian skills gained in the General Alumni Association’s beginning Italian class. Call Steffi Kinton at (919) 843-5115 to register and for more information. 

Feb. 21 – March 2
Play performance: “Double Indemnity: A Poem of Tabloid Murder”
8 p.m. Thursdays – Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
Swain Hall Studio 6
The Communication Studies Department presents an adaptation of James A. Cain’s novella “Double Indemnity.” Admission is $5. Tickets are available through the Memorial Hall Box Office by calling (919) 842-3333. For more information, visit http://comm.unc.edu/newsevents/Double%20Indemnity/Double%20Indemnity.

Feb. 22 – May 11
Exhibit: “PepperPot: Multi-Media Installation, Meaning, and the Medium in Contemporary African Diasporic Art”
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center’s Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum
“PepperPot” is a multimedia installation featuring the work of artists Andrea Chung, Lauren Kelley, Morolake Odeleye and Cosmo Whyte, who each engage in a practice of making art that places materials at the center of the meaning of their work. For more information, visit http://ibiblio.org/shscbch/.

Feb. 28 – March 3
Carolina Jazz Festival
For performance details, visit http://www.unc.edu/music/jazzfest/
The Carolina Jazz Festival will celebrate its 30th year with performances and workshops by the N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton, Ron Westray, Steve Wilson, Terri Lyne Carrington, and UNC and the N.C. Regional High School jazz ensembles. For ticket and performance information, visit http://www.unc.edu/music/jazzfest/.

Community Classroom Series Spring 2008
Various times and dates
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, described since its early days as the “citizen’s classroom,” offers the public a variety of short courses – the Community Classroom Series. Each course is $50 and meets for two hours weekly. This semester’s courses include “Authentic Happiness: Human Flourishing,” “Applied Improv: Creativity and Communication,” and “Princess, Geisha, Beauty Queen: Japan Through its Bad Girls.” For a complete course listing and to register, visit http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/ccs/index.htm.

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