December is a month of growing closer to nature as winter approaches
Following is a sampling of December 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.
December is a month of growing closer to nature as winter approaches
Following is a sampling of December 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.
Dec. 1
Global Health Seminar: Panel Discussion on the Role of Civil Society in Global Health
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Rosenau Hall
This panel discussion on the role of civil society in global health features Rebecca Kohler, vice president, strategic development and communications, IntraHealth; Anu Kumar, executive vice president, development and communications, IPAS; Jonathan Kirsch, board member, Doctors for Global Health and clinical assistant professor, School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill. This seminar is sponsored by the Office of Global Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. For more information, visit http://www.sph.unc.edu/globalhealth/events/
UNC Jazz Combos
4 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Guest artist Rahsaan Barber, saxophone, will perform. For more information, contact Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333.
Jazz After Hours
9 p.m.
West End Wine Bar
Jim Ketch Quartet will perform with guest artist Rahsaan Barber, saxophone. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 1-19
‘Shipwrecked!’
7:30 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday
2 p.m. Sunday
Paul Green Theatre
‘Shipwrecked!’ is about the true story of an intrepid explorer whose tales of adventure left Victorian England breathless, until he fell from grace. Tickets are $10-$45. For more information, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org/ or contact PlayMakers Box Office at (919) 962-7529.
Dec. 2
Furst Forum: Healing the Wounds of War in Women's Writing of the Algerian Revolution
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Greenlaw Hall, Donovan Lounge
Michael Rulon will give a lecture as part of this semester's Furst Forums. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, visit http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/complit/furst or email Rebecca Garonzik at rgaronzi@email.unc.edu or Samantha Riley at smriley@email.unc.edu.
Chinese Brush Painting: Holly Holiday Card Workshop
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
N.C. Botanical Garden Education Center
Instructor Jinxiu (Alice) Zhao will teach a brush painting workshop painting and creating seasonal holly holiday cards to celebrate the holiday season. Card supplies will be provided. Cost is $35 for the general public and $30 for Botanical Garden members. For more information and to register, call (919) 962-0522 or visit http://ncbg.unc.edu.
UNC Jazz Band
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Guest artist Rahsaan Barber, saxophone, will perform. For more information, contact Memorial Hall Box Office at (919) 843-333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 3
Winter Owl Prowl
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
N.C. Botanical Garden
Listen and look for signs of screech, barred, and great horned owls. Otus the screech owl will stop by for a visit to give a personal view of a live owl. Learn why owls are so important to the environment and what you can do to help protect them. This event is co-sponsored by the Piedmont Wildlife Center. Cost is $15 for the general public and $10 for Botanical Garden and Piedmont Wildlife Center members. For more information and registration, contact the Piedmont Wildlife Center at (919) 489-0900 or visit http://ncbg.unc.edu.
Peace on Earth
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers will perform music of Mendelssohn, Palestrina and Schoenberg. For more information, contact Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333
Dec. 4-5
‘The Nutcracker’ – Carolina Ballet
2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
8 p.m. Sunday
Memorial Hall
A holiday season staple, Robert Weiss' “Nutcracker” is a fantasy classic, about the irrepressible imagination of a child's world in which all things are possible. Featuring toy soldiers, dancing snowflakes, an army of mice and the Sugar Plum Fairy, the original work was Tchaikovsky’s third and last major ballet. Tickets start at $30 for adults and $18 for children 12 and younger. Tickets for Carolina students with valid UNC One Cards are $10. For more information, visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org or contact Memorial Hall Box Office at (919) 843-333.
Dec. 5
MYCO at UNC
11 a.m.
The Mallarmé Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform. For more information, visit http://www.mycomusic.org/about/about-myco.html or http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar
UNC Baroque Ensemble and Viol Consort
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
UNC Baroque Ensemble and Viol Consort will perform. For more information, contact Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 6
Michele Norris reading
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Carroll Hall, Room 111
Michele Norris, host of NPR's “All Things Considered,” will share from her new memoir, “The Grace of Silence.” This event is sponsored by the Bull's Head Bookshop and is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Bull’s Head Bookshop at (919) 962-5060.
Policy Implications of the Qualitative Assessment: H1N1 Vaccination Campaign Participation by African Americans in Wake County
4 p.m.
The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Room 236
The first seminar of the 2010-2011 CBPR Seminar Series will look at how community-based participatory research was used to help encourage African Americans in Wake County to get the H1N1 vaccine during last year’s flu outbreak. The CBPR Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the UNC Kellogg Health Scholars Program, the Carolina Center for Public Service, Carolina Community Network and HPDP. Future seminar speakers and topics will be announced in the coming weeks. Registration is encouraged, but not required. To register or obtain more information, e-mail Sonya Sutton at ssutton@unc.edu or visit http://www.hpdp.unc.edu/training/hpdp-seminar-series.
GAA Holiday Concert
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
An annual holiday concert featuring several student performance groups. this event is sponsored by the UNC General Alumni Association. For more information, visit http://alumni.unc.edu/article.aspx?sid=17.
Fitting Memorials: Postwar American Jews and the Memory of the Holocaust
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hasia Diner, director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at New York University, will discuss how Jewish Americans dealt with the tragedy of the Holocaust in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The location will be announced. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/events.html.
Dec. 7
UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band will perform. Cost is $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors, UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 9
18th Annual Winter Stories Program for Children of All Ages
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Wilson Library
Brian Sturm, associate professor of information and library science, and Kate Barnhart, University Library, will lead an evening of storytelling and music for children of all ages. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. in Pleasants Family Assembly Room, following a reception at 5 p.m. in the lobby. For more information, contact Liza Terll at (919) 962-4207 or visit http://library.unc.edu/.
UNC Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Music on the Hill presents UNC Symphony Orchestra. Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto, commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Molly Morkoski, UNC ‘94, soloist. Cost is $15 for general admission and $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact Memorial Hall Box Office at (919) 843-3333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 10
Singin' and Swingin' for the Holidays
11 a.m.
Memorial Hall
North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform. Cost is $15, $20 and $25 for general public. For more information, contact Memorial Hall Box Office at (919) 843-3333 or visit http://www.ncjro.org/calendar/index.html.
Dec. 12
MYCO at UNC
4 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The Mallarmé Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform. For more information, contact Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/calendars/thecalendar.
Dec. 15
Dinner With Faculty
6:30 p.m.
George Watts Hill Alumni Center, The Carolina Club.
Our Dinner with Faculty program offers the opportunity for no more than 11 participants to enjoy free-ranging discussions with prominent and popular UNC faculty while dining at The Carolina Club. Engage with faculty on a more intimate level and ask questions. All dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. and include three courses plus coffee and tea. Jacket required for men; no jeans please. Cost is $40 for general public and $25 for GAA members. Attending all five dinners will cost $175 and $100 for GAA members. Due to the limited space available for our Dinners with Faculty, contact Ann-Louise Aguiar at (919) 962-3574 to register.
Dec. 20
Dec. 20, 1860: The Secession of the Palmetto State
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
This class will speak on the day, 150 years later, that South Carolina seceded from the Union, setting in motion an inevitable national collapse into civil war. Cost is $30 for general public and $25 for GAA members. To register online, visit https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UNO/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2303437. If you plan to take more than five of the Civil War classes this semester, contact Steve McQuaid at (919) 843-5115 to receive one class at no charge.
ONGOING EVENTS
Sept. 16, 2010 – Jan. 6, 2011
Underexposed: The Art of Family Photography in the American South
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
Wilson Library, Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room
Please call (919) 962-1345 for information.
Oct. 15, 2010 – Jan. 31, 2011
Unearthing Native History: The UNC Catawba Archaeological Project
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
Please call (919) 962-1172 for information
UNC-Chapel Hill calendars: http://www.unc.edu/events/
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