Following is a sampling of February 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.
Following is a sampling of February 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. 2
Special Lecture: Professor Margit Kern
6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Howell Hall
Margit Kern devotes new attention to a characteristic of stone crosses with the arma Christi in 16th-century New Spain. Sometimes, heads are included that normally represent certain protagonists of the passion such as Judas and the centurion. Local oral tradition often identifies these figures as “encomenderos.” This lecture aims to depict transcultural imaginations not as misunderstandings, but rather as test cases for the generation of new image semantics. For more information, please visit http://art.unc.edu.
William S. Newman Series: Solo Violin Music of Bach, Part II
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Historic Playmakers Theatre
This performance features Richard Luby, violin. Tickets cost $15 for general admission and $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 3
Carolina Chocolate Drops, with guests Luminescent Orchestrii
8 p.m.-10 p.m.
Memorial Hall
All about innovation and serious fun, the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops are widely credited with reviving the rich sounds of black string band music from the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. They collaborate here with New York gypsy punk band Luminescent Orchestrii in an unprecedented mix of jazz, string-band, Balkan and beat-box inventiveness. Tickets cost $29-$69 for general admission and $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 3-12
‘Solo Takes on Three: Story, Identity and Desire’
Various times
Swain Hall Studio 6
“Solo Takes on Three” is a festival of one-person performance works. The performances include “From F to M to Octopus,” “Invisible Man,” “No One Hurts You More Than S/MOTHER,” “Stories are Lies,” and “I was the Voice of Democracy.” For more information on the schedule or to purchase tickets, visit the Student Union Box Office or call (919) 962-1449.
Feb. 5
Guest Recital
3 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
This performance features Nova Thomas, soprano; Keith Buhl, tenor; and Thomas Warburton, piano. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 6
‘To Write Poetry After Auschwitz Is Barbaric’
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Hyde Hall
This academic lecture will be led by Sidra Dekoven Ezrahi of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/events.html.
Feb.7
Nancy F. Cott: The Trials of (Same-Sex) Marriage: Why History Matters
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
University Room, Hyde Hall
Cott is the Jonathan Trumball Professor of American History at Harvard University. This event is a part of the UNC Program in Sexuality Studies series, “Equality Matters,” an examination of the legal, economic and social implications of same-sex unions. For more information, visit sexualitystudies.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1109.
Feb. 9
Reuven Amitai: Mamluks, Mongols and Franks: An Impossible but Necessary Relationship
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
569 Hamilton Hall
This Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lunchtime Colloquium features Reuven Amitai, the Eliyahu Elath Chair for the History of the Muslim Peoples and dean of the faculty of humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more information, visit mems.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1109.
A Carolina Valentine: A Poetry Reading by Jeffery Beam
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
Historic Playmakers Theatre
Beam, who recently retired after 35 years of service at the UNC libraries, will return to campus to read from his poetry and sign copies of two new special publications of his work. Canned goods donations to the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina are encouraged. For more information, visit http://library.unc.edu or call (919) 962-4207.
Dinner with Faculty: Jim Johnson
6:30 p.m.
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
James H. Johnson Jr. is the William R. Kenan Jr. distinguished professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center and the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. Cost is $25 for GAA members and $40 for nonmembers. For more information, contact Steve McQuaid at steve_mcquaid@unc.edu or call (919) 843-5115.
‘Four Electric Ghosts’ – An Opera-Masquerade by Mendi + Kendi Obadike
7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
This futuristic multimedia romp creates a composite world at the intersection of game culture, folk tales and pop songs. Inspired by Amos Tutuola’s 1954 novel “My life in the Bush of Ghosts” and Tori Iwatani’s influential 1980s video game, Pac Man, “Four Electric Ghosts” follows the afterlives of four ghosts who encounter the same mortal in their journey through the Land of the Dead. Tickets cost $20 for general admission and $20 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 10
Carolina Women’s Choral Showcase
8 p.m.-9 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Overtone Quartet
8 p.m.-10 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Bassist Dave Holland joins the next generation of masters in the Overtone Quartet, featuring relentlessly experimental pianist and composer Jason Moran, an innovator in the mold of Thelonious Monk; infinitely creative Grammy-nominated saxophonist Chris Potter; and Eric Harland, whose work is a study in orchestral drumming. Each contributes his own compositions to the Overtone Quartet. Tickets cost $25-$59. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 11
Piano Masterclass
3 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
Featuring Nadia Shpachanko of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, who will be performing in a recital Feb. 12. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
PlayMakers Ball – Diamonds and Denim Hoedown
6:30 p.m.
Carolina Inn
A lavish dining and dancing affair, the PlayMakers Ball at the historic Carolina Inn is one of the largest fund-raising galas in the state. Tony Award-winning music legends The Red Clay Ramblers will be in attendance to receive the 2012 PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award. Proceeds support the artistic and educational programming of PlayMakers Repertory Company, UNC’s nonprofit, professional theater-in-residence. Tickets cost $500 each. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org.
Feb. 12
Guest Recital
4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
Featuring Nadia Shpachanko from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 13-14
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
For half a century, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has served as this country’s dance ambassador, bringing African-American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the world’s stages. The legacy continues with the artistry of the company’s dancers, whose technique and inimitable style continue to dazzle audiences around the globe. Tickets cost $25-$64 for general admission and $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 16
Hutchins Lecture: Kent Reilly
4:30 p.m.
Graham Memorial Hall 039
Kent Reilly will speak about the art and iconography of the prehistoric Mississippian period of the Southeastern United States. His research interest is in the study of the visual artifacts of ancient civilizations as valuable works of art in themselves, not just as documentary evidence of the past. His chief areas of interest include the art and symbols of the ancient Olmec, Classic Maya cultures and the prehistoric Mississippian period of the Southeast. For more information, visit www.uncsouth.org.
Bettie Allison Rand Lectures: Maria Hayward
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
Hanes Art Center
This lecture will approach the topic of virtue and vice, clothing and kingship at the courts of Charles I and Charles II (1625-1685) and explore how they used clothing and portraiture to cultivate specific images of themselves and how this fitted with contemporary views on kingship, political power and morality. Maria Hayward is a professor in the history department at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. For more information, visit http://art.unc.edu.
Reckford Lecture: Mark Mazower
7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Hanes Art Center
Mark Mazower, Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies and professor of history at Columbia University, will deliver the 2012 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European studies hosted by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Mazower is an expert on the history of Europe since 1940. For more information, visit http://iah.unc.edu or call (919) 843-2654.
UNC Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
This scholarship benefit concert also features the winners of the 2011 UNC Concerto Competition. Tickets cost $15 for general admission and $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 17
Leif Ove Andsnes
8 p.m.-10 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Described by The New York Times as “the most accomplished pianist of the new generation,” Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Memorial Hall with his commanding technique and searching interpretations. Tickets cost $29-$69 for general admission and $10 for UNC students. For more information and to buy tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 19
Chapel Hill Philharmonia: A Divafest
3 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 20
Clinical Lecture Series: Al Farrell
Noon–2 p.m.
Tate Turner Kuralt Auditorium
Concerns about youth violence have led to national efforts to develop prevention strategies. Despite significant progress, findings suggest that universal violence prevention programs, which are effective with younger children, are less effective with adolescents, a group with both greater aggression and associated risk factors. By drawing from findings from large-scale and qualitative studies on violence prevention programs for middle school students, Al Farrell reveals some of the individual and contextual factors that have reduced the relevance and effectiveness of interventions focused on early adolescence. For more information and to register, visit http://ssw.unc.edu/sswevents/node/750.
Feb. 22
UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Tickets cost $10 for general admission and $5 for UNC students, faculty, and staff.
Feb. 23
Carolina Jazz Festival: N.C. Regional Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festival
9 a.m.-11 a.m.
Great Hall
As part of the 35th annual Carolina Jazz Festival, high school jazz bands of all levels perform the music of Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers and receive professional feedback from jazz professionals. This noncompetitive regional festival is associated with Jazz at Lincoln Center. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 24
33rd Annual Minority Health Conference
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
This conference, hosted by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, features lectures from keynote speakers Ana Diez-Roux and Nina Wallerstein, among others. There will also be exhibits and panel sessions. The registration fee ranges from $20-$70 before Jan. 20 or $30-$80 after that date. To register and for more information, call the Gillings School of Global Public Health at (919) 966-4032) or visit http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2012/.
Carolina Jazz Festival: Fred and Gail Fearing Friday Afternoon Jazz
4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Kenan Music Building
This performance also features the UNC Jazz Combos as part of the 35th annual Carolina Jazz Festival. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Carolina Jazz Festival: Christian McBride and Inside Straight
8 p.m.-10 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Grammy-winning bassist, composer, arranger, educator, curator and bandleader Christian McBride will bring Inside Straight to Memorial Hall as part of the 35th annual Carolina Jazz Festival. Tickets cost $15-$39 for general admission and $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call (919) 843-3333.
Feb. 25
Carolina Jazz Festival: Jazz Masterclass
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Kenan Music Building
This masterclass is part of the 35th annual Carolina Jazz Festival. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Carolina Jazz Festival: UNC Jazz Band
8 p.m.-9 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
The UNC Jazz Band will be performing with a guest artist as part of the 35th annual Carolina Jazz Festival. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 26
Faculty Recital
3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
This faculty recital features Timothy Sparks, tenor, and Thomas Otten, piano. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1039.
Feb. 27
Dean’s Speaker Series: Jim Clifton
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Koury Auditorium
Jim Clifton, chairman and chief executive officer of Gallup, will deliver a Dean’s Speaker lecture. His address should be particularly topical as this will be in the midst of the 2012 political primaries. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, visit http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu.
Anti-Semitism: The History of an Idea
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Hyde Hall
This lecture is part of the Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Lectureship in Jewish Studies and features Jonathan Elukin of Trinity College. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/ccjs.
Feb. 28
Shared Tables: Global Food Studies
9 a.m.
Hyde Hall
The first day of this conference explores key issues related to food and sustainability from a global perspective. Symposium participants from academic, business, social media and NGO backgrounds will talk about global food realities, including how the globalization of the food supply impacts production, economics, practical solutions, safety, security and sustainability. Tom Philpott of Mother Jones Magazine will address the audience as the keynote speaker on how to feed the world in a sustainable manner. The second day of the symposium will be held at Duke University. For more information, visit http://global.unc.edu or call (919) 962-0318.
Big-Time College Sports: What Needs to Change?
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Sonja Haynes Center for Black Culture and History
This is a panel discussion with former UNC president William C. Friday, Pulitzer prize-winner Taylor Branch and author Charles T. Clotfelter on the subject of college sports. Will Blythe, author of “To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever,” will moderate. For more information, visit http://library.unc.edu or call (919) 962-4207.
Michael Polanyi Lecture: Dissent
5:30 p.m.
Murray Hall 202G
Phillip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy and the James R. Baker Professor of Contemporary Civilization at Columbia University, will discuss the roles of dissenters and scientists in public debates involving issues such as climate change and world hunger. This presentation is for the Michael Polanyi Lecture on the history and philosophy of natural science, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, visit http://college.unc.edu or contact Dee Reid at (919) 843-6339 or deereid@unc.edu.
Feb. 29
Svatopluk Soucek: The Role of Turkish Sea Power in the Ottoman Empire’s Heyday
Noon-1 p.m.
569 Hamilton Hall
This Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lunchtime Colloquium features Svatopluk Soucek, the Dorothy Ford Wiley Visiting Professor of Renaissance Culture. His field of research covers the history of the Middle East, with a focus on naval history and the history of Central Asia. For more information, visit mems.unc.edu or call (919) 962-1109.
Feb. 29 – Mar. 1
Process Series: ‘Scar Tissue’ and ‘Klutz’
7:30 p.m.
Kenan Theatre at the Center for Dramatic Art
Two short works by Latino playwright Gabriel Rivas Gomez, “Scar Tissue” is about hearts in disrepair, both literally and figuratively, and “Klutz” is about strength of mind and weakness of body. This is part of the Process Series, in which professional authors and playwrights present their works in progress and afterward receive critiques from the audience. For more information, contact Joseph Megel at megel@email.unc.edu or (919) 843-7067.
ONGOING EVENTS
Nov. 8, 2011 – March 2, 2012
Kin and Community: African American Lives at Stagville
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays – Fridays
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
Wilson Library, 4th floor gallery
For more information, please visit http://www.lib.unc.edu.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/news/index.php/2011/10/stagville-bennehan-cameron-lecture/
Feb. 23 – May 31, 2012
A Dialogue between Old and New: Notable Buildings on the UNC Campus
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays – Fridays
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
(Closed on University holidays)
Wilson Library, North Carolina Collection Gallery
For more information, please visit http://www.lib.unc.edu.
Feb. 27 – June 8, 2012
Nature and the Unnatural in Shakespeare’s Age
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays – Fridays
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
(Closed on University holidays)
Wilson Library, Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room
For more information, please visit http://www.lib.unc.edu.
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