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Following is a sampling of July 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 July 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.

July 1
Thornton Dial: A ‘Last Look’
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
On the final day of the exhibition “Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper,” enjoy refreshments, tours and music by the Sigmon Stringers, a three-generation bluegrass and gospel band from Newton.

July 3, 31
Yoga in the Galleries
1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Explore the world of yoga at the Ackland. The hour-long session offered by registered yoga teacher Joanne Marshall will provide an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses inspired by the art in the gallery. Beginners are welcome. Yoga mats are provided. Wear comfortable clothing that will allow you to stretch. Free to members, $5 for nonmembers. Registration is limited. Register by email: acklandRSVP@unc.edu.

July 5, 12, 19, 26
Nature Tales: Story Time in the Garden
10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Thursdays
N.C. Botanical Garden
In this program for 2- to 5-year-olds with a parent or caregiver, familieslisten to nature-themed books at the Storyteller’s Chair then enjoy hands-on explorations and activities in the gardens. Program is held rain or shine. Here are the themes for July: July 5, A Shell for a Home; July 12, Fairy Tales; July 19, Snug as a Bug; and July 26, Tracks and Trails. Pre-registration is required. Registration costs $5 per family, up to three children. To register, call (919) 962-0522. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu.

July 7
Art Adventures
10:30 a.m.-noon
Ackland Art Museum
Designed for 6- to 9-year-olds, Art Adventures sessions provide kids with a guided view of art in the Ackland’s galleries, followed by the opportunity to create take-home treasures in an adjacent art studio using newly learned art-making techniques. Registration is free to museum members and $5 per child for nonmembers. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org or contact Caroline Culbert at culbert@unc.edu or (919) 962-3342.

July 13
 “-Isms,” Part 2: The Development of Social, Economic and Cultural “-Isms”
4:30 p.m. Friday-noon Saturday
UNC campus
This Distinguished Scholar Seminar features Lloyd S. Kramer, Dean E. Smith Distinguished Term Professor of History. In this second of a three-part series over three semesters, Kramer will focus on Romanticism, Hegelianism and Marxism, Darwinism and Social Darwinism and Freudianism. Tuition is $125 ($110 by May 23). Scholarships covering 50 percent of tuition are available for teachers. First-time participants also receive a discount. Carolina undergraduate students can attend for free, but still need to register as seats are limited. For more information, see http://humanities.unc.edu/programs/adventures-in-ideas/isms-2/ or call the humanities program at (919) 962-1544.

July 14
Drawing for Tweens
10:30 a.m.-noon
Ackland Art Museum
This program invites 10- to 13-year-olds to look at artists’ techniques in the Ackland’s permanent collections and special exhibitions. Participants explore selected works and identify skills that the artist used to make them. Materials are provided. Registration is free for museum members and $5 for nonmembers. To register, contact Caroline Culbert at culbert@unc.edu or (919) 962-3342. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org.

July 14
Barefoot in the Garden: Colorful Groundcovers
2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
N.C. Botanical Garden
This workshop covers colorful alternatives to lawn, with classroom discussions on ground­covers, including our wonderful native plants, and a walk through the gardens. A fee and advance registration are required. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu or call (919) 962-0522.

July 15
Music in the Galleries: The Durham Ukulele Orchestra
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
The Durham Ukulele Orchestra makes big sounds with tiny instruments. They play a range of tunes, from jazz standards to art rock classics like “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads — all on ukuleles. Reservations and tickets are not required, but please arrive early to find a spot. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org or contact Allison Portnow at aportnow@email.unc.edu or (919) 843-3687.

July 19
Art and Literature in the Galleries: Gloria Naylor’s “Mama Day”
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
In the summer series, “Black Experience in Modern and Contemporary Art and Literature,” reading selections will broaden appreciation for and explore relationships between works on view at the Ackland this spring and summer, including those in the exhibition “Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper.” The selections address issues of displacement and re-placement of African Americans and their expected—and unexpected—results. This month, Gloria Naylor’s “Mama Day” explores the clash between ideas commonly held in urban, “modern” America and cultural beliefs deeply rooted in religion and spirituality. This novel grapples with a tender but painful relationship between two women, in this case the mystical healer Mama Day and her liberated great-niece, Ophelia. Among the Ackland works to be discussed will be Alison Saar’s “Smokin’ Papa Chaud” and “Cool Maman,” both of which reference transformational energy as well as identity stereotypes. The program is free to Ackland members, high school students and valid UNC OneCard holders and $5 for all others. As space is limited, pre-registration is required. RSVP to acklandRSVP@unc.edu or (919) 843-3687. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org/Visit/AdultPrograms/ArtandLiteratureintheGalleries/index.htm.

July 19-22
‘Urinetown: The Musical’
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday
2 p.m. Sunday
Paul Green Theatre
A cast of 25 young student actors will perform the Tony Award-winning musical satire “Urinetown: The Musical” as the culmination of the PlayMakers Repertory Company Summer Youth Conservatory. In “Urinetown,” 20 years of disastrous drought have led to draconian water restrictions. Citizens are forced to use public, pay-per-use facilities operated by Urine Good Company … or will they rebel? Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and children under 18 and may be purchased by calling (919) 962- 7529, online at www.playmakersrep.org or at the PlayMakers Box Office.

July 21
Herbs and Cooking: Plant to Plate
3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.
N.C. Botanical Garden
Instructor Dilip Barman is president of the Triangle Vegetarian Society, North American regional coordinator for the International Vegetarian Union and an organic gardener. In his class, participants explore growing and cooking with herbs, highlighting common herbs such as rosemary, sage, basil, and oregano. After covering basic cultural practices for growing herbs locally, the workshop explores some conventional, as well as more unique, uses of these herbs in your cooking. Special dishes will be prepared for tasting. Fee (includes refreshments): $40 ($35 for garden members.

July 22
Family Day
2 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Families with children ages 4 to 8 are invited to the Ackland’s free monthly Family Day. Join a family tour at 2 p.m. to learn more ways to interact with art, and enjoy story time together at 3 p.m. Hands-on activities at the Creation Station and scavenger hunts in the galleries are available throughout the program. Come to Family Day for a little while or stay for the whole afternoon.
ONGOING EVENTS

Aug. 11, 2011- Dec. 31, 2013
Highlights from the Permanent Collection
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
10 a.m.-8p.m. Thursday
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Ackland Art Museum
The Ackland Art Museum presents a major reinstallation of highlights from its diverse permanent collection of over 16,000 works of art. The first presentations include “The Western Tradition,” from ancient to 20th-century art, and “Art from China and Japan.” A gallery of South Asian Art was added June 8, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org/OnView/current-exhibitions/CCM3_031905 or call (919) 966-5736.

Feb. 27 – Aug. 26, 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
A selection of 16th- and 17th-century English and Continental books from the Rare Book Collection explores early modern understandings of nature and the unnatural in Shakespeare’s time. The exhibition includes herbals, natural histories, travel accounts, agricultural works, cosmetics manuals, books on magic and witchcraft and Shakespeare folios. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/news/index.php/2012/03/shakespeare-folios-on-view-in-rare-book-collection-exhibition/.

March 9 – Aug. 5, 2012
Chords of Memory: Lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
10 a.m.-8p.m. Thursday
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Ackland Art Museum
Associated with the Regionalist movement, Thomas Hart Benton wanted to create a “living art” that presented American subjects in a way that was easily accessible to everyday people. He traveled on sketching trips around America’s heartland during the Depression, often playing his harmonica in exchange for room and board. His lithographs record his travels, paying homage to the people and places that he encountered. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org/OnView/current-exhibitions/CCM3_035000 or call (919) 966-5736.

June 1 – Aug. 12, 2012
Adding to the Mix 4: Johann Joachim Kändler’s Apollo (c. 1748)
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
10 a.m.-8p.m. Thursday
1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday
Ackland Art Museum
This exhibition focuses on the Ackland’s recent acquisition of a major example of 18th-century Meissen porcelain, a figure of Apollo by Johann Joachim Kändler. Porcelain, long made in China, was first achieved in Europe around 1710 at the Meissen factory near Dresden, and Kändler was recognized as the foremost European sculptor in this medium. In the exhibition the figure will be contrasted with other figures from the collection in a variety of media, to show the distinctive qualities of porcelain as a medium for sculpture. In addition, a selection of prints and drawings will show various aspects of Apollo as visualized by artists from the 16th to the 19th century: sun-god, lover, slayer of the monstrous python, and patron of poetry. For more information, visit http://www.ackland.org/OnView/upcoming/CCM3_036337 or call (919) 966-5736.

June 16 – July 30, 2012
Haiku in the Breeze
8 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays
1 p.m. -6 p.m. Sundays
N.C. Botanical Garden
A good haiku is a brief letter to the world, a few words that capture something simple and important. Inspired by the Weathergrams of calligrapher Lloyd Reynolds, this exhibit features 30 or more haiku hand-written on a strip of plain brown paper and hung from trees and branches in the garden. Visitors are encouraged to read these contemporary haiku as they flutter in the breeze, then write a response and hang it up to join the others. This exhibit is offered in partnership with the N.C. Haiku Society. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu or call (919) 962-0522.

June 21 – Sept. 30, 2012
The Carolina Parakeet in Art: Images from the Powell Collection
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

Images of the exotic but now-extinct Carolina parakeet will be on display in this exhibit. Few people alive today would have seen the colorful bird before it disappeared for good in 1918. The exhibit will feature the bird in vivid detail.

July 15 – Dec. 31, 2012
The Banjo: Southern Roots, American Branches
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, 4th floor gallery
This exhibit traces the history and development of the banjo, featuring instruments loaned from private collectors, and photographs, recordings and ephemera from the Southern Folklife Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/.


UNC-Chapel Hill calendars: http://www.unc.edu/events/
News Services contact: Staff, (919) 962-2091, news@unc.edu

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