In “2.5 Minute Ride,” playwright Lisa Kron weaves the story of a pilgrimage with her father to Auschwitz – where his parents died during World War II – with a hysterical tale about visiting the roller coaster capital of the … Read more
Mary Chapin Carpenter, who was scheduled to perform a sold-out concert on Feb. 15 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has cancelled her 2007-2008 tour and will be unable to keep the date.
UNC alumnus Tom Kearns of New York, N.Y., and Jane Roughton Ellison of Greensboro recently were appointed chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Carolina Performing Arts National Advisory Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The sound of music will fill UNC’s Memorial Hall and Person Recital Hall with four performances in the next five days by department of music or related ensembles.
The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform a “Swingin’ Yuletide Celebration” beginning at 8 p.m. Friday (Dec. 7) in Memorial Hall. Music by Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Glenn Miller and arrangements by group members will be on the program.
At 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 8) in Memorial, Ensemble Courant, a music department group specializing in the baroque era, will perform “Acis and Galatea,” which Handel composed for the first Duke of Chandos.
UNC English professor Tom Stumpf will boomingly read the Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Wednesday (Dec. 5), alternating passages with co-reader George Morgan, who will read in Latin.
Music, dance, contortionists, trapeze artists and tumblers all will be part of “RAIN,” performed Oct. 23 and 24 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most honored of all national college honorary societies, has inducted 123 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members.
Los Chapeljileños, a local duo, will perform folk songs from American and Spanish traditions at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in UNC’s FedEx Global Education Center.