FRANK GALLERY’S GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION Friday, Feb. 9, 6–9 p.m., free University Place, Chapel Hill www.frankisart.com Like many local institutions in recent years, Chapel Hill’s FRANK Gallery is transforming. The eight-year-old arts collective and gallery, previously located on Franklin Street, starts 2018 in a new location with a new manager and a redefined mission. But […]
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Teenage Artist Eli Melet’s Mixed-Media Work with Eggshells Earns Him a Spot in the Orange County Artists Guild
ORANGE COUNTY ARTISTS GUILD OPEN STUDIO TOUR Saturday, Nov. 11 (10 a.m.–5 p.m.) & Sunday, Nov. 12. (noon–5 p.m.), free Various venues, Orange County www.orangecountyartistsguild.com/tour.php Of the nearly ninety artists on this year’s Orange County Artists Guild’s Open Studio Tour, Eli Melet is the only one forced to squeeze art-making in among high school classes. […]
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Can Learning to Draw Make Duke Medical Students Better Doctors?
A scalpel on skin is a rite of medical school. But this fall, medical students at Duke University’s School of Medicine have the option to press pencil to paper. That’s not to say the hands-on cadaver dissections are being phased out. Instead, dead bodies enjoy new life as art subjects in the anatomical sketches of […]
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A New Community-Supported Arts Center and Theater Is the Tremor Before the Earthquake of Pittsboro’s Expansion
CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRE-OPENING PARTY Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m.–10 p.m., free (tickets required for select performances) Center for the Arts, Pittsboro www.pittsboroyouththeater.com Imagine you’re producing a play and, not long before opening night, you learn the performance space is unavailable. What if, instead of finding a surrogate venue, you decided to create a […]
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Comedy Preview: F is for Family Creator Bill Burr Makes His Dreams Come True
Bill Burr Thursday, Sept. 15–Saturday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m., $42–$60 The Carolina Theatre, Durham Stand-up comedian Bill Burr has recently garnered attention for his animated Netflix series, F is for Family, where his credits include co-creator, voice actor, writer, and co-producer. For nearly a decade, his Monday Morning Podcast has stood on its own without […]
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What’s This Painted Piano Doing on the Street in Pittsboro?
If you drive around the courthouse circle in downtown Pittsboro, you’ll see the usual carousel of office buildings, vintage shops, a bank, and … a colorful upright piano? It might seem out of place, but if you stop and play a few notes—as everyone is welcome to do—you’ll see why it’s where it should be. […]
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Sick of Movies? Unleash Your Inner Artisan With These Valentine’s Ideas
Greeting card aisles saturated in pinks and reds. Inflated tasting-menu prices. Flowers that wilt in the trash. Instead of dinner out and a dozen roses, why not be a crafty Valentine and try something unique? Creative Cupids around the Triangle have a few opportunities for that this weekend. Durham artisan printer Brian Allen created a […]
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A Pittsboro tool shop helped create The Revenant’s Oscar-nominated authenticity
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Academy Award-nominated film, The Revenant, is set in Montana and South Dakota. But if you watch closely, you’ll see a little bit of Pittsboro, too. When the filmmakers needed authentic antique hand tools to tell the true-life frontier survival story of fur trapper Hugh Glass, they found themeventuallyat Ed Lebetkin’s Chatham County […]