Culture
Check out exceptional photography from the CLICK! Photography Festival Show at FRANK Gallery. Sept. 11-Oct. 21 Bring the whole family for PlayMakers Repertory Company’s “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood,” a humorous and vivacious take on the English classic. Sept. 12-30 Visit LIGHT Art + Design to check out their latest […]
All are invited to the Ackland Art Museum on September 20 to kick off their 60th anniversary with the grand opening of “Birthday Presents,” an exhibition curated for the occasion. Around 60 pieces of art from 30 supporters of the museum, including 13 UNC alumni, make up the commemorative collection. […]
1. Obsessive Compulsions: The OCD of Everyday Life by Dr. C. Thomas Gualtieri – For all that has been made of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), few books give as accessible an introduction into the condition as this one. “Obsessive Compulsions” explores every side of the affliction, including the positive in addition to […]
When Chapel Hill native Matt Evans moved into his apartment in Roanoke, he didn’t know his future wife was just downstairs. He and Katie Schurr, who lived in the apartment below, bonded over porch swing conversations, grilling burgers and gardening. A year later, Matt secretly called Katie’s family members to […]
Chapel Hill native Carolyn Stotts met Jake Gann near the beginning of their freshman year at UNC through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The couple hit it off right away and seven years later in western North Carolina at Black Balsam Knob with the sun setting behind them, Jake proposed. Carolyn and […]
You can’t live in town and escape college basketball. Same goes for college football in the fall. And on most weekends, the soccer fields are crowded with kids, coaches and cheering families. But there’s one sport that has flown under the radar, until now. When Jim Wilson moved to Chapel […]
For Courtney Holland and Jason Fearrington, the family history of growing up in Chapel Hill was an important part of their romance. Courtney’s grandparents, Helen Whitt and Helen and Murry Holland, and Jason’s grandparents, Jeanette and Frank Fearrington, had been close friends for many years, and the couple’s parents knew […]
1 The Typist by Caroline Taylor Caroline Taylor’s newest novel focuses on the story of Judah Lundquist, a Midwest-bred typist working for an insurance agency in Washington, D.C. After a one-night stand with a neighbor, Judah must become a seductress and a thief, betraying a trusted friend with a hidden […]
Chapel Hill natives Helen Meyer and Lee Frankstone crossed paths all through childhood at school, church and social gatherings. Although not especially close growing up, they had deep family and community ties: their mothers were childhood friends from summer camp, and their fathers’ families had lived in Chapel Hill for […]
Chapel Hill native Annie Hogan met Steven Lahti in physics class just before their senior year at Duke University. However, it wasn’t until the end of that year that they began dating after they were reacquainted by mutual friends at a Lupe Fiasco concert. After six years of dating, Annie […]
