Culture
As part of our series The Creatives, we speak with Carol Ann Zinn, founder and president at Zinn Design Build. How did you get started in building? I had been an artist/potter and had a nonprofit pottery school near Calvander. I was a visual person but I was very intrigued […]
PlayMakers Repertory Company has announced their 2017-2018 season: “A Season on the Edge.” For Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch’s second season, it appears she’s carrying PlayMakers’ tradition of social activism forward, featuring PlayMakers’ faith-exploring rotating repertory, a cut-loose Jane Austen interpretation and two compassion-filled regional premieres. Last fall, Benesch told […]
It should be no surprise that one of Tonya Council’s earliest memories involving food is spending time in the kitchen, “Watching my grandmother prepare breakfast before school, and then the smell of fresh cakes cooking after school.” Her grandmother is Mildred Council – better known, of course, as Mama Dip […]
Chapel Hill natives Carly Yusiewicz and Greg Sronce met through mutual marching band friends at Chapel Hill High School. They also went to prom together their junior year – only with different dates! When Carly was a senior at UNC and Greg had graduated from Appalachian State, the couple reconnected. […]
The 40th annual Carolina Jazz Festival is coming to UNC’s campus Wednesday, February 15. The four-day event promotes a broad range of programming, from musical performances to education and scholarship. Headlining the festival is Marcus Roberts and the Modern Jazz Generation. Dayna Stephens, tenor saxophonist and composer, will serve as […]
As part of our series “The Creatives,” we spoke with Scott Nurkin, owner of The Mural Shop. Growing up, were you particularly artistic? I was lucky enough to have a mom who was very encouraging and put me in private lessons very early on. I knew it was something I […]
As part of our series “The Creatives,” we talk with Susan Gravely, the creative director and founder of Vietri. Growing up, were you creative? My favorite childhood memory was going with Momma to the Singer sewing store and picking out a pattern to make a yarn octopus, an apron or […]
An interview with textile collage artist, Elaine O’Neil. How did you get started with textile art? My college degree is in textile design and I thought my career would focus on designing fabrics. When a gallerist friend in Maine asked me to create some textile art for an upcoming show, […]
THE COURT CRUSADERS The tale of student-athlete Charlie Scott and his coach The year is 1966. The Civil Rights Movement is still roiling the South, and Chapel Hill is struggling to embrace desegregation. Amidst all this, UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith is determined to recruit the best African- American […]
Producer Bill Hayes spent his childhood working hard on his father’s 300-acre tobacco and dairy farm in Mount Airy, waiting for the day when he could leave small-town North Carolina to make it big. Eventually, he’d realize that dream, finding success churning out hit TV shows like TLC’s “Jon and […]
