Arts & Dialogue

Arts & Dialogue: Spektral Quartet

Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Chicago-based Spektral Quartet are funny people. Their bios once took the form of Q&As with questions including “Which string quartet in history had the best hair?” and “What should Spektral Quartet’s metal, alter-ego band name be?” (The best answer: … Continued

Concerts in Context: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

Memorial Hall 114 E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

7:00 pm - Talk in the Pamela Heavner Gallery @ Memorial Hall 8:00 pm - Performance @ Memorial Hall Honors Carolina, in partnership with Carolina Performing Arts and Arts@the Core, presents Concerts in Context: a pre-concert lecture series. Prior to … Continued

Dez Mona and B.O.X: Lunch with the Artists

Gerrard Hall 226 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come engage with Dez Mona and Belgian music collective B.O.X (Baroque Orchestration X) for an informal conversation and lunch in Gerrard Hall and then attend the evening performance at Hill Hall. B.O.X gathers some of today’s finest antique instrument virtuosi … Continued

Dez Mona and B.O.X SÁGA: Performance

Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come engage with Dez Mona and Belgian music collective B.O.X (Baroque Orchestration X) for an informal conversation and lunch in Gerrard Hall and then attend the evening performance at Hill Hall. B.O.X gathers some of today’s finest antique instrument virtuosi … Continued

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Formosa

Memorial Hall 114 E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Off the coast of 16th-century China, Portuguese sailors saw a great verdant mass rising from the sea. Anointing the future Taiwan, they exclaimed, Formosa! Beautiful! Born from land and lore, Formosa is a work of abstract beauty in which only … Continued

Daymé Arocena

Memorial Hall 114 E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Photo credit: Casey Moore Santería chants, complex rhythms, fluid jazz stylings and nuanced Afro-Cuban soulfulness mark singer/composer Daymé Arocena’s impact on the unfolding history of Cuban music. One of the most inviting ambassadors for the country’s contemporary sound, her virtuosity, … Continued

Arts & Dialogue presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: What Problem?

Pre-performance talk: Anne Queen Lounge in Campus Y (Pick up your free ticket here.); Performance: Memorial Hall 114 E Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work, What Problem?, explores themes of isolation and community belonging in the context of current politically divisive times. Join us for a pre-performance talk by Dr. Keely Muscatell, UNC’s leading loneliness researcher, on themes revealed … Continued

Arts & Dialogue presents Hong Kong Ballet: Romeo + Juliet

Anne Queen Lounge & Memorial Hall

Set in Hong Kong in the turbulent 1960s, Shakespeare’s timeless tale of star-crossed lovers is given a fresh and thought-provoking retelling in Septime Webre’s new Romeo + Juliet. The HCSA invites you to a 7 PM pre-performance talk with Dr. Wolfe, … Continued