Trees at Carolina are the subject of an exhibit that guides visitors across campus and back through time. “Noble Trees, Traveled Paths: The Carolina Landscape Since 1793” will be on view in the North Carolina Collection Gallery of Wilson Library… read more
Abstract paintings by Argentinean artist Eduardo Lapetina will be displayed May 6 through June 11 in UNC’s FedEx Global Education Center. An opening reception from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 9 at the center will include remarks by the artist at 3:30… read more
Handwritten letters from presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Another by poet Langston Hughes. These and more materials seldom seen by the public will be on view Feb. 17 in a tour of Wilson Library. The library will open… read more
The Mississippi River bends in a crescent shape as it makes its way around and through New Orleans, giving rise to one of the city’s nicknames. This year, the Crescent City will be honored as the birthplace of jazz at the Carolina Jazz Festival,… read more
This fall, the Ackland Art Museum will present the first major exhibition to examine the importance of the year 1958 as a critical tipping point in the evolution of American art. “Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art,” on view Sept. 21… read more
Actor, activist and author Ruby Dee will deliver the keynote lecture for UNC’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 in Memorial Hall. read more
War’s historic impact on UNC is the subject of a new exhibit in Wilson Library’s Manuscripts Department. The exhibit was launched Tuesday with a presentation by Janis Holder, University archivist, titled, Words Can Do Little: Spike Saunders’s WWII… read more
From modern postcards to a 1570 letter signed by Queen Elizabeth I, items soon on exhibit at UNC will tell the tales of early English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. The exhibit, “A Knight to Remember: The Life and Legacy of Sir Walter Raleigh,”… read more
It’s a fall tradition. Each year for the past two decades, the display gardens at the N.C. Botanical Garden sprout a crop of unique creations by North Carolina artists. Nearly 50 one-of-a kind sculptures placed amid the native wildflowers and shrubs… read more
Leonardo da Vinci’s accomplishments go way beyond the fresco of The Last Supper, the sketch of the Vitruvian Man and the painting of Mona Lisa. At the June 30 seminar, sponsored by the GAA and the UNC Program in the… read more