Mercury Studio opened last year downtown as a co-working, meeting and events space. Now the organizers of Mercury are accepting applications for creative or community-minded projects. Visitors who come to Mercury Studio Jan. 22 will get to see several project presentations and vote on them. The presenter whose project is chosen will take home all the money from the $5 entry fee.
In 2010, N.C. State University’s Emerging Issues Forum discussed the importance of creativity to the modern economy. Everyone from politicians to artists extolled the virtues of innovating by thinking outside of the usual norms – also called “the box.”
Inspirations for the dance scene this spring come from the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s seminal work “The Rite of Spring,” the percussive dance called tap, and the ever-evolving modern dance.
We live in North Cackalacky. Why’s it called that? There is no consensus, but UNC has been on the case for years. Theories vary as to the origin, but there’s no question we know Cackalacky – and Cackalack – refers to this state. (No need to mention South Cackalacky.)
In a bleak winter, “Jekyll & Hyde” takes the stage with a story we know of the two faces of a person – one good, one evil. Bound for Broadway in just a few months, the national tour is at the Durham Performing Arts Center through Sunday.
On a December afternoon, Constantine Maroulis stepped out of a vintage store in Dallas with newly purchased cowboy boots and an old tobacco tin. He loves stuff like that, and is a bit of a picker, Maroulis said in a phone interview with The Herald-Sun from the Dallas tour stop of “Jekyll & Hyde.”
Roger McGuinn, who helped create the folk-rock tradition as co-founder of The Byrds, will perform May 3 at The ArtsCenter. McGuinn is one of the artists who will be featured in the venue’s 10th annual American Roots Series.
The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival recently announced a headliner switch for shows at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. Two of the festival’s headliners are slated to take center stage at the Carolina Theatre on Feb. 8 and 10.
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will present its annual Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, concurrently with its Festival of Afro-Surrealist Films, beginning this month.
The Broadway season at the Durham Performing Arts Center includes several more shows this spring, making the second half of the 2012-13 the busiest.
The Carolina Theatre’s spring music schedule features a lineup heavy on jazz and traditional American music.
Tar Heel Soundfest, a new, multi-genre music festival, will have its inaugural run Jan. 12 at three Chapel Hill clubs – Local 506, Night Light and The Cave. Organizers Josh Zaslow and Bruce Stevens envision a festival that, according to their press materials, “cuts across genres for the best in all types of music,” and focuses primarily on local musicians.
Now that the world has survived fears about an apocalypse, it’s time to celebrate the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. Here are some events in Durham and Chapel Hill that mark this annual milestone.