Violinist, cellist perform tonight

CHAPEL HILL -- Anna Cromwell, playing violin, and Mira Frisch, on the cello, will perform new works for violin and cello by Stephen Anderson, Abbie Betinis, Joe Dangerfield, David Maki and Ronald Parks at 7:30 tonight at Person Recital Hall on the UNC Campus.

Call (919) 962-1039 or go to http://music.unc.edu/ for more information about the free Composer Concert -- Duo XXI.

Jazz orchestra plays Tuesday

CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra will present Jazz by the Numbers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hall on the UNC Campus.

Call (919) 843-3333 for information and tickets.

Author Holladay reads Tuesday

CHAPEL HILL -- Author Cary Holladay, part of the UNC Living Writers course, will give a free public reading at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the University Room of Hyde Hall on the UNC Campus.

Holladay is the author of five volumes of fiction: the novels "A Fight in the Doctor's Office" and "Mercury" and the short story collections "The Quick-Change Artist," "The Palace of Wasted Footsteps" and "The People Down South."

The event, sponsored by UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities Public Reading, is free. Call (919) 962-4000 or click on http://uncnews.unc.edu/ for more information.

Talk topic: Race, religion, politics

CHAPEL HILL -- Religion has often taken center stage in America's political conversations. The elections of 2008 focused on issues of morality, separation of church and state and Barack Obama's personal beliefs.

Amid that backdrop, and the historical relationship between the American preoccupation with race and its complex religious history, anthropologist Tim McMillan will host a spirited conversation, "Race, Religion, Politics: Mentioning the Unmentionable," at George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC Campus from 2:30-4 p.m. Wednesday. McMillan is adjunct assistant professor and associate department chairman in the Department of African- and Afro-American studies.

General Alumni Association members pay only $5. Others can join for $15. Visit http://alumni.unc.edu/ to register or call (919) 962-3574 for information.