"The Ties That Bind" is a documentary film memoir told by Carrboro filmmaker Diana Newton, the sister of a transgender woman from her religious family in the American South. Her sister Christine risked coming out to her family in 2003, … Read more
In collaboration with the General Alumni Association Please join us in walking the Carolina Blue carpet at the Varsity Theatre for our fifth annual Oscars Preview Event. The nominees and snubs, the trends and outliers, what has changed and what … Read more
Carolina Public Humanities is teaming up with the Ackland Art Museum for a dangerously enlightening evening of French art, literature, and wine! Join Jessica Tanner, Assistant Professor of French, in a robust discussion of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ scandalous novel … Read more
Explore the Experience of Slavery and the Meaning of Freedom with Frederick Douglass and the Chapel Hill Carrboro NAACP Together with Flyleaf Books and UNC’s Carolina Public Humanities, the Chapel Hill Carrboro branch of the NAACP invites members and the … Read more
The second annual Symposium in honor of the distinguished UNC philosopher Maynard Adams (1919-2003) will feature a keynote address by Jeremy Waldron, University Professor and Professor of Law at New York University. Professor Waldron is a leading international expert on … Read more
The second annual Symposium in honor of the distinguished UNC philosopher Maynard Adams (1919-2003) will feature a keynote address by Jeremy Waldron, University Professor and Professor of Law at New York University. Professor Waldron is a leading international expert on … Read more
Acclaimed playwright, Mike Wiley (The Parchman Hour, Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till) returns to PlayMakers' in April 2018 with, Leaving Eden, an "American fable for today that explores the cyclical nature of human behavior through the lens of a small North … Read more
Juneteenth is the annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. To celebrate Juneteenth this year, we've invited acclaimed Gospel singer, Mary D. Williams to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough. Join us as Ms. Williams takes … Read more
The Great American Read is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. We are hosting a series of panel discussions based on the five themes in the … Read more
