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Frederick Douglass Today: Legacies & Meaning
Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, United States
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5th Annual Oscars Preview: A “Carolina Blue Carpet Event”
Varsity Theater 123 E. Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIn 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
Dangerous Liaisons at the Ackland: An Evening of French Enlightenment Art and Literature
Ackland Art Museum 101 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCarolina 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
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Chapel Hill Carrboro NAACP Branch Book Read: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
Flyleaf BooksExplore 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
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Disagreements, Intolerance and Incivility in Public Life – The 2018 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities
Wilson Library 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe 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
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Disagreement, Civility, and Intolerance – the 2018 E. Maynard Adams Symposium for the Humanities
UNC Center for School Leadership Development 140 Friday Center Drive , NC, United StatesThe 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
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Breaking the Cycles of History: A Conversation Around “Leaving Eden”
Paul Green Theatre 120 Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAcclaimed 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
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Juneteenth Celebration: From Slavery to Civil Rights
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church 210 St Marys Rd, Hillsborough, NC, United StatesJuneteenth 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
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Great American Read: What We Do for Love?
Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, United StatesThe 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
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The Talk
Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, United StatesHow do you prepare a child for a world that often enacts and condones violence against people of color? A one-man performance that explores the difficult conversations we must have with our children as we prepare them to survive and … Read more
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