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Community Read & Author Talk at Flyleaf Books: BY HANDS NOW KNOWN

Flyleaf Books

Featuring Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn't lynching the law? In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham challenges our understanding of … Read more

The Humanities in the World of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Threats

Institute for the Arts & Humanities - Hyde Hall 176 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

CPH is collaborating with UNC’s Institute for the Arts & Humanities (IAH) and the Program for Public Discourse for a community conversation on why the Humanities will remain essential for public and personal life as the influence of Artificial Intelligence … Read more

The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC’s Black Veterans

Friday Center 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A live performance by Dr. Sonny Kelly—performer, playwright, and CEO, Legacy Heirs Productions.   The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC’s Black Veterans is a one-man presentation & performance elevating Black freedom fighters and veterans with North Carolina connections – … Read more

Palestine as Anti-narrative: Adania Shibli in Conversation with Diya Abdo, Meta DuEwa Jones, and Mark Rifkin

Hamilton Hall 102 Emerson Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join novelist Adania Shibli in conversation with scholars of Arab, African American, and Indigenous American literature.   FEATURING Diya Abdo, Lincoln Financial Professor of English and Creative Writing, Guilford College Meta DuEwa Jones, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature … Read more

Fiddle Frenzy Pre-Concert Conversation w/ the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

Haw River Ballroom 1711 Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Rd, Saxapahaw, NC, United States

featuring the Verona Quartet   We're joining our friends at the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (COT) before their Fiddle Frenzy concert in Saxapahaw. Presented at the Haw River Ballroom, CPH Executive Director Max Owre will host a pre-concert conversation … Read more

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its Legacy in the Elections of 2024

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, United States

In collaboration with Chapel Hill Public Library The annual Juneteenth celebration of Black history and the Black struggle for equal rights provides the context for this special panel discussion and community conversation. Drawing on the personal insights and historical perspectives … Read more

The Evolution and Impact of the Supreme Court

Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, United States

in collaboration with the Chapel Hill Public Library In advance of the November election and in light of the monumental decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent months and years, CPH invites you to a free panel … Read more