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Demolition Begins on Chapel Hill Gas Station Featuring Dean Smith Mural

Workers have begun the process of demolishing a Chapel Hill gas station that was home to a mural of the late UNC basketball coach Dean Smith.

Posted by Emma Cooke | Mar 31, 2025 | Arts, Instagram, UNC

Maps are storytellers, but they can exclude certain narratives. Fowota Mortoo said that’s the case for Chapel Hill’s Black builders.

Posted by Emma Cooke | Feb 15, 2025 | Arts

The Uproar Festival of Public Art returns this August to showcase large-scale, bold works of art outdoors in Orange County.

Cat’s Cradle will host the Carrboro Bluegrass Festival, a new music fest set for May 24 at the Cat’s Cradle Back Yard.

Around the ninth anniversary of a triple murder of Muslim Americans in Chapel Hill, a documentary about the case will screen in the Triangle.

Posted by Ben Crosbie | Jan 24, 2025 | Arts, Instagram

The Carrboro Film Fest will start on Friday evening and run through Sunday afternoon at the Carrboro Century Center.

Donovan Livingston, a spoken word poet and UNC educator, is the latest Chapel Hill Poet Laureate as the town announced Wednesday.

Posted by Emma Cooke | Jan 13, 2025 | Arts, Instagram

Creative people are the heart and soul of a community. So when they cannot be in it — which Orange County is facing — the loss is profound.

A recent national survey examined the impact of arts nonprofit groups on local economies, but the local industry is still seeking support.

Chapel Hill staff removed the latest art display at the Peace & Justice Plaza on Wednesday, citing division caused by a pro-Palestine symbol.