The Underline: Painter Maya Barton’s Artistic Renaissance
Story via Arshia Simkin, The Underline, Orange County Arts Commission Maya Barton is now living...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Rising Junior Bill Moore Is Already Carving His Path in Music
Bill Moore is barely out of his teens, but already has an artistic path figured out involving music, filmmaking and folklore.
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Writer John Claude Bemis’s Newest Passion: Bewitching Woodland Masks
Hillsborough writer and musician John Claude Bemis is no stranger to the creative arts, although his latest artistic endeavor may be a surprising one: mask making.
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Steph Stewart Shares the Journey of Blue Cactus
Just about every musician has a mentor figure, someone who introduces them to formative music, often just by having it around. For Steph Stewart, singer/co-leader of Chapel Hill’s Blue Cactus, it was her grandfather.
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Ginny Robinson’s Award-Winning Quilt “School Supplies” Grapples With the Pervasive Threat of Gun Violence in American Schools
Chapel Hill resident Ginny Robinson is a quiltmaker and a local middle school English teacher. In February 2024, she won QuiltCon’s most prestigious award—”Best in Show”—for her quilt titled “What We Will Use as Weapons: A List of School Supplies.”
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Remembering Local Hip Hop Star Josh ‘Rowdy’ Rowsey
The local music community suffered a grievous blow on April 17 with the sudden death of Rowdy, performing name of hip hop emcee Kevin Joshua Rowsey II.
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Paradise of Bachelors’ Brendan Greaves Pays Tribute to Terry Allen in Latest Project
Brendan Greaves identifies himself as a writer, folklorist and curator on his social-media pages, but that doesn’t even begin to cover what all the Chapel Hill resident does.
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Chapel Hill’s Award-Winning Fantasy Author Natania Barron’s Double Debut
Natania Barron is a fantasy author and a fashion historian in an unusual situation: she has not one, but two three-book series coming out within months of each other.
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Meet Tyamica Mabry, the 2024 Eno Arts Mill BIPOC Artist in Residence
Tyamica Mabry first fell in love with art because of her elementary school daughter’s enthusiasm for it. She’s now the 2024 Eno Arts Mill BIPOC Artist in Residence; as a self-taught artist, she’s excited to bring her passion for art-making to the Orange County community.
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John Bare and the Magic of His Lyrical Books
While UNC alumnus John Bare hasn’t lived in Chapel Hill for decades, you could say Chapel Hill still lives in him. Bare has published two novels, and they’re both love letters to Chapel Hill.
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