Category: Arts
November 7, 2011
UNCW's Office of Cultural Arts and New Hanover County Schools present a week-long in-school artist residency, Nov. 14-18, at Snipes Academy with puppeteer Hobey Ford.
December 5, 2011
The Carolina Chocolate Drops - the newest and youngest players in a long lineage of black string bands known for their “Hit ‘Em Up Style” will take the stage in UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
December 5, 2011
UNCW's Randall Library and Museum of World Cultures are celebrating the value of artists to education and society by designating North Carolina Living Treasures.
December 5, 2011
The UNCW will offer a rare glimpse at some of the world’s most unique movies during the Exclusif: New French Film Festival Dec. 4-6.
January 18, 2012
MTV’s hit show “The Buried Life” will be asking students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington "What do you want to do before you die?" on Wednesday, Jan. 18.
January 23, 2012
UNC Wilmington's Ann Flack Boseman Gallery presents "Philip J. Merrill: An Artifactual Journey Across North Carolina," Jan. 12-Feb. 16, 2012.
January 27, 2012
Ron Dortch, a notable arts educator and performer, will help commemorate the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a creative theatrical performance at UNCW Jan. 31.
January 27, 2012
"American Idol" has some competition. On Thursday, Feb. 2, students will show off their singing skills at UNCW's spinoff of the hit show -- the 6th annual Dub Idol.
January 31, 2012
UNCW presents a weeklong residency with the musicians and teaching artists of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which will culminate Sat. Feb. 25 with a Family Concert in Kenan Auditorium.
February 1, 2012
Acclaimed poet Mary Ruefle will read from her work Feb. 15 at UNCW. Ruefle is the spring 2012 distinguished writer-in-residence for poetry in the Department of Creative Writing.
February 27, 2012
Novelist Cristina Garcia will speak at UNC Wilmington at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 7 in Lumina Theater. Her appearance is part of the English department's Buckner Lecture Series.
March 2, 2012
The UNCW Ann Flack Boseman Gallery announces the tenth annual All Student Show. The juried exhibition runs through April 3.
March 9, 2012
Edith Pearlman, author of Binocular Vision, the inaugural book from UNC Wilmington's Lookout Books imprint, has won the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction.
March 16, 2012
UNCW Arts in Action will present First Person: Seeing America, with narration by NPR host Neal Conan and actress Lily Knight at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 30 in Kenan Auditorium.
March 16, 2012
Philip Gerard, fiction and nonfiction writer and chair of the UNCW Department of Creative Writing, will read from The Patron Saint of Dreams, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20.
March 19, 2012
Rap-rockers Gym Class Heroes will perform on Thursday, March 22, in Kenan Auditorium at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
March 21, 2012
Grammy-nominated pioneers of dance Pilobilus will perform at UNC Wilmington's Kenan Auditorium at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 31 as part of their 40th anniversary tour.
March 21, 2012
UNCW announced today that it will provide a new permanent home for Art for the Masses, the premier show for local artists to showcase their work directly to area art lovers.
March 29, 2012
The UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with the Upperman African American Cultural Center and Africana Studies, presents The Parchman Hour.
April 3, 2012
Edith Pearlman, award-winning author of Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories, will join a celebration of Lookout Books and the literary journal Ecotone at 7:30 p.m. April 15.
April 11, 2012
The UNCW Department of Theatre announces Margo Veil by Len Jenkin, shows run April 19-22; April 26-29.
April 12, 2012
The UNCW Arts in Action Performance Series proudly welcomes the Karrin Allyson Trio in concert with the UNCW Big Band at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 20 in Kenan Auditorium.
April 16, 2012
The UNCW Department of Communication Studies/Readers Theatre presents the musical WORKING April 26-29 through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
May 8, 2012
UNCW's Department of Film Studies and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) present Wagner’s epic Ring cycle, recorded Live in HD at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
May 14, 2012
I Am My Own Wife, the senior capstone project of two University of North Carolina Wilmington theatre students, will come to life on the stage of The Red Barn Studio May 17-20.
May 21, 2012
Ordinary Magic: Disposable Camera Photographs by New Hanover County K-12 Students will be on view in the UNCW CAB gallery.
June 7, 2012
The UNCW Boseman Gallery presents In a Bind - Books Designed by UNCW Students through July 30. This exhibition showcases a wide range of book-making activity at UNCW.
June 19, 2012
A poem written by Sarah Messer, associate professor of creative writing at University of North Carolina Wilmington, was published in the Spring 2012 issue of Ploughshares.
June 28, 2012
UNCW Presents celebrates 20 years of bringing an array of the highest caliber of performing artists from around the world to the UNC Wilmington campus.
July 12, 2012
Xhenet Aliu, a graduate of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, was awarded the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction for her manuscript, Domesticated Wild Things.
August 8, 2012
UNCW Office of Cultural Arts Announces New Season of High Profile Performances and Artist Residencies. Headliners include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Mavis Staples.
August 9, 2012
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at University of North Carolina Wilmington is proud to bring audiences “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
August 22, 2012
Renowned resident pianists Norman Bemelmans and Elizabeth Loparits are featured in the concert, “Music of the Russian Romantics," at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 in Kenan Auditorium.
September 6, 2012
The Kenan Auditorium at UNCW recently converted 33 incandescent stage lights to LEDs, a switch that reduces energy consumption and saves the university about $2,500 per year.
September 17, 2012
The UNCW Ann Flack Boseman Gallery presents Innocent Nkurunziza: Rwanda Shares Sept. 20 through Oct. 25. The exhibition formally opens with a reception at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 20.
September 24, 2012
UNCW will reap the benefits of being located in the “Hollywood of the East” Oct. 11-12 when veteran filmmakers and screenwriters Chad and Carey Hayes visit campus.
September 26, 2012
Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin, UNCW International Artists in Residence from Haiti, on tour as part of Center StageSM.
October 3, 2012
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNCW announces the 2012-13 Met: Live in HD season. The series begins Oct. 13 with the live transmission of L'Elisir d'Amore.
October 10, 2012
The UNC Wilmington Department of Theatre presents El Zorro!, the second show of its 2012-13 season. The one act play of adventurous swashbuckling swordplay will run Oct.18-21.
October 19, 2012
UNCW Presents announces the renowned and bilingual Dali Quartet will bring their unique blend of classical technique and Latin-American music to UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium on Oct. 25.
November 1, 2012
The UNC Wilmington Dept of Theatre presents Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches in coordination with the UNCW Presents lecture by AIDS Quilt founder Cleve Jones.
November 9, 2012
Cucalorus Film Festival to show “Bell Rung," a documentary about football players’ head injuries, that was produced by UNCW theatre faculty member Nick Basta.
November 12, 2012
Art for the Masses, the premier Wilmington art show and sale, is celebrating its 10th year with a new home on the campus of UNCW.
November 14, 2012
Legendary bluegrass masters Peter Rowan, Cody Kilby of Kentucky Thunder and The Travelin’ McCourys pay tribute to the father of bluegrass Bill Monroe at 8 p.m. on Nov. 29.
December 10, 2012
UNCW Masters Series Headliner Mavis Staples invited to perform at the 2013 MusicCares Person of the Year Gala honoring Bruce Springsteen. UNCW concert to be held two days earlier.
October 8, 2012
The UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with New Hanover County Schools and Dreams of Wilmington, presents an arts integration residency with poet Glenis Redmond.
December 4, 2012
Students, faculty and guest artists with the UNCW Department of Theatre earned nine Wilmington Theater Award nominations.
December 21, 2012
The UNCW Theatre Department is hosting the North Carolina Dance Festival at the Cultural Arts Building on campus.
January 8, 2013
Grammy-winning gospel and blues legend Mavis Staples performs at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5 in UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium. The performance is part of the UNCW Masters Series.
January 8, 2013
The Film Studies department will commemorate its successful collaboration with Intellect Press during a Feb. 5 reception on campus.
January 25, 2013
UNCW assistant professor Andi Steele has a new art exhibition open at the Wilma W. Daniels Gallery at CFCC.
January 29, 2013
"The Final Gift" to be screened at 6 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the Azalea Coast Room, followed by a discussion with the documentary's director.
January 30, 2013
Several UNCW faculty are involved in staging "Lieutenant of Inishmore" at City Stage.
February 4, 2013
UNCW’s Women’s Studies Student Association (WSSA) will sponsor performances of "The Vagina Monologues" on Feb. 13 and 17 in Lumina Theater.
February 5, 2013
The UNC Wilmington Department of Theatre continues its 2012-13 season with William Shakespeare’s famous comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Feb. 14-17 and 21-24.
February 5, 2013
Cristina Garcia, UNCW spring 2013 visiting writer, will read from her forthcoming novel and latest collection of short stories on Feb. 7.
February 6, 2013
UNCW Presents announces Live at Birdland a Valentine’s evening concert featuring Birdland Big Band with world-renowned drummer and bandleader Tommy Igoe.
February 7, 2013
Acclaimed national dance ensemble CONTRA-TIEMPO returns to Wilmington for an intensive, community and educational residency, Feb. 11-23.
February 20, 2013
An international exhibition, juried by Asheville book sculptor Daniel Essig, features artwork which studies books through a variety of artistic media.
March 8, 2013
UNCW Presents welcomes the signature harmonic sound of post-bluegrass band Bearfoot to Kenan Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14.
March 22, 2013
The UNC Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts presents a piano concert by Norman Bemelmans, “Pictures at an Exhibition: Music by Mussorgsky, Debussy & Liszt,” on April 2.
March 26, 2013
The UNC Wilmington Department of Theatre presents PROM, a production by New Paradise Laboratories. Shows will run April 11-14 and April 18-21.
March 27, 2013
UNCW Presents and Thalian Hall are proud to host Evalyn Parry’s Spin, Starring the Bicycle at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 on the Thalian Hall Main Stage.
April 2, 2013
An international exhibition, juried by Asheville book sculptor Daniel Essig, features artwork which studies books through a variety of artistic media.
April 4, 2013
The UNCW Association for Campus Entertainment (ACE) announces two exciting exhibits that will run from April 11-July 30.
April 8, 2013
Work of UNCW graduating studio art seniors on display in CAB gallery, opens with free reception April 11.
May 16, 2013
Shane Fernando, UNCW Director of Campus Life Arts and Programs, has been named president of the Thalian Hall Board of Trustees.