For current arts news, information, and calendar listings visit http://www.artscarolina.org

Fleeting opportunities:
April 8
Concert: Chamber Singers, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

April 9
Art Lecture: Coco Fuesco. 7p-9p in Hanes Art Center Auditorium, Rm. 121. Free and open to the public. Contact: Art Department at UNC-CH, (919) 962-2015, http://www.unc.edu/depts/art/calendar.html

April 10 & 11
Cirque -- Dream it Live. 8p, Dean Smith Center. $32 general, $20 students, $15 under age 16. Student two for one discount for Thursday's show. Carolina Union Performing Arts Series. 919-962-1449.

April 11 - 20
Undergraduate Art Association gallery: Untitled. Work from Emerging Artists. Temporary gallery located at 142 E. Franklin Street, between Julian's and Schoolkids Records. Opening reception on the 11th from 6p - 9 p. Gallery Hours M - F 3p - 8p, Sundays noon - 5p.

through - April 13
Play: Dream Boy, presented by the StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance, adapted by Eric Rosen, directed by Joseph Megel. Swain Hall Studio 6 Theater. Thu-Fri-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Fri & Sat $14, Thu & Sun $12, UNC students $7 w/ID, other students, seniors, UNC Fac/Staff $2 off w/ID. Contact: Derek Goldman, 843-3865, strtsigns@aol.com.

April 13 & 14, 16 & 17
The Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History. Professor Thomas da Costa Kaufmann, from Princeton University will deliver four lectures celebrating the work of Austrian painter Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

April 13
Ackland Art Museum exhibition opening: New Currents in Contemporary Art: Master of Fine Arts 2003. This annual exhibition highlights work by graduating students from the UNC-Chapel Hill Art Department's Master of Fine Arts program. Opening reception from 3-5p. (919)-966-5736. To view press release: http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/apr03/masters040403.html

PlayMakers Auditions and Summer Drama Camps!
Audition for PlayMakers' 2003-2004 Season. Submit photo and resume for appointment by April 18. Unscheduled open call begins at 4:30 p on April 26 & 27.

PlayMakers Summer Acting Intensive for High School Students and DramaQuest Summer Program for High School Students. Downloadable applications available at http://www.playmakersrep.org/summercamps.html or contact Herb Garman at herb.garman@unc.edu or 919-962-2491.

April Arts Carolina Calendar
EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME.
ongoing
through April 14
Exhibit: All the Charms of Nature': A History of Landscaping at UNC-Chapel Hill, celebrating the Coker Arboretum Centennial. Wilson Library. Photos, letters, books, objects, etc., relating to William Chambers Coker's life and work. This 40-piece display will be up through May in the North Carolina Collection Gallery. Contact Neil Fulgham at 962-1172. Visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/ncbg.

through April 30
Exhibit: William C. Coker As Collector of Fungi celebrating the Coker Arboretum Centennial. Coker Biology Library. The exhibit will focus on Coker Arboretum founder, William Chambers Coker, as a collector of and world-renowned expert on fungi. Free and open to the public, 8a-5p, Mon-Fri. Contact Bill Burk: 962-4785 or visit www.unc.edu/depts/ncbg.

through - May 25
Ackland Art Museum exhibition: In the Studio: Art and Art-Making in Nineteenth-Century France. (919)-966-5736

Events in April
7-28
Community Classroom Series of the Willliam and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education presents: "American Culture in the Era of Ragtime." Lecturer: Joy Kasson, chair of the Curriculum in American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Courses are $100, and will run weekly through April 28. 7-9pm. To register contact Mary Morrison, 919-843-4483. http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/cni/ccs.htm#ragtime

7-28
Community Classroom Series Presents: Pop Music and the Sixties. Presented by the Willliam and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Lecturer: John Covach is an associate professor teaching music theory and courses on popular music. Courses are $100, and will run weekly through April 28. 7-9pm. To register contact Mary Morrison, 919-843-4483.

7-21
Art Exhibition: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition. Featured in the John and June Allcott Gallery in the Hanes Art Center. Gallery hours are Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Free and open to the public. Opening Reception to be held on April 7, 6-8p. 919-962-0313.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/art/calendar.html#exhibitspring

8
Discussion of the exhibition "In the Studio: Art and Art-Making in Nineteenth-Century France," with Ackland's Carolyn H. Wood, curator of education. AAM. 10:30-11:30a. $5 for general public, no charge for GAA members. General Alumni Association's Carolina College for Lifelong Learning. Call 919-962-0313.

8
Concert: Chamber Singers, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

8
Lecture: "Deconstructing Antiquity and Middle Ages: Power and Society in Volterra between the 8th century BC and the 14th century AD," by Nicola Terrenato, Classics Dept., UNC-CH, 8p. Room 121 Hanes Art Center. NC Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. 919-962-2015.

9
Art Lecture: Coco Fuesco. Coco Fuesco is perhaps most famous for her performance piece with Guillermo Gomez-Pena where the duo dressed in stereotypic Hispano-Indian costumes and put themselves on display behind the bars of a cage. Fuesco made a documentary about that piece, called The Couple in the Cage, which has been screened in over two hundred venues around the world. She is currently curating an exhibition on racial taxonomy in American photography for the International Center of Photography. She's also written a new play, The Incredible Disappearing Woman. World-renowned, the New York artist has been included in the Whitney Biennial, the Sydney Biennale, The Johannesburg Biennial, the Kwangju Biennale, The London International Theatre Festival and the National Review of Live Art. 7p-9p in Hanes Art Center Auditorium, Rm. 121. Free and open to the public. Contact: Art Department at UNC-CH, (919) 962-2015, http://www.unc.edu/depts/art/calendar.html

9-May 7
Community Classroom Series presents: "The Stage Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein," presented by The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Lecturer is Tim Carter. Tim Carter has recently moved from the University of London to become the David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has published widely on Monteverdi, Mozart, and music on the stage. South Pacific is playing at Duke on April 2, and discounted group-rate tickets are available to class members who register by March 6. The seats are located in the high balcony of Page Auditorium. Courses are $100, and will run weekly through April 28. 7-9pm. To register contact Mary Morrison, 919-843-4483. mmorriso@email.unc.edu.

9-May 7
Community Classroom Series presents: "Reading and Writing Poetry of Transformation." Presented by the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Lecturer: Margaret Rabb. To register contact Mary Morrison, 919-843-4483. mmorriso@email.unc.edu

9 - May 4
Play: Salome by Oscar Wilde. Paul Green Theater. Presented by PlayMakers Repertory Company. $14.50 - $34 single tickets, or by subscription. Senior, child, and student discounts. 919-962-PLAY (7529).

10
Concert: Percussion Ensemble, 8p, Hill Hall Room 107. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

10
"Thursdays on the Terrace" presents: $2 Pistols, alternative country music. Presented by the Johnson Center for Undergraduate Excellence, in the Graham Memorial Building in the John Lindsey Morehead II Lounge or outside on the Educational Foundation Terrace. 11:30a-1:00p, Free and open to the public. Contact the JCUE: (919) 843-7765, or jcue@unc.edu

10
Cirque -- Dream it Live. Stunning acrobats, choreographed contortionists and skilled jugglers. The concept of inventive theatrics and European artistry combine with limitless imagination to produce Cirque, Inc.'s Dream It Live. Stunning acrobats, choreographed contortionists and skilled jugglers captivate through compelling and dramatic sights and sounds. Mesmerizing and illuminating, Cirque is a combination of fantasy circus and Broadway dream - a surreal event that leaves performers and patrons flying high. 8p, Dean Smith Center. $32 general, $20 students, $15 under age 16. Carolina Union Performing Arts Series. 919-962-1449.

11
Cirque (see above).

11 - 13
Play: The Vagina Monologues. The show is produced by the Carolina V-Day Initiative and is the culmination of a week of events designed to raise awareness about women's issues. Gerrard Hall Auditorium. Open Dress Rehearsal, Friday the 11th, 8pm -- no ticket necessary, but donations requested. Performances Sat. the 12, 2p & 8 p; Sun. the 13th, 2p. $7 students; $12 general public. Tickets available in Polk Place and at School Kids Records.Email jean@unc.edu

11-13
Play: Finding Beulah Mae, presented by Wordshed Productions. As a Robert C. Bryan Fellow for the year 2000, writer/performer Sarah Kocz involved the UNC Center for Public Service, the Southern Oral History Program, the School of Social Work, the African-American Studies Department, and the Communications Studies Department in a two-year oral history project documenting the stories of a historic African-American community in Mebane, NC being threatened by environmental racism and the realities of development and "progress." 8p-10p, Bingham 203, $5 Students, Seniors, and UNC Employees, $7 General Admission. Contact: Matt Spangler, (919) 969-7121, wordshed@unc.edu, http://www.unc.edu/wordshed/.

11-12
Concert: Opera Workshop performances. Benjamin Britten, Albert Herring, performing Benjamin Bretten's Albert Herring (abridged). 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

11-12
Program in the Humanities and Human Values Seminar: Philosophy and Fundamental Values. Each seminar is $110, but if you register before Jan. 24, it's $95. Optional light supper for $10. Kenan Center at 4:30pm. Secure online registration available at www.unc.edu/depts/human

11 - 20
Undergraduate Art Association gallery opening: Untitled. Work from Emerging Artists. Temporary gallery located at 142 E. Franklin Street, between Julian's and Schoolkids Records. Opening reception on the 11th from 6p - 9 p. Gallery Hours M - F 3p - 8p, Sundays noon - 5p.

12
Ackland Art Museum Guild presents Director's Series Lectures and Dinners: "Be realistic; demand the impossible," by Robert Fitzpatrick of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. A dinner after the lecture will be held in the Museum. Funds raised will support the Ackland Art Museum's educational program. Lecture begins at 6p, dinners at 7:30p. Tickets may be purchased for the lecture only or the lecture and the dinner. The lectures are $20 each per person and the dinners are $85 each per person. For more information, call the Ackland at (919) 966-5736.

12
Concert: Opera Workshop. Benjamin Britten, Albert Herring (abridged). 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

13
Family Fun for 5- to 12-year olds: Making art means making choices. Make some of your own choices as you create a work of art in response to something in the Ackland's collection. Ackland Art Museum. Free, 2p. 919-966-5736.

13
Concert: Guitar Ensemble, 2p, Person Recital Hall. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

13
Concert: Glee Clubs, 3p, University United Methodist Church. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

13
Concert: Wind Symphony/University Band, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

13-14, 16-17
Art Lecture: The Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History. Professor Thomas da Costa Kaufmann, from Princeton University will deliver four lectures celebrating the work of Austrian painter Franz Anton Maulbertsch. "Introducing an 'Original Strangeling,'" 3 p.m. April 13. Reception following.

"Shades of Enlightenment" 6 p.m. April 16
"From Fantasy to Reason" 6 p.m. April 17
"On the Margins of Modernism" 6 p.m. April 17

Hanes Art Center Auditorium, Rm. 121, Free and open to the public. Contact the Art Dept. 962-3405, art_department@unc.edu
To view press release: http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/apr03/rand040403.html

13-May 18
Ackland Art Museum exhibition: New Currents in Contemporary Art: Master of Fine Arts 2003. This annual exhibition highlights work by graduating students from the UNC-Chapel Hill Art Department's Master of Fine Arts program. Free. Opening reception from 3-5p. (919)-966-5736. To view press release: http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/apr03/masters040403.html

14
Concert: University Brass Chamber Ensembles, 5:30p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. (919)-962-1039.

14
Film Screening and Discussion: Trembling Before G_d. Director Sandi Dubowski talks about his powerful film, which deals with the controversial intersection of homosexuality and religion. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality. Carolina Union Activities Board. To learn more about the film, visit http://www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com. Carroll 111, 6:30-8:30p.

15
Concert: Jazz Band and Jazz Lab Band, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. James Ketch, John V Brown, Wally West, directors. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

17-May 1
Art Exhibition: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition. John and June Allcott Gallery, Hanes Art Center. Opening Reception April 24, 7-9p. 919-962-2015 or art_depart,ment@unc.edu.

18
Audition submission deadline for PlayMakers' 2003-2004 Season. To be contacted for an appointment, submit photo and resume to Risa Botvinick, Company Manager, PlayMakers Repertory Company, CB 3235, Center for Dramatic Art, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3235. Auditions held April 26 & 27.

22
Concert: Carolina Choir, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

23
North Carolina Folk Heritage Awards. Sponsored by North Carolina Arts Council, the North Carolina Folklife Institute and the Curriculum in Folklore. 7:30p, Stewart Theatre on NC State University campus. $10 general public, $6 students & seniors over 65, children 12 and under free. Tix available at Ticket Central 919-515-1100 or at the door. Information: 919-733-2119 or joe.newberry@ncmail.net

23-May 7
Class: "Who Was O. Henry?" conducted by Karen Blansfield, adjunct assistant professor, Department of Dramatic Art. George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Wednesdays, 10-11:30a. $85 for general public, $70 for GAA members. General Alumni Association's Carolina College for Lifelong Learning. Call 919-962-0313.

24
Concert: "Thursdays on the Terrace" presents: Steep Canyon Rangers, contemporary Bluegrass. Presented by the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in the Graham Memorial Building in the John Lindsey Morehead II Lounge or outside on the Educational Foundation Terrace. Free and open to the public, 11:30am. Contact: The Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, 919-843-7765. jcue@unc.edu

24
Scholarship Benefit Concert: Symphony Orchestra with Janus Duo, 8p, Hill Hall Auditorium. Admission charged. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

24-26
Play: Once On This Island, presented by the Pauper Players in the Historic PlayMakers Theatre. Tony Award Winning Musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty of "Ragtime" fame. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for non-students, and can be reserved at uncchpp@hotmail.com.

24-May 18
Senior Art Exhibition to be featured in the John and June Allcott Gallery of the Hanes Art Center. Gallery hours are Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Free and open to the public. http://www.unc.edu/depts/art/calendar.html#exhibitspring

25
Concert: Jazz Combos, 4p, Hill Hall, Room 107. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

25
Concert: Consort of Viols and Baroque Ensembles, 8p, Person Recital Hall. Music Dept. 919-962-1039.

25-26
Program in the Humanities and Human Values Seminar: "Elizabeth the Queen." Each seminar is $110, but if you register before Jan. 24, it's $95. Optional light supper for $10. Kenan Center at 4:30pm. Secure online registration available at www.unc.edu/depts/human

25
Application deadline: PlayMakers Summer Acting Intensive for High School Students. Downloadable applications available at http://www.playmakersrep.org/summercamps.html or contact Herb Garman at herb.garman@unc.edu or 919-962-2491.

26-27
Audition for PlayMakers' 2003-2004 Season. Submit photo and resume for appointment by April 18. Unscheduled open call begins at 4:30 p on April 26 & 27.

27
Apple Chill Fair featuring UNC's 2nd Annual Tar Heel Lane on South Columbia Street. Free family fun from 1p - 6p. Entertainment includes The BackBeat, The Achordants, Alpha Phi Alpha step team, Mezmerythm, Tar Heel Voices, comedy by Carolina's On-the-Spot, Carolina Electronic Music Symposium and the Mighty Arms of Atlas. Artists, craftspersons, arts groups, student and University organizations. 919-843-ARTS.

28
Application deadline: PlayMakers DramaQuest Summer Program for High School Students. Downloadable applications available at http://www.playmakersrep.org/summercamps.html or contact Herb Garman at herb.garman@unc.edu or 919-962-2491.

30
Gallery Talk: New Currents in Contemporary Art: Master of Fine Arts 2003. Join Master of Fine Arts students as they discuss their art in the Museum's galleries. Ackland Art Museum. Free. 12:15p.

Arts Carolina News Clips
Potter patriarch played role in crafting art form (Charlotte Observer - April 8, 2003)
Melvin Lee "M.L." Owens, descendant and patriarch of a renowned family of rural N.C. potters, died Saturday. He was 85. ... During Owens' childhood, the market for clay pickle jars and salt-glazed urns dried up, falling victim to the new mass markets in glassware and metal, said Charles Zug, author of "Turners & Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina." "It's when pottery went from utilitarian to more artistic forms of pottery. And of course M.L. was in the middle of all that," said Zug, a retired professor of English and folklore at UNC Chapel Hill.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5575666.htm

Retiring pianists play UNC concert (The Herald-Sun -- April 4, 2003)
Two of UNC's longest serving music professors will mark their retirement from the university with a concert Sunday night. Wife-and-husband pianists Barbara Rowan and Francis Whang, also known as the Janus Duo, will bring the music of Brahms, Schumann and Bartok to Hill Hall Auditorium as part of their 8 p.m.concert.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-338333.html
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release, http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/mar03/janus033103.html)

UNC takes a scholarly look at hillbilly music (Chapel Hill News -- April 2, 2003)
The UNC campus is known for drawing popular artists to perform at the Smith Center, such as Barenaked Ladies, and its ability to book such acts as the hip hop group OutKast as part of its Homecoming festivities. ... The events are all part of the conference "Hillbilly Sources and Symbols:
Country Music, Cultural Brokerage and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'"
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/story/2399347p-2234549c.html
(Note: This coverage was the result of a UNC news release, http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/mar03/hillbilly033103.html)

Music in the air (Chapel Hill News -- April 1, 2003)
The last few notes of "Alegria," made famous by Cirque du Soleil, were still hanging in the air when the 10 or so members of the Walk-Ons took their bows... For the 20 or so folks gathered, the concert by the Walk-Ons -- a student a cappella group -- was playing in the sun. The Walk-Ons performance -- 45 minutes of pop music covers and show tunes -- was part of "Thursdays on the Terrace", a Johnston Center program that is fast becoming a campus tradition.
http://www.triangle.com/triangle.com/communities/chapelhill/snapshots/story/2386323p-2223670c.html
(Note: For more information about "Thursdays on the Terrace," go to http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/feb03/thursdays020503.html)

Native son coming to Carolina for tribute (The Herald-Sun -- March 27, 2003)
He's got a friend right here. Chapel Hill Museum Director Morgan Kenney hopes the town's native son, James Taylor, has at least 10,000 friends who'll turn up to honor the singer on April 26 at the Dean Dome. ... The free, public 1 p.m. tribute to the Chapel Hill-bred musician will feature a keynote speech by Governor Mike Easley, remarks by UNC Chancellor James Moeser and Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy and centers around the dedication of a bridge in Taylor's name.
http://www.herald-sun.com/orange/10-335582.html