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The Chapel Hill Music Festival, featuring more than 25 musical acts ranging from jazz to hip-hop, will take place on and off the UNC campus April 15-17. The festival is organized by a student organization of the same name, and performers will be both students and Carolina community members. All proceeds will benefit arts and music programming in North Carolina public schools. For a full list of performances and venues, visit http://www.chapelhillmusicfestival.org.

A $15 ticket, which covers all events, can be purchased at the Carolina Union Box Office. Call 962-1449 or visit the box office on the second floor of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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UNC’s Ackland Art Museum is seeking volunteers with a desire to learn about art and to work with people, especially children and adolescents, to work as gallery teachers.

Two information sessions will be held at the museum April 27 and June 22 from 10 a.m. until noon.

The museum provides volunteers with extensive training about works in the collection and how to teach with them based on the needs of school children.

Volunteers must make a two-year commitment and will begin training in September. Men and women from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Call the museum at 962-0837 for more information.

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The Old Well, a beloved campus landmark and the source of good luck for students on the first day of classes, is the topic of a new book by Sarah Brandes Madry, a visiting scholar in UNC’s history department.

Madry will read from and sign copies of "Well Worth a Shindy: The Architectural and Philosophical History of the Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" (iUniverse, 2004) at 3:30 p.m. April 20 at the Bull’s Head Bookshop in the Student Stores.

The book traces the well through its architectural origins in English gardens of the 18^th century and in ancient Rome and Greece. It contains a forward by UNC President Emeritus Dr. William C. Friday, more than 100 pictures and illustrations and a guide to more than 100 round temple structures around the world.

For many years the Old Well served as the sole water supply for Old East and Old West dormitories. In 1897, the well was given its present decorative form, largely derived from the Temple of Love in the Garden of Versailles.

Madry has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in educational media from UNC. She was a staff member at the university for more than 14 years.

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