Upcoming Events @ Carolina

August hosts end-of-summer activities

CHAPEL HILL – Following is a sampling of August events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please use this information for calendar listings in planning your event-oriented coverage. Activities are free to the public unless otherwise noted.

Aug. 4
Local Flora: Summer
9 a.m. – noon
Totten Center Classroom, N.C. Botanical Garden
Learn the identification and ecology of the verdant growth of the summer months. In addition to classroom lectures, your instructor will take you to a variety of local habitats for in-depth study of the summer’s woody and perennial herbaceous plants. For more information, call (919) 962-0552 or e-mail oberreit@email.unc.edu.

Aug. 6, 21
Yoga in the Galleries
noon – 1 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
An opportunity to explore the Ackland Art Museum while learning simple yoga poses. To reserve a spot, sign up online at http://www.ackland.org/programs/yoga/.  For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Aug. 10
Art after Dark
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Enjoy live music, complimentary refreshments and art in the evening. For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Aug. 11
Drawing in the Galleries
10 a.m. – noon
Ackland Art Museum
After a brief discussion of a single work, visitors are invited to draw in a pre-selected gallery. All levels are welcome. Participants provide the dry media. For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Aug. 15
Literature and Art
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Join museum staff and UNC faculty for a monthly book discussion series. The group will discuss “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead,” by Randall Kenan, an associate professor of English and comparative literature in the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Aug. 16
Lunch with One
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Christine Huber, the associate curator of exhibition at the Ackland, will discuss the Practicing Contemporaries exhibition, which displays works by Carolina’s studio art faculty. Bring a bag lunch and join us for a lunch hour lecture. For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Aug. 18
Tours of Coker Arboretum
11 a.m. – noon
Coker Arboretum
Tours depart from the stone-gathering circle by Wysteria Arbor along Cameron Avenue at 11 a.m. the third Saturday of every month. Call the N.C. Botanical Garden at (919) 962-0522 or email ncbg@unc.edu for more information.

Aug. 19
Music in the Galleries
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Ackland Art Museum
Listen to Jorge E. Izquierdo, a junior environmental science and communication studies major at Carolina, play classical guitar. Izquierdo has been playing since, age 7, and his other local performances include the Carrboro Music Festival, Fiesta del Pueblo, and Exploris Museum in Raleigh. For more information, visit www.ackland.org or call (919) 843-3676.

Ongoing Events

Aug. 2- 30
Nature Tales: Storytime at the Garden 
10 a.m., Thursdays
Totten Center Classroom, N.C. Botanical Garden
Every Thursday through the summer, staff at the garden welcome pre-school aged children (2-5 years) and their guardians for nature stories about plants and animals, followed by fun activities that take children out into the garden to experience nature firsthand. $5 families. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu or call (919) 962-0522.

Aug. 4 – 25
Tour of the Garden
10 a.m., Saturdays
N.C. Botanical Garden
Meet at the stone gathering circle in front of the Totten Center for one-hour tour of the garden guided by staff and curators. For more information, call (919) 962-0522 or e-mail ncbg@unc.edu.

Aug. 27, Sept. 10, 17, 24
Botanical Illustration (Drawing II)
(Perquisite: Drawing I)
1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Totten Center Classroom, N.C. Botanical Garden
In this class, students will learn everything needed to produce beautiful pencil drawings-contour drawing, seeing values, tone application, basic plant anatomy, plate composition and working with microscopes. There will be regular critiques of students' work, and plenty of one-on-one instruction. $110 NCBG members; $125 non-members. For more information, call (919) 962-0552 or e-mail ncbg@unc.edu.