If you've ever wondered what you'll do after retirement, you know it takes some homework: local events, travel options, and a ...

“It is what we chose to leave alone that will be our greatest legacy.” John Muir wrote those words more than a century ago, but they read today like a mission statement for a quiet conservation ...

It’s a long cinematic journey from Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) to Black Panther (2018), from blackface to Black Power, onscreen. Where and when these and other films have played over the years—the movie ...

Mike Nelson, the 61-year-old former mayor of Carrboro and enthusiastic progressive advocate for gay rights, environmental stewardship, public education, and keeping Carrboro cool, made a decision in ...

The enduring French mystery of The Man in the Iron Mask continues to captivate audiences in the 21st century, despite its origins in the late 1600s. Sarah Brandes Madry of Chapel Hill is among the ...

For nonprofits trying to improve the Carrboro community, 2026 is not a good year. Not for any nonprofits, anywhere. “Many are contending with simultaneous and compounding pressures, including much ...

It’s hard to cross the James Taylor Bridge on a steamy July day and not get nostalgic for the music James Taylor created, knowing that much of it was based on his childhood in what was then the sleepy ...

Though she makes her home now in New York City, Parker Zinn is a homegrown success story, the product of a place, a time, and a family reflecting the values that mean the most to most of us: love, ...

It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages … It is a crime for people to work full-time and still not be able to make enough to live on. —Martin Luther King, Jr.

Chapel Hill doesn’t shy away from hard conversations. A couple of years ago, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni spoke to East Chapel Hill Rotary ahead of the release of The Beauty of Dusk, his ...

CHAPEL HILL — The 2026-2027 season of performances from Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) is themed around wonder. Across genres, traditions and disciplines, each event helps audiences experience wonder ...

Meet the Sycamores—a delightfully eccentric, free-spirited family with zero respect for convention. Fireworks in the basement, dance lessons in the living room, pet snakes, and impromptu writing ...