Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
The Southern Oral History Program's current interns--Liz Kennedy, Holly Plouff, Bryan Smith, and Samantha Gregg-- have been hard at work this semester! Their project mapped the history of desegregation in North Carolina for high school teachers and created a women's history … Read more
Join us at the Love House & Hutchins Forum for the next installment of "What's Up Down South?" hosted by William R. Ferris. Ferris will be joined by translator and blues musician Seba Pezzani for an afternoon concert. Pezanni translated … Read more
In this performance with the Process Series, Cherokee actor and writer DeLanna Studi explores the enduring impact of the Trail of Tears on contemporary communities using research, interviews, and her own family’s experience. Along with her father and a documentarian, … Read more
Hosted by Carolina Performing Arts, "Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience" features Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops together with folk singer/songwriter Bhi Bhiman and cellist/singer Leyla McCalla. The trio delves into the profound yet … Read more
Hindugrass was founded in Los Angeles in 1998 by John Heitzenrater and friends as an acoustic vehicle to explore the commonalities between the classical and folk music of Northern India and the folk and bluegrass styles of Appalachia. The band … Read more