Arts and Culture

Faculty & Friends Concert to feature new trombone professor

Assistant Professor of Trombone Jeremy Marks will present a Faculty & Friends Concert on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Rowe Recital Hall. Performing on tenor and bass trombones, Marks will be joined by pianist Nia Imani Williams Reyes; UNC Charlotte brass faculty Eric Millard (trumpet), Christopher Griffin (French horn) and Doug Black (tuba); and Winthrop University trombone professor Justin Isenhour.

Theatre Department to present August Wilson’s ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

In recognition of the Martin Luther King holiday, the Department of Theatre will present actor Wali Jamal in August Wilson’s “How I Learned What I Learned.” Performances will be Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18.

This one-man show, created by August Wilson and Todd Kreidler, chronicles Wilson’s life as a black artist in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, recounting his life from childhood to the completion of “The American Century Cycle” of award-winning plays. Wilson, himself, performed the premiere, presented by Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2003.

Voice professors to perform in ‘Carmen’

UNC Charlotte voice professors Carl DuPont and Christina Pier will perform in the Opera Carolina production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” which will be presented on Jan.19, 20 and 24 in the Belk Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

DuPont, bass-baritone, will perform the role of Zuniga; Pier, soprano, will sing the role of Micaëla. The production will be presented in February by the Toledo Opera in Ohio.

Ojaide wins international Soyinka Prize for Literature

Tanure Ojaide, the Frank Graham Porter Professor of Africana Studies, is co-recipient of the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.

Personally Speaking talk to explore how women’s literature led the civil rights discourse

Stories of liberation from slavery or oppression have become central to African American women’s literature. In “Freedom Narratives of African American Women: A Study of 19th Century Writings,” author Janaka Bowman Lewis posits that these texts represent an earlier discussion on civil rights than the ideas of racial uplift that culminated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Ogundiran named editor of African Archaeological Review

Akin Ogundiran, a faculty member in the Department of Africana Studies, recently was named editor-in-chief of the African Archaeological Review.

This journal, published by Springer, focuses on authoritative articles on African archaeology, highlighting the outstanding contributions of this region’s past as they relate to key global issues. Important topics include the emergence of modern humans, earliest manifestations of human culture and the origins of African plant and animal domesticates.

University Chorale to usher in the holidays

The University Chorale, under the direction of Randy Haldeman, will perform a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 3, in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall.

Chapel Hill professor to explore history of the Lumbee tribe

The sweeping story of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina sheds new light on America’s defining moments through the complex lens of Southern identity—juxtaposing American history as taught in public schools with how it is taught at the dinner tables of the Lumbee people.

Immersive exhibition in Storrs Gallery challenges visitors to see in new ways

On view through Nov. 16, an exhibition in Storrs Gallery brings together data, technology, imagination and artistic expression to challenge viewers to reconsider the notion of “the visible.”

Fall Dance Concert to explore migrant experience in guest choreographer’s work

Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2018 Fall Dance Concert Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 15-18, in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The four works on the program were choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty and guest artists, including choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza Contemporánea.