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June 2020
Intergalactic Soulstice: Jeghetto Performs ‘5P1N0K10’
Join the Ackland for a very special virtual performance of 5P1N0K10 (SPINOKIO), a Hip Hopera created and performed by Jeghetto and co-written by Pierce Freelon, founder of Blackspace and Beat Making Lab, in reference to the Ackland’s site-specific installation by Intergalactic Soul, Project LHAXX. Jeghetto’s Afrofuturistic puppet show is set in a post-apocalyptic future with an original score by hip hop producer Hir-O. This show is suitable for audiences 10 and up. 3:30- 4:00 p.m. 5P1N0K10 (SPINOKIO) performance 4:00–4:30 p.m. Q &…
Find out more »September 2020
Roger Cohen, ‘The Future of Europe: An American Perspective’
Note: This event was originally scheduled for March 17, and has been rescheduled for September 29, 2020. Roger Cohen joined The New York Times in 1990. He was a foreign correspondent for more than a decade before becoming acting foreign editor on September 11, 2001, and foreign editor six months later. Since 2004, he has written a column for The International New York Times, formerly known as The International Herald Tribune. In 2009 he was named a columnist of The…
Find out more »October 2020
Robert Buxton and and Jocelyn Neal, ‘Cities of Music: Vienna and Nashville’
Hear about 'Cities of Music: Vienna and Nashville' from two experts, Robert Buxton, speaking on Vienna, and Jocelyn Neal, who will focus on Nashville. Robert Buxton is a lecturer (piano) in the UNC Department of Music. He completed a D.M.A in piano performance at the University of North Texas in 2018, where he also received an M.M., studying with Vladimir Viardo. Previously, he studied with Solomon Mikowsky at the Manhattan School of Music, where he received a B.M. and attended…
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