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Schaubühne Berlin: An Enemy of the People’ On Stage

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A city’s drinking water is contaminated, and two brothers, the town’s doctor and mayor, line up on opposite sides of a war pitting money and politics against the health and safety of the town. Henrik Ibsen’s classic play is newly … Read more

Bassem Youssef, ‘The Joke is Mightier than the Sword’

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab world, cardiothoracic surgeon Bassem Youssef created the first political satire show in the Middle East, earning millions of viewers every week. Now residing in California, he shares his wry observations on his own … Read more

Bassem Youssef, ‘Funny You Feel That Way’

McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Room 1301 Chapel Hill, NC, United States

When does an individual have the responsibility to act on behalf of a community? This is a central question for public health practitioners. It is also at the heart of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef’s story. Join the former cardiothoracic surgeon … Read more

Arabic Language Town Hall with Bassem Youssef

CURRENT Art Space + Studio 123 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Bassem Youssef invites members of the local Arabic-speaking community to join him in a town hall-style setting for a candid discussion of their experiences. Free and open to the public. For more information, please visit here. This event is sponsored by … Read more

Batsheva Dance Company, ‘Venezuela’

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The sublime result of six decades of innovation by Tel Aviv-based Batsheva’s founder Ohad Naharin, Venezuela combines his signature Gaga technique with Tango and rap in a collage of scenes showcasing dialogue between music and movement. Tickets from $37.

Batsheva Dance Company, ‘Venezuela’

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The sublime result of six decades of innovation by Tel Aviv-based Batsheva's founder Ohad Naharin, Venezuela combines his signature Gaga technique with Tango and rap in a collage of scenes showcasing dialogue between music and movement. Tickets from $37.

‘Rosas danst Rosas’ Performances in Wilson Library and Davis Library

Wilson Library 200 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

On October 3, 2019, Carolina Performing Arts and its partners invite the Carolina and Chapel Hill community to the Re:Rosas Library Takeover at Wilson Library and Davis Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Dancers will perform the “chair dance” from Rosas danst Rosas in … Read more

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas, ‘Rosas danst Rosas’

Memorial Hall 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this riveting performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, repetition plays the lead role. A seminal postmodern work, Rosas danst Rosas is unequivocally feminine—four women dancers engage in a dialogue of fierce movements that are countered by small everyday gestures. The exhaustion … Read more