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Spartan actor tours with “Hairspray!”
UNC Greensboro’s Gabriel Yarborough stepped into a revival of “Hairspray!” last fall and the UNCG acting major has been touring cities like Boston and Denver ever since.
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Colin Cutler on the charts and on the road
When you have a new album, you want to share it. When most of the guest artists on that album can join you on stage for one night, you want to play all night long. Colin Cutler’s “Tarwater” launch concert at Greensboro’s Flat Iron sported a rollicking vibe. With UNCG
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Ceiling shattering drummer in the City
New York City is home to Spartan musicians Sarah Gooch ’18, Tanner West ’18, and Thomas Linger ’15.
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2023-24 UCLS events
UNCG’s Concert and Lecture Series is back. Find more information, including ticket information, at vpa.uncg.edu.
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UNCG’s Heather Holian and the Golden Age of Disney
Dr. Heather Holian, professor of art and UNCG’s first Margaret and Bill Benjamin Faculty Fellow, worked with Weatherspoon staff to curate an exhibition of original animation art from Walt Disney Studios.
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UNCG alumna Rhiannon Giddens wins Pulitzer
UNC Greensboro alumna Rhiannon Giddens is already a certified genius, as she received a MacArthur Fellowship. She is a two-time Grammy Award recipient. In May 8, 2023, she was announced as a Pulitzer Prize honoree. “Omar,” by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, would receive the 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner in
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UNCG grad returns for new MFA in Musical Theatre Directing
Kevin Lawson ’07, who came to UNCG in 2002 as a piano performance major, is now the School of Theatre’s first MFA student with a concentration in Musical Theatre Directing. Read about Kevin Lawson’s journey. By Terri RelosPhotography by Mike Micchiche
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‘Art of the State’ profiles UNCG art professors
If you’re writing a book about visual art in North Carolina, there’s no better place to look than UNCG. “I think that there’s such an incredible history of art here,” says professor and artist Barbara Campbell Thomas. “We were the first art department in the state, back when we were
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UNCG Dance alumna chases a dream to the stage
As an undergrad, Daria “Toni” Clarke ’21 set aside ambitions to be a dermatologist or veterinarian for her first love, dance. Upon graduation, she set her sights on the Garth Fagan Dance company, based in upstate New York. Her professor and mentor, Dr. Janet Lilly, had sent her a flier