Professors Bill Ferris and Greg Kable will present and discuss Ferris’s documentary “Return to the River,” about the music of the Mississippi, in a free public program April 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A reception will precede the program at 5 p.m. Continue reading
The brilliant and hilarious acoustic jazz guitarist Marty Grosz will give a live performance April 12 in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The one-hour event will begin at noon and is free and open to the public. Continue reading
A performance on March 28 by “Miss Connie ‘B’” Steadman will feature interactive, old-fashioned storytelling and the sounds of jubilee, hymns, and spiritual traditions. The free public program will begin at 2 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson Special Collections Library. Continue reading
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library has recently made the following appointments: Phil Vandermeer as Head of Branch Libraries; Tiffany Allen as Director of Library Human Resources; Elizabeth McCraw as Special Projects Cataloger; and John Vincler as Rare Book Research Librarian. Continue reading
The late Memphis musician and record producer Jim Dickinson will be remembered in a program Feb. 15 at 2:30 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson Special Collections Library. Continue reading
Storytellers and musicians will entertain children of all ages at Friends of the Library’s 18th annual Winter Stories program on Dec. 9 in Wilson Library. The program will begin with juice and cookies at 5 p.m. in the lobby. Instrumental music will begin at 5:15 p.m. and storytelling at 5:30 p.m. Continue reading
Uganda Roberts and Jojo Hermann will make a special appearance Tuesday, Nov. 16, at noon at the Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They will perform music and answer questions for students in History 571, Southern Music. The public is invited to attend this free event. Continue reading
A record sale on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 in UNC’s Wilson Library will benefit the Southern Folklife Collection. The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of Wilson Library. Thousands of old-time, country, folk, blues, jazz, and rock recordings will be sold. Continue reading
Musicians Tommy Edwards and Friends will make a special appearance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Wilson Library, performing music and answering questions for students in History 571, Southern Music. The public is invited to attend this free event on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at noon. Continue reading
The career of old-time musician Wade Mainer will be honored in a free public program Sept. 21, 2010, in Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Author Dick Spottswood will discuss his recently published biography of Mainer, and a variety of individual musicians and groups will provide musical tributes. A reception begins at 5 p.m.; the program starts at 5:45 p.m. Continue reading