The ArtsCenter

06/03/2026

This weekend! Don’t miss two incredible shows at The ArtsCenter.

Firstly, on Thursday night don’t miss the chance to see New England duo Hildaland as they continue their tour through the southeast!

A contemporary collage of Scottish and American traditional music, Hildaland is a duo that approaches geographic borders as markers of exploration rather than boundaries to be wary of. Fiddle player Louise Bichan, originally from Orkney, Scotland, and mandolinist Ethan Setiawan, originally from Goshen, Indiana, have taken their duo from traditional Scottish roots through to progressive bluegrass and jazz, with music inspired largely by places and the journeys between them, both physical and musical.

Then on Saturday, Pop Up Chorus returns with a special Broadway edition centering the songs from the smash hit musical Hamilton, which is celebrating its 11th year with a national tour now playing at DPAC! Come sing songs from the show with PopUp Broadway here at The ArtsCenter on June 6!

Tickets on sale at artscenterlive.org

06/02/2026

05/14/2026

Don’t miss this chance to see a great play by the talented playwright and filmmaker Mark Cornell. The Ballad of Johnny Whitmore is a Chapel Hill man’s journey of love, loss, and fate - as he pursues the mysterious death of an Appalachian man who has his exact name. Tonight at 7:30 !! , Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and a Sunday matinee at 2pm.

05/13/2026

Hello Carrboro business owners ! Our talented friends are working on designing us a classic Summer Camp T-shirt this year and we hope you will want to add your logo to the back ! Every camper will get a free shirt ! Follow the link tree in bio for more details. Thank you Carrboro for your continued support ☀️

05/11/2026

Summer classes are up and open for registration! 🌞 Browse our website or pick up a catalog next time you're here.

05/09/2026

If you missed it last winter due to snow etc …. Now’s your chance to catch The Ballad of Johnny Whitmore ! Opening night was a great success and we have many more chances for you to see it this weekend and next. Link in bio to buy tix from our website!

05/06/2026

Attn parents of rising 6,7,8 & 9th graders ! Are you looking for something for your tweens / teens to do this summer ? Check out The ArtsCenter online (link in bio) to see all that we offer. ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

05/06/2026

JUST ANNOUNCED: SUNDAY 10/11 8:00 PM — Horse Lords (local support TBD)

Horse Lords were founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010; they evolved from the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and began as a trio with drummer Sam Haberman, guitarist Owen Gardner, and bassist Max Eilbacher, soon adding alto saxophonist Andrew Bernstein to the core ensemble. Though Horse Lords grew out of the fertile Baltimore noise and leftfield rock scene, a storied environment for artists and weirdos that has nurtured many an influential outsider band (Lungfish, Matmos), their approach is more omnivorous than the stippled rhythms of instrumental electric rock would indicate.

Across sixteen years of frequent touring, Horse Lords have released ten studio, live, and collaboration albums in addition to a split EP with fellow Baltimoreans Lower Dens, a handful of singles and compilation tracks. For RVNG’s FRKWYS series, the band collaborated with Berlin-based composer Arnold Dreyblatt, a onetime student of La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros whose just intonation chamber music was a crucial part of the post-Fluxus Downtown New York City environment.

With the relocation of three of the four members to Germany beginning in 2021, the potential for more further creative exploration, and performance opportunities including the Moers Festival (with an 11-piece lineup, interpreting Julius Eastman’s music as well as their own), the interdisciplinary phases of the band’s music was poised for fascinating new directions. The band observes “We are always trying to balance working within the limitations of the quartet and pushing beyond them.

For their second studio album on RVNG Intl., Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!, Horse Lords have followed this notion and augmented the instrumentation, expanding the format slightly to include bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone (TAK Ensemble), trombonist Weston Olencki (Nate Wooley, RAGE Thormbones) and vocalists Nina Guo (Departure Duo) and Evelyn Saylor (Holly Herndon, Caterina Barbieri) across a program of twelve original compositions.

Read more/buy tickets at https://artscenterlive.org/performances-events

04/30/2026

We're excited to launch our Summer class lineup soon! 🎨🎭🖌 Learn oil painting, artists' anatomy, basketweaving, acting and more.

Member registration opens at 10am next Wednesday, May 6 at 10am. General registration will open on Monday, May 11 at 10am.

Stay tuned for more! And if you want a reminder, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by visiting artscenterlive.org.

📸: Figure painting by instructor Bari Resnick

04/29/2026

We are VERY excited to present this incredible exhibition of Drawings by Ippis Halme ! MAY & JUNE Theatre Gallery