Arts

UNCSA Alumna and Off-Broadway Director GT Upchurch and She Loves Me Production

Wake Forest University and University of NC School of the Arts alumna GT Upchurch may have just graduated from UNCSA's School of Drama in 2005, but she's already on lots of people's radar. GT has directed several Off-Broadway productions, including last year's Harper Regan by Simon Stephens which received a Top Ten Shows of 2012 nod from the New York Times. The Times also profiled her in February's article “Staging a Sisterhood,” about the rise of women directors in New York. Recently GT's been sharing her talents with UNCSA 4th year senior drama students during rehearsals for Joe Masteroff's romantic comedy She Loves Me.

Feist On World Cafe

Leslie Feist has long attracted serious buzz: In the early 2000s, the Canadian singer-songwriter appeared to be on the verge of jumping from underground success to mainstream stardom. In 2007, she started to fulfill that promise. Hear an archived interview and studio performance.

At Home With Dickens And Louisa May Alcott

Two new biographical studies that read like novels explore the familial relationships that shaped two of the 19th century's most beloved authors. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Great Expectations: The Sons And Daughters Of Charles Dickens "a Gothic nightmare" and Marmee & Louisa "a romance."

University of North Carolina School of the Arts Puts on Fall Dance Concert

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fall Dance Concerts provide Triad audiences with a glimpse into the highly professional training that goes on at the school. For the student dancers themselves, it's an opportunity to approach new works from both an academic and vocational perspective under the collaborative guidance of some of today's leading dancer/choreographers.

Secrets Mar The Gloss Of 'Youth' For These Heroines

Each of the young women in Laura van den Berg's The Isle of Youth is searching for significance in her life, troubled by the choices she's made. Their tales make up a collection of short stories written with cool aloofness. Critic Rosecrans Baldwin says that this book won't be for everyone — but for fans of detached prose, it's spectacular.