Arts & Culture

Donovan Zimmerman is one of the leaders of the troupe behind the new show "Unfolding Seeds: Invocations of Transformation." He sits down with WUNC's Eric Hodge for a conversation.

A virtual celebration of African American and Indigenous people in North Carolina

Despite recent severe weather, this year’s fall leaf forecast for Western North Carolina is looking bright. Here’s when colors will be at their peak:...

For WUNC’s 2021 Youth Reporting Institute, students were asked a simple question, "What’s your story?" Ellie Stevens, of Apex, answered by taking an introspective look on her family background and cultural origins.

Nearly 75 years ago, there was one library serving African American residents in Charlotte called the Brevard Street Library for Negroes. The woman who managed that branch went on to become the first Black public library supervisor in North Carolina. And now, there’s a library bearing her name.

A Recording Industry Association of America report shows vinyl sales jumped nearly 30% in 2020 over the previous year, and that for the first time since 1986, records outsold CDs. WFAE visited two Charlotte-area record stores to see how sales have been during the pandemic.

Many people are crediting music — singing, listening or mixing — with getting them through the silence of the coronavirus pandemic.

Our friends at Rofhiwa Book Café have curated a special playlist for WUNC Music. Here’s what Naledi Yaziyo, curator at Rofhiwa, had to say about it.

As part of a special project targeted at military kids, Sesame Workshop and its Muppets are tackling the subjects of race, diversity, and discrimination.

The band Mipso is leading the charge back to live, in-person performances with a show Friday on an outside stage at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro that will highlight songs from their new self-titled album.