UNCGNews
News Items from UNC Greensboro
UNCG News
Arts & Culture
Former UNCG soccer star takes on Music City
Karla Davis Johnson ’08 may have spent the past 10 years in Nashville, Tennessee, but her sound is undeniably North Carolina. The former Spartan soccer star turned Americana singer-songwriter is a captivating storyteller, with just the right amount of church choir soul and Southern twang. Johnson has had quite the ride since graduating from UNCG with […]
Summer reading: books by faculty and alumni
The relaxed days and nights of summer are just the right time to settle down with a good book or two – whether on the beach or in the shade of Taylor Garden. As always, UNC Greensboro’s MFA in Creative Writing Program faculty and alumni have been busy churning out high quality and engaging literature, so readers should […]
Broadway’s best: Alumni receive Tony Award, nomination
It’s a big week for UNC Greensboro alumni and Broadway veterans Joseph Forbes ’75 and Beth Leavel ’80 MFA. On Monday night, Forbes was one of four recipients to receive this year’s Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre, an annual award for individuals and organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre. Forbes is […]
An interview with alumna Kelly Link, MacArthur ‘genius’
UNCG’s newest MacArthur “genius” grant recipient Kelly Link ’95 MFA likes to “keep the ground shifting beneath the reader’s feet,” as she says. She is the author of four books of stories in which ordinary people fall into conversation with the extraordinary, mythical, and fantastic. A handbag that devours things, including the narrator’s boyfriend. A […]
Zadie Smith visits campus as part of literary festival
UNC Greensboro University Libraries welcomed a major literary star to campus this past weekend – Zadie Smith – in conjunction with the Greensboro Bound literary festival. Smith is the author of critically acclaimed novels “White Teeth,” “On Beauty,” and “Swing Time,” as well as two books of essays, the newest of which, “Feel Free,” she […]
UNCG announces 2019-20 UCLS lineup
A legendary opera soprano, an original “Hamilton” cast member, and a Tony-nominated choreographer, among other renowned artists, make up the 2019-20 UNC Greensboro Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS). The season will open Sept. 26 with a lecture from visual and performance artist Nick Cave and will end April 9 with Daveed Diggs, an award-winning actor, […]
UNCG partners with literary festival
May 16 to 19, our city is lit. Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival strikes up, with the opening reception at UNC Greensboro’s Weatherspoon Art Museum the evening of May 16, and an event with bestselling author Zadie Smith at the Elliot University Center on May 18. The festival is a free, weekend-long series of readings, […]
Students shine at annual Industry Showcase in NYC
For UNC Greensboro’s senior acting students, last week was perhaps the most important week of their lives to date. It was UNCG’s annual Industry Showcase, an opportunity for students to travel to New York City, perform in front of agents, casting directors, composers, and Broadway producers, and network with alumni. The performances led to interviews […]
‘Art on Paper’ celebrates 45th exhibition
The theme is paper, and it’s a big anniversary, but far – 44 shows, to be exact – beyond “the paper anniversary.” “Art on Paper” has now unfolded at the Weatherspoon Art Museum 45 times, through a partnership that dates back to 1965 with the local Dilliard Paper Company. This year’s exhibition, curated by Curator of Collections […]
Alumni provide $1M gift to name recital hall
The 350-seat recital hall at UNC Greensboro’s College of Visual and Performing Arts has long been known as one of the most visually and aurally stunning performance spaces in the Triad. It will now be known as the Tew Recital Hall in honor of Christopher and Laura Braxton Tew, both UNCG Class of 1969 alumni. […]
