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UNG to Hold Music Department Auditions

UNG to Hold Music Department Auditions

March 23, 2023

Calling Nighthawk musicians: the University of North Georgia’s music department is holding auditions for admission into the music program. Auditions will take place this Saturday, March 25 on the Dahlonega...

Dahlonega Does Desserts

Dahlonega Does Desserts

Payton McDaniel, March 9, 2023

Dahlonega is celebrating dessert. Because the city has so many dessert shops, the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber and Visitors Bureau created the annual Dahlonega Chocolate Crawl in 2021. This...

UNG Student Paints Outside the Lines

UNG Student Paints Outside the Lines

Rebecca Ansley February 27, 2023

Art has always a big part in Kayleigh Riker's  life, influencing her journey as a painter. She is able to construct the way she sees herself and life through the strokes of her paint brush. Riker started...

Brad Walker sitting in his shop.

More Than Clay: The Career of Brad Walker

Mackenzie Anderson February 27, 2023

There were three gas stations in downtown Dahlonega, and highway 400 did not exist when Brad Walker opened his pottery shop in 1975. Walker began doing pottery in 1966, but did not start it as a full time...

The Hudgens Center For Art Exhibits My People by Basil Watson

The Hudgens Center For Art Exhibits “My People” by Basil Watson

Megan Nelson February 21, 2023

                                   

Hunter Monaghan working on music in his studio, photo by Walker Pearson

UNG Has an Up and Coming Rapper

Walker Pearson February 16, 2023

Music has a way of influencing people’s lives. Most people only listen and hardly produce music. Meet Hunter Monaghan, a 23-year-old senior majoring in Biology at the University of North Georgia....

Community Theater Production Plays a Big Role

Community Theater Production Plays a Big Role

Jamie Jordan February 16, 2023

Love is in the air at the community theater in Dahlonega, where University of North Georgia students and local thespian volunteers are joining forces to bring a classic Shakespearean comedy to life. Dahlonega’s...

Lead Singer of Snuki captured at Globe Athens

Athens Punk Music Scene Expands

Mason Pearson December 6, 2022

  In the past year, Athens, Georgia has seen a large expansion in its punk music scene. New bands, venues, and fans have been coming and going, and it can be hard to keep track of what is going...

Graffiti: Street Talk

Graffiti: Street Talk

Maria Jaiyeola October 27, 2022

Art comes in different forms with diverse interpretations. People have taken art to the streets by painting, drawing, or writing in public areas. Graffiti is a visual street art that in some places,...

Art Exhibition Honors LGBT History Month

Art Exhibition Honors LGBT History Month

Melody Arispe October 27, 2022

The University of North Georgia is hosting an art exhibition to celebrate LGBT history month.  The event is sponsored by the TimeFrame UNG Art History Club and is co-curated by art majors Erin Weimer...

Pumpkin Carving 101

Pumpkin Carving 101

Maria Jaiyeola October 20, 2022

  People would make Jack-O’-Lanterns out of pumpkins and place them at the front of the houses. This tradition originated in Ireland when they would carve scary faces into pumpkins in order to...

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