Recess

Benevento reinvents jazz-rock piano for new century

Jake Stanley

The ever-evolving world of jazz sends one of its brightest young stars to Duke next week. Marco Benevento, innovative pianist and co-founder of the Benevento/Russo Duo, troops with his trio to the Duke Coffeehouse Wednesday.

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Nasher goes political with Lines of Attack

By Claire Finch

The Nasher’s newest exhibition, Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature, presents an interesting collection of historical prints alongside their more modern incarnations. The older artwork shows responses to French monarch Louis-Philippe’s reign from 1830 to 1848, while newer works in the field lance critiques at the recent presidencies of Clinton, Bush, and—refreshingly, yet fleetingly—Obama.

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The other prince of Haiti comes to Duke

By Jessie Tang

In the wake of the tremendous earthquakes in Haiti, Erol Josue’s role as a purveyor of his native country’s oral tradition is more prevalent than ever. He is the “Prince of Haitian Roots Music” for a reason—his calm yet powerful presence is made clear in song and speech.

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fetish, n.

By Brooke Hartley

Definitions become trickier and messier as certain behaviors appear closer to the boundary of conventionality.

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The Playground

fetish, n. (0)

Brooke Hartley

Definitions become trickier and messier as certain behaviors appear closer to the boundary of conventionality.

Sandbox

Polysensuum (0)

Andrew Hibbard

How does Brodhead the president stack up to Brodhead the not-quite-PhD?

Album Reviews

Lil Wayne - Rebirth (0)

Ross Green

Tha Carter is reborn as an ugly, nu-metal baby rocker.

Toro Y Moi - Causers of This (0)

Brian Contratto

Despite the sophisticated studio-as-instrument technique, Causers of This is fundamentally a pop album, albeit one dipped in molasses.

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (0)

Kevin Lincoln

Maybe you haven’t heard his name, maybe you’ve never actually heard his work. But you’ve heard of Gil Scott-Heron.

Movie Reviews

Police, Adjective (0)

Charlie McSpadden

The most recently acclaimed offering from Romanian to burst onto the global cinema world in the past few years, Police, Adjective, maintains the wave’s stark and staunch realism.