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Documentary screening recounts 2015 Chapel Hill shooting of Muslim students, presents evidence for hate crime charges

By Zev van Zanten | February 20, 2024

“36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime,” a new documentary recounting the aftermath of the murders of three Muslim Americans in Chapel Hill, detailed the Muslim community's fight for its classification as a hate crime. The screening at Carolina Theater was followed by a panel of legal experts that discussed the shooter’s prosecution. 

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RECESS | CULTURE | POP CULTURE

I can't get no satisfaction at the Grammys

By Adonis Borges | February 18, 2024

It’s rare for people to focus on the positive and leave it at that — the 66th Annual Grammy Awards were no exception.

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RECESS | CULTURE | POP CULTURE

Stanley Cup hype: Have we normalized commodity fetishism?

By Tina Qian | February 18, 2024

Is the hype over Stanley Cups about aesthetics and empiricism? Part of it might be. However, my own encounters with culture and accommodations have spun a different narrative. 

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If you're looking for 'Sexy,' Justin Timberlake left it back in 2006

By Adonis Borges | February 12, 2024

Justin Timberlake’s recent single “Selfish” anticipates his forthcoming album, “Everything I Thought It Was,” set to release March 15. Unfortunately, Timberlake’s public feud with ex Britney Spears has overshadowed his music, and frankly, I’m not surprised. 

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift: America’s happily ever after

By Alexandra De Angulo | February 11, 2024

Is the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce a testimony of true love, or is it all a publicity stunt? Before the “Swiftce” romance, most Taylor fans had probably never heard of Travis Kelce. Now, Swifties are hosting Super Bowl watch parties because of him. 

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Making art at Duke: Free art activities on campus

By Parishi Patel | February 10, 2024

Overwhelmed with classes and looking for a way to de-stress? Ready to make good on your New Year’s resolution to pick up a new hobby? The Chronicle has prepared a guide of free art resources at Duke.

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RECESS | CULTURE | MOVIES

Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’: Understanding evil and representing suffering

By Kadin Purath | February 8, 2024

The choice by Glazer to make a Holocaust film about the family of one its most infamous orchestrators, rather than its victims, is as much a recognition of his inability to engage with the realities of Auschwitz as the Höss’ escape into their garden and playground pool. “The Zone of Interest” offers itself as a parable of the faults that plague us — a film as much about today as 1943.

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RECESS | CULTURE | MUSIC

Megan Thee Megalodon: How 'HISS' complements her metamorphosis

By Daniella Mehlek-Dawveed | February 7, 2024

"HISS" is far more than a diss track. Megan Thee Stallion has a firm grasp on the power of transparency, and she's emerged from her battles stronger than ever.

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RECESS | CULTURE | MOVIES

Review: Trapped 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell'... and inside the Duke Screen Society Theater

By Adonis Borges | January 30, 2024

The feature film debut of Vietnamese director Pham Thien An, “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” dazzles with mystically beautiful long shots that force the audience into Thien’s condition: the emptiness of craving the transcendent and coming up short... over the course of three hours.

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'Duras Song' combines music, literature and theater in an electric artistic experience

By Bennett Gillespie and Tina Qian | January 25, 2024

"Duras Song," a musical experience centering the life and work of French artist Marguerite Duras, revitalizes the literary and musical power of Duras' words and creates a powerful message of childhood and memories, love and loss and traces of violence and colonialism.

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A guide to a cappella at Duke

By Fiona Shuldiner | January 10, 2024

Many students don’t know much about the different a cappella groups housed on our campus — so The Chronicle has prepared a comprehensive guide to a cappella groups at Duke. 

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Six things to know before watching the new 'Ted' TV series

By Anna Rebello | January 8, 2024

The comedy series, which premieres Jan. 11, leans into the original films' characteristic R-rated humor while exploring the nuances of family dynamics.

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Behind the scenes of the psychological thriller 'EILEEN'

By Luca Laureno | December 24, 2023

On Nov. 16, student journalists across the nation were given the chance to interview the directors of the psychological thriller film “EILEEN,” featuring Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland, Owen Teague and Anne Hathaway, in a college press roundtable.

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'Napoleon': Ridley Scott's dazzling, bizarre biopic is a 'triomphe'

By Zachary Partnoy | December 13, 2023

“Napoleon,” which stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, retains a visceral emotional immediacy even as it covers a broad sweep of history, zooming in and out on the life and times of its subject.

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Dishing out Durham’s greatest sandwich creations at Ideal’s Sandwich and Grocery

By Alex Berkman | December 8, 2023

Ideal’s was founded at the start of 2020 with a simple goal: to deliver high quality Northeastern-style sandwiches to Durham residents. 

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The ambivalence and intersection of identities in Mitski's ‘The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We’

By Tina Qian | December 5, 2023

In “This Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We,” Mitski flips her narratives from “Laurel Hell” and thoroughly unfolds her story as well as her identity. 

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RECESS | CAMPUS

We love it: Icona Pop comes to campus for Old Duke 2023

By Luca Laureno | December 4, 2023

Students gathered on Abele Quad to take part in Old Duke 2023, an annual concert run by Duke University Union (DUU), where Icona Pop made their long-awaited return to Duke after four years.

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A glimpse of a better world through artificial intelligence in 'The Creator'

By Alex Berkman | December 3, 2023

The artificially-intelligent world director Gareth Edwards paints in "The Creator" — of vibrant, sprawling cities side by side with preserved natural beauty and a rural way of life — is one we should not fear but rather aspire to achieve. 

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Q&A with Isaac from Isaac’s Bagels, Durham's hottest new bagel shop

By Arnav Jindal | December 1, 2023

The Chronicle sat down with Isaac Henrion from Isaac’s Bagels, a bagel shop a five-minute walk from the Duke Arts Annex, to talk about his entrepreneurship journey.

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NC Museum of Art reflects on legacy, memory and dreams with ‘The Surrealist Impulse’

By Bennett Gillespie | November 23, 2023

“The Surrealist Impulse” provides a thought-provoking exploration of a major cultural movement by showing its impacts on art throughout the decades.