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‘It’s like breathing’: Duke electrician Jimmie Banks reflects on his passion for art

By Tessa Delgo | September 12, 2019

Fittingly enough for a modern-day Renaissance man, Jimmie Banks lists Leonardo da Vinci among his chief artistic heroes. In addition to being an exhibiting artist at the Rubenstein Arts Center, Banks is a Duke Facilities Management electrician of 22 years, a former head cook of a barbecue restaurant, a breakdancer and a friend to everyone he meets along the way.

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‘Southbound’ exhibit at Power Plant Gallery resists stereotypes about Southern identity

By Skyler Graham | September 12, 2019

The American South is an ever-changing landscape, its growing communities and dynamic businesses pushing the region away from strict definitions.

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Nasher’s ‘Art for a New Understanding’ is a turning point for exhibitions of Native art

By Meg Hancock | September 5, 2019

To Marshall N. Price, the Nasher Museum of Art’s newest exhibition is “a paradigm-shifting exhibition in many, many ways.”

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Gospel legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples to return to Durham

By Andrew Witte | September 5, 2019

The rhythm and blues artist Mavis Staples — a “staple” of American music — is set to perform at the historic Carolina Theatre, returning with Duke Performances Oct. 3.

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‘It's never too late’: DEMAN Weekend keynote speakers share their paths to arts and media careers

By Stephen Atkinson | September 5, 2019

When Dave Karger, Trinity ’95, entered Duke’s Career Center as a first-year to seek an internship in the entertainment industry, he was met with surprise.

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‘Priceless: The Music of Florence Price’ revives pioneering composer’s lost works

By Courtney Dantzler | September 5, 2019

In a classical music culture that recognizes composers as male, white and dead, Florence Price, a black woman, is certainly an anomaly. Her resilience amid a difficult life has resonated with a new generation of listeners, including Duke faculty, staff and students.

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‘Man is born free, yet everywhere, he is in plastic handcuffs’: A Q&A with novelist Maria Kuznetsova

By Anya Dombrovskaya | September 5, 2019

So begins a champagne and shackles night in Maria Kuznetsova’s first novel. In “OKSANA, BEHAVE!” Kuznetsova, Trinity ‘08, stitches a loosely autobiographical narrative, seeing Oksana through the turbulence of her immigrant childhood, and into her independence after she graduates from Duke.

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‘Exit/No Entry’ sheds light on people affected by U.S. asylum policies through modern dance

By Tessa Delgo | September 5, 2019

From Haitian Creole to modern dance, Gaspard Louis has a history of bringing his languages to the Duke community. 

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Screen/Society's fall lineup brings arthouse and international cinema to Duke

By Sarah Derris | September 5, 2019

Since its founding in 1991 by graduate students, the Arts of the Moving Images’ Screen/Society series has been the center of eclectic film programming on campus. 

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Can’t decide which DEMAN event to attend in November? Take this quiz and we’ll tell you

By Sydny Long | September 5, 2019

The Duke Entertainment, Media & Arts Network — more commonly referred to as DEMAN — will host its annual DEMAN Arts & Media weekend Nov. 1 and 2 on Duke's campus. The events, which include panels hosted by alumni and career-oriented activities, are numerous, and we understand how daunting that can be. (Where do I go? Who should I see? What on earth are “Guac and Talks”?)

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Tell me a success story: Duke brings creative industry alumni to campus for 10th annual DEMAN Weekend

By Elizabeth Butcher | September 5, 2019

The Duke Entertainment, Media, & Arts Network’s signature event, which is celebrating its 10th year, will take place Nov. 1 and 2.

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From films to photos, Center for Documentary Studies’ fall programming is an eclectic mix

By Mason Berger | September 5, 2019

The Center for Documentary Studies has countless opportunities for students this coming fall.

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Story+ program uses archival research to rethink storytelling

By Selena Qian | June 1, 2019

On May 16, Duke students in the Story+ program began their two-day bootcamp to train in various humanities research methods.

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New green space between the Nasher and the Ruby 'will bring art outdoors'

By Miranda Gershoni | May 31, 2019

When the Nasher Museum of Art opened in 2005, its founders envisioned an outdoor space to accompany the art within its walls. In a $1.5 million project scheduled to inaugurate next fall, this vision will finally come to fruition, with an outdoor space and sculpture garden connecting the Nasher and the Rubenstein Arts Center.

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Freshly Squeezed Pulp satirizes 'Tarzan' through old time radio plays

By Christy Kuesel | April 22, 2019

When thinking of Tarzan, a cartoon man in a family of gorillas, a treacherous hunter or a Phil Collins soundtrack might come to mind. But as one new comedy group on campus is trying to show, there’s much more to the character than meets the eye.

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Annual Animation Show of Shows brings animated short films to Duke

By Ashley Kwon | April 18, 2019

Despite the rain, Duke students, faculty members and Durham residents gathered Sunday to see the 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows at the Rubenstein Arts Center. 

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'On Cinema' symposium discusses future of film theory

By Joel Kohen | April 17, 2019

Reevaluating the past and future of cinematic theory was the objective of a mini-conference held Friday at the Franklin Humanities Institute, under the title “On Cinema.”

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'In the Heights' centers on an updated version of the American Dream

By Kerry Rork | April 16, 2019

Hoof 'n' Horn always mixes up the genres of plays it performs, but its spring production may be more revolutionary than most: "In the Heights" takes an almost unprecedented look at Latinx and POC experiences for the theater company. 

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'Bad Roads' explores violence against women against backdrop of Ukrainian conflict

By Sydny Long | April 10, 2019

There is a moment of utter depravity in the fifth of six vignettes that comprise Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s play “Bad Roads,” a scene so chillingly vile that it is legitimately difficult to watch.

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Duke Dining Challenge crowns the Loop the best restaurant on campus

By Jack Rubenstein | April 4, 2019

Which spot makes the best food at Duke? That’s a question the “Duke Dining Challenge,” a March Madness-style bracket on the popular Facebook group “Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens,” tried to answer.