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Reading series upholds intrinsic value of poetry
By Jamie Moon | January 19, 2012Academia can often treat poetry like an obligatory scavenger hunt.
Academia can often treat poetry like an obligatory scavenger hunt.
Have you ever had the urge to sit outside in the rain at night and take pictures of your mother’s patio furniture?
The Iron Lady has two monumental shining qualities.
At most dance performances, a loud, emphatic “Olé!” from the audience is not usually condoned, but Carlota Santana, Artistic Director of Flamenco Vivo, actually encourages it.
It’s a reverse of the old cliché about art mirroring life.
Celebrated jazz composer Patrick Williams, T ’61, will return to Duke as a guest artist in the Duke Jazz Ensemble’s Alumni Weekend concert.
Every year in April, the Center for Documentary Studies brings the Full Frame Film Festival to Durham for a weekend of film screenings, panels and discussions.
On Jan. 23, Duke Performances welcomes internationally acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff to Reynolds Industries Theater for a recital that few violinists would even attempt.
Duke students are known to be ambitious, driven and hard workers. Theater Studies majors working towards graduating with distinction are models of this notion.
It is almost shocking to see a photo of the Great Depression rendered in color.
Between programming from Duke Performances, DUU and Duke’s arts-related academic departments, the university will play host to a vibrant and diverse collection of performance offerings over the...
It’s second semester, which means that several hundred juniors are returning from study abroad programs.
Ross had basically been content to define himself in opposition to the Denver Broncos’ ubiquitous white evangelical Christian starting quarterback.
James Blake knows how to ring in the New Year. On the first second of the title track of his latest EP Love What Happened Here, a rising organ note bursts through the silence and jubilantly...
On December 21, well after various best-of-2011 lists had been tabulated and published, Abel Tesfaye pulled off one of the most ambitious feats of the year by releasing Echoes of Silence.
David Fincher doesn’t make thrillers.
With their first new material in nearly eight years, Guided By Voices milks nostalgia for all its worth.
As I walked into the theater to see The Adventures of Tintin, I had lofty expectations.
Watching Mad Men in light of some of the most hysterical critical hype of television history began as a frustrating, disorienting experience for me. This is part of its power.
As much of a drag as 2011 turned out to be, it will at least have the courtesy of leaving us with some good records.