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Manbites Dog Theater to close after 31 seasons of challenging productions
By Christy Kuesel | June 4, 2018A Durham mainstay for experimental theater will close its doors June 10.
A Durham mainstay for experimental theater will close its doors June 10.
My vision of the '80s, a decade that began and ended years before my life did, begins and ends with “Age of Consent.”
The Triangle has become quite the musical linchpin in North Carolina. With countless music venues ranging from independent to commercial, musicians and artists across the country pass through the Triangle each year, leaving behind their mark in North Carolina music history.
Honestly, I’m not sure where I even got the idea to sporadically sample more than 65 lunch and dinner entrées off the everyday menus of 10 of the Brodhead Center’s 13 vendors (and battle food poisoning twice along the way), but all that matters is the idea came, and I pursued it until it became a reality.
In its 21 years, LDOC has changed significantly, as have other concerts on campus.
Generally starting in February and taking place throughout summer, powwow is a ceremony in which Native Americans come together to celebrate their cultures through praying, singing and dancing.
Look at any of the bylines in the print edition of Recess, and you’ll notice we’re the only section of The Chronicle that uses this term for our staff: “writer.”
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” celebrated its 200th birthday this week with a two-part symposium focused on questions of science, ethics and responsibility.
The recent influx of prospective students on campus for Blue Devil Days has brought to the attention of the current first-years class just how close they are to surviving their first year at Duke.
Watching Mike Wiley’s one-man play “Breach of Peace” was a bit of an other-worldly, other-era experience.
The Chronicle gathered the students’ favorite on and off-campus study spots that consistently saved their 4 a.m. Redbull-infused cramming sessions.
The 21st annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival took place from April 5 to April 8 in Durham, featuring new and old documentaries and sparking conversations about hope, despair, human rights, coming of age and the depths of life.
While this iteration of “Chicago” brings nothing new to the table, the talented crew at Hoof ‘n’ Horn once again succeed in providing sheer entertainment to its audience.
While the repeated stylistic left turns of artists like Radiohead and Kendrick Lamar are exciting, a long and gradual artistic maturation can be just as satisfying.
“I’m heavily interested in the arts (especially film) so I think the Recess section would be a good fit.”
When first observing Evan Nicole Bell’s photographic exhibit “Faith in Color,” which explores the deep roots of religious influence in black communities, I was initially met with a sense of cognitive dissonance.
While talking with music instructor Pei-Fen Liu about one of her students, senior Jerry Chia-Rui Chang, a number of superlatives kept cropping up: “extraordinary,” “fantastic,” “dedicated.”
In the era of digital cameras, it is very easy to forget what photography looked like before lenses were even invented.
I didn’t know what to expect of this film, included in this year’s Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham. Sitting in Cinema One at the Carolina Theatre, I experienced just about every emotional extreme.
“The Price of Everything,” directed by Nathaniel Kahn, portrays key players of the contemporary art world, art market, collectors and artists.