RECESS | STAFF NOTE
On spirit animals and community
By Selena Qian | April 11, 2018“Say your name and your spirit animal.”
“Say your name and your spirit animal.”
“Isle of Dogs” creates an assemblage of cultural allusions and references that would resonate not only with Japan culture nerds in America but with a nostalgic generation of Japanese adults.
When Chris Vitiello, in his fox costume, yanks a piece of paper out of his typewriter and smashes stamps on it, the audience gasps.
For many Duke students, the arts are an integral aspect of their lives — academic or otherwise.
Tucked around the side of the Arts Annex, eight satellite dishes loom over the landscape.
If you had told me last spring that I'd be going to Carolina Cup this year, I'd have thought it was some lame April Fools’ joke.
This Friday, Duke is invited to celebrate a famous period of African-American culture and dive into the lustrous atmosphere of Manhattan nightclubs saturated with sensual cabaret singers, frisky jazz, gin cocktails and shiny pearls.
I haven’t been to therapy since last September.
What is “normal”? How do socially-constructed conceptions of normalcy limit the types of narratives that are constructed and propagated?
Founded in 2011, TAASCON is a joint effort between Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University to raise awareness of Asian American issues, create a space for Asian American students to comfortably discuss their experiences and concerns and cultivate a supportive community.
Though fun and lighthearted, “Queer Eye” isn’t doing much for homosexual representation in 2018.
Steven Spielberg’s latest doesn’t stand strong enough without its references to engage most audience members.
Only a cast as talented as the troupe assembled in “The Death of Stalin” could have made the film’s devious subjects sources of comedy.
Finger painting just got a whole lot easier for visual arts students.
In the two months since the Rubenstein Arts Center opened, it has hosted two world premieres, an artist in residence and an opening attended by over 3,000 people. But the arts building still has a long way to go before it becomes the student space it is supposed to be.
From 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., a continuous stream of artists will perform as part of the annual Brickside Music Festival, the Coffeehouse’s biggest event of the year.
While incoming first-year students are visiting during Blue Devil Days, a Wired! Lab project team, “Statues Speak,” will display the first phase of its result to new students and other Duke visitors.
On Saturday afternoon, the Nasher Museum of Art will host an event called “Disability and the Arts” as the culmination of Disability Pride Week.
The Durham Farmers' Market is celebrating 20 years since its conception in 1998 and the Durham Craft Market is now in its 12 year since first opening in 2006.
I’ve asked myself this question many times, and I've come to different answers throughout the progression of my college experience.