This year marks the 20th anniversary of the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival, a celebration of films and filmmakers whose origins span from Brazil to Cuba. The cinematic events are...
David Ayer's Harsh Times tries so hard to be good it collapses in a pile of tired slang and over-dramatic narrative. Training Day scriptwriter Ayer makes his directorial debut in what seems to be a...
Page Auditorium opens its doors this weekend for Duke Diya's performance Awaaz 2006: The Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told. There are two chances to see this annual show featuring dance groups Lasya,...
Ever since 2003's Closer reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts, Josh Groban fans have been eagerly awaiting another taste of his classical-infused pop. On Awake, his latest album, he maintains his...
Don't let the uniform fool you. By day, Jimmie Banks works as an electrician at Duke, but by night he's a prolific artist who creates paintings, pencil sketches, photographs and collages. The...
J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton have long had a symbiotic relationship. Clapton has achieved some of his biggest solo hits-"After Midnight" and "Cocaine," for example-from Cale's songbook, who in turn...
Walk past Reynolds Theater Saturday night and you're sure to hear a roar of laughter-or at least that's what The Waitstaff is hoping. The sketch comedy troupe has been on the rise in Philadelphia...
The Goat or Who is Sylvia? are two viable titles, but label one play which imagines possibilities otherwise impossible in theater. Playwright Edward Albee presents the audience with a modern work...
Enough with the exit polls. With all the silly political commentary the American public has been subject to this week, recess decided to ask the tough questions and get to the heart of the real...
The closest approximation of Family Guy Video Game! (PlayStation 2) is what Beavis and Butthead was for the old Super Nintendo. Both games successfully capture the look and feel of their mother...
The follow-up to Sugarland's multi-platinum debut Twice the Speed of Life, their latest album, Enjoy the Ride, successfully sidesteps the "sophomore curse," but loses a bit of the group's subtle...
Admit it: we all gawked in malicious delight when doe-eyed Marissa got killed off in last year's The OC season finale. Tired of her obtuse female ways, the initial shock of her death quickly turned...
For popular musicians, with age comes an interesting phenomenon-they fall off the public radar and are suddenly greeted with lower expectations. Thus, if one were casually to mention that Meat Loaf...
Helen Mirren's performance in Stephen Frears' The Queen is already garnering Oscar attention. What isn't being discussed as thoroughly is the outstanding performance of co-star Michael Sheen as...
This is what would happen if M.I.A. moved back to London and spent too much time with the Streets: She'd hang on tight to the dance-driven beats, turn up the thick British accent and develop the...
The Nasher Museum of Art always draws a crowd. And each month, the museum opens its doors for the public to meet an artist and mingle in the new gallery. Tonight's monthly event, however, marks...
Just as we look back with awe and fascination at ancient pyramids, those of the future will be enthralled when they experience Playing With Fire, Kevin Federline's diamond-quality debut album. A...
What does it take to make a man leave the comfort of his home and quit his job for the hardscrabble life of a musician? Well, you might say it was a bad case of the blues. Singer, songwriter and...
Last Saturday, recess waited in the West Campus Plaza mists for that cute girl from our Rocks for Jocks class and noticed something dispicable. The plaza mists left us smelling like a Craven Quad...
A new culture of youth terminology has surfaced on campus: the Borat Dialect. Most students can attest to hearing snippets of heavily accented conversations that may include, "In my country,"...
