On Friday, Nov. 22, Page Auditorium welcomed over 1,000 people for singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker’s “one night only show” — opened by poet and songwriter Suzanne Vallie. While Lenker was indeed there for one night only, she also performed earlier that day in response to the concert selling out all of its tickets.
In a since-deleted Tumblr post, artist Ethel Cain broadly proclaimed that “we are in an irony epidemic” — meaning there’s a “lack of sincerity in the world these days.” It’s not hard to find examples of what she means.
While holiday horror may be a collection of usually mediocre, only slightly unique films, that doesn’t mean they are outright worthless. Instead, holiday horror makes up a notable part of a genre that is entertaining at its worst and truly engaging at its best.
While the performance was brilliant and astonishing, the personalities of Finckel and Han were the standouts of the night. Their engagement with chamber music through festivals, production companies, performance and teaching was obvious in their treatment of the audience and respect for the performance.
Overall, the film is a stereotype-filled, bizarre hallucination, marked with exceptional acting and beautiful cinematography.
During her visit, Gabriela Badillo exhibited her poster series “68 voces, 68 corazones (68 voices, 68 hearts)” and presented on her ongoing project to create a film version of the exhibit, two projects that she’s been working on for the last decade.
“Conclave” finds itself in physical and intellectual spaces that its thematic and argumentative self could never hope to fill.
If you’re looking to change classes, add a fifth – or even sixth – or work towards finishing your T-Reqs, Recess is here to help. Here are six distinctive courses that celebrate creativity and quirkiness in the artistic and cultural landscape classes while helping you graduate on time.
“Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene,” an exhibit featured at the Nasher Museum of Art (as well as the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts) from Aug. 29, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025, offers a visual journey through contemporary photography that captures the complexities and challenges of this new age.
Regardless of how “The Gang” crosses paths with the teachers of “Abbott Elementary,” there is no doubt that the outcome will be dynamic, humorous and, above all, a revival of an integral part of film and television that seems to have waned in recent years.
On Nov. 10, Duke Music hosted a Faculty Recital called “New Creations.” The concert highlighted renowned classical soprano saxophonist Dr. Susan Fancher, Lecturing Fellow of Music and a leading advocate of contemporary music.
With its highs and lows, some aspects of “Brat and it's completely different but also still brat” are certain; it is experimental, daring and unpredictable. The sheer decision for Charli to follow her success with a re-release is bold and shows the artist’s willingness to be creative and push the boundaries of music.
What are the implications of Southern dirt for the soul of man? At 5:28 p.m., Oct. 23, Ashon Crawley answered this question in one of the Nasher's small lecture halls.
“10 Things I Hate About You” has charmed audiences for the last twenty-five years because of its campy humor, loveable and strong female protagonists and the nostalgia it evokes for the romantic comedy genre as a whole.
In a genre that is no longer subversive or new, any self-reference falls flat if it doesn’t build on what came before.
By this point in the school year, any student who has wanted to has likely made the brief trek to the Nasher Museum of Art. What they’ve seen is generally a mix of visiting exhibits and a small slice of the museum’s roughly 13,000-piece collection. In the Janine and J. Tomilson Hill Gallery is “By Dawn’s Early Light,” a yearlong exhibit that uses the Nasher’s vast collection to celebrate the 60th anniversaries of the Voting Rights Act of 1964 and Civil Rights Act of 1965.
“I see dead people,” whispers Kendrick Lamar at the beginning of his Drake diss-track, “Not Like Us.” Since the release of the song on May 4, 2024, the line has been considered an integral part of the track, receiving a number of lyrical analyses. The quote, however, is more well-known as the most iconic line in M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 film “The Sixth Sense.”
This fall, one student, senior Sydney Maynor, is choosing to pursue Graduation with Distinction, performing Duncan Macmillan’s and Jonny Donahoe’s one-person show “Every Brilliant Thing” at 8 p.m., Nov. 7 through 9 in Brody Theater.
By bringing in voices from across the country and world, Duke Arts gives Duke students the chance to broaden their horizons, although it appeared like few took advantage of it. It was truly one of the prettier performances I’ve been to — filled with life, community, talent, history and gratitude. It was not something I ever would have gone to if it wasn’t so accessible, I just wish more could do the same.
This is the first time Duke Chinese Theater will performs a play not set in a Chinese society, presenting both a major challenge and an experimental highlight. At 7 p.m. Nov. 23 and Nov. 24, Duke Chinese Theater will take its audience to a new dramatic world with complicated understandings of human emotions and behaviors.
