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'Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene' captures the nuances of a new era

By Jules Kourelakos | November 19, 2024

“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.

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RECESS | CULTURE | POP CULTURE

"Fallout" and the video game adaptation gold rush

By Jules Kourelakos | June 26, 2024

Managing Editor Jules Kourelakos reviews the Fallout series and discusses the larger trend of video game to movie adaptations

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RECESS | LOCAL

Chapel Hill's Kipos Greek Taverna is a place to relax

By Jules Kourelakos and Katherine Zhong | February 15, 2023

The atmosphere of Kipos is a blend of rustic and elegance, embellished with nostalgia.

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RECESS | CULTURE | POP CULTURE

Elon Musk and the no good, very bad social media meltdown

By Jules Kourelakos | November 28, 2022

Maybe this is how social media can evolve into something better. 

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RECESS | STAFF NOTE

A premature autopsy of 'Saturday Night Live,' brought to you by the Try Guys

By Jules Kourelakos | October 24, 2022

As SNL’s crucial 18-49 demographic becomes increasingly made up of Gen Z viewers, it faces another problem: it can’t seem to figure out what the new generation finds funny. 

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RECESS | CULTURE | TV

FX’s ‘The Bear’: Food as a love language

By Jules Kourelakos | August 26, 2022

“The Bear” is a show about food, but it’s also a show about twelve quietly grieving people trapped in a kitchen.

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RECESS | STAFF NOTE

Is BeReal as real as it wants to be?

By Jules Kourelakos | March 28, 2022

Confession: I never post my first BeReal. 

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RECESS | CAMPUS

In upcoming production of 'The Amish Project,' senior Tenley Seidel explores the healing power of forgiveness

By Jules Kourelakos | February 21, 2022

Finishing out a theater studies degree, for many Duke undergraduates, involves a senior distinction project: over the course of a year, students produce either independent research or a performance piece in an art medium of their choice. Seidel decided on the latter.

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RECESS | CULTURE | TV

Junior Anna Muthalaly to compete in 'Jeopardy!' College Championship Tuesday evening

By Jules Kourelakos | February 14, 2022

The Trinity junior is one of 36 college students from across America competing for the trivia tournament’s $250,000 grand prize. 

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RECESS | CULTURE | POP CULTURE

What is going on with Joe Rogan, Neil Young and the #DeleteSpotify movement?

By Jules Kourelakos | February 9, 2022

It seems Spotify has chosen Rogan. 

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