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'Out of the Blue' succeeds with blend of spectacular, banal
By Jessie Tang | February 18, 2010Out of the Blue, presented by Archipelago Theatre, is not easy to sum up. But it shouldn’t be.
Out of the Blue, presented by Archipelago Theatre, is not easy to sum up. But it shouldn’t be.
At first glance, Big Shots seems to have little to do with thriftiness. But strangely enough, the show was born at least in part out of the need to do more with less in lean times.
You, Me, and the Devil: Stories from Medellin is based on the true story of Elizabeth Mora, a 20 year-old Colombian journalism student who, having been late for class, got stuck with the last topic...
The Nasher’s newest exhibition, Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature, presents an interesting collection of historical prints alongside their more modern incarnations. The older artwork shows...
In the wake of the tremendous earthquakes in Haiti, Erol Josue’s role as a purveyor of his native country’s oral tradition is more prevalent than ever. He is the “Prince of Haitian Roots Music” for...
Choreographer Alonzo King has been described by fellow artists as “absolutely authentic,” a true “composer’s choreographer” and even an “unsung hero” through his modern take on classical ballet.
Maggie Zurawski, a graduate student in English, is Duke’s point person on helping students channel this inspiration into words.
Sarah Spencer White’s Spill is a meditation on the human role in technological innovation. Spill is intended to, as White writes, bring to mind ideas of “futility, fragility and dysfunction.” Her...
Complete with campy musical numbers, a host of choral zombies, a suave, strutting Jesus and a mosh pit orgy, Reefer Madness is like a hit of the “leafy green assassin” itself.
Artist Jacob Lawrence first painted the sequence in 1941 using opaque watercolors, and acted as artistic consultant when the prints were silk screened in 1977 due to the fragility of the paintings.
Labour Love Gallery’s exhibition Naturally Selected thoughtfully pieces together a collection of artists who seem to share the owners’ affinity for the tender.
Twenty-six undergraduate and graduate students will have their pieces displayed in the Louis Jones Brown Gallery, located in the Bryan Center.
As founder and president of School House, an ethical brand of collegiate apparel, Duke alum Rachel Weeks, Trinity ’07, is finally seeing her two passions blend seamlessly.
Arts groups from Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill have decided that it’s time to give the Triangle arts scene a facelift—or at least a makeover.
The Space—as the warehouse is called—is shared by seven local artistic figures, spearheaded by poet-cum-muscian and Duke Performances Marketing Director Ken Rumble.
Largely improvised by the student actors, The Lower D’s jumps off from the British script with non-PC dialogue, intermittent musical numbers and assorted musings on the human condition.
Big Shots presents hundreds of Andy Warhol's snapshots. Often used as studies for his larger paintings, the photographs are most interesting when capturing the numerous poses of a single subject.
Performing in Reynold Industries Theater tonight, Urban Bush Women is a 25-year-old company. The company focuses not on aesthetics, like other dance companies, but on communication.
Director Charles Randolph-Wright was sitting on some East Campus steps one evening in 1978 when he was inspired to drop the pre-med track and follow his dreams.
This weekend marks the fusion of student creativity with the business savvy of artistic alumni in the first ever Duke Arts Weekend.