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The 21st annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival took place from April 5 to April 8 in Durham, featuring new and old documentaries and sparking conversations about hope, despair, human rights, coming of age and the depths of life. I had the opportunity to participate in the festival April 7 and watched several films, none of which failed to make me cry.
This weekend, Duke will host the annual Triangle Area Asian American Student Conference. The conference, called TAASCON, is a platform meant to bring individuals together from all over North Carolina to address issues surrounding the Asian American community through a series of keynote speakers and workshops. It is also an open educational space for people to explore and learn more about their identity, history and the politics behind Asian American advocacy.
On March 31, Girls Rock NC’s third annual fundraiser Rock Roulette will be held in Motorco Music Hall, where nine new bands formed just two months ago will showcase their hard work and perform original songs and covers.
We had shivered in the cold. We had been awakened by the siren at 3 a.m. And the day had finally come.
It’s that time of the year again: dark circles under the eyes, pale lips, risks of caffeine overdose, packed libraries, take-out boxes on every desk and — for some — even sleeping in Perkins. It’s midterm season.
I’ve always had black, pin-straight hair, a family trait on my dad’s side that the Hong clan is extremely proud of. I can’t count how many times my dad has told me the story of my grandma who still had inky black hair without a single trace of silver at 70 and therefore had become the talk of her small Chinese town. My mom, who has natural, frizzy curls – the complete opposite of my pin-straight hair – told me repeatedly how glad she was to find out that I did not inherit her rebellious curls, which had always given her such a headache in the morning when she was young. During our moments of mother-daughter bonding, she would often touch my hair and say, “Look at your hair! You don’t ever have to go to a salon to straighten it!”
This campus is full of stories. Everyone is walking around with one – sad, happy, funny, scary, angry, contemplative. But it’s so hard for us to give that story a voice, for we walk around asking questions like “How are you doing?” and “What’s your major?” instead of “What’s your story?” Even with our close friends and loved ones, how often do we actually feel comfortable answering “Actually, I’m not fine”?
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This week, the Jameson Gallery in Friedl Building will welcome visual artist Natasha Powell Walker to talk about her exhibit “#SexyNotSilent.” The event will start Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity and the African and African American Studies department.
With the start of a new semester, Duke’s Music department is introducing some new changes and innovative courses. A class titled “Musical Instruments: Engineering Music” opened for the Spring semester, and the Duke University Musical Instrument Collections (DUMIC) welcomed a new curator, Assistant Professor Roseen Giles, Jan. 1.
The Grammys will hold its 60th ceremony Jan. 28, and as you sit anxiously and excitedly in front of a screen to watch Lady Gaga, P!nk and Childish Gambino perform and confirm your predictions, be sure to pay attention to two Grammy-nominated Duke musicians: Christopher Jacobson and Patrick Douthit.
The glass-enclosed Keohane atrium saw some poetry reading last Thursday night. The “Salon: An Evening of Poetry” event was hosted by The Archive and featured three undergraduate poets, Sophia Laettner, Aiyanna Kimble and Chloe Hooks, one graduate poet, Zijun Wang, and three professors, Joseph Donahue, Ray Barfield and David Need.
Since Oct. 18, students who have walked into their second home — Perkins — with heavy steps must have been drawn by the black-and-white, visually appealing exhibit “Humans of Paris: Picturing Social Life in the Nineteenth Century” in the Jerry and Bruce Chappell Family Gallery, located between the Von der Heyden Pavilion and the first floor of the library. Curated by Kathryn Desplanque, this exhibit features Rubenstein Library’s rare books and objects that give a glimpse of social life in 19th-century Paris. It will run until Feb. 18, 2018.
Last Friday, the Duke Student Wellness Center hosted an opening reception of its Wellness Art Gallery, which showcased the artworks of two talented first-year artists, Greta Chen and Shailen Parmar, who are both duArts first-year interns. Chen and Parmar’s art encapsulates their college transition experience, and crowds of their friends came out to support them, celebrating the art exhibition as well as their successful integration into college life.
The annual DEMAN Arts & Media Weekend, which brings together creative Duke students who aspire to become successful in the media industry, took place last Friday and Saturday. From documentary arts to TV and film production, from the South to L.A. and New York, Duke alums were eager to give back to their alma mater by guiding young and ambitious Blue Devils and encouraging them to pursue their dreams.
Last Friday night, a boisterous party lurked beneath the Brodhead Center. As I descended the stairs toward the Devil's Krafthouse, I could already hear the distinct sounds of chewing, laughing, chattering, perfect harmony by a group of a cappella girls and, equally worthy of applaud, off-key singing by non-professionals who are simply enjoying themselves. This party, which occurs every Friday evening, is officially known as “Karaoke at the Krafthouse.”
The Duke Wind Symphony will celebrate the beginning of a new season, the arrival of new students and the inauguration of President Vincent Price all in one with the Celebration Concert Thursday in Baldwin Auditorium. The free concert will begin at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a reception with refreshments.
The Retro Film Series continues at the Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham from July to December. The series will celebrate its 20th birthday next year and includes RetroFantasma, RetroClassics, RetroTreasures and RetroAmore—four sections in which anyone in their mid-30s to early-40s will find the fancy of his or her youth. All the featured movies were released between 1920 and 1997.
