Editor’s picks: The best music of 2019

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Identity and African attire: Duke students reflect on cultural fashion

By Fati Abubakar Gangaran | 3 days ago

Every year, excited students arrive on Duke’s campus carrying luggage, boxes and many other personal items.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE MOVIES

‘Knives Out’ is a whodunit crafted for and by the modern age

By Megan Liu | 3 days ago

Writer-director Rian Johnson breathes life back into the “whodunit” with “Knives Out.”

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RECESS  |  CULTURE MOVIES

‘Frozen 2’ is both more emotional and funnier than its predecessor

By Jonathan Pertile | 3 days ago

“Frozen 2” opens with a song about everything staying the same.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Recess picks the best culture of the 2010s

By Recess Staff | 4 days ago

As the 2010s come to a close, the Recess staff is looking back at the culture that defined the decade. 

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RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

Imagining Sisyphus happy

By Kerry Rork | 4 days ago

One of my favorite pieces I read in all my years of English classes was Albert Camus’s essay on the myth of Sisyphus.

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‘Celebrating Queerness in Modern Turkey’ brings drag to campus

By Tessa Delgo | 4 days ago

Amid exams and final papers, Duke still has something to celebrate this week.  

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RECESS  |  CULTURE MUSIC

Coldplay undergoes creative resurrection on ‘Everyday Life’

By Aaron Paskin | 5 days ago

Coldplay’s first two albums played constantly in my dad’s car when I was a kid.

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The blues never die: Music Maker 25 celebrates the South’s legacy of traditional music

By Will Atkinson | December 1, 2019

Many people know North Carolina for its beaches, its barbecue or its college basketball, but it’s likely that fewer know the state for its rich musical heritage.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE MUSIC

The album length war

By Ben Brutocao | November 27, 2019

In January 2018, Migos dropped all 106 minutes of “Culture II.”

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Instagram is getting rid of ‘likes.’ What does that mean for us?

By Derek Chen | November 25, 2019

Earlier this year, Instagram began experimenting with hiding the “like” count on users’ posts.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

On the mystery of Agatha Christie and reshaping childhood heroes

By Kerry Rork | November 24, 2019

My house is filled with books. Bookshelves on bookshelves, stacks on stacks, basically every corner of the house stuffed to the brim with all the stories I grew up with.

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‘Documenting Durham’s Health History’ tells stories of community health disparities and activism

By Tessa Delgo | November 23, 2019

In doing justice to Durham’s title of “City of Medicine,” one Bass Connections team is on the right side of history.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Find a juicy burger in fancy surrounds at Counting House

By Alex Leo-Guerra | November 23, 2019

The downtown Durham restaurant has a pleasant atmosphere and just enough pizzazz to make you think that you’re a Great Value Gatsby.

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Behind the voices of Duke Opera Theater

By Courtney Dantzler | November 22, 2019

There’s an expressive quality unique to the human voice that complements the dramatic elements of opera.

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Alonzo King’s LINES and the value of ballet

By Skyler Graham | November 22, 2019

Ballet is notable for the physical balance, strength and flexibility dancers need.

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Great Scott: Duke’s first vice provost for the arts is stepping down in May

By Tessa Delgo | November 21, 2019

Dr. Scott Lindroth will remain a composer, but for his role as Vice Provost of the Arts, this year is a swan song.

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When Nasher director Sarah Schroth retires in May, she will leave a legacy behind

By Jonathan Pertile | November 21, 2019

Sarah Schroth would like you to know that museums don’t run themselves.