Duke Players parody 'The Glass Menagerie' in orientation show

Along with “The Great Gatsby,” “Hamlet” and “Fahrenheit 451,” Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is a nearly inescapable element of most high school English curricula. The play, originally produced in 1944, centers around the story of Laura, a sickly and shy daughter obsessed with her collection of glass animals, whose mother Amanda seeks to find her a “gentleman caller” with the help of Tom, Laura’s brother. 

Heatwave and the dismaying tradition of campus concerts

When the Duke University Union announced last week that this year’s Heatwave concert will be headlined by rapper Sage the Gemini, I was miffed.

Gardens concert series seeks to provide affordable music to students and employees

Music lovers armed with picnic blankets will converge on the Duke Gardens this summer for the weekly series Music in the Gardens.

The American Dance Festival returns to Durham for its 84th season

As students celebrate their freedom from assignments and exams over the summer break, another celebration will soon grace Duke’s campus: The American Dance Festival (ADF) commemorates its 40th season in Durham this summer with six-and-a-half weeks packed with performances.

Duke Independent Film Festival showcases student talent across campus

Andrew Method, Pratt ’16, has been passionate about film for as long as he can remember. Reared in Park City, Utah—the city where Sundance Film Festival takes place annually—Method was raised in an environment that adored and celebrated film.

Duke Coffeehouse’s Chaus Arts Showcase: Home of experimental art

Duke Coffeehouse maintained its reputation as the place for all things weird, unpredictable and avant-garde when it hosted the Chaus Arts Showcase last Wednesday, a collection of art from some of the Coffeehouse’s favorite Duke artists.

Who is Will Ye? A conversation with Duke’s 'meme guy'

Finding a picture of Will Ye is a difficult task. The first-year student, who in his short time at Duke has amassed something of a cult following through the Facebook meme-sharing group “Duke Memes for Gothicc Teens,” has made invisibility a defining feature of his online presence.

Duke Arts Festival moves to spring semester

This week, an old painted piano is reclaiming its spot on the Bryan Center Plaza. This instrument is a sure sign that the annual Duke Arts Festival has returned. The Duke Arts Festival, which began April 7 and will conclude April 14, aims to bring the arts to all students on campus.

Student-run Brickside Music Festival creates a space for experimental music at Duke

By any measure, the Duke Coffeehouse isn’t one of the more popular spots for students on campus.

Hoof ‘n’ Horn opens first-ever staging of ‘The Aeneid,’ a ‘play with songs’

The title of Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s spring show contains a conscious choice of words, billing “The Aeneid” as “a play with songs.” In most circles, this type of production is referred to as a “musical.” But that word, with its host of connotations, tends to provoke genuine discomfort among certain segments of modern audiences.

Campus screening of Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' kicks off racially themed Nasher film series

What does the New York native and filmmaker Spike Lee have in common with Chicago’s rising artist Nina Chanel Abney?

What was the Library Party?

Muslim Student Association spoken word night makes us listen to anger, peace and other perspectives

Student rappers and spoken word artists took to the stage Saturday night at the Muslim Student Association’s spoken word night.

Nina Chanel Abney’s ‘Royal Flush’ opening party, a celebration of black art and culture

The crowd at the Nasher Museum of Art last Thursday was bustling and spirited, a diverse commingling of students and residents from the farthest reaches of the Triangle Area.

Me Too Monologues fosters empathy and conversation in first weekend run

The corridors of the East Duke building were alive Saturday evening. Students lay sprawled across the floor in what loosely resembled a line and loud chatter hung in the air, jumbled and indistinct.

Duke professor links Emmett Till's past to our present

Before Timothy Tyson got the phone call, he did not want to write a book about Emmett Till. Like most historians of the American South, the senior researcher at Duke’s department of documentary studies thought he knew the story.

Collaborative festival kicks off Lunar New Year Month

Two hours before the Lunar New Year Festival Saturday, the scene in Penn Pavilion was a hectic one.

Student-owned Madeleine & Tartine brings political resistance and French culture to apparel

Protests, which are unequivocal cornerstones to American democracy, have been swelling across the United States since the inauguration of president Donald Trump.

K-Ville residents express variety of reasons for tenting

In the weeks leading up to the Duke v. Carolina game, hundreds of Duke students forgo sleeping in their cozy dorm beds in favor of taking up residence in the tent village affectionately known as K-Ville.

Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s 'Violet,' a meditation on race and gender, enters second weekend

Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s production of “Violet,” a musical set in the Civil Rights-era South that takes on themes of race, gender and politics, opened last Thursday, the night before an inauguration ceremony that capped off an election season marked by racism and sexism. The significance of this timing was not lost on director Zack Fowler, Trinity ‘16.