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This semester, the Nasher Museum of Art will be exhibiting a collection of the works of Nina Chanel Abney under the title “Royal Flush.” Abney’s work has been highly acclaimed, and while it has been shown in galleries and exhibitions across the country, this will be her first solo exhibition in N.C.
For many Duke students, the first few weeks of the spring semester are synonymous with one word: rush.
The top 5 events and performances to look out for this semester Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush (Feb.
Young composers face a daunting—if not nearly impossible—task in getting their pieces played for an audience.
Spring semester’s presence has been looming closer, surveying the student body on its silent haunches, waiting for the perfect moment to unload its burdens as winter break draws to a close.
Juan Felipe Herrera visited Duke's Rubenstein Library Nov. 17 to read selections from his poetry and other works in both Spanish and English.
The last year has seen a wave of protests on college campuses. From Yale to Missouri, students have garnered a fair share of attention for demonstrations against institutional racism and microaggressions, prompting nationwide discussions about race, higher education and free speech.
After graduating from Duke in 1992, JJ Ramberg moved to New York City in search of a job—a familiar yet precarious position for any young graduate.
Riley Mangan works at the Human Vaccine Institute on mother-to-child transmissions of HIV. Modestly dressed in a plain sweater and jeans, he speaks with a smart earnestness; the phrase “boyish charm” was invented for guys like him.
In the Juanita Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries at the Center for Documentary Studies, large black and white photos are suspended from the ceilings.
Junot Díaz often doesn’t enjoy writing. In fact, he avoids writing whenever possible and wishes that he wasn’t born with such a strong talent in fiction.
Department Of bills itself as “Duke’s only intentionally comedic publication,” and this claim does not stretch the truth. Unlike its Ivy League peers, Duke has never boasted a consistent humor publication.
For two nights, Duke allowed its students to let the potent twinge of nostalgia run wild with a ‘90s movie marathon orchestrated by Freewater Presentations, a branch of the Duke University Union.
This past week, Hoof ‘n’ Horn began its fall show in Shaefer Theater—kicking off the group’s 80th anniversary season.
Seen in a live setting, Whitney looks almost inside-out. At the front of the stage, where rock convention suggests the lead singer should be standing with guitar in hand, Julien Ehrlich sits hunched over a drum set, a coat draped over his shoulders and a microphone dangling from above.
A few minutes before 8 p.m. Thursday evening, a small congregation had formed around the door of Small Town Records.
“Have you ever heard of the paper bag test?” That is the way Steven Cozart begins his interviews for “Pass/Fail”, a series of illustrations that was awarded the 2016 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize by the Center for Documentary Studies.
In a year when politics in North Carolina have turned absurd and grotesque, one can take comfort in knowing that political cartoonists are here to keep us sane. The panel discussion titled “Bathroom Banter” was held on Friday, Sept.
Last Friday night, Duke NeuroCare, an on-campus organization devoted to raising awareness about neurological and psychiatric disorders and their prevention, hosted a talk by Sgt.
In my four weeks at Duke, I’ve sometimes been asked what has surprised me about the place, what I didn’t expect to experience.