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Maria Kuznetsova never had a doubt about what she wanted to do with her life. She always knew that she wanted to write.
Like many of their artistic peers, famous composers are commonly panned as egocentric monomaniacs obsessed with their own genius. To challenge this myth, Duke professor Thomas Brothers recently published “Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington and the Magic of Collaboration,” a new book dedicated to the methods of collective composition.
Jee-Woon Kim’s 2003 horror film “A Tale of Two Sisters,” juxtaposes beautiful images of a rustic landscape and gory illusions of tortured ghosts.
Fall marks recruiting season at Duke, with financial and consulting firms making offers for summer interns and full-time positions. Students with a stronger interest in creative fields often feel left out among friends returning from the summer with full time job offers.
Halloween is the perfect day to spend time with friends, eat lots of candy and junk food and dress up in spooky costumes. Since Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, some students have been looking for ways to celebrate the holiday on campus.
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The theater has no fourth wall. Although meta humor and fourth wall smashing have become staples of movies, television and other mediums in an attempt to refresh otherwise hackneyed tropes by pointing them out to the audience, theater has been making use of these devices for decades.
Adidas Originals tread against the pavement as Wu-Tang Clan vibrates through the air. Skateboards hold kids who seemingly glide through the boundless boulevard, unearthed in the haze of the sunset.
On Saturday, Duke students, faculty and members of the Durham community gathered at the Nasher Museum of Art to hear Amy Sherald, who painted the official portrait of the former First Lady for the National Portrait Gallery, deliver the annual Rothschild Lecture.
Vinyl records, cassette tapes and CDs. What was once a dying method for music listening is now finding a new light in everything from hipster undergrounds to teen bedrooms.
Of the overwhelming mass of new books published every year, only few retain their relevance over the decades, and most will slide into oblivion once a change in culture or sentiment has occurred.
Who do we allow to dream? Whose dreams do we privilege, and whose thoughtful roundabouts do we fail to consider?
Student artists at Duke, especially those not majoring in visual arts, know the struggle of finding like-minded individuals and opportunities to practice their craft well. A new initiative hopes to address this challenge.
The patio outside Au Bon Pain is usually populated by busy students eager to finish their homework, or by hungry ones who prefer the natural air to the AC’s constant blast inside. On Friday, however, the area became home to a dazzling crowd celebrating Oktoberfest, a traditional German holiday held annually at the beginning of fall.
Migration — whether it be across the U.S.-Mexico border, among states in the European Union or from Africa into Europe — is a topic that is fraught with political tension. The justifications for migration, as well as the rallying cries against it, are embedded in familiar issues ranging from colonialism and capitalism to xenophobia and elitism.
Although Patrick Dougherty’s sculpture “The Big Easy" was projected to be on display until 2019, it was removed from the Duke Gardens Aug. 22 due to rain damage sustained since its construction in February 2017. The saplings used to weave the structure had started to deteriorate, and Duke Gardens opted to remove the entire instillation before it became a safety hazard.
As a recipient of the Center for Documentary Studies’ annual Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, Mexican-American photographer Daniel Ramos has crafted a portfolio that can scrupulously capture his life’s winding contours: He was born in Chicago but now lives in Nuevo León, Mexico, and he spent his formative years rotating between these two distinctive places.
Finding Bella Union requires some exploration of Duke’s West Campus.
This October will be particularly spooky with Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s latest show: “The Addams Family.”
This Sunday, Sarah P. Duke Gardens — normally known for its picturesque flora that attracts about 300,000 visitors annually from around the world — will host a Harvest Festival.
Those affected by Alzheimer's often suffer from feelings of isolation, but a Nasher program seeks to create an opportunity for individuals with dementia to engage with art and new ideas.
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