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Now in its sixth year, The Art of Cool Festival will be held throughout downtown Durham from Sept. 27 to 29.
Raleigh's eclectic Hopscotch Music Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary Sept. 5–7 with headliners like James Blake, Sleater-Kinney, Chvrches, Phantogram, Little Brother, Raphael Saadiq and Jenny Lewis.
Staying at Duke for the summer? Spend some time exploring the city we call home — I promise, Durham does extend beyond 9th Street.
For its North American premiere, “Where We Belong” screened at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival earlier this month. The film gave viewers a raw look into the lived experiences of young children affected by their parents’ marital troubles.
Confidently sauntering on stage, each with a unique jumpsuit and head full of hair, the members of Habibi gracefully transformed the Pinhook into a blend of cultural identities and diverse backgrounds Thursday night.
"Midnight Family" follows the Ochoa family, who runs a private ambulance company in Mexico City. Nine million people reside there, but less than 45 government ambulances are running, according to the film.
Drone shots. Even with dried-out lakes and stagnant rivers that weakly glisten in the greedy sun, South Africa’s landscape is still beautiful with its rocky mountains and plateaus with swirling patterns.
“Santuario” follows Juana Luz Tobar Ortega as she lives in sanctuary at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Greensboro. In April of 2017, Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) told Ortega she had to leave within 30 days, so she entered sanctuary instead.
Rapper and producer J. Cole grew up in Fayetteville and released his first mixtape in 2007. Now, he’s returning home for the first-ever Dreamville Festival.
The Friday of spring break, downtown Durham was bustling with artists and people who came to see performances and artwork.
In 1971, civil rights activist Ann Atwater and KKK leader C.P. Ellis struck up an unexpected friendship that led to school desegregation in Durham. Now, their story is coming to the big screen.
Shows like “Iron Chef” and “Chopped” popularized and promoted the idea of “secret ingredients,” forcing chefs to adapt to work with new substances and create unique dishes. This secret ingredient craze is now moving into the art world with the newest show at the Pleiades Gallery.
With almost 10 percent of its undergraduate population hailing from New York, Duke’s student body may have a different idea of what constitutes “Central Park” than local Durhamites. Located just off Main Street and next to the YMCA, Durham Central Park features a playground and hosts the renowned farmers' and art market that also bring food trucks, music and crafts to town.
Finding what to do on Valentine’s Day to get in the spirit, with or without a significant other, can be difficult. Some want to focus on the romance, while others to keep their minds away from love altogether.
On Feb. 16, 1960, Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Durham’s White Rock Baptist Church — one of five trips he would ultimately make to the city. The speech, delivered to a standing-room-only crowd of an estimated 1,200 people, came just days after four students had initiated a sit-in at Greensboro, N.C.’s Woolworth department store, in what would become one of the most influential protests of the civil rights movement.
In the spring of 2015, Sonny Kelly — an actor, performer, Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill, and, perhaps most importantly, a black man — was driving his seven-year-old son Sterling to school. He tuned the radio to NPR, as he did most mornings, a routine that allowed him to open up a dialogue with his son about the world’s current events and happenings.
As the campus trees change color, a chill fills the air and the sense of dread surrounding finals sets in, Duke is settling into winter. Although it may be difficult to feel festive between exams and essays, the holiday season is a great excuse to take a study break. Here are some upcoming wintry events around Duke and the Triangle to explore this month.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are not the only times to find great deals on holiday gifts this year. Shop Independent Durham Week, an annual event held by Durham's nonprofit independent business alliance Sustain-a-Bull, kicked off last Saturday and will run through Sunday.
The weekend before Thanksgiving, the first floor gallery of the Durham Art Council’s building was filled with people gathered to see artists in their temporary studios and purchase their works. All of the artists who participated in the Art-A-Thon event Nov. 17 and 18 were members of the Durham Art Guild, an organization founded in 1948 by a group of artists.
Outside of Halloween, people do not often dress up in elaborate costumes in otherwise ordinary public spaces. Comicon, however, presents ample opportunity to see some of the most popular comic and television characters come to life. Attendees of all ages cosplay for the event, dressing up as their favorite characters and often adding their own personal twist to their costumes.
