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A Durham-based children’s storyteller and aerial performer Amy Godfrey wants to change the dominant narrative around children, and she wants to change how adults talk about and to them.
Despite my intention to toughen up at the onset of adulthood, I remained an oyster without a shell, soft and yielding.
In June, Duke announced that John Brown, Duke’s Jazz Program director and longtime professor would be Lindroth’s successor.
With all the polish of a literary and the emotion of a classical musician, Salaysay weaves together a story so beautifully vulnerable it aches.
“Folklore” is free to explore a vast array of settings and characters like a sonical storybook, earning itself the distinction of being Swift’s best album yet.
Here are items from my own quarantine binging that I think can serve as a temporary distraction from the current moment.
There are some books that beg to be finished in one day: they pull you in with heroic characters and moving stories and transport you to a world that is foreign but familiar. Elliot Ackerman’s “Waiting for Eden,” published in 2018, is exactly one of these novels.
If you’re bored during quarantine and looking for a fun, popular and lucrative way to pass the time, consider picking up a controller to join the world of esports.
As odd as it is for me to say, "Animal Crossing" provides a sense of stability in an otherwise uncertain world.
“Miss Juneteenth” quietly discusses African-American embodiment in a modern, yet traditional world — a world that has consistently failed them.
When “Avatar: The Last Airbender” first aired on Nickelodeon in 2005, George W. Bush had just begun his second term in office, Mario’s “Let Me Love You” was the most popular song on the Billboard Hot 100 and YouTube was less than a week into sharing videos to the world.
Founded by Duke alumna Miss B. Haven, Trinity ‘18, and Jaylan Rhea, Shipshowz is more than just an outlet for drag performances: It is a transcendental performance showcase and a symbolic statement — a vision of radical queer liberation and of a world unbound by capitalist self-gratification.
Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October” is a fictional account of a virus that is first unleashed in Indonesia before quickly spreading around the globe.
On June 19, Blumhouse Productions and director and screenwriter David Koepp released their latest psychological thriller, “You Should Have Left.” Based on German author Daniel Kehlmann’s 2017 novella of the same name, the film explores how duplicity and paranoia can destroy a family.
There are few authors who have a command of language like Jesmyn Ward.
Duke students may be apart physically, but they’re still connecting in the kitchen. For many, quarantine comes with extended free time, and some students have devoted it to recreating the dishes they miss most from Duke’s eateries.
Duke University Jazz Program director and professor of the practice of music, John Brown, has been named Duke’s vice provost for the arts, Duke University Provost Sally Kornbluth announced today.
In his latest film, “The King of Staten Island,” director Judd Apatow collaborates with Pete Davidson to deliver a brutally honest portrayal of every burnout’s most dreaded question: “What are you going to do with your life?”
For the first time in its 13-year history, the documentary studies course Small Town USA: Local Collaborations underwent a complete curriculum change to adjust for remote learning.
After showing great potential with her 2017 EP “RINA,” Rina Sawayama has returned with her debut full-length album "SAWAYAMA" — perhaps one of the best pop records of the year so far.
