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In 2007, when the artist duo Forss created SoundCloud, they could never have imagined that their creation would change how people think about music forever.
Some of the best local venues to check out for music lovers and concert-goers alike.
Now in its sixth year, The Art of Cool Festival will be held throughout downtown Durham from Sept. 27 to 29.
It’s summer in Shanghai and the hot air clings to my skin as I say goodbye to my grandmother from the taxicab parked in front of her apartment building.
Eastcut Sandwich Bar deserves the love and respect of the entire Triangle.
Recruiters from leading media companies will be available to connect with students at Duke’s annual Media-Ville.
I arrived in New York a full week and a half before starting my new job. Just enough time to orient myself to my new landscape.
What I’m saying, Sick and Tired, is that your conception of passion is driven by the cultural moment we’re living in and all of the historical baggage that’s led to Right Now. Don’t give in so easily.
By the end of move-in day, my room was perfect — almost. I just needed to do one more thing: put up my movie posters.
In episode three of the popular and increasingly controversial HBO series “Euphoria,” there is a sex scene. What rattled audiences was not the erotic content: it was the fact that the two participants were Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson of the once-famous band One Direction.
“The Boys” is Amazon Prime Video’s latest contribution to the behemoth that is the superhero genre, a slightly grunge, antihero story that turns what audiences have come to know and expect from action on its head. Based on a comic book series of the same name, the show strikes a balance of amusing and serious critical portrayals of a massive corporation breeding celebrity superheroes.
Aguilar Ruvalcaba’s “A Talk about Turtles” is the first Ruby Friday event of the new school year, and the artist came to Duke to discuss his work complemented by his own exhibited art. Ruby Fridays invite artists to Duke to share their work and careers in the Ruby Lounge, and this year they will occur every Friday at 12 p.m.
Recess staff and contributors share their favorites from the summer.
Twenty-seven years after the terrifying events of “It” (2017), the Losers Club returns to Derry for a final showdown with Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard) in the recently-released “It Chapter Two.” The film features incredible performances, a phenomenal character driven story and stunning set pieces and special effects — but it’s just not that scary.
Fittingly enough for a modern-day Renaissance man, Jimmie Banks lists Leonardo da Vinci among his chief artistic heroes. In addition to being an exhibiting artist at the Rubenstein Arts Center, Banks is a Duke Facilities Management electrician of 22 years, a former head cook of a barbecue restaurant, a breakdancer and a friend to everyone he meets along the way.
The American South is an ever-changing landscape, its growing communities and dynamic businesses pushing the region away from strict definitions.
While Kline’s past releases were confined to the bedroom, the bus, the school hallways — the spaces she frequents — “Close It Quietly” broadens Kline’s scope, applying her introspection to the world.
I spent this summer in New York, a cesspool of sights, sounds, and — mostly to its detriment — smells. Armed with a class and an internship and living just a few blocks from Union Square, my days filled quickly.
To Marshall N. Price, the Nasher Museum of Art’s newest exhibition is “a paradigm-shifting exhibition in many, many ways.”
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