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James Blake's 'Assume Form' ponders complexities of human connection

By Aaron Paskin | January 23, 2019

On “Assume Form,” James Blake’s fourth studio album, the London genre-bender is enamored and overwhelmed by the many facets of human connection. An immediately accessible approach to pondering such an abstract area would be to ground it in something tangible, be it technology or simply the physical sensation of touch.

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2019 Oscar nominations: 'Roma' and 'The Favourite' lead pack of predictable contenders

By Sydny Long | January 22, 2019

This awards season has been an excruciating roller coaster ride, zigging past worthwhile contenders in favor of zagging into Bryan Singer’s trophy shelf. If the Golden Globes marks the start of a slow climb up the hill of anticipation, the announcement of the Academy Awards nominees marks the summit. 

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'Pop América' exhibit brings hemispheric view of pop art to the Nasher

By Joel Kohen | January 16, 2019

For the first time, an exhibition seeks to highlight the way artists from across the American continent have grappled with “Pop art” — a term that reflects both the noun “popular” as well as the verb “to pop.” 

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Hoof 'n' Horn tackles the trials of adolescence in 'Spring Awakening'

By Sydny Long | January 16, 2019

For those in low spirits due to the wintry weather and the renewed drudgery of classwork, fear not — Duke’s own Hoof n’ Horn is making spring come early this year.

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Blackspace and FTMF Talent celebrate Durham's black history in MLK Day show

By Will Atkinson | January 16, 2019

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.

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'(In)visible Organ' exhibit at the Rubenstein sheds light on reproductive health

By Selena Qian | January 16, 2019

A new exhibit at the Rubenstein hopes to use art and storytelling to address solutions to major women's health problems. 

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With upcoming residency, Manual Cinema is bringing puppetry to campus

By Nina Wilder | January 16, 2019

This spring, the Chicago-based collective Manual Cinema is bringing an art form to campus that tends to be overlooked with regard to live performance: puppetry. 

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This year at the Rubenstein: Artist talks, classes and a coffee cart

By Eva Hong | January 16, 2019

The Rubenstein Arts Center opened one year ago, and it has introduced a number of new programs since then. 

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'Where We Find Ourselves' shows diversity of 19th century photography

By Kerry Rork | January 16, 2019

With the rapid spread of images through avenues like social media, it can be easy to take photography for granted today. Yet at the turn of the 20th century, this new medium of art was just coming into existence — and how it would be manipulated and utilized remained unclear. 

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CDS exhibit 'One Hurricane Season' individualizes climate change

By Alizeh Sheikh | January 16, 2019

Climate change is a topic that is at once impersonal and urgent. Although nearly every successive climate change report seems to pull the due date of impending calamity ever closer to the present, climate change coverage has refrained from politicizing the issue, often turning to a small handful of the big players, like national governments. 

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New DukeCreate workshop teaches podcasting basics

By Miranda Gershoni | January 16, 2019

Fans of "Serial" and "The Daily" can make their own podcasts in a new DukeCreate workshop. 

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Having it all

By Jessica Williams | January 16, 2019

Over winter break I watched the film version of one of my favorite novels, "The Valley of the Dolls," and decided it was one of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time.

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From K-Pop to Shakespeare: This semester’s most intriguing arts-related courses

By Will Atkinson | January 10, 2019

Although bookbagging has come and gone, some studentsspend the first couple weeks of the new semester continuing to shop for courses. Whether you’re considering dropping that chemistry lecture or just want to keep courses on your radar for a future ALP credit, here are some of the most interesting arts-related courses that started on Wednesday.

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AMI Filmcraft series teaches amateur filmmakers practical skills

By Sarah Derris | January 9, 2019

For some, it can be difficult to engage in the arts at Duke. Heavy class loads, career-oriented extracurriculars and burgeoning social lives make it difficult to explore the vast array of screenings, exhibits and workshops around campus, all free to students.

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‘The Talk’ brings the discussion surrounding police brutality to the stage

By Nina Wilder | January 9, 2019

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. 

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Jean Luc-Godard's latest film comes to the Ruby ahead of New York premiere

By Jessica Williams | January 9, 2019

At 88 years old with nearly 60 years in the film industry, Jean-Luc Godard remains at the cutting-edge of cinema. His newest film, "The Image Book," or "Le Livre d'image," was the first film to ever receive a Special Palme d'O' at Cannes 2018.

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Narrative Medicine Mondays program introduces storytelling into health fields

By Miranda Gershoni | January 9, 2019

With a Top 10 medical school and substantial pre-health advising office, Duke certainly has a stake in the field of medicine. A new program hopes to bring other disciplines into the medical field. 

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'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo' bridges minimalism and sentimentality

By Frances Beroset | January 9, 2019

“My mission is to spark joy in the world through tidying,” Marie Kondo explains self-assuredly in the trailer for the eight-episode show “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” released on Netflix Jan. 1, as many Americans, myself included, are in a spirit of New Year self-improvement. 

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'The Bisexual' is funny, dramatic and much-needed

By Alizeh Sheikh | January 9, 2019

Riding the heels of her Sundance Grand Jury win for this summer’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post," Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan’s six-episode series “The Bisexual” debuted on Hulu in November with surprisingly little to no fanfare. 

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The allure of 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' quickly dissolves

By Jack Rubenstein | January 9, 2019

After three hours of watching “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”, Netflix’s new standalone "Black Mirror" movie that was supposed to take 90 minutes, I had to give up.