Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Pratt PhD students are invited to discover the calming of Neurographic Art in a hands-on tutorial designed to quiet the mind and spark creativity. Anna Batsakes from DUKE LIVE FOR ...

Duke Chapel’s Evensong Singers present their annual concert. Check back here for details.

Join us for our biannual Contra Dance! This community event wholeheartedly welcomes community members, students, staff, faculty, friends, fellow farmers, travelers passing through…. Guided by Eileen Thorsos, a long-time contra ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Duke University Libraries will be turning the pages of the Birds of America on the first Friday of every month! We welcome you to stop by and watch-what bird will ...

Sponsored by Judea Reform Congregation & Siembra NC Begin the spring season with an inspiring evening of choral artistry as the Duke Chorale launches its Spring Tour. Known for its ...

What happens behind the scenes – with access, funding and distribution – to bring a creative documentary vision to life? In this free talk, acclaimed independent producer Rebekah Fergusson shares ...

Film Screening: “Joonam” (Sierra Urich, 2023, 103 min, USA, English and Persian with English subtitles, DCP) Filmmaker Sierra Urich grew up in rural Vermont, a place and an upbringing far ...

Please register to attend: https://trentcenter.duke.edu/boyarsky Dr. Naomi Rosenberg, Assistant Dean for Narrative Medicine and Health Humanities at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, will deliver the 2026 ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Experience an evening of profound emotional depth as the Duke Symphony Orchestra presents Death Be Not Proud, a concert that reflects on resilience, mortality, and the enduring strength of the ...

Join the Duke University Libraries for a special event featuring a panel discussion and gallery talks highlighting the opening of two exhibits-“This Sneeze Is for Science,” featuring photography of the ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri present a concert of music from their acclaimed album Transylvanian Dance. The performance blends viola and piano improvisation with field recordings of Transylvanian folk music ...

Film Screening: “Taste of Cherry” (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, 99 min, Iran, Persian with English subtitles, DCP) This austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the enigmatic Mr. ...

Former United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will give a poetry reading and hold a public conversation at Duke Chapel. The event is the Chapel’s 2026 Pluralism Lecture and part ...

What Happens When Books Become Battlegrounds? Join us for a screening of the film “The Librarians,” followed by a panel and a conversation about censorship, democracy, and the role of ...

Archive as Ceremony: A Symposium The archive of novelist, essayist, philosopher, and scholar Sylvia Wynter was acquired by the John Hope Franklin Research Center in 2018 and will be opened ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Directed by Aranya Sahay, Humans in the Loop (2025) follows Nehma, a single mother from the Oraon tribe in Jharkhand, who begins working at a data-labelling centre training AI systems ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Co-sponsored by Baroque and Beyond Early Music luminary and flutist Barthold Kuijken leads a public masterclass for flutists and chamber ensembles, offering rare insight into historically informed performance. The session ...

Join Shay Mirk (@mirkdrop), visiting artist, author, and publisher, for a free workshop on Making Nonfiction Comics and Zines. Shay Mirk (they/she) is a graphic journalist, editor, and teacher who ...

Employed as the “king’s painter” at the royal botanical garden in Paris for almost half a century, Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701-1780) produced drawings of plants for the exclusive collection known ...

Staff singers who sing in the Chapel choirs present a concert of their favorite music on Sunday, March 1, at 4:00 p.m. Singing solos and as an ensemble, they will ...

The Department of Theater Studies presents a work-in-progress conceived and created by Professor Torry Bend.

Step into an evening of timeless elegance as the Duke Wind Symphony hosts the 51st Annual Viennese Ball, one of the university’s most cherished musical and social traditions. Inspired by ...

Join Duke faculty and vocalist Ted Federle for Existentially Me, a deeply personal and artistically fearless recital that explores questions of identity, morality, and the courage required to carve one’s ...

Exploring Spanish and Sephardic music over a 400-year span, “Surviving Inquisition” traces the journey of Sephardic Jews from the thirteenth century in Alfonso el Sabio’s Castile, through the early years ...

The Department of Theater Studies presents a work-in-progress written and directed by Professor Torry Bend. “Tilt/Shift” is a puppet show presenting a series of short, interconnected vignettes exploring the theme ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

MFA|EDA Salon #2 Save The Date Details TBA Co-presented by Duke Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts program and Duke Screen/Society

Join us as Yun Emily Wang, Assistant Professor of Music, takes us through an “ethnography of listening” drawing from her fieldwork at a care home for Chinese immigrants in one ...

“Perfumed Nightmare” (Kidlat Tahimik, 1977, 91 min, Philippines, in English, Tagalog, French, German with English subtitles, 16mm) — Winner of the Berlin Film Festival International Critics Award Produced and directed ...

Celebrate Black History Month with a guided tour of “Everything Now All at Once,” featuring standout works from the Nasher’s contemporary collection. With a longstanding commitment to artists who have ...

You’re invited to CDS for the February meetup of Photobook Dummies, a monthly, in‑person gathering of local photobook collectors, creators, and enthusiasts. What is a photobook? This month will be ...

Radwan Mezghanni is a distinguished ʿūd performer and vocalist whose work bridges Oriental maqām traditions and Western musical studies. Trained in both Eastern and Western musical systems, he specializes in ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Jewish Life at Duke is hosting a consequential debate for the ages: which is better? Latkes? Or Hamantaschen? Join us as the answer is debated and revealed in a show-down ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

In this workshop, you will learn watercolor techniques while painting the Duke Chapel.

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Computational Media, Arts & Cultures PhD Student Annual Exhibition. Public Reception. Featuring the work of Hugo F. Idarraga, Nubia Nurain Khan, Rose Ansari, Sang Chi Liu, and Tracy Chunxi Liu. ...

The Text + Pix Collective (est. Fall 2024) is a group of Duke faculty, Duke students and Triangle community members who share an artistic interest in the relationship between the ...

The Text + Pix Collective (est. Fall 2024) is a group of Duke faculty, Duke students and Triangle community members who share an artistic interest in the relationship between the ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Renowned sculptor Stephen Hayes, MFA and cultural storyteller Javier Wallace, PhD have joined forces to create a series of underwater sculptures intentionally dedicated to enslaved Africans and their descendants. This ...

For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. Duke Chapel’s Choral Evensong follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...

Performance given by the Intermediate String Orchestra, Concert String Orchestra, and Youth Symphony. Conductors: Matt Stutzman, Rob Rempher, and Harry Davidson. The program features works by Mendelssohn and one of ...

Playhouse Shorts is a one-night event of student-written sketches and scenes presented each fall and spring. Free admission.

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD) seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

Duke University String School invites you to an afternoon honoring their violin and cello choir. Violin and cello choir ensembles and soloists will perform the pieces they have been working ...

Join the Ciompi Quartet, Duke’s internationally respected resident ensemble, for an evening of profound reflection and radiant musical expression in Memories and Aspirations. This thoughtfully curated program honors the recent ...

Join renowned keyboardist and scholar Andrew Willis for an evening of beautifully crafted, historically informed performances spanning the 17th through 19th centuries. A Professor Emeritus of Music at the University ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD) seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

THE BLACK PALIMPSEST is a choreographic and sonic offering that moves through Durham’s sacred landscapes, centering the Stagville Historic Site, once among the South’s largest plantations. Guided by Tristian-who searches ...

Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, MISTRESS DISPELLER (dir. Elizabeth Lo, ...

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference (CADD)* seeks scholarship that speaks to permanence and subversiveness in Black Dance traditions for its 2026 Conference, “Black Phoenixing: Dancing Through the Ruins.” ...

“Stalker” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979, 161 min, Soviet Union, Russian w/ English subtitles, DCP) One of the most immersive and rarefied experiences in the history of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER embarks ...

Documentary Film Screening: A Road Out This documentary tells the remarkable story of six South African health pioneers who transformed community medicine in North Carolina, the United States and beyond. ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

We just love all of our friends at the Co-Lab so much, we had to dedicate a whole event to it! Bring your best gals & pals to the Co-Lab ...

Radical Unlearning is described as “a road map for rewiring our brains to unlearn harmful beliefs, heal broken bonds, and transform our communities. The beliefs that hold us back-inherited prejudices, ...

The Experimental Film Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute and Screen/Society present: “Dry Ground Burning” (Joana Pimenta & Adirley Queirós, 2022, 153 min, Brazil, Portuguese with English subtitles, DCP) Just ...

Join us for a free talk and reception with Natalie Bullock Brown, director of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) and a leading advocate for ethics‑driven, justice‑centered nonfiction storytelling. Brown ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Celebrate the joy, energy, and community spirit of big-band jazz at the 23rd Annual Valentine’s Jazz Festival, a beloved tradition that unites three of the Triangle’s most vibrant jazz programs. ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year’s cantata ...

The Department of Theater Studies presents an original work written and directed by its annual Artist in Residence.

Get ready for a powerhouse night of swing, sophistication, and electrifying jazz as the Duke University Jazz Ensemble shares the stage with world-renowned trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator Scotty Barnhart-a ...

Screening as part of the 2026 French Film Festival (Jan 29 – Feb 13, 2025) ANNETTE (Leos Carax, 2021, 139 min, France, English, DCP) A years-spanning musical melodrama drenched in ...

Stand N Your Purpose: The Manifestations of the Pursuit of Tension is an interdisciplinary MFA thesis project by Asili Johnson that explores how artists discover, claim, and embody the value ...

The Department of Theater Studies presents an original work written and directed by its annual Artist in Residence.

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Witness one of the world’s most acclaimed string quartets up close as the internationally celebrated Cuarteto Casals leads an immersive chamber music masterclass at Duke. Founded in Barcelona in 1997 ...

“The Parallax View” (Alan J. Pakula, 1974, 102 min, USA, English, DCP) Perhaps no director tapped into the pervasive sense of dread and mistrust that defined the 1970s more effectively ...

Immerse yourself in a dazzling spectrum of sound as the Duke University Wind Symphony presents Fantasy of Colors, an evening devoted to bold sonic imagination and vibrant musical storytelling. Under ...

The Department of Theater Studies presents an original work written and directed by its annual Artist in Residence.

Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 p.m. SEEDS/ U.S. (Director: Brittany Shyne; Producers: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Brittany Shyne) Seeds is a portrait of Centennial farmers in the geographical south. ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Indigenomicon: Book Launch and Conversation featuring author Jodi Byrd in conversation with Courtney Lewis Join RISE-US (the Research for Indigenous Studies & Engagement in the United States program) and the ...

Join us for a hands-on workshop, introducing participants to the rich traditions and techniques of Arabic calligraphy, a central art form in the Middle East that blends visual art, language, ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

The Infiltrators (2019, 95 min.) is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who get arrested by Border Patrol and put in a shadowy for-profit detention center ...

In this workshop, we’ll practice creative ways to rest well together with yoga, meditation, and deep rest practices.

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

**RESCHEDULED SCREENING** (This event was originally planned to take place on January 31st, but had to be rescheduled due to weather.) == Screening as part of the 2026 French Film ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. Duke Chapel’s Choral Evensong follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...

Screening as part of the 2026 French Film Festival (Jan 29 – Feb 13, 2025) THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG [Les Parapluies de Cherbourg] (Jacques Demy, 1964, 92 min, France, French ...

weaving Dreams is an interdisciplinary performance that blends dance, spoken word, visual art, sound, and projection to explore how memory, identity, and ancestral connection surface through embodied and intuitive practices. ...

Screening as part of the 2026 French Film Festival (Jan 29 – Feb 13, 2025) MEETING WITH POL POT [Rendez-vouz avec Pol Pot] (Rithy Panh, 2024, 112 min, France/Cambodia, French ...

Have you ever considered studying abroad, but hesitated because of concerns about identity, cost, or representation? Did you know that you can fund an experience abroad through outside scholarships and ...

Duke University Libraries will be turning the pages of the Birds of America on the first Friday of every month! We welcome you to stop by and watch-what bird will ...

Screening as part of the 2026 French Film Festival (Jan 29 – Feb 13, 2025) HOLY COW [Vingt Dieux] (Louise Courvoisier, 2024, 90 min, France, French with English subtitles, DCP) ...

Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN / Denmark, Czech Republic (Directors: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin; Producer: Helle Faber) As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ...

Join us for the opening of “Bound/Unbound: From Page to Wall,” an exhibition bringing together the work of eight North Carolina-based photographers who have recently published, or are in the ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Each weekday at 5:00 p.m., a Duke Chapel carillonneur plays a fifteen-minute recital on the bells in the Duke Chapel tower. The recital begins with an opening excerpt of music, ...