September 9, 2025
Use fabric scraps to relax and sink into an open ended collage project. No sewing skills necessary, instead we will use a paint brush and glue. A few tips on color and composition will be covered, and then it’s relax and create time!
September 27, 2025
Learn how to make eco prints from natural materials at the Duke University Marine Lab.
November 21, 2025
Percussion innovators Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion celebrate the centenary of legendary drummer, composer, and innovator Max Roach with original arrangements and compositions inspired by Roach's revolutionary ensemble, M'Boom.
Friday, January 30 at 7:30pm
time/life/beauty by Michael Sakamoto and DJ Spooky blends hip-hop, new music, dance, and media visuals, honoring Ryuichi Sakamoto’s legacy through interdisciplinary performance.
March 5 - March 6
Kayfabe is a puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular written, directed and designed by Josh Rice.
March 25 - March 26
In TESTO by Wet Mess, Wet Messifies the messiness of life with teeth and one chin hair; exploring transitions, testosterone, and the edges of drag.
September 25, 2025 - September 26, 2025
Groundbreaking multidisciplinary artists Wen Hui and Eiko Otake weave a complex and deeply personal tapestry, inviting the audience to consider war as a history, an inheritance, and a present-day reality.
November 14, 2025 - November 15, 2025
A stunning tapestry of dance, live music, and home video footage that invites audiences into Jenn Freeman’s life following her Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis at age 33.
September 2, 2025 - September 4, 2025
After months of wearing a GPT device, Meshi has made herself into a hybrid AI-human entity. When speaking as the GPT version of herself, Meshi voices conversational responses generated into her ear in real time.
September 3, 2024
Embark on a journey of creative mixed media journaling.
November 30, 2023
7–9 PM An open dancefloor for rewilding thought and movement Meshroom is a performance environment that forms an intellectual/intentional community around an open dancefloor. It is a space for transcending ...
December 5, 2023
A Symposium “Without prophecy and without vision, politics is nothing. This has to begin in a rebellion that is at once intellectual and spiritual.” Roberto Unger You are invited to ...
September 6, 2023 - September 8, 2023
During Duke Arts Opening Week, the luminous and majestic Birdmen from Close-Act Theatre in the Netherlands will roam public spaces and visit audiences before they enter the theater for Opening ...
September 6, 2023 - September 10, 2023
By Bombina Bombast and Lost in Time Slumberland is a live virtual reality performance that journeys beyond the cosmos to a place of collective rest and reflection. Using an Oculus ...
Meredith Monk & The House Foundation On Behalf of Nature DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 2 & SAT, NOV 3, 2012 “Well before just about every choreographer on the planet ...
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Kronos Quartet & Steve Reich WTC 9/11 DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: SAT, MAR 19, 2011 In this world premiere, two of the most original musical minds of the past hundred years ...
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Glenn Kotche & John Luther Adams ILIMAQ DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, FEB 22, 2013 Wilco drummer and art-music percussionist Glenn Kotche, phenomenal Alaskan composer John Luther Adams, and Durham-based Americana ...
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Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison The Great Flood DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: SAT, NOV 5, 2011 Rock, country, jazz, the blues, experimental music — guitar genius Bill Frisell has done it ...
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Development of a tactile and responsive instrument for live performance by graduate students in Duke's Computational Media, Arts, and Culture program.
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