Join us as we celebrate 15 incredible years of music-making with a program bursting with color, energy, and heart. We open with the sweeping power and soul of Dvořák’s beloved ...

Dambudzo is a live anti-genre work by acclaimed choreographer nora chipaumire, combining sound, painting, sculpture and performance to confront colonial legacies.

A public conversation with choreographer and dancer Wanjiru Kamuyu, Assoc Prof. Anne-Gaelle Saliot, and Asst. Prof. Eric Disbro

Get ready for a wild and wonderful family-friendly musical adventure, as the DMO brings creatures big and small to life through sound in this free concert! From the buzzing excitement ...

The Durham Medical Orchestra’s free spring concert will feature the winner of our inaugural Concerto Competition, Marisa D’Silva, playing Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Marisa has been an ...

The Black Feminist Working Group, co-convened by Jazmin Maço (Duke University, PhD, Art History) and Rukimani PV (Duke University, PhD, Literature), will be hosting the 2025 Black Feminist Graduate Symposium, ...

The Black Feminist Working Group, co-convened by Jazmin Maço (Duke University, PhD, Art History) and Rukimani PV (Duke University, PhD, Literature), will be hosting the 2025 Black Feminist Graduate Symposium, ...

Sponsored by Duke Arts and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Chicago-based new music ensemble, Dal Niente, premieres new works written for them by Duke graduate student composers; Erich Barganier, Josué ...

Join Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for a celebration and showcase of emerging documentary work. Everyone is welcome – students, faculty, staff and community members. View exhibitions of CDS ...

DAHOMEY (Mati Diop, 2024, 67 min, France/Senegal/Benin, French w/ English subtitles, DCP) — Discussion to follow with the film’s director, Mati Diop, in conversation with Prof. Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) ...

On April 11, the CFFS welcomes filmmaker Alice Diop for a day-long colloquium entirely dedicated to her work Friday, April 11 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The CFFS, in partnership ...

Duke Arts invites all graduate, professional, and medical students. students for a casual night of artmaking and music with free drinks and food!

The fifth and final reading in the Solarities series features Nathaniel Mackey and Joseph Donahue, both Duke poets, along with visiting poet fahima ife. Nathaniel Mackey is the author of ...

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Guest artist Branford Marsalis provides musical leadership for this Jazz Vespers. Over the past ten years, Jazz Vespers has become a beloved tradition at Duke Chapel. Sing, rest, pray, and ...

Ensemble Intercolor is a trailblazing young trio whose wholly original approach to music ensures a vibrant and dynamic program at every concert. Their singular instrumental combination of cimbalom, viola, clarinet, ...

The Ciompi Quartet has a long and fruitful relationship with Duke’s faculty in composition, and with the students in its Ph.D. program. The quartet has commissioned and premiered many works ...

New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang (trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice) premieres six new pieces written for them by Duke graduate student composers; Erich Barganier, Tyler ...

Join us for a moving and uplifting concert that explores climate change – and what we can do about it – through music. As health professionals and community members, we’ve ...

Before the Durham Medical Orchestra’s performance at 3:00 (Orchestrating Change: A Concert for Climate Action), join us for a panel discussion exploring the intersection of climate change, health, and the ...

Over the past ten years, Jazz Vespers has become a beloved tradition at Duke Chapel. Sing, rest, pray, and celebrate in these worship services combining the ancient Christian tradition of ...

Hosted by Tessa Bolsover and Michael Cavuto. Solarities is a poetry reading series bringing established and emerging visiting writers to Duke. For our fourth event, we welcome poets Will Alexander ...

All around the Christian world, All Hallows’ Eve occasions an explosion of decorative and performing arts about the inescapable ties between the living and the dead. This program offers an ...

Introduced by Gustavo Furtado, Romance Studies at Duke. With the presence of the director, Jorge Bodansky Free and open to the public. Dir. by Jorge Bodansky. Brazil. 2022. 75 min. ...

Interdisciplinary artist and scholar Ashon Crawley will present on the relation of dirt and soil to the making of Black life, and how degrading the earth is part of the ...

Guests Speakers: Rachel Kushner, Claire Messud, and Paul Yoon A brief reception will follow the reading, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM

Keynote Speaker: Rachel Kushner Keynote Panel: Rachel Kushner, Claire Messud, and Paul Yoon (facilitated by Duke faculty member Akhil Sharma) Stay tuned for information about reserving your ticket

Duke | Durham Artist in Residence Presents Sergio Sánchez Santamaría. The Heir of El Taller de Gráfica Popular de México BOOK SIGNING AND PRESENTATION GRAPHIC IN TRANSIT Sergio Sánchez Santamaría ...

Introduced by Miguel Rojas-Sotelo Free and open to the public. Dir. by Theo Court. Chile. 2019. 90 min. Spanish, English, Dutch, Mapudungun with English subtitles. Traveling photographer Pedro is a ...

Join us for a free, interactive, family-oriented classical concert full of fun, playful music in the Nasher Museum’s Sculpture Garden. The music will inspire kids of all ages to celebrate ...

Introduced by Hank Okazaki, Screen/Society Free and open to the public. Dir. by Felipe Gálvez. Chile. 2023. 90 min. Spanish, English with English subtitles. At the turn of the 20th ...

Join the Duke Dance Program’s former and current directors and faculty for a lunchtime chat. Our history at Duke spans almost five decades. This friendly roundtable will include faculty, students, ...

Call for student choreographers to audition original work for NOVEMBER DANCES, the Duke Dance Program Fall concert in Reynolds Theater, Nov. 22 & 23. Three student pieces will be presented ...

No audition required, all students are welcome to participate! Work with guest choreographer T. Lang and perform *for credit*! Come to first class meeting for more info. Original work will ...

Work with faculty choreographer and live musicians and perform *for credit*! Come to first class meeting to audition, meet and greet. Original work will be presented at November Dances in ...

Work with faculty choreographer and perform *for credit*! Come to first class meeting to audition, meet and greet. Original work will be presented at November Dances in von der Heyden ...

5–7 PM Duke Arts invites graduate and professional students for a casual night of artmaking and music with free drinks and food! Meet other grad students from across campus to bond over art, ...

5-9 PM Kick off the school year with the Duke Arts Block Party, open to all Duke undergrads. Meet your classmates and Duke Alum Ken Jeong (T ’90) while enjoying ...