Dive into emerging movement research and conversation as the DUKE MFA Year One graduate dance artists pull back the curtain on their current work. Friday, April 10 from 10:30am-noon in ...

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Screen/Society, and Center for Documentary Studies present: “Black Box Diaries” (Shiori Itō, 2024, 103 min, Japan, Japanese and English with English subtitles, DCP) Join us for ...

A group of characters interrupt a rehearsal, claiming to be unfinished creations of an author who abandoned them. They demand to have their story told, confronting the nature of reality, ...

CINE VICTORIA By Victoria Guillem (’26) Film Screenings April 9 at 6:00PM and 8:00PM Shadowbox Studio After witnessing my grandmother struggle with dementia, I realized the fleetingness of memories as ...

The first-year cohort of Duke’s MFA in Dance warmly invites you to an evening of choreographic experiments and exchange. In an informal and open setting, we will share fresh work ...

Enjoy an afternoon of fresh creativity as students from the Duke Department of Music share their latest work in the beloved annual Fountain Concert. Set in the airy lower atrium ...

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, ...

THIS IS (NOT) HOME By Xiaomeng Yan (’26) On View March 20-April 10 Artist Talk March 27 at 4:00PM Duke Center for Documentary Studies Juanita Kreps Gallery This is (not) ...

Join the Ciompi Quartet for an evening of vibrant music-making as they bring their celebrated Ciompi Downtown series to the creative and welcoming space of Northstar Church of the Arts. ...

Masterclass with Tamara Willams and Moving Spirits, Wednesday, 4/8/26 6:15-7:45 PM Rubenstein Arts center Studio 224. Embodied Dialogues V: Memory Work and Body Landscaping – Ancestral Practices in African Brazilian ...

Join the Duke Symphony Orchestra for one of its most heartfelt traditions: Senior Night, an evening dedicated to honoring the leadership, artistry, and spirit of the ensemble’s graduating musicians. This ...

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 Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South is excited to invite you to a Listening Lunch concert on the Biddle Music Building back patio at 12:30pm on Wednesday, ...

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, ...

Call for presentations – Please fill out this interest form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSey0PivD8OSXXtpbrJwV9cudipa0ACdbO8ToVdOjhA3zzXpLw/viewform

Music/Song/Memory Work, with Tamara Williams and Moving Spirits, Tuesday, 4/7/26 6:00-8:00 PM Rubenstein Arts Center Studio 202. Embodied Dialogues V: Memory Work and Body Landscaping – Ancestral Practices in African ...

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 ...

Masterclass with Tamara Williams and Moving Spirits, Tuesday, 4/7/26 4:30-5:55 PM RAC Studio 224. Embodied Dialogues V: Memory Work and Body Landscaping – Ancestral Practices in African Brazilian Dance residency ...

Join the Disability Inclusion and Community Empowerment (DICE) Affinity Group and Duke University Libraries as they welcome Dr. Lee Skallerup Bessette, Assistant Director of Digital Learning at the Center for ...

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, ...

MUSHROOM MOUNTAIN By April Fan (’26) Film Screening April 5 at 5:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater In Mengku, Yunnan, located in Southwest China, the rainy season soaks through the whole month of July. ...

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 ...

THE NIGHT OPERATOR Film Screening April 5 at 3:00 PM Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater The Night Operator follows a train station surveillance operator seen her memory on the monitors. ...

A group of characters interrupt a rehearsal, claiming to be unfinished creations of an author who abandoned them. They demand to have their story told, confronting the nature of reality, ...

A group of characters interrupt a rehearsal, claiming to be unfinished creations of an author who abandoned them. They demand to have their story told, confronting the nature of reality, ...

Experience a thrilling night of sonic exploration as the Duke New Music Ensemble presents its Spring Concert, a program dedicated to the bold, boundary-pushing creativity that defines contemporary music today. ...

Guess 1.282s Film Screening April 4 at 12:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater Digital Video/S8mm I like land, time, and horizon. The resistance of landscape; the contingency of passing time; ...

ST. TULA’S BLESSINGS Film Screening April 4 at 4:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater St. Tula’s Blessings is a collection of five short films-Worm Church, Personality Changes, Benny, If a ...

This program presents three rarely heard French Baroque works for Holy Week, setting texts associated with penitence and lament, including Psalm 51 (Miserere mei) and the Lamentations of Jeremiah: * ...

SLEEPWALKING IN ETERNAL NAP By Lala Luo (’26) On View April 3-13 – Rubenstein Gallery 235 Film Screening April 4 at 12:00PM – Rubenstein Film Theater My work explores how ...

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PORTAL By Allison “Sunny” Dean (’26) Film Screening April 4 at 12:00PM Rubenstein Film Theater I am a writer and artist fixated on using a ...

seguimos aquí Film Screening April 4 at 12:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater seguimos aquí is a short documentary film that reflects on how the parallels between present and past ...

A group of characters interrupt a rehearsal, claiming to be unfinished creations of an author who abandoned them. They demand to have their story told, confronting the nature of reality, ...

Screen/Society presents: “Peking Opera Blues” (Tsui Hark, 1986, 106 min, Hong Kong, Cantonese with English subtitles, DCP) In the aftermath of China’s first democratic revolution, three high-spirited young women (Brigitte ...

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 ...

Celebrate the culmination of the Duke Wind Symphony’s season with Finale Forte: Senior Night, an evening dedicated to the talent, leadership, and musical journeys of the ensemble’s graduating members. This ...

Creation and Cosmos According to Hildegard of Bingen Produced by Margot E. Fassler. Designed by Christian Jara and Brian Wolff March 31 and April 2, 6:00 pm (doors open at ...

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, ...

Alina Nazmeeva is a Tatarstan-born media artist, and educator working across physical installation, digital simulation, textile, and XR. With these diverse media, her practice builds complex worlds that investigate how ...

When Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, joins pianist and composer Conrad Tao, expect a program of striking range where lyricism and virtuosity meet contemporary sensibility.

Inspired by M.C. Escher’s interplay of forms, the Escher Quartet joins pianist David Fung for Mozart, Schumann, and Korngold, music rich in dialogue, shifting between intimacy and concerto-like drama.

Hailing from France, Quatuor Van Kuijk are BBC New Generation Artists and winners of the Wigmore Hall Competition. Their Duke Arts debut features Mozart’s “Dissonance” alongside Bartók and Brahms.

A self-conducted ensemble redefining classical performance, Sphinx Virtuosi blends Stravinsky, Ravel, and Roberto Sierra with new works in a program shaped by the sounds and stories of America.

Two-time GRAMMY winners, Pacifica Quartet pairs Beethoven’s expansive Op. 130 with George Walker and Gabriela Lena Frank, placing bold contemporary voices alongside one of the repertoire’s most searching masterworks.

Three brothers and close collaborator, Veit Hertenstein, bring familial chemistry to Haydn, Ives, and Tchaikovsky, pushing each work to its limits with “extraordinary, frightening brilliance” (Bachtrack).

A standout from Sweden’s chamber scene, Camerata Nordica’s conductor-less octet dives into Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich, performing from within the ensemble for a thrilling sense of collaboration and energy.

Named for the weeping willow, Salix Piano Trio shapes Mozart, Brahms, Higdon, Bridge, and Shostakovich into a vivid arc where elegance and intensity meet “fiercely intelligent playing” (The Washington Post).

Join MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts candidate and Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow April Fan for an exhibit opening, reception and artist’s talk in the Frederic Jameson Gallery in 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, ...

Creation and Cosmos According to Hildegard of Bingen Produced by Margot E. Fassler. Designed by Christian Jara and Brian Wolff March 31 and April 2, 6:00 pm (doors open at ...

Every time we sit down to a meal, we rely on a workforce that is increasingly at risk. This National Farmworker Awareness Week (NFAW), we invite you to look 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, ...

Join Duke Arts at The Fruit in downtown Durham for a showcase of student creative work from Duke Arts Studio, featuring live performances, screenings, readings, and exhibitions.

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, ...

Open to Duke students and community guests. Register here: https://duke.is/p/7epk Workshop with Wendy Jehlen of ANIKAYA Dance Theater. Experience the process connected to ANIKAYA Dance Theater’s choreographic work, “Conference of ...

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 ...

Experience a rare opportunity to learn from two of today’s most esteemed chamber musicians as Nicholas Kitchen (violin) and Yeesun Kim (cello), founding members of the internationally celebrated Borromeo String ...

On the eve of Holy Week, the Duke Chapel Choir joins forces with Mallarmé Music to perform two stunning expressions of faith. *** Tickets will be sold through the Duke ...

Screen/Society presents: “Fist of Legend” (Gordon Chan, 1994, 103 min, Hong Kong, Cantonese and Japanese with English subtitles, DCP) One of Jet Li’s best films, and one of the greatest ...

Observe world-class chamber artistry in action as the internationally acclaimed Doric String Quartet leads a public masterclass with Duke students. Known for their “immaculate precision, total unanimity, and irresistible vitality,” ...

THE FEEL PHONEME By Lauren Neefe (’26) On View March 20-28 Artist Talk + Performance March 28 at 12:30PM featuring the Atlanta Improvisers Choir Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Interactive ...

Celebrate wimmin’s herstory month with wimmin@workshops 2026! Saturday, March 28, 10-4:30, Duke University Rubenstein Arts Center, Studio 202 2020 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27708 Free. All are welcome. Registration required ...

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, ...

Screen/Society presents: “The Razor’s Edge” (Jocelyne Saab, 1985, 102 min, France / Lebanon, Arabic and French with English subtitles, DCP) New 4K Restoration “I’ve invented places, as if by making ...

A feeling and an affliction, torn provokes a sense of woundedness and oscillation. It can describe a literal splitting of one thing into two. It can speak to a state ...

THE FEEL PHONEME By Lauren Neefe (’26) On View March 20-28 Artist Talk + Performance March 28 at 12:30PM Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Interactive Sound Installation “Sh.” It’s the ...

The Black Archival Imagination Lab @FHI & Screen/Society present: “Milisuthando” (Milisuthando Bongela, 2023, 128 min, South Africa, in Xhosa & English, DCP) “In her poetic and galvanizing essay film, Johannesburg-based ...

JUNKYARD TORNADO By Claire Rosemary Lewis (’26) Live Reading March 26 at 6:00PM Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium The novel Junkyard Tornado follows twelve college students as they navigate grieving ...

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 ...

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, ...

Relax and engage in the magic of mindful watercolor painting!

In this workshop students will learn the basics of linocut printmaking. Students will be provided with a small piece of soft linoleum and a carving tool to create their design

Learn how to throw pottery on the wheel! In this introductory class, you will learn the basics of centering and throwing cylinders.

This two-hour workshop will cover the basics of screen printing: putting images on screens (making a stencil), ink mixing, and how to effectively use a squeegee.

Join the Center for Jewish Studies for a film screening of “Coexistence, My Ass!,” with Q&A to follow by Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Rebecca Stein. Coexistence, my ass! (Amber Fares, ...

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, ...

Bill Shannon presents Interdisciplinary Artist Video Talk in Two Parts Tuesday March 24, 4:30pm https://duke.zoom.us/j/9438871819 A Practical Guide To Skateboarding on Crutches (40 min talk 10 min Q&A) Bill Shannon ...

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 ...

ONE ROAD TOWN – Listening Event By Caleb Alexander Rivera (’26) March 23 at 7:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Agora Doors at 6:30pm Multimedia Installation Archival Pigment Prints on Transparency Paper ...

Carina Ray is a scholar of race and sexuality; comparative colonialisms and nationalisms; migration and maritime history; print cultures; bodily aesthetics, and the relationship between race, ethnicity, and political power, ...

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, ...

Chad Fothergill is Chapel Organist at Duke University and the organist for Duke Divinity School. He has presented recitals, lectures, lecture-recitals, hymn festivals, and workshops for numerous musical and liturgical ...

ONE ROAD TOWN By Caleb Alexander River (’26) On View March 19-23 Artist Event March 23 at 7:00PM Rubenstein Arts Center Agora Multimedia Installation Archival Pigment Prints on Transparency Paper ...

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of monumental sound as the Duke Chorale, SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music), and the Durham Medical Orchestra join forces for a spectacular concert ...

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Mike Wiley how the arts can bridge the past and present – and bring communities together. ...

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, ...

Please mark your calendar! You are invited to “The Life of the Novel in a Post-Text World: A Symposium on the State of the Literary Ecosystem”, Thursday, March 19th, through ...

–Thandi Cai, 2024, 47 min, USA, in English– Introduction and post-screening discussion moderated by Professor Eileen Chow. ***Two storytellers, one community, and 150 years of untold history.*** “Bluff City Chinese” ...

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

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, ...

Get ready to cheer on Duke Basketball during the March Madness tournament at Merch Madness! Come to the Co-Lab on Wednesday, March 18th to join our bracket challenge, make a ...

What city will be the next center of advanced art? We’ve heard this question before. But circa 1941, with Paris occupied, the answer was undecided-and in Baghdad, artists, soldiers, and ...

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 ...

The Duke Turkish Program & Screen/Society present: “Şerafettin Can Atalay” (Nebil Özgentürk, 2025, Turkish with English subtitles, Digital) This documentary film portrays the life and public struggle of Can Atalay, ...

The Rights and Humanities Annual Series is jointly sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) and the Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI. The series was launched in ...

AI music generators allow anyone to “create” songs instantly from simple text prompts. The companies that make them are valued at billions of dollars. These platforms have been trained on ...

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, ...

Impermanent is multimedia ritual environment combining video, sound, field recordings, interaction, zines, and sensors. Please bring clean trash (soft wrappers, plastic bags, compostables, etc) if you wish to contribute to ...