ADF Co-commissioned World Premiere Program: Clair de Lune by Jody Sperling, New work by Pam Tanowitz, …Byzantium by Paul Taylor, Under the Rhythm by Robert Battle Running time: 95 minutes, ...
ADF Co-commissioned World Premiere Program: Clair de Lune by Jody Sperling, New work by Pam Tanowitz, …Byzantium by Paul Taylor, Under the Rhythm by Robert Battle Running time: 95 minutes, ...
As Durham’s signature fine arts festival, CenterFest showcases juried visual artists from the Triangle and across the country, alongside standout local performers on multiple stages. This year’s festival celebrates America 250!
APSI’s summer book club is back by popular demand. This year, the books have been chosen to set the stage for APSI’s annual keynote talk (November 2026) which will feature ...
Three historic copies of the Declaration of Independence will anchor a year of exhibitions, performances, and public programs exploring democracy, identity, and belonging through We the People: A Duke & Durham Initiative. Together, these programs create space to reflect on the nation's evolving identity through art, scholarship, and civic dialogue.
Presented in collaboration with Turnbridge Equities • ADF Commissioned World Premiere Program: New works by Ephrat Asherie, Vincent E. Thomas, & Keith Thompson Running time: 60-75 minutes, with potential intermission ...
Presented in collaboration with Turnbridge Equities • ADF Commissioned World Premiere Program: New works by Ephrat Asherie, Vincent E. Thomas, & Keith Thompson Running time: 60-75 minutes, with potential intermission ...
Program: Many Happy Returns Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm. Company ...
Program: Many Happy Returns Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm. Company ...
Program: Many Happy Returns Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm. Company ...
Program: Many Happy Returns Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 pm. Company ...
Program: Pizzica, Three Preludes, Going Away Party, You’ve Got to Be Modernistic This performance features live music! Running time: 80 minutes, including one intermission Tickets: $40-$70 Tickets are purchased through ...
Program: TBA Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $18, or $30 for both Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Duke employee and student discounts do not apply. ...
Program: Pizzica, Three Preludes, Going Away Party, You’ve Got to Be Modernistic This performance features live music! Running time: 80 minutes, including one intermission Tickets: $40-$70 Tickets are purchased through ...
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 ...
Program: Pizzica, Three Preludes, Going Away Party, You’ve Got to Be Modernistic This performance features live music! Running time: 80 minutes, including one intermission Tickets: $40-$70 Tickets are purchased through ...
ADF Co-Commission Program: Construct-A-Guy, Tere’s talk, The Lace Running time: 65 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Tuesday, June 30 ...
ADF Co-Commission Program: Construct-A-Guy, Tere’s talk, The Lace Running time: 65 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Tuesday, June 30 ...
ADF Co-Commission Program: Construct-A-Guy, Tere’s talk, The Lace Running time: 65 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion on Tuesday, June 30 ...
For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. This Choral Evensong service follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...
ADF Co-Commission Program: bLUr Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30-$45 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Post-Performance Discussion Company Website: www.daela.org Culled from the haunting experience ...
For three years, the Duke Campus Farm cultivated the Jernigan Yellow Cabbage Collard as part of the Heirloom Collards Project, a national seed saving initiative with the goal of cultivating ...
You’re invited to the final showcase for the 2026 Arts+ and Doc+ summer programs. **** 2-2:45 p.m.: Presentations in the CDS Auditorium 2:45-4 p.m.: Open house across CDS buildings featuring ...
ADF Debuts Program: … and, or… by I-Ling Liu & I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves by Stacy Matthew Spence This performance features live music! Running ...
ADF Debuts Program: … and, or… by I-Ling Liu & I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves by Stacy Matthew Spence This performance features live music! Running ...
ADF Debuts Program: … and, or… by I-Ling Liu & I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves by Stacy Matthew Spence This performance features live music! Running ...
Co-presented with Cary, NC • ADF-Commissioned World Premieres • ADF Debuts Program: New works by Tracey Durbin, Jabu Graybeal, Courtney Liu, & Amanda K. Miller Running time: 90 minutes, including ...
Running time: 90 minutes Tickets: FREE! First-come, first-served Formal talkback session following the film Join us in celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ADF’s Screen Dance Festival with a documentary, Can ...
This concert presents larger-scale works with soloists and period instruments, in the format of the traditional Vespers evening prayer service. Palm settings by the Renaissance Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi are ...
Co-presented with Hayti Cultural Center Program: I AM ♫ This performance features live music! Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30-$60 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. ...
Co-presented with Hayti Cultural Center Program: I AM ♫ This performance features live music! Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30-$60 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. ...
Program: Continuous Replay and Story/ Running time: 70 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $40-$70 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Artist Website: newyorklivearts.org/btj-az-company/ Continuous Replay reflects Arnie Zane’s interests ...
This concert features music by the Renaissance Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi and his Circle, and showcases smaller-scale works for voices and continuo. *** The concert takes place in Duke Divinity ...
Program: Continuous Replay and Story/ Running time: 70 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $40-$70 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Artist Website: newyorklivearts.org/btj-az-company/ Continuous Replay reflects Arnie Zane’s interests ...
A boundary-crossing program featuring some of the greats of the 20th & 21st century American music. Music of Leonard Bernstein, Bill Evans, Joan Tower, Derek Bermel & Scott Lindroth. PROGRAM ...
ADF Debut Program: The Marthaodyssey Running time: 50 minutes, no intermission Tickets: $30-$45 Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office. Artist Website: www.jessefactor.com Jesse Factor’s solo work, The Marthaodyssey, ...
A Behind-the-Scenes Conversation with Justin Robinson and D.L. Anderson When our most sacred recipes tell inconvenient truths, do we have the courage to listen? A family treat called “stickies” turns ...
The Mary Duke Biddle Duke Arts Fellows program showcases the impact of mentorship, creative learning, and community partnerships.
For Alex Glenn, what begins as creative curiosity in thrift stores expands into a practice rooted in transformation, sustainability, and self-expression, where each stitch extends the life and identity of a garment.
About the Exhibition Til Íslands presents images of dislocation and reconnection with the Icelandic landscape after a century of separation. The exhibition includes 35mm and 16mm film, alternative processed photography, ...
Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each ...
Program: Schachmatt, Coalescence, Incense Burning on a Saturday Morning: The Maestro Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets: Sliding scale of $10 / $20 / $30 Experience this ADF performance ...
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 ...
Shift your perspective. Come explore our annual exhibition of student documentary work and new creative visions! This year’s exhibition, “Shifts: New Expressions 2026,” includes documentary photography, film, and installations from ...
A large-scale interactive exhibition that fuses art and technology to inspire reflection on climate action. Audiences are invited to engage in different ways, serving as a metaphor for the impact we have on our planet.
Cover Photo: Featured left to right: Sutton Foster, Christian McBride & Ursa Major, HopeBoykinDance, and Parched by Official Puppet Business The Duke Arts Presents 2026–27 season invites audiences to reflect ...
Best known as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, Renée Elise Goldsberry brings her powerhouse vocals for an unforgettable evening of holiday favorites and Broadway classics.
Duke Arts and Theatre Raleigh present Tony Award–winning performer Sutton Foster, joined by fellow Broadway star Megan McGinnis, for a concert celebrating their shared love of musical theater.
Durham’s shirlette ammons brings her acclaimed album Language Barrier home for a special 10th anniversary performance featuring Lizz Wright, Phil Cook, and other guest artists.
In Sacred Spaces, Alvin Ailey’s Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing and Co-creator and Musical Director Du’Bois A’Keen revisit the legacy and spirituality of Revelations.
Trailblazing comedian Mo Amer brings his sharp, deeply-personal stand-up to Durham to help kick off the Duke Arts Presents season. Known for his acclaimed series MO and three stand-up specials on Netflix, Amer has built a global following with comedy that blends personal storytelling, cultural insight, and fearless humor.
Ken Burns and David M. Rubenstein discuss civic engagement, leadership, and the nation’s founding ideals in this Duke exclusive event.
Honor the dead at the Día de los Muertos Ofrenda at Duke Chapel. Visitors are invited to contribute photos, objects, or paper-chain links in remembrance of loved ones as part of this sacred Mexican tradition.
In MAJOR, a dance-theater work by Ogemdi Ude, five Black femmes explore the power, memory, and physicality of majorette dance.
Celebrated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 explores the traditions that shape American choral music, from early voices like William Byrd to contemporary composers like Caroline Shaw.
Aaron Pang walks with a cane, and everyone asks “what happened?” He’s tired of answering and so he wrote a solo show to tell it in one go. One accident, two stories: one you’ve heard a thousand times, one you’ve never heard before.
Eleven-time GRAMMY Award–winning bassist Christian McBride leads Ursa Major, a powerhouse quintet with a high energy sound that celebrates the collaborative spirit of jazz.
The Ciompi Quartet, Duke University's resident quartet, play a program rooted in U.S. musical traditions, from Samuel Barber’s powerful String Quartet, Op. 11 to Ben Johnston’s inventive quartet built around the hymn Amazing Grace.
Awadagin Pratt is one of the most distinctive pianists in American classical music. His program, America 250, traces the breadth of American voices from Florence Price to contemporary composers.
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray return to Duke with songs from their latest project, Bark of Millions. “An Evening from the Queer Songbook” is electrifying, provocative, and a celebration of queer history.
Kings Return, one of the most exciting vocal groups in a cappella, returns for a special performance celebrating community, harmony, and the power of song.
Documentary filmmaker Sam Green returns to Duke with TREES, an ambitious live cinema performance blending film, live music, and on-stage narration. With music by Caroline Shaw and text by Rebecca Solnit, the work reflects humanity’s relationship with trees.
Parched uses intricate puppetry, visuals, a live band, and sharp humor to explore ideas of revenge, scarcity, greed, and finding hope in a tumultuous ride among the tumbleweeds.
Every year, billions of animals migrate in search of food, water, or a mate. In Incredible Animal Athletes, National Geographic Explorer Lucy Hawkes takes the stage to share these creatures' remarkable stories.
In this evocative work, hundreds of oranges spill across the stage—passed hand to hand, scattered and crushed underfoot—as dancers reshape the space in an ever-shifting meditation on loss, survival, and human connection.
Gabriel Kahane returns to Duke with Every Love Song Is a Protest, a new song cycle affirming shared humanity, inspired by the legacies of Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King Jr, and more.
Jeremy Denk, one of America’s foremost pianists, pairs Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and Louise Farrenc with contemporary composers including Tania León and Missy Mazzoli in this wide-ranging recital.
Ciompi Quartet performs Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring in its original chamber scoring for 13 instruments. Joined by musicians from the Durham Fellows Quartet, the program also features works by Stephen Jaffe and Osvaldo Golijov.
British choir Tenebrae is internationally renowned for its extraordinary clarity and emotional depth. A Prayer for Deliverance brings choral works centering on rest, solace, and spiritual reflection.
HopeBoykinDance returns to Duke with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for the premiere of "Troubled No More," a celebration of gospel legend Pastor Shirley Caesar.
Clara Rottsolk sings a collection of Broadside Ballads and Arts Songs from Colonial America, newly arranged for soprano and piano trio, as well as The Congress, an original work for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Congratulations to the fourteen students who received a 2026 Benenson Award in the Arts! This year's group of awardees submitted projects in a wide range of disciplines to be explored this summer—including stage combat, dance, interdisciplinary performance, filmmaking, costume design, music, and creative writing.
Each year, Duke students are recognized for outstanding achievement in the arts through awards presented by the university’s arts departments and programs. Featured below is the Louis Sudler Prize winner, ...
Michela Arietti has been selected for this award for her distinguished record of excellence as an artist-scholar, whose work connects performance, neuroscience research, and embodiment.
The DMO’s free spring concert, Out of This World: Planet Hopping, features music inspired by the cosmos. The program includes perennial favorites like The Planets and Star Wars along with ...
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 ...
This year’s Graduate Liberal Studies Student Showcase will be held on Thursday, April 30, 5:00 – 7:00 PM in the auditorium at The Center for Documentary Studies. The opening reception ...
Join the Duke University Libraries for an engaging conversation with writers Elizabeth and Thomas Beller. Elizabeth is the author of “Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy,” ...
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 ...
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 ...
Duke Arts is excited to invite audiences to gather for two free outdoor concert series: Arts on East and Duke Arts at American Tobacco. Each series is programmed in collaboration ...
Trumpeter and composer Brandon Woody and his band UPENDO draw from gospel and jazz traditions, exploring themes of love, resilience, and community.
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 ...
Performance given by the Intermediate String Orchestra, Concert String Orchestra, and Youth Symphony. Program to come. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
The Anzû Quartet is the visiting ensemble-in-residence at the Duke Department of Music this month. During their residency, they are rehearsing and recording new works by our graduate composition students. ...
Performance given by the Intermediate String Orchestra, Concert String Orchestra, and Youth Symphony. Program to come. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Led by Kym Register, owner of The Pinhook, Meltdown Rodeo brings their signature blend of twang infused rock and classic country with queer and counterculture themes.
Lua Project bridges Mexican song forms with Appalachian traditions, drawing stories and sounds from the past into a living, vibrant present.
This Durham-based ensemble blends jazz, hip hop, blues, rock, and gospel, honoring the roots of Black American music.
Blending Appalachian honky-tonk with cinematic storytelling, Rebecca Porter pushes at the edges of country and Americana with unflinchingly raw songwriting.
Shift your perspective. Join the Duke Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for our annual celebration of student documentary work and new creative visions! ->| Explore exhibitions featuring work from CDS ...
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 ...
Chamber groups, including those from the DUSS-Ciompi Quartet Collaborative, perform the pieces they have been working on during the spring semester. This event is free and open to the public. ...
Please join us for the opening demonstration of Concepts in Motion, a data visualization interface developed by Hugo F. Idárraga (PhD Candidate, Computational Media, Arts, & Cultures) in conversation with ...
MFA|EDA Salon #3 Save The Date Details TBA Co-presented by Duke Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts program and Duke Screen/Society
Double Consciousness: Perspectives on Composition in Black Music and Poetry brings together soprano Louise Toppin and pianist John O’Brien (ECU) in a performance and reflection drawn from their work in ...
Join us for the second evening of Duke’s annual celebration of collaborative artistry as Chamber Music at Duke presents another rich program featuring 15-20 student ensembles performing works that span ...
The 2026 Economics Honors cohort displays the posters for their Honors theses. All are welcome to come hear about their research.
Join us as Duke’s first student cartonera collective, Muyu Pacha, showcases its original cartonera books and invites you to learn more about this publishing movement from Latin America. Cartoneras (Spanish ...
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 ...
Come learn more about the Spring 2027 Duke in LA program. Meet faculty director Josh Gibson and explore internship opportunities. Spend your semester in Los Angeles, where film, television, music, ...
Visual Arts, Cinematic Arts, and Documentary Studies would like to cordially invite you to the 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition! Please join us at the Rubenstein Arts Center this Monday, April ...
Join us for the first of two celebratory evenings as Chamber Music at Duke presents a vibrant showcase featuring 15-20 student ensembles performing repertoire that spans more than 300 years ...
Congratulations to the 17 students graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree this year! At Duke University, the MFA programs in Experimental & Documentary Arts and Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis bring together artists who push creative boundaries through interdisciplinary practice.
Films, multimedia installations, video art, written prose, printmaking, and sonic art by the members of the 14th class of Duke University’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts.