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Recess recommends five Duke Performances’ shows not to be missed this semester

Austin-based theater troupe Rude Mechanicals (Rude Mechs) makes its debut in Durham with “Now Now Oh Now,” an interactive performance that delves into questions of beauty, evolution, choice and chance. It is a show filled with surprises and puzzles for those who attend. Embodying Rude Mechs’ desire to create a tangible, active and personal experience for audience members, the show is performed for an intimate audience of 30 people; attendees are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes while leaving large accessories at home. The show is dynamic and evolving, thus providing a slightly different experience for everyone who attends and participates in it. The theater collective—whose name derives from the manual laborers-turned-amateur actors in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”—has seen significant evolution and development in the focus of “Now Now Oh Now” since its beginnings in 2010. Currently focused primarily on the interplay between our evolutionary nature and the drives of competition and random events in the shaping of our lives and the world around us, “Now Now Oh Now” has been described as a “delightful way to have your mind blown” (Austin Chronicle).

Rude Mechs’ “Now Now Oh Now” will be performed at Shaefer Theater Wednesday, Sept. 24th through Saturday, Sept. 27th.

The legacy of qawwali, a musical genre devoted to extolling the virtues of love and worship of God, is carried through the hypnotic, undulating voices of qawwali singers today. Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, has a

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history that stretches back for over 700 years. While its roots can be traced back to 8th century Persia (present-day Iran and Afghanistan), it has relatively recently gained mainstream popularity, first receiving international recognition through the work of late singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (who was considered to be one of the greatest voices ever recorded, and who could perform at high intensity for several hours) in the 1980s. His nephews, Rizwan and Muazzam, carry this qawwali superstar’s legacy and the legacy of qawwali to audiences worldwide today. Accompanying Rizwan and Muazzam, the lead singers of Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, are five secondary singers

Rude Mecha: “Now Now Oh Now”

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

YMusic and Sam Green: “The Measure of All Things”

who offer their talents in vigorous hand claps, choral responses and harmonium and tabla instrumentals. Performing in traditional Qawwali style, they sit on the ground rather than on seats, believing that this brings them closer to God.

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali will perform on October 9th, at Reynolds Theater.

Accompanied by dynamic music from yMusic—a New York City based sextet acting in the gap between the pop and

classical music worlds—Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green’s film/music project “The Measure of All Things” reflects on questions of fate, time and the human experience. The film, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is loosely inspired by The Guinness Book of World Records. Whether it be the tallest man in the world, at 7 feet 9 inches, or the man most frequently struck by lightning, having survived 7 lightning strikes, the film is a threading together of portraits of various record-holding people, places and things. The Measure of All Things will be screened with in-person narration by Green himself, complemented by live

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Fall 2014AMI 201 – Intro To Film StudiesTh 4:40-5:55, Tu 4:40-8:30, Carr 103 • Instructor: Markos HadjioannouA wide-ranging introducti on to the fascinati ng world of cinema. Here we will look at the language and criti cal tools we use to understand and interpret fi lms from a variety of geographical, historical, and theoreti cal backgrounds. Following a primarily chronological trajectory, the course will allow students to develop an indepth appreciati on of cinema’s role in visual culture throughout the 20th century up to our present day.

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AMI 210 – Film GenresMF 8:30AM-9:45AM, Biddle 086 • Instructor: Bill BrownThrough selected fi lm screenings, readings, and discussion, we will att empt to understand genre as a way to organize and understand movies, as well as the culture in which those movies are created. In additi on to classic genres, we will focus on more recent fi lms that blur the boundaries between genres (docu-fi cti on, mockumentary) and point toward the evoluti on of genre as a fundamental principle of fi lm studies.

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AMI 340S – Experimental FilmmakingWF 10:05-11:20AM, Smith 12S101 • Instructor: Shambhavi KaulThe history of avant-garde in fi lm and video combined with producti on exercises.

Recess recommends five Duke Performances’ shows not to be missed this semester

Ciompi Concert No. 2 Featur-ing Amernet String Quartet

Vox Luminis

music from yMusic.

The screening of “The Measure of All Things” will occur on Saturday, November 15th, in Reynolds Theater.

Following their first concert, which they shared with pianist Awadagin Pratt, the Ciompi Quartet features the Amernet String Quartet in their second concert. Formed in 1991 by students at the Julliard School, the Amernet has since quickly risen to international attention, having been praised by The New York Times for their intelligent and “immensely satisfying” playing. The concert begins with Mozart’s homage to Bach, Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546, and continues with Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, of which the melancholic second movement, the Andante Cantabile, caused Leo Tolstoy to burst into tears. The concert will also be the premiere performance of a new octet for strings by Carl Schimell, a 2008 Duke Ph.D. graduate, and will conclude with the performance of Octet for Strings, Op. 11, by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

The concert will be Saturday, November 1st at Baldwin Auditorium.

The winners of Gramophone Recording of the Year in 2012, the Belgian vocal ensemble Vox Luminis has quickly

gained a reputation in the world of choral music. Specializing in the performance of 16th to 18th century vocal music, the group has placed special emphasis on renaissance and baroque repertoire. Their recently released CD created a stir among choral music aficionados with its interpretation of Heinrich Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien. This recording has received numerous awards, including the International Classical Music Award and the Baroque Vocal Gramophone Award. In this program, they sing Heinrich Schütz’s requiem, followed by an extensive suite of works by J.S. Bach and his extended family. Producing a sound that is “warm and resonant—they sing this 300-year-old music with the freshness and ardor of true believers,” according to The Independent.

Vox Luminis will perform on Thursday, October 30, at the Duke Chapel.

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Images (clockwise, left to right): Pilcene, Latvia, 2012. Photograph by the 2014 CDS Documentary Essay Prize winner Iveta Vaivode, Center for Documentary Studies; Joan Miró, Le roi-guerrier (The Warrior King), 1981. Lost-wax casting, painted bronze; 48 5/8 x 24 3/16 x 15 9/16 inches (123.5 x 61.5 x 39.5 cm). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. © 2014 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York / ADAGP, Paris, France, September 14, Nasher Museum of Art; Robert Rauschenberg, The Ancient Incident (Kabal American Zephyr), 1981. Wood-and-metal stands and wood chairs, 86 1/2 x 92 x 20 inches (219.7 x 233.7 x 50.8 cm). © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York, (September 4, Nasher Museum of Art); Now Now Oh Now (Rude Mechs), September 24-27, Theater Studies & Duke Performances; November Dances. Photograph by Alec Himwich, November 21 & 22, Duke Dance Program.

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‘Hard Art, DC’ punk retrospective comes to campus

At the end of the 1970s, Washington, D.C., was moving away from the disco scene towards a bolder and more uncertain cultural landscape.

“Hard Art, DC 1979,” a photographic exhibition on the burgeoning punk rock music scene of late 1970s Washington, D.C., is currently on display at the Center for Documentary Studies until Oct. 11, 2014.

The exhibition features photographs shot by Lucian Perkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and longtime staffer of The Washington Post. His photographs compose the book “Hard Art, DC 1979,” which includes commentary from writer Alec MacKaye and an essay from former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins.

Perkins began the project in 1979 while an intern at The Washington Post. He was inspired to document the D.C. punk scene after witnessing a performance by the seminal, local band Bad Brains.

“The crowd was all high school kids,” Perkins said. “They had a really good lead singer who had the charisma of James Brown.”

At the end of the 1970s, Washington, D.C., was moving away from the disco scene towards a bolder and more uncertain cultural landscape. Perkins saw an opportunity for his first big project as a photojournalist.

“It was a very straight-laced city,” Perkins said. “The new wave and art music scene was just starting to take over. There were a few cool, artsy underground music bars.”

1979 proved to be a crucial year for the emergence of D.C. punk music. Bands like Bad Brains, Trenchmouth, the Teen Idles,

Center for Documentrary Studies hosts photographic exhibition featuring works from Lucian Perkins

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and the Slickee Boys rose to prominence by playing shows to nearly 200 fans at a time in crowded bars or in the Valley Green Apartments in Southwest Washington.

Perkins found the counterculture aspects of the scene fascinating.

“I grew up in the 1960s with the anti-war movement. I picked up the same sort of passion with their music. What really stood out was their raw energy.”

D.C. punk grew incredibly popular in the following years, with seminal DC bands such as Fugazi and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists citing the movement as inspiration for their own music.

Perkins revisited the photos after his assistant went through his negatives and discovered them. After this, he reached out to MacKaye—brother of Fugazi guitarist and vocalist Ian MacKaye and avid punk concertgoer—to help him produce what became “Hard Art, DC 1979.”

The Center for Documentary Studies has hosted the exhibition since June, but plans to hold events to reintroduce it to the Duke community in the coming semester. Perkins will give a talk about his experience documenting the D.C. punk scene and other projects at a reception held on Sep. 17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sep. 18, exhibition curators Jayme McLellan and Lely Constantinople and MacKaye will host a roundtable discussion open to Duke students and the general public.

Perkins is excited to teach the Duke community about a fascinating segment of cultural history from our nation’s capital.

“It started with kids—involved art students trying to set themselves apart,” Perkins said. “It grew from early beginnings to a much bigger movement.”

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What if Perkins made you pay a dollar every time you wanted to use the bathroom? What if the Shooters cover charge was replaced with a facilities fee for each trip to the toilet?

The consequence? Restlessness. Rebellion. And perhaps, the rise of a hero.

Such is the simple, albeit ridiculous, premise of Greg Kotis’ 2001 musical “Urinetown: The Musical,” to be produced this semester by the

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student-run musical theater company Hoof ’n’ Horn and performed in mid-October.

In Kotis’ bizarre but terrifying dystopian future, an extreme water shortage has forced residents of the unnamed town to get rid of private toilets. The mega-corporation known as Urine Good Company has taken control of the entire sewage system, charging high rates for the “privilege to pee.” The punishment for unsanctioned public urination? Banishment to the mysterious “Urinetown.”

Maybe the show’s distinguishing feature as a theatrical work is its open and honest satire

of the musical as genre. Junior Andrew Jacobs, producer for the Hoof ’n’ Horn production, explained how the appeal of the show partly came from its irreverent disruption of theatrical convention.

“It’s very Brechtian,” Jacobs noted, referring to the straightforward, fourth-wall-breaking theoretical framework proposed by the German poet and theater practitioner Bertolt Brecht. “It’s poking fun at the art of musicals. To do this show, we need to be over-the-top, crazy and weird.”

The show takes a decidedly ironic stance

towards “moralist” musicals like “The Threepenny Opera” and “Les Miserables,” which involve more serious critiques of capitalist structures. Yet Kotis pays homage to well-known socioeconomic theory, especially that of the 18th century economist Thomas Robert Malthus. The pretense of the play refers to Malthus’ infamous “Malthusian catastrophe,” in which the rapidly growing world population is checked by widespread shortage. The musical is so self-aware of the

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resemblance to this infamous economic prediction, that at one point a character shouts, “Hail Malthus!”

Yet because the show seeks to satirize the entire genre of the musical, the show’s feel and tone shifts radically through the course of the production. Senior Melanie Heredia, who will co-choreograph the show with junior Corinne Wallace, said that she sees specific design opportunities in the show’s varied musical score.

“Because the show parodies a variety of musical genres, it lends itself to different choreographic challenges,” she added.

Hoof ’n’ Horn, which has a council of about twenty students dedicated to producing the show, seeks to implement an ambitious technical mission as well.

“We are aiming for a three-leveled set,” said James Hamilton, a sophomore who will direct the show. “I don’t want any gaps in the aesthetic. We’re trying to use every inch of Sheafer [Theater], while still allowing the actors plenty of floor space.”

Hamilton said the show required that actors are emotionally able to step outside the world of the play, even during performance, as part of the Brechtian ideal of a self-conscious and self-deprecating theatrical presentation.

“Actors need to create distance between themselves and their characters,” Hamilton added. “Transitions between scenes will be very open, nothing will be disguised. I don’t want the audience to forget that they are watching a show.”

Urinetown will open in late October. The show runs from the16th to the 26th, in Shaefer Theater. Tickets available through the box office starting Sept. 15th.

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Fall 2014 Calendar of EventsONGOING EVENTSRauschenberg: Collecting & Connecting. Six decades of the artists’ work with selections from the Nasher Museum’s collection. Thru January 11. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

Hard Art, DC 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins' iconic images of the underground punk scene in Washington, D.C., ca. 1979. Thru October 11. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

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Exhibition Opening Event. Curator and Duke Professor Kristine Stiles on Rauschenberg: Collecting & Connecting. 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

8 CDS Continuing Education information session. For prospective and current students. 6–7:30pm, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

9 Arts + Media. NBC Meet and Greet. Meet NBC’s HR team (based in NY) and learn about internship and job opportunities. Questions? [email protected]. (VPA)

10 Book Discussion. The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte. 11am, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

Lecture: Woodwinds of the Duke University Musical Instrument Collections (DUMIC). Albert Rice (Curator, Fiske Museum, Claremont College, 1986-2008). 4pm, Biddle Music Bldg. Lobby. Free. (MUS)

11 Lecture Series in Musicology: Lawrence Kramer (Fordham University). “Music and the Rise of Narrative.” 3:30pm, Library Seminar Room, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

13 Faculty and Student Chamber Orchestra Concert. The Ciompi Quartet, John Brown, Rebecca Troxler, Andrew Bonner, Rachael Elliott, Jimmy Gilmore, Don Eagle, Bo Newsome and others, with guest artist Olivier Cavé (piano) and conductors Harry Davidson and Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, present works by Stravinsky, Bartók and Mozart.8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public; Students free. (MUS)

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Exhibition Opening. Miró: The Experience of Seeing. 12-5pm, Nasher Museum of Art. $12 General Public; discounts for Duke faculty and staff; Duke students free. (NAS)

Book Discussion. The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte. 2pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

17 Reception and Artists’ Talk for Hard Art, DC 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins and writer/musician Alec MacKaye on D.C.’s underground punk scene, ca. 1979. Thru October 11. 6-9pm; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

18 Student Experience in I&E. An Entrepreneurship Week 2014 event hosted by Rence Nemeh (T’15) of Duke in Chicago & Duke University Improv. Matt Christensen (E’02) will give a taste of Duke in Silicon Valley followed by an experimental musical performance by Professor and entrepreneur John Supko. More info about Entrepreneurship Week 2014 at http://entrepreneurship.duke.edu. (VPA)

18 Reception and Curators’ Conversation. With Hard Art, DC 1979 curators Jayme McLellan and Lely Constantinople. 6-9pm event; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

Exhibition Opening Event. Talk by Curator Marshall Price, “Joan Miró: Prehistoric Poet.” 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

19 A Will for the Woods. Third Fridays with Full Frame, part of The Full Frame Road Show Presented by PNC This film, the Audience Award winner at Full Frame 2013, explores the green burial movement by focusing on one man’s quest for a final resting place that will do no harm to the earth. 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required. (FF/CDS)

Picture Books. An exhibition of self-published and handmade photography books. Curated by Larissa Leclair, with additional juried works. Thru Nov. 7. Power Plant Gallery, American Tobacco. (MFA|EDA/CDS)

John Brown Jazz Quintet. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Admission charged. (MUS)

23 Arts + Media. Google Hangout. Featuring alumni from The Hunger Games, Google, NBC Today Show and more. [email protected]. (VPA)

Flamenco dance class. Carlota Santana and her company Flamenco Vivo will offer a community Flamenco dance class. 6-7:30 pm. Hull Dance Studio. Free and open to the public.

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Now Now Oh Now. Visiting artists Rude Mechanicals lead an intimate audience of only 30 people through a two-part cabinet of wonders in Duke’s Sheafer Theater, combining serious scientific content

with the nerdy pleasures of interactive gaming and the undeniable satisfaction of Murder Mystery Theater. An evening full of surprises for performers and audience alike. Presented by Duke Performances. 7pm & 9pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. $24/$10 General Public; $10 Duke students. (TS)

25 Wine tasting. 6pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free with same-day ticket to Miró. (NAS)

Now Now Oh Now. (See Sept. 24) (TS)

26 Arts + Media. VIP Film Screening. A Walk Among the Tombstones (Ft. Liam Neeson). Post-film Q&A with producers. [email protected]. (VPA)

The Case Against 8. Full Frame is proud to partner with NC Pride on a screening of this award-winning documentary by Duke alum Ryan White, chronicling the case to overturn CA’s same-sex marriage ban. Starts at dusk, Durham Central Park. (FF/CDS)

Faculty Recital. Rebecca Troxler, flute; John Pruett, viola; Barbara Krumdieck, cello; Andrew Willis, fortepiano. Music of C.P.E. Bach in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

27 Months. CDS doc-in-progress screening about three Peace Corps volunteers, part of the Fresh Docs series with the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, America Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)

Now Now Oh Now. (See Sept. 24) (TS)

27 Now Now Oh Now. (See Sept. 24) (TS)

28 Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, make-and-take crafts, live entertainment. 12pm-4pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

29 2014 Duke Arts Festival. A celebration of the campus arts community featuring campus-wide performances, events, and an exhibition showcasing Duke’s student artists. Presented by duARTS in partnership with DUU Visual Arts committee. Thru October 4. More information at duarts.org. (VPA)

OCTOBER1 Duke Symphony Orchestra – Harry Davidson,

music dir. Featuring guest artist Rachael Elliott, bassoon. C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in B minor, Wq 182 No. 5; Anatoly Liadov: Eight Russian Folksongs, Op. 58; W.A. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191; Igor Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de Feu, (“Firebird”) Suite. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Namely, Muscles Workshop. Sharon Babcock, PhD in anatomy from Duke, has joined forces with dancer/choreographer Kate Trammell to explore anatomy in a diverse learning environment filled with movement, play, humor, and creativity. 8 pm, The Ark. Free. (DDP)

2 Arts + Media. Social Media and Creative Marketing. Featuring Laura Suchoski (McKinney and ESPN/ESPNW). [email protected]. (VPA)

Duke Wind Symphony – Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. Mother Earth: Works inspired by nature, earth, and life. Featuring David Maslanka: Mother Earth, John Mackey: Sheltering Sky, Claude Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral, Frank Ticheli: Earth Song, and more. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

3 Elizabeth Linnartz, soprano & Deborah Hollis, piano. Short and Sweet: Songs of Germany, Italy, France & Argentina. 7:30pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

4 Susan Dunn, soprano & David Heid, piano. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Dance Performance. Namely, Muscles by visiting artist Kate Trammell, a solo comic masterpiece based on the 68 major muscles of the body and then some. 8 pm, The Ark. Free. (DDP)

5 Derison Duarte, piano. Works of Beethoven. 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

8 Book Discussion. The Dolls Room by Llorenç Villalonga. 11am, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

11 Hands-on activity and film. The Story of Ferdinand by Murno Leaf, 1938 Disney animated short Ferdinand the Bull. 10:30am, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

Duke University String School. Stephanie Swisher, interim dir. 3pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 7pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

12 Book Discussion. The Dolls Room by Llorenç Villalonga. 2pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

16 Wind Instrument Master Class. With Heliand Consort. 5pm,Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

17 Third Fridays with Full Frame. Join Full Frame for free documentary films every Third Friday between May and November! 7:30pm, The Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Free, ticket reservations required. (FF/CDS)

Rauschenberg: Collecting & Connecting

Miró: The Experience of Seeing

Rude Mechanicals


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Screen/Society All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. (ATC) = Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. All events subject to change – for details, updates, and additions, see: ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

French Film Festival (7:30pm)9/1 Blue is the Warmest Color9/8 La Grande Illusion

9/15 The Officer’s Ward (La

Chambre des officiers)9/22 The Sea Wall (Un barrage

contre le pacifique)

Cine-East: East Asian Cinema9/2 Nowhere to Call Home: A

Tibetan in Beijing - w/ dir. Jocelyn Ford (China/Tibet) (W)

10/24 Memory Project #1: Trash Village - w/ dir. Zou Xueping (China) (W)

10/28 Memory Project #2: Self-portrait: Dreaming at 47 km - w/ dir. Zhang Mengqi (China) (W)

10/29 Memory Project #3: Huamulin, Boy Xiaoqiang - w/ dir. Li Xinmin (China)

11/10 Seven Days in Heaven (Taiwan)(W)

Reel Global Cities - discussion tofollow each film9/2 [Beijing:] Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing -

w/ dir. Jocelyn Ford (W)9/29 [Johannesburg:] The Battle for

Johannesburg 10/7 [Rio de Janeiro] Bay of All

Saints (Brazil) (ATC)10/20 [Beijing:] Beijing Besieged By

Waste 11/17 [Istanbul:] Ecumenopolis: City

Without Limits

NC Quebec Film Festival9/3 Gabrielle9/10 Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man

in the World9/17 Vic + Flo Saw a Bear Barbaralee Diamonstein-SpielvogelVisiting Filmmaker Series: Films of Stanley Nelson9/16 The Murder of Emmett Till (W)9/24 Jonestown: The Life and Death

of Peoples Temple10/2 A Place of Our Own: Black

Resorts and the African American (Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham)

10/7 Freedom Summer (Durham County Library—main branch: 300 N. Roxboro Street)

Rights! Camera! Action! (SW) - discussion to follow each film 9/17 Auk Nr. 810/30 Waste Land

AMI Showcase9/23 Film Noir #1--Pépé le

Moko 10/16 Waltz with Bashir (7:30pm,

W) 10/21 Film Noir #2--Kiss Me Deadly10/22 European Cinema #1:

Nostalghia 10/27 Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming

series – an evening w/ Brian McGinn ‘07 (W)

11/4 European Cinema #2--Russian Ark (W)

11/11 Film Noir #3--Taxi Driver [35mm] 11/18 European Cinema #3--The Turin Horse

NC Latin American Film Festival10/4 Chico & Rita (Cuba) (4:00pm, W) 10/4 Semper Fidel (USA/Cuba) - w/

live musical accompaniment (7:00pm, W)

10/7 Bay of All Saints (Brazil) (ATC)

Special Events 9/30 Cages of Shame (W)11/2 Pan’s Labyrinth (N) 11/13 Hats of Jerusalem (W)

Blue is the Warmest Color

Nowhere to Call Home

7 Days in Heaven

Beijing Besieged by Waste

Gabrielle

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Auk Nr. 8

Kiss Me Deadly

Bay of All Saints

Pan’s Labyrinth

19 Heliand Consort. Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Cynthia Huard, piano, and the Duke Bassoon Band present Beethoven, Bruch & Beyond. 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Organ Recital Series Concert. David Heller, Professor of Music and University Organist at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Works by Howells, Reger, and Barber. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

20 Arts + Media. Sports Media Workshop. Featuring John Feinstein (CBS Sports Radio). [email protected]. (VPA)

22 Artist Talk. Vitaly Komar, formerly part of the artist duo Komar and Melamid. 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

23 Jazz Piano Master Class. With Arturo O’Farrill. 4pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Music Recital. Duke’s Spanish Language Program presents Catalonian music. 8pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

Duke Players Lab Theater. Title tba. 8pm, Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. (TS)

24 Lecture Series in Musicology. Benjamin Levy (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). “Dissonance, Demonization, and Redemption: The Meaning of Twelve-Tone Music in Ligeti’s Hungarian-Period Works.” 4pm, Library Seminar Room, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Fresh Docs. CDS doc-in-progress screening with the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, America Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)

The Full Frame Road Show Presented by PNC. Join Full Frame for free documentary films throughout the Triangle! 7:30pm, The Friday Center, Chapel Hill. Free, ticket reservations required. (FF/CDS)

Family Weekend Concert I. Duke Djembe Ensemble, directed by Bradley Simmons, and Duke Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Brown, with guest artist Arturo O’Farrill, pianist/composer. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public: Students free. (MUS)

Duke Players Lab Theater. (See Oct. 23) 8pm. (TS)

25 Family Weekend Concert II. Duke Chorale, directed by Rodney Wynkoop, Duke Symphony Orchestra, directed by Harry Davidson, Duke Wind Symphony, directed by Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant. 8pm, Duke Chapel. $10 general/students free. (MUS)


27

City Under One Roof. Photographer/writer Jen Kinney’s 2013 Lange-Taylor Prizewinning project on Whittier, Alaska. Thru January 24, 2015. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

29 DEMAN 101 Workshop. E-portfolio, networking and resume preparation for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment Media and the Arts Network) Weekend. [email protected]. (VPA)

30 Reception and Artist’s Talk. City Under One Roof. Jen Kinney on her 2013 Lange-Taylor Prizewinning project. Thru January 24, 2015. 6-9pm; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

Wine tasting. 6pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free with same-day ticket to Miró. (NAS)

31 All Hallows Eve Service. Duke Vespers Ensemble featured in candlelight service, costumes are encouraged. 10:30pm. Nave (darkened), Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

NOVEMBER

2 Film Screening. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, dir Guillermo del Toro, 118 minutes). 2pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

4 Voice Master Class. With Robert Wells, baritone. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

5 Book Discussion. The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda. 11am, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

7 DEMAN Weekend. Join the Duke Alumni Association and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment Media and the Arts Network) Weekend and network with Duke Alumni who have established careers in the arts. More info at dukedeman.com (VPA)

Chamber Music Master Class. With Horszowski Trio. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Companhia Urbana de Danca. Virtuosic dancers from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro fuse hip-hop, samba, capoeira, and contemporary dance one of the most exciting new ensembles on the world stage. 8 pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. $34/$28/$15 General Public; $10 Duke students. (DDP)

8 DEMAN Weekend. (See Nov. 7) (VPA)

Companhia Urbana de Danca. (See Nov. 7) (DDP)

9 Book Discussion. The Time of the Doves. (See Nov. 5) 2pm. (NAS)

Encounters: with the music of our time. Presents Da Capo Chamber Players. Program includes Steve Reich: Double Sextet and Stephen Jaffe: Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2). 4pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Organ Recital Series Concert. Alumnus Stephen Schnurr returns to Duke as part of the “Alumni Series.” Works by Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and Vierne. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

11 Duke Chorale Veterans Day Concert. Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem and other choral works; Christopher Jacobson, organist; Rodney Wynkoop, dir. 8pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (MUS)

13 Piano Master Class. With Clara Yang. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

The Perfect Detonator. Adapted and directed by Jody McAuliffe, Theater Studies faculty. When Ted Kaczynski, aka The Unabomber, reads Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, the fictional world of the novel enters real American life. Kaczynski’s Montana cabin doubles as the London of 1886, as Conrad’s “simple tale” about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich unfolds in these United States. 8pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. $10 General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens. (TS)

14 Fresh Docs. CDS doc-in-progress screening with the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, America Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)

Clara Yang, piano. Works by Chopin, Schumann, Muczynski, Andres, and Phil Young. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 8pm. (TS)

15 The Measure of All Things. A film/music project by doc filmmaker Sam Green new music sextet yMusic. Presented by Duke Performances and Full Frame. 8pm, Reynolds Theater. $15 General Public; $10 Duke students. (FF/CDS)


15 Duke Opera Workshop & Duke Jazz Ensemble. Swing! Swing! Swing! Hit songs from the golden age of swing with costumes and staging. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public/$5 Senior Citizens/Students free. (MUS)

16 The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 2pm matinee. (TS)

Duke Opera Workshop & Duke Jazz Ensemble. Swing! Swing! Swing! (See Nov. 15) 3pm. (MUS)

Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin and Gabriel Richard, violin. Works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, de Beriot, and others. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

18 Violin Master Class. With Gabriel Richard. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

19 Duke Wind Symphony with composer/conductor Frank Ticheli – Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. The North Carolina School of Science & Math Wind Ensemble, directed by Phillip Riggs, will join the Duke Wind Symphony in presenting Ticheli’s Blue Shades, Vesuvius, and others. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public; Students free. (MUS)

20 The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 8pm. (TS)


Djembe & Afro-Cuban Ensembles. Bradley Simmons, dir. with guest artist Felix Sanabria. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)


November Dances. Duke Dance Program fall concert featuring dance performances choreographed by Duke faculty & students. 8 pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. $15 General Public; $10 Senior Citizens; $5 Students. (DDP)

22 Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme]. Benjamin Daniels, dir. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)


November Dances. (See Nov. 21) (DDP)


The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 2pm matinee. (TS)

DECEMBER2 Duke Chorale Christmas Concert. Rodney

Wynkoop, dir. 7pm, Duke Chapel. Seasonal music on the carillon and for organ beginning at 6:30pm. Admission: one non-perishable food item for needy families in Durham. (MUS, CM)

3 Duke Symphony Orchestra. Harry Davidson, music dir. Celebrating the music of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in the year of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24; Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) w/ soprano Dina Kuznetsova; Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts) with Dina Kuznetsova, Samantha Gossard, and Susan Williams. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Miró: The Experience of Seeing, is an exhibition of works by Spanish-born artist Joan Miró. This is the first-ever presentation of the final 20 years of Miró’s career. Don’t miss the only East Coast venue for this special ticketed exhibition. All works are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. On display at the Nasher Museum of Art Sept. 14-Feb. 22. Joan Miró, Woman, Bird and Star [Homage to Pablo Picasso], 1966/1973. Oil on canvas, 96 7/16 x 66 15/16 inches (245 x 170 cm). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. © Successió Miró / Arists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York / ADAGP, Paris, France.

From City Under One Roof. Photograph by Jen Kinney. Center for Documentarty Studies

4 Jazz Saxophone Master Class. With Todd Bashore. 4pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Student Chamber Music Recital. Undergraduates perform chamber music from the 18th-21st centuries for string quartet, piano trio, saxophone quartet, vocal duet, and other combinations. 7pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

5 Handel’s Messiah. A holiday tradition at Duke, the Chapel Choir presents Handel’s masterwork with full orchestra and professional soloists. 7:30pm, Duke Chapel. $20 General Public; $5 Non-Duke students; Duke students free. (CM)

Duke Jazz Ensemble. John Brown, dir, with guest artist and Duke alumnus Todd Bashore, saxophone. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general/$5 senior citizens/students free. (MUS)

6 Handel’s Messiah. (See Dec. 5) 2pm. (CM)


Duke String School. Stephanie Swisher, interim dir. 3 pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 4 pm: Chamber Music Groups. 7 pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

11 Miró: Visual Poetry. Art paired with readings in English and Spanish of contemporary Spanish poetry. 5:30pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free for Duke students. General Public $12. (NAS)

13 Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert. Presented with full orchestra, this community group will perform C. P. E. Bach’s Magnificat, and Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies, Christmas in the Southwest. 8pm, Duke Chapel. $20 General Public; $5 Students. (CM)

14 Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert. (See Dec 13) 4pm. (CM)


Fall 2014 Calendar of Events

Duke University Fall 2014Calendar of Events designed

by

CDS Center for Documentary Studies................660-3663..................................documentarystudies.duke.edu

CM Chapel Music ...................................................684-3898 ..................................chapel.duke.edu

DDP Duke Dance Program ....................................660-3354 ..................................danceprogram.duke.edu

MFA/EDA Master of the Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts .........660-3695 ..................................mfaeda.duke.edu

MUS Music Department .........................................660-3333 ..................................music.duke.edu

NAS Nasher Museum of Arts ................................660-5135 ...................................nasher.duke.edu

SS Screen Society ................................................660-3031 ..................................ami.duke.edu/screensociety

TS Theater Studies ...............................................660-3343 ..................................theaterstudies.duke.edu

VPA Vice Provost for the Arts ...............................684-0540 ..................................arts.duke.edu

The Duke Arts Calendar is edited by Beverly Meek, Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.

Events are subject to change. Please contact event sponsor for updates.

Buy tickets online at tickets.duke.edu or visit the University Box Office in the Bryan Center on West Campus, Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm, or one hour prior to performances at event venue. (919-684-4444)

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations, or who have question about physical access, may contact the Box Office in advance of the event you wish to attend.

FOR MORE INFO

Screen/Society All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. (ATC) = Full Frame Theater, American Tobacco Campus. All events subject to change – for details, updates, and additions, see: ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

French Film Festival (7:30pm)9/1 Blue is the Warmest Color9/8 La Grande Illusion

9/15 The Officer’s Ward (La

Chambre des officiers)9/22 The Sea Wall (Un barrage

contre le pacifique)

Cine-East: East Asian Cinema9/2 Nowhere to Call Home: A

Tibetan in Beijing - w/ dir. Jocelyn Ford (China/Tibet) (W)

10/24 Memory Project #1: Trash Village - w/ dir. Zou Xueping (China) (W)

10/28 Memory Project #2: Self-portrait: Dreaming at 47 km - w/ dir. Zhang Mengqi (China) (W)

10/29 Memory Project #3: Huamulin, Boy Xiaoqiang - w/ dir. Li Xinmin (China)

11/10 Seven Days in Heaven (Taiwan)(W)

Reel Global Cities - discussion tofollow each film9/2 [Beijing:] Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing -

w/ dir. Jocelyn Ford (W)9/29 [Johannesburg:] The Battle for

Johannesburg 10/7 [Rio de Janeiro] Bay of All

Saints (Brazil) (ATC)10/20 [Beijing:] Beijing Besieged By

Waste 11/17 [Istanbul:] Ecumenopolis: City

Without Limits

NC Quebec Film Festival9/3 Gabrielle9/10 Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man

in the World9/17 Vic + Flo Saw a Bear Barbaralee Diamonstein-SpielvogelVisiting Filmmaker Series: Films of Stanley Nelson9/16 The Murder of Emmett Till (W)9/24 Jonestown: The Life and Death

of Peoples Temple10/2 A Place of Our Own: Black

Resorts and the African American (Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham)

10/7 Freedom Summer (Durham County Library—main branch: 300 N. Roxboro Street)

Rights! Camera! Action! (SW) - discussion to follow each film 9/17 Auk Nr. 810/30 Waste Land

AMI Showcase9/23 Film Noir #1--Pépé le

Moko 10/16 Waltz with Bashir (7:30pm,

W) 10/21 Film Noir #2--Kiss Me Deadly10/22 European Cinema #1:

Nostalghia 10/27 Alumni Filmmaker Homecoming

series – an evening w/ Brian McGinn ‘07 (W)

11/4 European Cinema #2--Russian Ark (W)

11/11 Film Noir #3--Taxi Driver [35mm] 11/18 European Cinema #3--The Turin Horse

NC Latin American Film Festival10/4 Chico & Rita (Cuba) (4:00pm, W) 10/4 Semper Fidel (USA/Cuba) - w/

live musical accompaniment (7:00pm, W)

10/7 Bay of All Saints (Brazil) (ATC)

Special Events 9/30 Cages of Shame (W)11/2 Pan’s Labyrinth (N) 11/13 Hats of Jerusalem (W)

Blue is the Warmest Color

Nowhere to Call Home

7 Days in Heaven

Beijing Besieged by Waste

Gabrielle

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Auk Nr. 8

Kiss Me Deadly

Bay of All Saints

Pan’s Labyrinth

19 Heliand Consort. Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Cynthia Huard, piano, and the Duke Bassoon Band present Beethoven, Bruch & Beyond. 3pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Organ Recital Series Concert. David Heller, Professor of Music and University Organist at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Works by Howells, Reger, and Barber. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

20 Arts + Media. Sports Media Workshop. Featuring John Feinstein (CBS Sports Radio). [email protected]. (VPA)

22 Artist Talk. Vitaly Komar, formerly part of the artist duo Komar and Melamid. 7pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

23 Jazz Piano Master Class. With Arturo O’Farrill. 4pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Music Recital. Duke’s Spanish Language Program presents Catalonian music. 8pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

Duke Players Lab Theater. Title tba. 8pm, Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. (TS)

24 Lecture Series in Musicology. Benjamin Levy (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). “Dissonance, Demonization, and Redemption: The Meaning of Twelve-Tone Music in Ligeti’s Hungarian-Period Works.” 4pm, Library Seminar Room, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Fresh Docs. CDS doc-in-progress screening with the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, America Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)

The Full Frame Road Show Presented by PNC. Join Full Frame for free documentary films throughout the Triangle! 7:30pm, The Friday Center, Chapel Hill. Free, ticket reservations required. (FF/CDS)

Family Weekend Concert I. Duke Djembe Ensemble, directed by Bradley Simmons, and Duke Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Brown, with guest artist Arturo O’Farrill, pianist/composer. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public: Students free. (MUS)


25 Family Weekend Concert II. Duke Chorale, directed by Rodney Wynkoop, Duke Symphony Orchestra, directed by Harry Davidson, Duke Wind Symphony, directed by Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant. 8pm, Duke Chapel. $10 general/students free. (MUS)


27

City Under One Roof. Photographer/writer Jen Kinney’s 2013 Lange-Taylor Prizewinning project on Whittier, Alaska. Thru January 24, 2015. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

29 DEMAN 101 Workshop. E-portfolio, networking and resume preparation for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment Media and the Arts Network) Weekend. [email protected]. (VPA)

30 Reception and Artist’s Talk. City Under One Roof. Jen Kinney on her 2013 Lange-Taylor Prizewinning project. Thru January 24, 2015. 6-9pm; 7pm talk, Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)

Wine tasting. 6pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free with same-day ticket to Miró. (NAS)

31 All Hallows Eve Service. Duke Vespers Ensemble featured in candlelight service, costumes are encouraged. 10:30pm. Nave (darkened), Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

NOVEMBER

2 Film Screening. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006, dir Guillermo del Toro, 118 minutes). 2pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

4 Voice Master Class. With Robert Wells, baritone. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

5 Book Discussion. The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda. 11am, Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)

7 DEMAN Weekend. Join the Duke Alumni Association and the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment Media and the Arts Network) Weekend and network with Duke Alumni who have established careers in the arts. More info at dukedeman.com (VPA)

Chamber Music Master Class. With Horszowski Trio. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Companhia Urbana de Danca. Virtuosic dancers from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro fuse hip-hop, samba, capoeira, and contemporary dance one of the most exciting new ensembles on the world stage. 8 pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. $34/$28/$15 General Public; $10 Duke students. (DDP)

8 DEMAN Weekend. (See Nov. 7) (VPA)

Companhia Urbana de Danca. (See Nov. 7) (DDP)

9 Book Discussion. The Time of the Doves. (See Nov. 5) 2pm. (NAS)

Encounters: with the music of our time. Presents Da Capo Chamber Players. Program includes Steve Reich: Double Sextet and Stephen Jaffe: Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2). 4pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Organ Recital Series Concert. Alumnus Stephen Schnurr returns to Duke as part of the “Alumni Series.” Works by Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and Vierne. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (CM)

11 Duke Chorale Veterans Day Concert. Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem and other choral works; Christopher Jacobson, organist; Rodney Wynkoop, dir. 8pm, Duke Chapel. Free. (MUS)

13 Piano Master Class. With Clara Yang. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

The Perfect Detonator. Adapted and directed by Jody McAuliffe, Theater Studies faculty. When Ted Kaczynski, aka The Unabomber, reads Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, the fictional world of the novel enters real American life. Kaczynski’s Montana cabin doubles as the London of 1886, as Conrad’s “simple tale” about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich unfolds in these United States. 8pm, Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. $10 General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens. (TS)

14 Fresh Docs. CDS doc-in-progress screening with the Southern Documentary Fund. 7pm, Full Frame Theater, America Tobacco Campus. Free. (CDS)

Clara Yang, piano. Works by Chopin, Schumann, Muczynski, Andres, and Phil Young. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)


15 The Measure of All Things. A film/music project by doc filmmaker Sam Green new music sextet yMusic. Presented by Duke Performances and Full Frame. 8pm, Reynolds Theater. $15 General Public; $10 Duke students. (FF/CDS)


15 Duke Opera Workshop & Duke Jazz Ensemble. Swing! Swing! Swing! Hit songs from the golden age of swing with costumes and staging. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public/$5 Senior Citizens/Students free. (MUS)

16 The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 2pm matinee. (TS)

Duke Opera Workshop & Duke Jazz Ensemble. Swing! Swing! Swing! (See Nov. 15) 3pm. (MUS)

Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin and Gabriel Richard, violin. Works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, de Beriot, and others. 8pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

18 Violin Master Class. With Gabriel Richard. 5pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

19 Duke Wind Symphony with composer/conductor Frank Ticheli – Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. The North Carolina School of Science & Math Wind Ensemble, directed by Phillip Riggs, will join the Duke Wind Symphony in presenting Ticheli’s Blue Shades, Vesuvius, and others. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 General Public; Students free. (MUS)

20 The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 8pm. (TS)


Djembe & Afro-Cuban Ensembles. Bradley Simmons, dir. with guest artist Felix Sanabria. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)


November Dances. Duke Dance Program fall concert featuring dance performances choreographed by Duke faculty & students. 8 pm, Reynolds Industries Theater. $15 General Public; $10 Senior Citizens; $5 Students. (DDP)

22 Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme]. Benjamin Daniels, dir. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)


November Dances. (See Nov. 21) (DDP)


The Perfect Detonator. (See Nov. 13) 2pm matinee. (TS)

DECEMBER2 Duke Chorale Christmas Concert. Rodney

Wynkoop, dir. 7pm, Duke Chapel. Seasonal music on the carillon and for organ beginning at 6:30pm. Admission: one non-perishable food item for needy families in Durham. (MUS, CM)

3 Duke Symphony Orchestra. Harry Davidson, music dir. Celebrating the music of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in the year of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24; Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) w/ soprano Dina Kuznetsova; Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts) with Dina Kuznetsova, Samantha Gossard, and Susan Williams. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

Miró: The Experience of Seeing, is an exhibition of works by Spanish-born artist Joan Miró. This is the first-ever presentation of the final 20 years of Miró’s career. Don’t miss the only East Coast venue for this special ticketed exhibition. All works are on loan from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain. On display at the Nasher Museum of Art Sept. 14-Feb. 22. Joan Miró, Woman, Bird and Star [Homage to Pablo Picasso], 1966/1973. Oil on canvas, 96 7/16 x 66 15/16 inches (245 x 170 cm). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. © Successió Miró / Arists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York / ADAGP, Paris, France.

From City Under One Roof. Photograph by Jen Kinney. Center for Documentarty Studies

4 Jazz Saxophone Master Class. With Todd Bashore. 4pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)

Student Chamber Music Recital. Undergraduates perform chamber music from the 18th-21st centuries for string quartet, piano trio, saxophone quartet, vocal duet, and other combinations. 7pm, Nelson Music Room, East Duke Bldg. Free. (MUS)

5 Handel’s Messiah. A holiday tradition at Duke, the Chapel Choir presents Handel’s masterwork with full orchestra and professional soloists. 7:30pm, Duke Chapel. $20 General Public; $5 Non-Duke students; Duke students free. (CM)

Duke Jazz Ensemble. John Brown, dir, with guest artist and Duke alumnus Todd Bashore, saxophone. 8pm, Baldwin Auditorium. $10 general/$5 senior citizens/students free. (MUS)



Duke String School. Stephanie Swisher, interim dir. 3 pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 4 pm: Chamber Music Groups. 7 pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. (MUS)

11 Miró: Visual Poetry. Art paired with readings in English and Spanish of contemporary Spanish poetry. 5:30pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Free for Duke students. General Public $12. (NAS)

13 Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert. Presented with full orchestra, this community group will perform C. P. E. Bach’s Magnificat, and Conrad Susa’s Carols & Lullabies, Christmas in the Southwest. 8pm, Duke Chapel. $20 General Public; $5 Students. (CM)

14 Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert. (See Dec 13) 4pm. (CM)


JOBOPENING

Arts Communications

Assistant

The Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts is hiring an Arts

Communications Assistant (student work-study position) to

assist with campus-wide arts communications.

The Arts Communications Assistant will

• coordinate the Duke Arts group ad that publishes in the Chronicle

• gather information on arts events from departmental websites

• assist with arts communication on campus using posters, fliers, emails, e-blasts, listservs, and social media

• assist with production of weekly arts calendar • participate in artstigator happenings

Must be able to work independently and meet deadlines; prior editing and/or written communications experience is a plus; ability to navigate social media platforms; an arts discipline background is desirable. Flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends.

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Th eater Studies premiers play about the UnabomberDuke professor adapts play from Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’

This year’s Theater Studies Department main stage season looks like it will be off to an explosive start. In November, the department will present the premiere of a new play, “The Perfect Detonator,” which follows Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, as he reads Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent.” In the process, Conrad’s fictional tale of a 19th century anarchist bomb plot in London will intersect with Ted Kaczynski’s real life bomb plots in the United States.

The script was adapted from Conrad’s novel by Theater Studies professor Jody McAuliffe, who will also direct the piece. McAuliffe’s last production at Duke, “Young Jean Lee’s Lear,” was an absurdist take on Shakespeare’s King Lear that explored the loss of a father. The production featured toadstools, children’s toys, Elizabethan costumes and stylized acting. All of those elements were a testament to McAuliffe’s vibrant visual imagination and sense of story. “The Perfect Detonator” promises to be another example of McAuliffe’s inventive directing.

McAuliffe developed the idea for “The Perfect Detonator” after James Benning, a documentary artist who wrote about Ted Kaczynski, visited campus.

“Benning had reconstructed Henry David Thoreau’s and Ted Kaczynski’s iconic cabins,” McAuliffe said. “He used these structures to reflect on utopian and dystopian versions of social isolation. Benning’s visit reignited my interest in the controversial figure of Kaczynski, particularly in his connection to Thoreau. I developed a plan to read the books that Kaczynski kept in his cabin and I started, fatefully, with Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent,’ a most significant book for Kaczynski.”

“The Secret Agent” tracks members of an anarchist cell in 1886 London as they plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory, a symbol of science and industrialization. In the process, the novel explores what rationale people would have for terrorist acts.

“Like the Unabomber, Conrad saw industrial society as at odds with the human heart,” McAuliffe said.

“The Secret Agent” also has taken on new meaning in the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, and as a literary exploration of terrorism, was widely cited by the media following the attacks. The play will provide an opportunity for Conrad’s novel and the story of the Unabomber resonate with contemporary audiences and their understanding of present-day terrorism.

The cast of eight actors features many first-years and new faces for Duke’s theater scene. Senior Thomas Kavanagh who acted in, among other works, Theater Studies’ main stage show from last year, “Uncle Vanya,” and directed the 2014 orientation show “Demon Baby,” will play Ted Kaczynski.

“I’m presenting the life of a real person who’s in maximum security prison in Colorado,” said Kavanagh. “It will be a challenge to give him the necessary complexity and not to fall back on the media’s portrayal.”

McAuliffe also aims to engage students from other parts of the university. She is collaborating with professor Tim Nichols, an expert on counterterrorism and homeland security, so that his class can see parts of the rehearsal and production process and see topics from their coursework play out in a theatrical context. Additionally, McAuliffe plans to share aspects of the show in a production blog and to engage students from Durham School of the Arts, Durham Academy and Duke in seeing the production and participating in post-show discussions.

“The Perfect Detonator” promises to present an engaging exploration of terrorists’ mindsets and to leave an impact on its audiences. In the words of Joseph Conrad, “An explosion is the most lasting thing in the universe.”

The Perfector Detonator will run Nov. 13 to Nov. 23 in Sheafer Lab Theater in the Bryan Center. Tickers will be available through the Duke Box Office or online. More information at http://theaterstudies.duke.edu.

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Duke to welcome renowned composer to BaldwinFrank Ticheli to guest conduct for the Duke Wind Symphony

This November, the Duke University Wind Symphony will welcome renowned composer Frank Ticheli to guest conduct a concert of his own works in Baldwin Auditorium. Ticheli is currently a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. Previously, he was a Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony. He received the 2012 “Arts and Letters Award” from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

“I have known Frank for many years, since he came to Austria and was part of the music festival that my family organized,” said Professor Mösenbichler-Bryant, Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music. “Every other year, we try to bring a renowned guest conductor or composer to Duke’s campus, and Frank is one of the most renowned in the wind ensemble world.”

Ticheli’s wide range of work is suitable not just for professional symphonies, but also for high school and middle school symphonies with beginner or novice performers.

“I first encountered Ticheli about 18 to 20 years ago when I began to perform his music with younger students,” said Phillip Riggs, Director of the North Carolina School of Science and Math Wind Ensemble. “Many professionals have difficulty writing for kids with limited abilities, but he seems to bridge that well.”

Accordingly, it only seems appropriate that the North Carolina School of Science and Math Wind Ensemble would be invited to perform alongside the Duke University Wind Symphony.

“Phillip has been a very dear colleague to me. We have been trying to figure out a partnership between Duke and the North Carolina School of Science and Math for quite some time,” said Mösenbichler-Bryant. “I want to try to expose Ticheli to as many students as possible during his short time here visiting, and Riggs was also very eager to get on board, so we decided to do a joint concert.”

The concert will feature sections in which each wind symphony will have a chance to perform on their own, then a section in which they perform together. Mösenbichler-Bryant said they plan to perform pieces from across his catalogue, like “Vesuvius” and “Blue Shades.”

“His music draws you in, not just as an active performer, but also as a listener,” said Mösenbichler-Bryant. “His catalogue is very diverse. Some pieces are very joyous, like “Vesuvius,” and other pieces are lyrical, passionate, or quiet pieces. You get both ends of the spectrum and anything in-between.”

“It seems he can take any idea and make it beautiful. He can make it light, or there can be complex chords involved with tension and resolve, or just slower music,” said Riggs. “At the same time, like the last movement of “Apollo Unleashed,” his music can be powerful and have lots of energy. Just as he is able to write across multiple levels of musical ability, he is also able to write in many different styles.”

Even for those who are unfamiliar with Ticheli’s compositions, both Mösenbichler-Bryant and Riggs promise that the concert will be enjoyable and accessible.

“Some classical music you have to study and listen to before you go to a performance or else it is not very interesting to someone who doesn’t know how to listen to it. But his music is very lyrical. It is easy for a novice listener to grasp what he is trying to say musically, unlike some other contemporary composers.”

During the concert, the audience will have a chance to hear from Ticheli himself about his pieces, as well as meet him in person.

“As a conductor, we really want to make sure we do the piece and the composer justice when performing music, so I am curious to hear what he thinks when I’m conducting,” said Mösenbichler-Bryant. “What will be his interpretation against my interpretation of the notes on the page?”

Riggs agreed with Mösenbichler-Bryant’s sentiment. “It is exciting and intimidating all at the same time,” said Riggs. “I think that’s the only way we can continue to grow as musicians is to put ourselves in situations where we are right there with the composer. The next time I do a piece of his, I can share more firsthand knowledge of his intentions and what he is trying to convey. It helps our students grow as musicians, but it also helps us grow as educators.”

Duke University Wind Symphony will welcome guest conductor and composer Frank Ticheli on Nov. 19, 2014 at 8 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium. General admission is $10, but student admission is free. Find more information at http://music.duke.edu/ensembles/wind-symphony/concert-schedule .

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Visiting Artists @ Duke 2014-15Kannapolis: A Moving PortraitA residency with musician Jenny Scheinman that will include the world premiere of Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, an original live score set to archival footage taken by North Carolina filmmaker H. Lee Waters. Scheinman will create a soundtrack to accompany Waters’ films of life in the Piedmont in the early 1940s, now housed at Duke’s Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke’s MFA Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts, and the Department of Music, and coinciding with the launch of the H. Lee Waters digital collection online.More info: Duke Performances at dukeperformances.orgResidency: March 16-20 2015

Flamenco Vivo Carlota SantanaA dance residency with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana that will include

artistic director Carlota Santana, dance company, and scholars of the flamenco dance and music from Southern Spain. The residency will review

the span of the flamenco history through tablao performances, class engagement and through a symposium inspired by the current exhibit “100

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More info: Duke Dance Program at danceprogram.duke.eduResidency: Spring and Fall 2015

Rude MechsA residency with Austin, Texas theater collective Rude Mechs, culminating in the premiere of Now Now Oh Now, an immersive theatrical experience exploring the nature of beauty, evolution, choice, and chance. Leading an audience of thirty people through a cabinet of wonders in Sheafer Lab Theater, the Rude Mechs combine serious scientific content with the pleasures of interactive gaming and the satisfaction of Murder Mystery Theatre. In collaboration with the Department of Theater Studies, and scientists at Duke and the Durham-based National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent).More info: Duke Performances at dukeperformances.orgResidency: September 18-28, 2014

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Sandbox, 8/28: Writing for the Dead

Summer is a strange, hazy season, full of dreams, parties, and half-made plans. In Durham, the air hangs heavy with the scent of magnolias and sweat.

For me, though, summer is when the ghosts come out.When I was 19, a high school friend called me while I was

studying for my fall semester finals. “Did you hear about Mike?” she asked.

It was raining outside, and rain always made me miss the desert. “No,” I said. “What about him?”

Silence crackled over the line. “He’s dead,” she said. “He jumped out of a window.”

It was his first semester at an acting college in New York City. Mike was sweet and a little slow, but he’d followed his dreams from Chandler, Arizona, all the way to the east coast. One night in Brooklyn, he ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms and leapt from the ninth floor of his dorm. Some friends said he was seized by inescapable paranoia. Other friends said he thought he could fly.

That summer, I found myself pacing the concrete streets of Bushwick. I was there for a storytelling theater internship through Duke in New York, but my mind was caught up in an endless litany of Michael, Michael, Michael. I wrote letters to him on the subway and stayed up all night staring at the city lights, wondering what his last thoughts were. I read Truman Capote and became obsessed with the stories that people convince themselves are true.

For my final Duke in New York project, I haunted theaters, coffee shops, and bars, notepad in hand, accosting patrons and buying them drinks. Tell me a story, I said. Tell me your story. Tell me how you got here, why you’ve stayed, and what you want.

So they gave me origin stories, family stories, random anecdotes. They told me about what Bushwick had been like back when their grandparents were young. They gave me the pieces of their lives that they remembered the most, the ones they couldn’t forget. I wrote each one of them down carefully. The last story I wrote down from memory was Mike’s.

Tell me your stories. Give me your ghosts. Tell me, tell me.I write constantly: on buses, in class; in a notebook, on my

cellphone. I write exclusively speculative fiction, because that’s the medium that works for me. My stories are fantastical, sure,

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but they’re always about the real issues I’m most passionate about, the ones I can’t and won’t ignore: domestic violence, racism, rape culture, police brutality, homophobia, cruelty born from self-hatred, and all of their permutations.

It’s when I can’t write that I feel least complete. I feel disjointed, unable to think or process, only able to live on one note of existence. That note is GO, without any thought or feeling. Empathy has fled. I can’t remember who or what I’m supposed to care about. The disconnect is terrifying.

Dark fiction doesn’t scare me. If anything, I think it’s a truer reflection of humanity’s ugliness. But it is also a way to face that ugliness, to process the realities of life and death, and to work out the issues that you’re struggling with through a different lens.

It is not therapy, but it is therapeutic.After that, it was one after the other. Loss after loss,

always in the summertime. The accidents piled up so fast that they became a blur, a whirlwind of impossibilities that had breached the surface of real life.

Grief is numbing, and it can become all-consuming.Summer is a difficult time for me. It means another

birthday, another month of sitting quietly with the memories of kids who will never turn another year older, watching Facebook alerts light up my computer. Wish Michael a happy birthday. Patrick is 23 today. Marc’s birthday is coming up, would you like to get him a present?

Writing something for them is my way of putting them to rest. It’s a retroactive chance to say goodbye.

My heart is full of ghosts.My next short fiction piece, “Scarecrow,” comes out

in Black Static this September. It’s about transformation, walking the fine line between love and murder, and the way guilt will eat you from the inside out. In a lot of ways, too, it’s the story of a boy I met when I was 11 and lost not long after that. My first ghost story for my first ghost.

Ever so often, my mom asks me, “Why do you have to write about such dark things? Why can’t you write about something good, true, and edifying?”

Because dark fiction rises from dark places, and the world is a dark, true place.

I write to process loss, to express frustration, to reframe and better understand the things I care about. I write because there are terrible things happening across the globe, in our own neighborhoods, across from you in the subway. I write, too, because life is full of moments of simple and effervescent joy, and because those moments are worth remembering.

Deep down, I am still in mourning. And perhaps I write for the dead because, as selfish as it seems, I know that by doing so, I’ll be able to keep a small piece of their humanity for myself.

Alyssa Wong, Trinity ’13, majored in English and Theater Studies. Currently, she is a writer living in New York, New York.

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