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After Sherman: Screening and Panel Discussion

Carolina Theatre of Durham 309 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC, United States

“There’s a birthplace, and there’s a home place.” These words – spoken by Rev. Dr. Norvel Goff, Sr., the filmmaker’s father – open Jon-Sesrie Goff’s experimental documentary “After Sherman.” This vast and evocative film, focused on the Gullah Geechee community of coastal South Carolina, weaves a loosely structured, expressionistic story about family and inheritance, land […]

Amendment

Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States

AMENDMENT A social choreography by Michael Kliën Experience an immersive work – a social choreography – by choreographer and professor Michael Kliën. In times of the systemic destruction of our environment, Amendment offers a container to reform our relationship with the unknown, the foreign, the animal. The work provides citizens with extraordinary experiences to temporarily […]

Constitution

Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States

CONSTITUTION A Social Choreographic Site By Michael Kliën Monday, April 17 & Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Start 7PM (75 Min) von der Heyden Studio Theater Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University With: Simone Barros, Sang Chi Liu, Marika Niko, Julia Piper, Leo Ryan, Tomo Waters, Miki Zhu, Alphonso Blades Jr., Tyler Burden, Gi Chun, Avery Lythcott-Haims, […]

Constitution

Rubenstein Arts Center 2020 Campus Dr, Durham, NC, United States

CONSTITUTION A Social Choreographic Site By Michael Kliën Monday, April 17 & Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Start 7PM (75 Min) von der Heyden Studio Theater Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University With: Simone Barros, Sang Chi Liu, Marika Niko, Julia Piper, Leo Ryan, Tomo Waters, Miki Zhu, Alphonso Blades Jr., Tyler Burden, Gi Chun, Avery Lythcott-Haims, […]

Threats to Higher Education in Florida: A Webinar

ONLINE

What are the threats to higher education in Florida, and how should we face them? Governor Ron DeSantis’ antagonistic actions towards the state’s public higher education institutions have highlighted a national trend: the hyper-politicization of colleges and universities, with state leaders and state-appointed university governing boards exercising more and more control over campuses and curriculums. […]

The Ethics of Now with Kim TallBear

Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NC

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane-Lentz Smith for a conversation with Kim TallBear on being in good relation. Author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science and The Critical Polyamorist blog, Kim TallBear thinks deeply and creatively about how to “be in good relation,” whether in how […]