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 StatesAMENDMENT 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 StatesCONSTITUTION 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 StatesCONSTITUTION 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
ONLINEWhat 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, NCJoin 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 […]