Drawing the Line: A Conversation on the Works of Immoral Artists
Duke Coffeehouse Crowell Building, Epworth Dorm Ln, Durham, NC, United StatesJ.K. Rowling, Michael Jackson, Paul Gauguin, Woody Allen, Louis C.K… If we find an artist problematic, can we still enjoy their art—or is it better to stop engaging with it altogether? Do we have to choose between “canceling” an artist and ignoring their troubling—or even criminal—behavior? Or is there a way to navigate morally complicated […]
Meshroom
The Ark, East Campus 14 Epworth Dorm Ln, Durham, NC, United StatesMeshroom an open dancefloor for rewilding thought and movement 2/23 2022, 7-9PM, THE ARK, EAST CAMPUS Free and open to all. Drop-in drop-out. Bring a friend. Meshroom is a performance environment that forms an intellectual/intentional community around an open dancefloor. It is a space for transcending narrow languages, ungrounding from fixed realities, and co-creating temporary […]
The Arts and History Converge in Wilmington: Free Artist Workshops for Youth and Adults
DREAMS of Wilmington 901 Fanning St., Wilmington, NC, United StatesDiscover where the arts and history converge in Wilmington. DREAMS and America’s Hallowed Ground invite you to a day of free artist workshops to explore the 1898 Wilmington coup and create art that brings greater awareness and understanding of this pivotal event in our city. Some of North Carolina’s most notable artists, musicians, dancers and […]
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, […]