Sun, October 18, 2009
6:00 PM
CCB Gallery, 120 Morris Street, Durham.
Free and open to the public.
The Durham Art Guild, the John Hope Franklin Center and DUCIS presents a collection of paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, ephemera, and video produced by and about Sun Ra and his associates—much of it previously unseen. August 21-October 18 at the CCB Gallery, 120 Morris Street, Durham, (…)
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Wed, October 14, 2009 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM East Duke 204A. Free and open to the public. Master Ghanaian Percussionist Performs with Renowned Jazz Musicians – Equally rooted in traditional Ghanaian percussion and jazz improvisation, Nii Otoo Annan and Friends create a joyous sound in their performances. Live and on their recordings, the group has fashioned a musical synthesis (…)
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Amy White, of The Independent Weekly, reviews Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency , now on display in the Franklin Center’s main gallery .
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Twenty-five years ago, the playwright and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman accepted an offer to teach at Duke University.
It is a decision he has never come to regret.
This academic year, the Duke University Center for International Studies celebrates “Ariel Dorfman: 25 Years at Duke University,” with a series of events highlighting his playwriting, film and academic career.
Dorfman, who holds the Walter (…)
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Where: White 107 Lecture HallMore Info
Description: Avi Mograbi and Ram Loevy will discuss Israeli documentaries and their politics of representation.Respondents: Rebecca Stein, Yaron Shemer, Shai GinsburgContact: shaig [Email: shaig #AT# duke.edu ]
Co-sponsors: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University Center for International Studies, Program in Arts of (…)
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Where: Bryan Center Griffith Film TheaterMore Info
Description: In what he calls a “musical-documentary-tragedy,” Avi Mograbi features an Israeli ex-soldier who participated in a revenge operation where several Palestinian policemen were murdered. The soldier now seeks forgiveness for what he has done, but his girlfriend does not think it is that simple, and raises issues (…)
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Thu, September 17, 2009 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM John Hope Franklin Center Main Gallery. Free and open to the public. Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, opens with a reception on 9/17 at 5:00 pm in the Main Gallery of the Franklin Center and runs through 11/29/2009. Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history, and visual (…)
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When: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:00 PM - 10:00 PMWhere: Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater
Description: Bhutan vs. Montserrat face-off in _The Other Final_. Dutch filmmakers arrange for the two lowest-ranked soccer teams in the world to play one another in this humorous and empathetic look at the global passion for soccer. Catch a rare screening of this film, which is not distributed in (…)
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Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240Cost: Free and open to the publicMore Info
Description: “Well, you know what they say; ninety percent of the vampire slaying game is, is waiting.” The wait is over; with pop culture beset with vampire-centric tales, the Slayer has returned. Join us for our first screening: the 6th Season episode, (…)
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Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, opens on September 17 in the main gallery of the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies and runs through November 29, 2009.
Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history, and visual studies, curated the exhibition from her extensive archive of art, artists’ letters, documents, posters, and ephemera. A 48-page (…)
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