My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays By Davy Rothbart Farrar, Straus and Giroux 307 pp. Davy Rothbart and his brother Peter make two local appearances with an event billed as My Heart Is an Idiot: FOUND Magazine‘s 10th Anniversary Tour. They’ll be at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill on Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. […]
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The JACK Quartet diverts crises of attention, with the lights off
The JACK Quartet joins Steven Mackey to play Physical Property Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. in Reynolds Industries Theater. Tickets are $10–$30. The JACK Quartet plays In the Dark Sunday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in Sheafer Lab Theater. Tickets are $10–$22. For info and tickets, see Duke Performances. Sound is the new sight: […]
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New documentary about sculptor Patrick Dougherty brings his life and work to flower
Bending Sticks: The Sculpture of Patrick Dougherty Sunday, Dec. 2, 4 p.m. Tickets $8–$12 Carolina Theatre Patrick Dougherty‘s hands know what to do. Standing before a semicircle of rapt Winthrop University students, the Chapel Hill sculptor holds a small length of a sapling in his hands. He’s teaching the students how to bend it in […]
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Brooklyn Rider edges toward classical music’s bleeding edge
Brooklyn Rider plays Friday, Nov. 16, at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10–$39, and the show begins at 8 p.m. If everyone’s making unique work, we can’t call it eclectic anymore, can we? Rather, we must listen to each composition as its own collection of references and ideas, which is what makes contemporary classical […]
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Duke New Music Ensemble consumes pop stardom
Duke New Music Ensemble plays “Music for Covers Only” Sunday, Nov. 11, in Duke University’s Biddle Music Building. They’ll play the same program at Motorco Music Hall Thursday, Dec. 6. Both shows are free and start at 8 p.m. One chorus or two? Ken Stewart isn’t sure how many he wants everyone to play. But […]
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Kay Byer, the N.C. Literary Hall of Fame and this weekend’s N.C. Writers’ Network conference
N.C. Writers’ Network Fall Conference Nov. 2–4 Embassy Suites, 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd., Cary $400 on-site registration I don’t know. I still can’t get it right, the way those dirt roads cut across the flats and led to shacks where hounds and muddy shoats skulked roundabouts. Describing it sounds trite as hell, the good old […]
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Inspired curation brings surprises to big-name still-lifes at the NCMA
Still-Life Masterpieces: A Visual Feast from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston North Carolina Museum of Art Through Jan. 13 Before “been there, done that,” we had the expression “seen the elephant.” Originating from the potent combination of surprise, fear, joy and revulsion that Europeans felt upon seeing exotic animals for the first time, it […]
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Meredith Monk’s Duke residency questions perceptions of an artist’s career
Monk speaks at the Nasher Museum of Art auditorium Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. Free tickets will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis at the venue the night of the show. Monk performs Education of the Girlchild Revisited at Reynolds Industries Theater Nov. 2-3 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10-$32. Visit Duke Performances […]
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How to Build a Forest, and a life lesson
How to Build a Forest PearlDamour and Shawn Hall Page Auditorium Duke University Free Three viewings: Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 20, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 21, noon-8 p.m. Power off your phone and close your laptop for a moment. Gaze out the nearest window at a tree. Imagine you’re seeing the tree’s imperceptible […]
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Art Without Artists messes with your head at NCSU’s Gregg Museum
Art Without Artists Streaming: New Art from Old Bottles Spirit—Fire—Shake! Gregg Museum of Art and Design Through Dec. 16 Last summer, beachcombing with my 6-year-old daughter turned out to be a provocative experience. Like anyone, I scan the sand for washed-up objects of unusual color, shape, pattern and texture. My personal beachcombing lens filters “boring” […]