Every Sunday, the Duke Chapel erupts with song and joy during Sunday morning services. While every member of the Chapel Community contributes, one group plays an instrumental role: The Duke Chapel Choir. The Chronicle’s Photo Department followed the Choir to see what the ensemble looks like behind the scenes. Here’s what they captured.
While official enrollment is over for all but the first-years, there is still an entire summer for students to change up their schedule. To help these students, Recess dived into the 2025 Fall Course List to identify 5 ALPs for students looking to broaden their horizons or make progress on their Trinity (or Pratt) requirements.
Overall, "Falsettos" presented a different perspective on and a more humanizing view of the devastating AIDS crisis. While it is indeed a period of immense suffering and tragedy, this play moves beyond statistics to paint a vivid picture of the loss the numbers represent.
From Feb. 28 to March 2, Duke Arts celebrated “Bill’s 44th,” a puppet show about the titular character’s upcoming 44th birthday party. The show follows Bill as he gathers snacks, tidies up and waits excitedly for guests to arrive. As his wait prolongs, Bill finds himself making his own imaginary friends and confronting uncomfortable aspects of his inner life.
Me Too Monologues presented “In Our Own Words,” the latest iteration of its annual production about identity, Mar. 1 in East Duke's Nelson Music Room. Each piece performed, distinct yet intertwined, reflected the complexity of personal experience, offering raw and unfiltered glimpses into many different facets of human existence.
On Apr. 3., Duke Jewish Student Union (JSU) swapped Thursday night cramming time for a spectacular stand-up comedy show. Held at the Freeman Center, Jewish Life at Duke’s building, the event featured Columbia College Chicago comic Ian Toppall and Trinity sophomore Ariela Shuchman.
Overall, ‘Dance Nation’ took what seemed on the surface as a niche plot and transformed it into a universally-applicable coming-of-age story. While the play may no longer be running, its messages will live on for all those who watched it.
Ahead of Devils En Pointe's and Embodiment's collaboration "Liminal," leaders of both clubs answer questions about their respective club's and upcoming show.
Overall, Heimler offered an engaging look into his career as a YouTube history educator, weaving together educational philosophy with personal insights from his journey.
“On the Same Wavelength: Art, Science & Conservation” uses science to peer into the mysterious past of certain artworks. In the process, it highlights an often-overlooked intersection of art and science and provides insights into the history of art.
Second-year MFA student Sai Varadan is currently presenting his thesis in the Friedl Building’s Fredric Jameson Gallery. The Chronicle sat down with Varadan to talk about his life, work, journey to Duke and “The Child Within,” his thesis.
Overall, the Fountain Concerts are a unique and enjoyable part of Duke’s musical repertoire with unparalleled intimacy and a nice, laid-back vibe. Though the Biddle Music Building can be a bit of a hike for those not living on East, the performances are well worth the journey.
On March 24, the Intro to Bridge house course hosted American professional bridge player Zachary Grossack for a discussion Q&A and house course lesson.
“Nickel Boys” presents a history detached from the popular understanding of American society while serving as a powerful reminder that the oppression it documents was not that long ago. What’s more, the events and power structures it depicts are crucial to understanding how we got to where we are today.
Throughout the talk, Dr. Chang skillfully guided the audience through the issues surrounding photographs of North Korea, arguing that the best approaches directly engage with these constraints instead of trying to avoid them. Hopefully one day North Korea will open to the world again, but until then, in order to understand the country, we must understand the limitations we face in trying to do so.
Two to four times a week, for a total of about 60 times a semester, films from across genres, time periods and geography are screened for free in the Ruby’s Film Theatre. This is the work of Screen/Society, a Duke-sponsored program that has its roots in an informal graduate student film club formed in the late ‘80s.
Rebecca Wahls, Duke Theater Studies’ artist in residence and instructor of theater studies, reconfigured Bertold Brecht’s mid-20th century play “The Good Woman of Setzuan” for the modern day and the Duke stage with “GOOD.”
Overall, Gatto’s performance achieved the perfect balance of wit, humor and cleverness while showcasing quick jokes and an outgoing, vibrant personality that all attendees appreciated.
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a psychological thriller that challenges viewers to see the effects of power in flawed institutions. Similar to the sacred fig, Iranians must strangle all components of their country until it is fully deprived, so that they can be free.
Though it was a dim and rainy Sunday morning in Durham, Reynolds Theater glowed with the insights of 12 pioneering community members speaking at TEDxDuke 2025: Eye of the Beholder. In their takeaways, the orchestra of speakers achieved harmony.
