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The Declaration of Independence

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts and Nasher Museum of Art
Tuesday, September 08, 2026
All Day
Durham County Library
Musician Patty Griffin sits in front of a brown studio background, looking at the camera. She is wearing a brown fringed jacket and studded pants.

Duke Arts at American Tobacco: Patty Griffin

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Wednesday, September 09, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
American Tobacco Campus - Lawn
Gwen Carr is sitting in her living room, wearing a cream colored turtle neck and red sweater. She is looking off to the left. Words fill the background. Most notable are Say His Name, Say Her Name, I can't Breathe in white font

Screening: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner

Sponsor(s): Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI), and Libraries
Thursday, September 10, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105
Brad Bailey, Gwen Carr
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9/11 Student Essay Contest Winners Panel

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS) and Sanford School of Public Policy
Thursday, September 10, 2026
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Sanford 223, Rhodes Conference Room
Gwen Carr is sitting in her living room, wearing a cream colored turtle neck and red sweater. She is looking off to the left. Words fill the background. Most notable are Say His Name, Say Her Name, I can't Breathe in white font

Community Screening: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner

Sponsor(s): Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, September 10, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Durham County Main Library, 300 Roxboro St.
Brad Bailey, Gwen Carr
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AGS Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS), Provost's Office, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Friday, September 11, 2026
3:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Penn Pavilion
Peter Bergen
Photo of guest David Krueger and Imhotep Newsom

The Promise of Pluralism: Religion and Freedom at America 250

Sponsor(s): Department of Religious Studies
Monday, September 14, 2026
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153
David Krueger
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AGS Marshall Military Conversation: The All Volunteer Force

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS), Provost's Office, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center
Admiral (ret.) Lisa Franchetti, General (ret.) C.Q. Brown, Jaron Wharton
Kaia Kater poses in front of a brown fabric background, looking at the camera with her arms draped over her head.

Duke Arts at American Tobacco: Kaia Kater

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
American Tobacco Campus - Lawn
shirlette ammons sings into a microphone on stange

Duke Arts Presents: shirlette ammons: Language Barrier at 10

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Thursday, September 17, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Page Auditorium
Dancers on a dance floor

Duke Arts Presents: Sacred Spaces

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Friday, September 18, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater
Biddle Music Building

Biddle Community Day

Sponsor(s): Music and Duke Community Affairs
Saturday, September 19, 2026
9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Mary Duke Biddle Music Building
Duke Department of Music
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Duke Arts Create, We the People: Weaving

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts Create
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Makerspace
Amelia Shull
Mo Amer sits on a couch in a photo studio smiling at camera.

Duke Arts Presents: Mo Amer

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Page Auditorium
Mitt Romney

America 250: The Future of American Democracy with Mitt Romney

Sponsor(s): Sanford School of Public Policy, American Grand Strategy (AGS), Duke Arts, and POLIS: Center for Politics
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Page Auditorium
Mitt Romney
Ken Pomeroy stands in a field at sunset, holding a white dog with a red bandana around its neck. Pomeroy is looking at the camera and smiling slightly, wearing bluejeans and a white top.

Duke Arts at American Tobacco: Ken Pomeroy

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
American Tobacco Campus - Lawn
David Rubenstein and Ken Burns

A Conversation with David Rubenstein & Ken Burns

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Thursday, September 24, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Page Auditorium
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Documentary Screening with Q&A: Un Fandango en Carolina

Sponsor(s): Music, Bass Connections, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), and Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South
Thursday, September 24, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center
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Never Caught: A Conversation on History, Freedom, and Memory

Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Education, History, Kenan Institute for Ethics, and Libraries
Friday, September 25, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Tamika Nunley
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AGS Fireside Chat

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS) and Provost's Office
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
TBA
Madison Cunningham looks to the right of the camera, framed by a swirling effect behind the lens. She appears to be in the forest, and has sunlight across her face.

Duke Arts at American Tobacco: Madison Cunningham

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
American Tobacco Campus - Lawn
Dancers on stage

Duke Arts Presents: MAJOR

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Friday, October 02, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater
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AGS: Yorktown Staff Ride

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS)
Saturday, October 03, 2026
All Day
Yorktown, VA
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Duke Arts Create: Ofrenda Screen Printing

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts Create
Monday, October 05, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arts Annex
Robby Poore
VOCES8 sit in a photo studio, wearing formal attire.

Duke Arts Presents: VOCES8

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Duke Chapel
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AGS Phillips Lecture

Sponsor(s): American Grand Strategy (AGS) and Provost's Office
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
TBA
TBA
Ursa Major band members stand with Christian McBride in a theater.

Duke Arts Presents: Christian McBride & Ursa Major

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater
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We the People Believe: Freedom, Religion, and Pluralism

Sponsor(s): Transformative Ideas, DKU Student Affairs, Duke Alumni Association (DAA), Duke Chapel, Duke Community Affairs, and Provost's Office
Thursday, October 29, 2026
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Duke Chapel
Eboo Patel
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Duke Arts Presents: Awadagin Pratt, America 250

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Sunday, November 01, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
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Duke Arts Create: We The People: Iron Gall

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts Create
Thursday, November 05, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Nasher Museum of Art
Thavolia Glymph, Leonid Tsvetkov
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The Ciompi Quartet: Follow Me feat. Robert Sims, Baritone

Sponsor(s): Music and Duke Arts
Sunday, November 08, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Ciompi sit with their instruments

Duke Arts Presents: Ciompi Quartet and Robert Sims, Baritone

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Sunday, November 08, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
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Duke Arts Create, We the People: Zines

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts Create
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center
River Takada
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray, mid performance

Duke Arts Presents: An Evening from the Queer Songbook, by Taylor Mac & Matt Ray

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Friday, November 13, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Friday, November 13, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Saturday, November 14, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Sunday, November 15, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
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Cello Studios of Caroline Stinson and Stephanie Vial: Feeling American

Sponsor(s): Music
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biddle Music Building Lobby
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Duke University Wind Symphony: We the People: Belonging?

Sponsor(s): Music
Thursday, November 19, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Thursday, November 19, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
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Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Friday, November 20, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
Unearthing Duke Forest Celebration & Tour Presenter

Unearthing Duke Forest Celebration & Tour

Sponsor(s): Duke Forest
Saturday, November 21, 2026
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Duke Forest, Korstian Division
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Saturday, November 21, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
Poster for Witch by Jen Silverman, featuring a bold, weathered title over layered antique woodcut imagery—figures, banners, and fragments of Gothic Germanic text—rendered in warm sepia tones with splattered ink details.

"Witch" by Jen Silverman

Sponsor(s): Theater Studies
Sunday, November 22, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater Bryan Center West Campus
Theater Studies Fall Mainstage
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Duke Arts Create, We The People: Fabric Collage

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts Create
Wednesday, December 02, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arts Annex
Morgan Riker
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Duke University String School: New Music Ensemble Concert feat. Tyler Jordan

Sponsor(s): Music
Saturday, December 05, 2026
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
East Duke 201 - Nelson Music Room
The four band members stand smiling at the camera, wearing all black.

Duke Arts Presents: Kings Return

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Saturday, January 16, 2027
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
Gabriel Kahane stands outside looking at the camera

Duke Arts Presents: Gabriel Kahane

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Thursday, February 18, 2027
7:30 pm
Motorco Music Hall
Ciompi band members crossing a red bridge in a forest, carrying instrument cases.

Duke Arts Presents: Ciompi Quartet and Friends

Sponsor(s): Duke Arts
Sunday, February 28, 2027
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Baldwin Auditorium
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