5 Free Things to do at Duke in October
See Ciompi Quartet perform, enjoy fall at Duke Gardens and more
Hear a world-renowned musical quartet, embed yourself in the life of a rainforest and celebrate autumn in October.
Each month during the academic year, the Working老牛影视 editorial team searches the for five free things to do at Duke. Check back during the first week of November for the next installment of events.
October 10 鈥 Ciompi Quartet Lunchtime Classics
Spend your lunch break listening to the perform Igor Stravinsky's Concertino and Marie Ja毛ll's String Quartet from noon to 1 p.m. at Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153 in Rubenstein Library. The Ciompi Quartet is made up of four Duke professors: Jonathan Bagg, Caroline Stinson, Eric Pritchard and Hsiao-Mei Ku.
Other Duke Music Department concerts in October include the and on Oct. 13, - a flutist and pianist duo - on Oct. 18, and professors performing together on Oct. 20.
October 13 鈥 Nasher Museum Free Family Day
Explore the contemporary arts and culture of Native Americans, create artwork with your children and go on a scavenger hunt at the Nasher Museum of Art.
runs from noon to 4 p.m.
October 15 鈥 Steven Feld: "Voices of the Rainforest" Documentary
鈥淰oices of the Rainforest鈥 is a surround-sound documentary about the ecology and coevolution of Papua New Guinea鈥檚 Bosavi rainforest region. A Q&A will follow the screening with producer and director Steven Feld, who began visiting Bosavi in 1976.
begins at 6 p.m. in the Rubenstein Arts Center鈥檚 Film Theater. The event is co-sponsored by Duke鈥檚 Department of Music, Duke鈥檚 Ethnography Workshop and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute's World Arts Series.
October 20 鈥 Fall Harvest Festival
Celebrate autumn by making art with mud, dancing around garden beds, learning gardening tips and tasting fruits and veggies at Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
The is open from 1 to 4 p.m. No registration is required.
October 27 鈥 Bach Cantata Series
Hear the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, George Frideric Handel and other composers at 老牛影视 Chapel. The Bach Ensemble, a group of professional singers and musicians from around the U.S., perform the cantata on modern copies of 18th-century instruments that replicate the sound the original composers worked with.
The begins at 5:15 p.m. This year鈥檚 theme focuses on salvation and redemption.
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