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Feb. 1 – Duke Gardens’ Midday Meander

Sarah P. Duke Gardens Director of Learning and Community Engagement Kavanah Anderson leads an informal tour of the gardens meant to deepen participants’ relationship with plants and nature.

Described as a “conversational stroll,” the gives visitors a chance to use different senses to experience what’s happening in the gardens in mid-winter and have their plant-related questions answered.

The tour begins at 12:15 p.m. on February 1; is required.

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Feb. 5 – Nicholas Kristof in Conversation

New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof will join Sanford School of Public Policy Professor Frank Bruni about the 2024 election and other pressing issues facing the United States and the world.

The event, which takes place at 6 p.m. Monday, February 5 at Page Auditorium, is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the and is organized with help from the .

with a limit of four per order.

Later in the month, David M. Rubenstein Distinguished Lecture Series events at Page Auditorium will feature Nobel Peace Prize winner on February 8 and Pulitzer Prize winning author on February 22.

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Feb. 11 – Nasher Family Day

Celebrate Black History Month at the with the latest edition of the museum’s popular .

Part of a long-running monthly series designed to expose young minds to the arts, the Family Day event, which runs from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, February 11, will feature the crew for an afternoon of poetry, an instrumental beat set and a live cypher.

The event is open to families and children of all ages.

Admission to the Nasher Museum of Art .

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Feb. 17 – The Ciompi Quartet: Night Music

The Ciompi Quartet, an ensemble of Duke faculty members and acclaimed classical musicians, will take the Baldwin Auditorium stage for celebrating the sounds and emotions of the night.

The performance will feature appearances by acclaimed mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano and pianist and Duke faculty member Ieva Jokubaviciute.

The show will consist of night-themed musical selections from composers Béla Bartók, Henri Dutilleux and Gabriel Fauré.

The roughly two-hour performance begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17.

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Feb. 28 – Mapping Jewish Modernism

The rapid pace of social, economic, technological and political change in the early 20th century led to the creation of the modernist movement in art and literature. In the Mapping Jewish Modernism exhibit in the Rubenstein Library’s Mary Duke Biddle Room, Duke undergraduate and graduate students have chosen materials from ��ţӰ�� Libraries’ rare book collections to explore the contributions of Jewish authors and the role of Jewish identity in the modernist movement.

While opens on February 9, a will be held from 5-7 p.m. on February 28 in the Rubenstein Library’s Holsti-Anderson Family Room. The event will feature talks from the exhibit’s student organizers and Duke Kunshan University Assistant Professor of Humanities Yitzhak Lewis.

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