Duke on Demand

The 2013 ADF Season will feature 47 performances by 25 companies and choreographers, including 11 company debuts, 9 ADF commissioned world premieres, 2 reconstructed classic works, and 1 US premiere. Tickets go on sale May 13, 2013 and will be available at www.americandancefestival.org. For the complete season schedule along with additional information on each performing company visit the ADF website.

Benjamin Newton Duke quietly changed his part of the world. Find out more about this figure in Duke University's history and his lasting impact on the institution and students from the Carolinas.

For more information about the B.N. Duke Scholarship, visit our web site at bnduke.duke.edu

Brackets4Life applies the energy of March Madness to take steps towards finding a cure for SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). 50% of the pot will go to SIDS and the top 5 winners will be able to choose which charity will receive their part of the pot.

On July 2, 1996, the McConville family was blessed with the arrival of their second son, Christopher James. On December 2, 1996, Christopher's five month birthday, the family’s world was shattered when they lost their precious baby to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Over the past 9 years the McConville family has raised over $1 million for the CJ Foundation for SIDS. These much needed funds have given us the power to find answers to our questions and contribute to a future where every child has the opportunity to live life to its fullest.

“As we continue to live our life without "our little sunshine", we feel a "ray of hope" as we join with the CJ Foundation in the battle against SIDS. Together, we will make a difference in the life of a child.” - Jennifer McConville

How it works:
1. Create an account
2. Enter the name of your chosen charity
3. Fill out a bracket with your team selections and submit

Michael approached InCube asking for help in the creation of a March Madness Bracket website to raise money for the CJ Foundation for SIDS. InCube was enthusiastic about Michael’s idea and we planned a Hack-a-Thon to completely finish his project in one night.

The CJ Foundation is the largest non-government funder of research about SIDS and support for the families that have been affected by a SIDS death. Since its founding in 1994, the CJ Foundation for SIDS has raised more than 50 million dollars.

Incube is a student entrepreneurship group at Duke University. To learn more about InCube and its members check out: http://www.incube.us/

Talk about a meeting of the minds -- Duke scientists have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats, so they can communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. The research is part of an effort to restore motor control to paralyzed people.

Freshman filmmakers: The Froshlife film competition challenges first-year students to capture their college experience in a short video. This year's winner: "Greater Than Oneself" by the Jarvis residence hall. 

And speaking of best picture ... a recent PhotoWalk on campus allowed photographers to capture the sights of campus research facilities. Tweet and Instagram us your Duke photos with the tag #PictureDuke.

Congratulations to seventh-grader Brian Werden. Last weekend the local middle school student won the regional Scripps Spelling Bee hosted here at Duke.

Finally, it's election day ... for Duke Student Government. Juniors Stefani Jones and Patrick Oathout are competing to be the next DSG president. Good luck guys.

The Center for Documentary Studies, in partnership with The Hinge, is thrilled to present the fourth installment of Professor Diablo’s True Revue, featuring writer Randall Kenan, photographer and mixed-media artist Courtney Reid-Eaton, and punkabilly icon Dexter Romweber. The True Revue is an evening of art and performance at the Durham, North Carolina, club Casbah featuring writers, musicians, visual artists, and others who make use of documentary tools and methods in the creation of their art.

The theme for True Revue IV is “Outsiders,” and we’re honored that it will be explored by these three artists:

Randall Kenan: Randall Kenan was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1963, and spent his childhood in Chinquapin, North Carolina. He graduated from East Duplin High School in Beaulaville, North Carolina, after which he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a B.A. in English in 1985. He is the author of many books, fiction and nonfiction, including a novel, A Visitation of Spirits, 1989, and a collection of stories, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, 1992, which was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was among The New York Times Notable Books of 1992. He is currently associate professor of English and comparative literature at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Courtney Reid-Eaton: Courtney Reid-Eaton was born in a New York City that no longer exists, in 1958. She’s the exhibitions director at the Center for Documentary Studies, a photographer, book- and mixed-media artist, wife and mother. She has worked as the coordinator of an in-house corporate stock photography library, the studio coordinator at a corporate still life photography studio, and as photo editor of Guideposts magazine. Reid-Eaton was initiated into the fellowship of documentarians by photographer Mel Rosenthal at the State University of New York, Empire State College, and darkroom printing by Ellen Wallenstein at the School of Visual Arts and Barbara Grinnell at the New School in New York City. From 1992 to 1997, she directed the alternative Vis-à-Vis gallery at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church and Off-Broadway Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen. Her work has been exhibited in New York, New Jersey, California, and North Carolina.

Dexter Romweber: Born the seventh son of a coal miner’s daughter in 1966, Dexter Romweber is an icon of the American music underground. Former frontman for the world famous psycho-surf rockabilly-garage-punk combo Flat Duo Jets, Dexter released his first of fifteen albums in 1990 to rave reviews worldwide. He starred alongside R.E.M. and The B-52s in the 1987 cult classic film, Athens, GA. Inside/Out; Omnivore Recordings is reissuing the film in a 25th anniversary edition in October 2012, which will include a soundtrack on CD. His first national tour in 1990 was as opening act for The Cramps. He was showcased on MTV’s The Cutting Edge and 120 Minutes, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, and has shared the stage with underground rock royalty such as Iggy Pop, the White Stripes, AntiSeen, Reverend Horton Heat, and many others. Romweber is also the subject of a new documentary movie, Two-Headed Cow, which includes testimonials by Jack White, Neko Case, Cat Power, and Exene Cervenka among others.

Chris and Holly Owens, of What a Shuffle, demonstrate some of the Balboa moves you can learn at their beginner Balboa 1 and 2 workshops at Duke Gardens on Feb. 9, 2013. For information about these workshops and a Charleston workshop, as well a swing dance the same evening, please go to gardens.duke.edu. For more about Balboa workshops in the Triangle, please go to whatashuffle.com. Music by Tin Pan, used with permission & available on iTunes. Sarah P. Duke Gardens is a public garden at Duke University in Durham, N.C.