CDS Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: closed

All events are held at the Center for Documentary Studies, unless otherwise noted.






Book and Web Launch (off-site—Durham, North Carolina)
December 3
The Jazz Loft Project. West End Wine Bar, Durham. 6 p.m.: doors open. 7 p.m.: reading by author Sam Stephenson; 8 p.m.: music by the jazz loft legend Ronnie Free and his trio featuring guitarist Royce Campbell

Undergraduate Fall Courses End
December 4

"The Art of Farming: A Public Symposium" (off-site)
December 4–5
ETC Auditorium, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham

Talk by Verlyn Klinkenborg, "Farming and the Problem of Complexity" (off-site)
December 4, 7:30 p.m.
ETC Auditorium, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham

Book and Web Launch (off-site—New York City)
December 8
The Jazz Loft Project. Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Center, 1972 Broadway (at 66th Street). Reading by author Sam Stephenson and music by Ronnie Free with jazz students from the New School

Continuing Education Final Projects Presentations
December 11, 7 p.m.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
February 19, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention, with Peter Esmonde.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
March 26, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
God's Architects, with Zach Godshall.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
April 16, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
Between Floors, with Jen White.









Other Events at Duke University:










Past Events from the On-Line Multimedia Gallery




Allan Gurganus, author of the best-selling novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, among other notable books, is the Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2004–05 academic year.

On October 28, 2004, Gurganus delivered the annual Lehman Brady lecture at the Center for Documentary Studies. He answered questions and read his story "My Heart Is a Snake Farm," which was published in the November 22, 2004, issue of The New Yorker.

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 W. Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705

telephone: 919-660-3663
fax: 919-681-7600
e-mail: docstudies@duke.edu

See Directions to the Center for Documentary Studies

Please note that the Kreps, Lyndhurst, Porch, and University Galleries are typically open during regular CDS business hours. On occasion, the galleries are closed for installation, maintenance, and university scheduling considerations. Visitors might wish to call (919) 660-3663 before they make a special trip to see an exhibition, to ensure that the galleries are open.




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Professor Alex Harris during a slide lecture accompanying the fall 2003 exhibition, Walker Evans at 100. Photograph by Christopher Sims.




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