Dr. Discount: Lots of free options during big football weekend

posted September 21st, 2009

Duke goes head-to-head for the first time in its football history with Durham neighbor North Carolina Central University during Duke’s Homecoming Weekend Sept. 25-27.

In addition to the game and a pep rally at the Durham Athletic Park, numerous other events invite the public to campus to participate in the festivities.

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Visitors to campus should allow extra time for parking. More information about the weekend’s activities can be found at homecoming.dukealumni.com or on the Events@Duke website, calendar.duke.edu.

Key events include:

Thursday, Sept. 24

-- 5:30 to 11 p.m., Durham Athletic Park, 428 Morris St. Bull City Football Fest pep rally featuring music, artists, games and food with players, coaches, bands and cheerleaders from Duke and NCCU.

Friday, Sept. 25

-- 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240. The half-day event “Talking About Sun Ra” includes a conversation between Duke associate professor of English Fred Moten and members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, and a panel discussion with curators of the exhibition “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn, and Chicago’s Afro-futurist Underground 1954 – 68.” Information: fhi.duke.edu.

-- 7 p.m., Page Auditorium. Duke University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council presents the 2009 Homecoming Step Show. General tickets are $12; $10 Duke students. Information: Duke Box Office 684-4444; tickets.duke.edu.

-- 8 p.m., Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center. Corey Harris Quintet and James “Blood” Ulmer Trio. General tickets are $28 and $22; $5 for students. Information: 660-3357; dukeperformances.duke.edu.

Saturday, Sept. 26

-- 8 a.m. to noon, Community Service Projects, Habitat for Humanity house at the corner of Carol Street and Morehead Avenue, and a separate project with the Durham Rescue Mission. Students from NCCU and Duke will participate.

-- 9 to 11:30 a.m., Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center. Basketball clinics for 5th and 6th graders with former Duke basketball star Jay Williams.

-- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Campus Main Quad. North Carolina Pride Festival and Parade.

-- 1 to 3:30 p.m., Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center. Basketball clinics for 7th and 8th graders with former Duke basketball star Jay Williams.

-- 1:30 to 3 p.m., Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Panel discussion, “The End of Civilization as We Know It? The Future of Reading,” featuring Sven Birkerts, the author of “The Gutenberg Elegies;” Lynn Neary, a national correspondent for NPR’s Arts and Information Unit; Julie Tetel Andresen, ’72, associate professor of English at Duke and author of “Linguistics Reimagined: Language Study for the 21st Century;” Philip Bennett, former managing editor of the Washington Postand newly appointed professor of the practice of journalism at Duke; and Andy Berndt, ’89, managing director of the Creative Lab at Google. The panel will be moderated by Deborah Jakubs, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke.

-- 4:30 p.m., Blue Devil Walk from Perkins Library to Wallace Wade Stadium.

-- 7 p.m., Wallace Wade Stadium. The Bull City Gridiron Classic: Duke vs. North Carolina Central University. Tickets are still available for $25 each and can be purchased by calling 1-877-375-DUKE or at goduke.com.

-- 7 p.m., Page Auditorium. Sun Ra Arkestra and Mingus Big Band. The concert will be broadcast live on WNCU 90.7 FM. It is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn, and Chicago’s Afro-futurist Underground 1954 – 68” at the Durham Art Guild, through Oct. 18. General tickets are $32, $26 and $20; $5 for students. Information: 660-3357; dukeperformances.duke.edu.

Sunday, Sept. 27

-- Noon to 4 p.m., Nasher Museum of Art. Free Family Day. Live entertainment by Rags to Riches Theatre for Young Audiences, hands-on projects and gallery guides. Limited free tickets available at the door only. Information: 684-5135; nasher.duke.edu.

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