Performance
Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)
Kenan Theatre
7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Sunday, 2 p.m. Sunday
$10 – $25 admission
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents its latest performance, a limited-run of a one-woman show fictionalizing the experiences of a nanny. Lisa Ramirez wrote and acts in the play, which is based on her observations as a nanny in New York City.
It tackles the tricky issues of a woman raising another woman’s child, and the battles one faces as a result. Ramirez said her work opened her eyes to the politics of workers’ rights. She joined Domestic Workers United and has been an influential figure in the passing of New York’s recent worker reform bill.
The play is a part of the company’s ongoing PRC2 series, a set of smaller productions devoted to community engagement and conversation about pressing social issues. The adventures in nannyland only stick around until Sunday, so be sure and check it out before it closes.
Read staff writer Carson Blackwelder’s preview of the show here.
Art
First Year
John and June Alcott Gallery, Hanes Art Center
Jan. 11 – Feb. 11
Free admission
This one month exhibit in Hanes Art Center features the work of students currently in the first year of a master’s in fine arts, including Lee Delegard, Ashley Florence, Cora Lim, Chris Musina, Jason Osborne, Neill Prewitt, Jonathan Sherrill and Seoun Som.
These eight artists’ works explore a variety of themes and mediums. See the artwork in the John and June Alcott Gallery.
Ackland Art Museum
Gallery and Exhibits (10 a.m. – 8 pm Thursday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday)
Free admission
Even though the Ackland Art Museum’s fantastic trio of Andy Warhol-inspired exhibits closed while Canvas was on holiday, the fine folks on Columbia Street are well on their way to debuting three new collections sure to be a hit.
“Tradition in Clay: Two Centuries of Classic North Carolina Pots” opened during the holidays, celebrating the pottery of homegrown Carolina potters, and “At Work in the Wilderness: Picturing the American Landscape, 1820-1920” and “The Oldest Paintings in America: Utah’s Rock Art Photographed by Goodloe Suttler” open this Thursday as part of a gala Thursday evening bash.
Live music from the Black Swamp Bootleggers and light refreshments will help kick off the next trio of stellar exhibits at the Ackland. Keep your eyes peeled for Canvas at Thursday’s shindig.
Nasher Museum of Art
Gallery and Exhibits
Ongoing, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m .Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
$5 general admission, $3 non-Duke students with I.D., free on Thursdays
The Nasher at Duke continues the Record exhibit on vinyl art. Go now before the grooves disappear in early February.
Music
All-Carolina Invitational Male Choral Festival Concert
Saturday, Jan. 15
6:00 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
$5 general admission
Canvas wishes we knew more about this event. But it sounds kind of fun, and the Hill Hall Auditorium is a wonderful place to hear live music. Plus, if the popularity of on-campus male a capella groups is any indication, just about everyone and their mother loves male vocal groups.
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