Those with feet on the ground in Durham know it is the place where great things happen. Be it visual art, performance, food, or community, Durham plays host to a wide breadth of options to experience and get involved.
Durham's accolades are so numerous that there's a website devoted to them, and the destination continually shows up in articles lauding its quality of life, food and art. That said, Duke felt a need to highlight not only the community's offerings, but also the university's involvement and enabling of some of the features. To wit, this site was born."The arts scenes at Duke and across Durham have both blossomed over the past several years. Members of the Duke community are deeply involved in Durham concerts, shows, classes and other arts activities. Duke Performances and others at Duke are holding events at venues across town. We developed this site to highlight how this artistic synergy is benefiting both sides," said David Jarmul, Associate Vice President of News and Communications at Duke.
"Duke has certainly helped to pave the way to some great enhancements that make Durham a continually growing visitor destination," said Shelly Green, President and CEO of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. "This site gives students a great starting point in exploring Durham by providing a type of lens or filter through which they can become introduced."
The site will be used in a variety of ways by Duke, primarily as a way to inform prospects that Duke is part of a significant community of cultural offerings on par with many larger places, and that the university plays a significant role in forming the cultural experience options in Durham.
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