Arts

"There's something very primal about the slowing down at an accident scene," says Gyllenhaal. He plays a freelance cameraman, racing to get the grisliest footage, in the film Nightcrawler.

Michel Faber's best-seller, The Crimson Petal and the White, captured the feel of Victorian London. His latest is a literary science-fiction tale that might disappoint hard core sci-fi fans.

Poet Galway Kinnell died Tuesday. His career spanned from the end of World War II to the present, earning him a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Home in Vermont, Kinnell died from leukemia.

Discover the history of the saxophone in all its variations, from sopranino to baritone.

The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet featuring guest composer Stacy Garrop, with video by Michael Frierson and dance by Jan Van Dyke performs this weekend.  

David Ford chatted with Duke University and Music Academy of North Carolina saxophone instructor and soloist Susan Fancher who plays soprano saxophone in the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet. She was joined by Associate Professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, baritone saxophonist Mark Engebretson. On Saturday night, November 1^st at 7:30pm the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet will perform in the UNCG Music Building Recital Hall. The free concert features guest composer Stacy Garrop, video by Michael Frierson and dance by Jan Van Dyke.