Dead Girl Walking: A Day With Marcy Brenner
- Date
- Friday, Oct. 9, 2009
- Time
- 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Organization
- Health Arts Network at Duke
- Description
Please join us for a concert and documentary film featuring Marcy Brenner, a breast cancer survivor who received a bone marrow transplant at Duke for metastatic breast cancer and has been in remission since 2000.
Her inspiring story is now featured in the highly acclaimed documentary Dead Girl Walking -- an "intimate and spirited story of a young woman's survival and the back-handed gifts her adventure with illness bestowed on her life."
Marcy and her husband, both professional musicians, will play in the Duke Unversity Hospital Courtyard from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Dead Girl Walking will be shown at noon in the Rauch Conference room (15103) of the Morris Building.Marcy will talk about her experience and answer questions after the viewing.
- Contact
- For more information, please contact Grey Brown at 919-684-6223 or brown097@mc.duke.edu
- Registration status
- No registration required
- Location
- Duke University Hospital
- Location Specifics
- Concert in Duke University Hospital Courtyard
Documentary shown in Morris Clinic - Address
- Erwin Road Durham, NC 27710
- Directions
- Driving Directions to Duke (Erwin Road)
From Greensboro and Points West
Via 1-85 North: Exit onto N.C. 147 (Durham Freeway).
Take first exit off Durham Freeway onto 15-501 S. toward Chapel Hill.
Stay in right lane, and take second exit (#107) to N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road.
From Richmond and Points North
Via I-85 South:
In Durham, take the left-lane exit (#174B) for US 15-501 S. Bypass - Duke University/Chapel Hill.
Continue on U.S. 15-501 to the fourth exit (#107) a right-lane exit for N.C. 751.
Turn LEFT onto N.C. 751 S., go under the highway, and take next left turn onto Erwin Road.
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East
Via I-40 West: Exit onto the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147).
Take Durham Freeway to Fulton Street exit (#15B).
Turn left onto Fulton Street, take to end at Erwin Road.
From Chapel Hill
Via U.S. 15-501: North. Take 15-501 N. marked Duke Univ./Med Ctr. (Do NOT take 15-501 Business.)
Take N.C. 751 exit (#107) marked Duke. Univ. West Campus.
Turn right onto N.C. 751, make the next left turn onto Erwin Road.
