August/September calendar of events

Aug. 22 – Oct. 2
Exhibit: “Misleading Trails,” exhibition of Chinese and American artists, and “Cold Fusion,” a mixed media presentation of Ethan Brock’s recent work. Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday; 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. weekends.
Free. (336) 758-5585.

Aug. 30 – Dec. 17
Exhibit: “Bridging the Gap: Cultural Awareness through Artistic Presentation.” Museum of Anthropology. Exhibit featuring photographs, paintings and artifacts from Southeast Asia. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday.
Free. (336) 758-5282.

Aug. 30
Opening Convocation. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel. Divinity School Opening Convocation with an address by Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch.
Free. (336) 758-3957.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 2
Communion Service. 1 p.m. Wait Chapel. Divinity School First Friday Communion Service.
Free. (336) 758-3957.

Sept. 6
Opening Chapel. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel. Divinity School Opening Chapel Service with an address by Sir Walter Mack, Pastor, Union Baptist Church.
Free. (336) 758-3957.

Sept. 7
Lecture: “‘Misleading Trails’ in Multiple Perspectives.” 2 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Dan Mills, curator and exhibiting artist, will give a lecture in conjunction with the exhibit, “Misleading Trails.”
Free. (336) 758-5585.

Lecture: Sal D’Agostino. 7:30 p.m. Pugh Auditorium. Salvatore “Sal” D’Agostino, Ladder Company 6, Fire Department-City of New York (FDNY).
Free. (336) 758-4265.

Sept. 8
Secrest Artist Series Concert: David Finckel and Wu Han. 7:30 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Features cello-piano duo David Finckel and Wu Han.
$16 general admission; $12 non-WFU students, senior citizens. For tickets, call Secrest Artists Series Office before Labor Day, (336) 758-5757. University Theatre Box Office after Labor Day, (336) 758-5295.

Sept. 12 — 13
Plays: “Virtual Reality” by Alan Arkin; “The American Century” by Murphy Guyer; and “Hello Out There” by William Saroyan. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12; 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13. Ring Theatre. Student-directed one-act plays.
$2 at the door. (336) 758-5295.

Sept. 14
Panel Discussion: “Political and Literary Perspectives on ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran.'” 7:30 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Panel members Michelle Browers, assistant professor of political science; Dean Franco, assistant professor of English; and Charles Kennedy, professor of political science.
Free. (336) 758-4859.

Sept. 18
Concert: “A Tribute to Honor Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel on her 200th Birthday and other Women Composers of Art Song.” 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Features soprano Susan Kane with Katharine Boyes, piano.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Sept. 20
Film Screening: “Jackson Sandwich” by Jack Lucido. 7 p.m. Carswell Hall, Room 111. Documentary about Lucido’s son’s early diagnosis of autism. Panel discussion on early intervention and reception to follow.
Free. (336) 758-5405.

Sept. 22
Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Features pianist Louis Goldstein, professor of music at Wake Forest.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Sept. 23 — 24, Sept. 28 Ð Oct. 2
Play: “Hayfever.” 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 2, 2 p.m. Wake Forest University MainStage Theatre. Noel Coward’s classic comedy about a weekend in the country with an eccentric family.
$12 general admission; $5 students. Wake Forest Theatre Box Office, (336) 758-5295, Monday – Friday, 12-5 p.m.

Sept. 27
“Percussion Discussion.” 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Lecture and recital featuring John Beck, percussion instructor at Wake Forest, and guests.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Sept. 29
Lecture: “Bridging the Gap: Cultural Awareness through Artistic Presentation.” 7:30 p.m. Museum of Anthropology. Exhibit curators Mickey Buckwalter and Lorelle Bacon will present a lecture in conjunction with exhibit, “Bridging the Gap: Cultural Awareness through Artistic Presentation.”
Free. (336) 758-5282.