October calendar of events

Through 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.

Oct. 1-2
Play: “Hayfever.” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; 2 p.m. Oct. 2. MainStage Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center. All ticket proceeds for matinee performance go to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief fund. Fundraiser to follow matinee performance.
$12; $5 for students. (336) 758-5265.

Oct. 3
Book Reading: Author Quinn Dalton. 4:30 p.m. Tribble Hall, Ammons Lounge, Room A107. Free.
(336) 758-5383.

Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25
God’s October Surprise Chapel Series.
Free. (336) 758-5121.

Oct. 4: Feast of St. Francis with Robert McGee. 11 a.m. Davis Chapel.

Oct. 11: Islam with Imam Khalid Griggs. 11 a.m. Wingate Hall, Lower Auditorium.

Oct. 18: Miroslav Volf. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.

Oct. 25: Judaism with Karen Dresser. 11 a.m. Wingate Hall, Lower Auditorium.

Oct. 4
Lecture: “In a World of War, Dialogue Among the Religions of the World is a Necessity.” 8 p.m. Carswell Hall, Annenberg Forum, Room 111. Lecture by Leonard Swidler, professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University.
Free. (336) 758-5146.

Concert: Jurassic 5. 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Wait Chapel.
$25. www.wfu.tickets.musictoday.com. (336) 758-5697.

Oct. 6
Lecture: “RFL or Reading for Life” with Michael Verde. 4 p.m. Tribble Hall, Room C216. Lecture by Michael Verde, author, teacher and founder and president of Reading for Life.
Free. (336) 758-5387.

Lecture: “Memory Bridge” with Michael Verde. 6 p.m. Kirby Hall, Room B02. Lecture by Michael Verde, author, teacher and founder and president of Reading for Life.
Free. (336) 758-5387.

Concert: Guest Recital with flutist Richard Sherman. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Oct. 10-11
Plays: “All About Al” by Cherie Vogelstein; “Red Carnations” by Glenn Hughes; and “In the Western Garden” by Stuart Spencer. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10; 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11. Ring Theatre. Student-directed one-act plays.
$2 at the door. (336) 758-5295.

Oct. 10
Children’s After-School Program: “Wishing for a Miracle.” 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Museum of Anthropology. Grades 1-5.
$15 non-members; $12 members. (336) 758-5282.

Oct. 18
Lecture: Miroslav Volf. 4 p.m. Wait Chapel. Margaret A. Steelman Lecture Series featuring Miroslav Volf, director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture and the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School.
Free. (336) 758-3519.

Concert: Student Showcase. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Oct. 23
Concert: Student Recital with Ann Bersagel, Soprano. 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Oct. 24
Children’s After-School Program: “Wishing to Remember.” 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Museum of Anthropology. Grades 1-5.
$15 non-members; $12 members. (336) 758-5282.

Oct. 25
Concert: Degas Quartet. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Oct. 26
Lecture: Julia Butterfly Hill. 7 p.m. Benson University Center, Pugh Auditorium. Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist, writer and poet.
Free. (336) 758-5697.

Lecture: “Mahler’s Ape: Symphony, Science, and the Creative Imagination.” 7:30 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room M308. Lecture with musicologist Morten Solvik.
Free. (336) 758-5364.

Oct. 27
Lecture: “Literature and the Measure of Thought” with Angus Fletcher. 4:30 p.m. Tribble Hall, Room C216. Lecture by Angus Fletcher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
Free. (336) 758-5746.

Secrest Artist Series Concert: Treemonisha. 7:30 p.m. Wait Chapel. Rick Benjamin’s new version of Scott Joplin’s folk opera.
$20 general admission; $12 non-WFU students, senior citizens. (336) 758-5295.

Oct. 28-29
Music Festival: Pan American Choral Festival

Oct. 28: Panel Discussion. 7:30 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Features presentation by participating conductors on the choral music of their respective countries.

Oct. 29: Concert. 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. Features Maestro Guido Minoletti and Ariel Perez.

Oct. 28-29 and Nov. 2-6
Play: “Marvin’s Room.” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28-29 and Nov. 2-5; 2 p.m. Nov. 6. MainStage Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center.
$12; $5 for students. (336) 758-5265.

Oct. 31
Concert: Midnight Halloween Orchestra Concert. 12 a.m., midnight. Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center.
Free, but tickets required. (336) 758-5364.