January/February calendar of events
Through Jan. 22
Exhibit: “Mixed Meanings/Hidden Messages.” Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. Mixed media exhibition featuring selections from three of Wake Forest’s nine collections. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday; 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. weekends.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
Through Jan. 26
Exhibit: “Paintings of Magaly Perez.” Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Mezzanine Gallery. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday; 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. weekends.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
Jan. 17 – May 13
Exhibit: “Treasures from a Moravian Attic: Native American Objects from the Wachovia Historical Society.” Museum of Anthropology. Exhibit featuring Native American objects collected by explorers, archaeologists and Moravian missionaries. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
Feb. 8 – March 19
Exhibit: “Edith Issac Rose, Elyse Defoor and Claudia Gross-Roath.” Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. Individual exhibitions featuring paintings, mixed media works and silhouettes. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday; 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. weekends. Opening Reception: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Feb. 8.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
JANUARY
Jan. 12 – 19
“On Common Ground” MLK Celebration. Week-long celebration honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan. 12
MLK “Can I Poet” Spoken Word Series. 7 p.m. Shorty’s, Benson University Center. Featuring New York-based poet Ove and an open mic session.
Free. (336) 758-5864.Jan. 13
“Nine STEPS Closer to the Dream” Step Show. 7 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Featuring teams representing each of the “Divine Nine” historically black fraternities and sororities from colleges across the East Coast.
Advance tickets $7; $10 at the door. (336) 758-5864.Jan. 14
8th Annual MLK Invitational Basketball Tournament. Games begin at 1 p.m. Reynolds Gym.
Free. (336)758-5838.Jan. 15
Concert: MLK GospelFest featuring Kim Burrell. 4 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
$3; free to students with valid ID. (336) 758-5864.Jan. 16
Reading: “I Have a Dream.” 5:30 p.m. Z. Smith Reynolds Library Atrium. Reading by Wake Forest student Mica Andrews.
Free. (336) 758-5864.5th Annual WFU/WSSU Joint MLK Celebration featuring the Rev. Bernice King. 7 p.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-5864.Jan. 17
Divinity School Convocation with the Rev. Bernice King. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-5121.Jan. 18
Screening: Civil rights documentary “Eyes on the Prize.” 7 p.m. Pugh Auditorium, Benson University Center.
Free. (336) 758-5864.Jan. 19
MLK University Worship Service with the Rev. John Mendez of Emmanuel Baptist Church. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-5121.
Jan. 12
Lecture: “A Day and a Night at the South Pole.” 4 p.m. Olin Physical Laboratory, Room 101. Featuring Wake Forest University Medical School student D.J. Williams.
Free. (336) 758-5337.
Jan. 18
Painting Workshop: Visiting Artist Magaly Perez. 3:30 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 8.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
Jan. 22
Concert: Carolina Piano Trio. 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Jan. 23
Concert: “To the Stars” with Dan Locklair. 8 p.m. Wait Chapel. Featuring Dan Locklair, organist, professor and composer-in-residence at Wake Forest.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Jan. 24
Divinity School Chapel Series: the Rev. Dr. Al Aymer, president of Hood Theological Seminary. 11 a.m. Davis Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
Jan. 26
Lecture: Thomas Whyte, professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University. 7:30 p.m. Museum of Anthropology.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
Jan. 28
Concert: Senior Recital with Mitchell Dean, baritone. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Jan. 29
Chinese New Year Festival. 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Reynolds Gym.
Free. (336) 758-5675.
Jan. 31
Divinity School Chapel Series: the Rev. Dr. Henry Mugabe of Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe. 11 a.m. Davis Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 1 – 14
Valentines’ Day Shop Sale. Museum of Anthropology. 15% off purchases $5 & up (25% off for MOA Friends). 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Saturday during sale only.
(336) 758-5282.
Feb. 2 – 4
Play: “Proof.” 7:30 p.m. Ring Theatre. Student-produced play.
Tickets available at the door. $5; $3 for students. (336) 758-5295.
Feb. 2
Concert: Faculty Recital. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Featuring Richard Heard, tenor; Barbara DeMaio Caprilli, soprano; and Pamela Howland, piano.
Free. (336) 758 5364.
Feb. 7
Divinity School Chapel Series: “Akoni: In Praise of Great African Ancestors” with the Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor of Shaw University. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
Feb. 8
Exhibit Opening & Reception: “Edith Issac Rose, Elyse Defoor and Claudia Gross-Roath.” 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. Exhibit features paintings, mixed media works and silhouettes.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
Feb. 10 – 11, 15 – 19
Play: “Gint.” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 – 11, 15 – 18; 2 p.m. Feb. 19. MainStage Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center.
$12; $5 for students. (336) 758-5295.
Feb. 13
Children’s After-School Program: “Having Fun: Cherokee Games.” 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Includes learning activity and craft. Museum of Anthropology. Grades 1-5. Snow date: Feb. 20.
$15; $12 members. (336) 758-5282.
Feb. 14
Divinity School Chapel Series: Walter Harrelson of Wake Forest University. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
Feb. 15
Concert: Faculty Recital. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Featuring Jacqui Carrasco, violin, and Peter Kairoff, piano.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Feb. 18
Concert: Senior Recital. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Featuring Christal Boyd, soprano and Ann Listokin, piano.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Feb. 23
Lecture: Ken Robinson, director of public archeology at Wake Forest. 7:30 pm. Museum of Anthropology.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
Feb. 27
Children’s After-School Program: “Animal Canvases.” 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Includes learning activity and craft. Museum of Anthropology. Grades 1-5. Snow date: March 6.
$15; $12 members. (336) 758-5282.
Feb. 28
Divinity School Chapel Series: the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
Secrest Artists Series Concert: “I Musici of Rome.” 7:30 p.m. Wait Chapel.
$20/$12 students and seniors. (336) 758-5295.
Feb. 28 – March 1
Phyllis Trible Lecture Series: “Gender, Sexuality and Faith.” Two-day lecture series with prominent feminist scholars of religion. $50 for series; $20 per lecture; $10 for closing luncheon.
Registration required. (336) 758-3522. Series includes:
Feb. 28
Noon. Registration. Brendle Recital Hall lobby.
1:15 p.m. Welcome. Brendle Recital Hall.
1:30 p.m. “Testifying to the Blues: Sex and the Black Church” with Kelly Brown Douglas of Goucher College. Brendle Recital Hall.
3 p.m. “Loosed or Bound Again? Life with Father God” with Elizabeth Bounds of Emory University. Brendle Recital Hall.
4:30 p.m. Reception. Brendle Recital Hall.
6 p.m. “If You Are Elijah, then I Am Jezebel” with Phyllis Trible of Wake Forest Divinity School. Brendle Recital Hall.
March 1
9:30 a.m. “Why Do Men Want Goddesses?” with Rosemary Radford Ruether of the Pacific School of Religion. Wait Chapel.
11 a.m. Panel Discussion. Wait Chapel.
12:30 p.m. Luncheon.
Feb. 25
Lucille Harris and Christopher Giles Competitions in Musical Performance. 1 p.m. vocal and instrumental competition; 6 p.m. piano competition. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
