WFU to present African song and dance in ‘Mandinka Epic’
February 3, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Ballet d’Afrique Noire of Senegal will perform African song and dance in “The Mandinka Epic: West African Musical Theater” at 8 p.m. Feb 18 in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel. The program, featuring a cast of 30, is the fourth in the 1999-2000 […]
WFU University Police investigating cause of student’s injuries
February 2, 2000 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Police officers are seeking information to help with an investigation into how a female student sustained injuries to her face and hands on Friday night, Jan. 28. The student, a sophomore who has been interviewed extensively by University Police, told investigators she […]
WFU and WSSU to celebrate anniversary of lunch counter protest
February 1, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University will celebrate the 40th anniversary of a student sit-in at a downtown lunch counter with a series of events on Feb. 23 and Feb. 24. The celebration, “Leadership and Civil Rights: Retrospective and Prospective Visions,” will feature […]
Wake Forest to host Chinese New Year program
January 31, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University will offer a program to celebrate the Chinese New Year from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 in the theater lobby of Scales Fine Arts Center. The program will feature demonstrations and hands-on activities highlighting various aspects of Chinese culture, […]
‘Twilight: Los Angeles 1992’ to open theater’s spring season
January 31, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Twilight: Los Angeles 1992,” Anna Deveare Smith’s documentary play about the Los Angeles riots in the aftermath of the beating of Rodney King will open at Wake Forest University Feb. 11. Directed by Wake Forest Assistant Professor of Theater Cindy Gendrich, the play runs […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 28, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
DEBATE ON INTERNET PRIVACY AND RELATED ISSUES Is the availability of information on the World Wide Web a threat to individual privacy? Is it a threat to decency? Should information be censored on the Web? The Wake Forest debate team will tackle these issues and […]
Students to perform musical matinee
January 26, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Four Wake Forest University students will perform a musical matinee titled “Mozart Meets Sondheim” at 3 p.m. Feb. 13 in the university’s Brendle Recital Hall. Seniors Bill Diggle, Peden Fitzhugh, Matt Mundy and Cher Wright are voice students of Teresa Radomski, Wake Forest associate professor […]
Environmentalist / television host to deliver convocation address
January 26, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and television program host David Suzuki will give Wake Forest’s Founders’ Day Convocation address at 11 a.m. on Feb. 10 in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and the public is invited. Suzuki is familiar to American television viewers as the host […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 20, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Research, Speakers, University Announcement
SECRET CODE AND SECURITY SOFTWARE FOCUS OF EVENTS Two events on Jan. 25 will focus on cracking secret codes and other computer security issues. From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium will be a lecture by S. Brent Morris, senior mathematician at […]
Wake Forest to present music of Cage and Crumb
January 20, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University music professors Teresa Radomski and Louis Goldstein will direct a program of music by contemporary composers John Cage and George Crumb titled “Rainsticks and Ancient Voices” at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the university’s Brendle Recital Hall. In Cage’s “Four3,” a quartet […]
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