“The Digital Millennium” Begins New Lecture Series
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Stephen D. O’Leary, a faculty member of the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Southern California, begins the Department of Communication’s lecture series on rhetoric and religion Thursday, Feb. 19, with “The Digital Millennium” – a program on new religions, the Internet and […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
You May Be Smart, But Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Emotional intelligence versus intelligence quotient, or IQ, will be the focus of the next Discovery Series from 11 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Panelists will meet in Benson University Center’s third floor lounge to […]
Nexus Brings World Music to WFU in Secrest Concert
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
From traditional African dance rhythms to 1920s xylophone ragtime music, the percussion quintet NEXUS will bring world music to Wake Forest University at 8 p.m Saturday, Feb. 28, in Wait Chapel. During the Secrest Artists Series concert, the world-renowned ensemble will play Tibetan cymbals, tuned […]
WFU Presents Play “Six Degrees of Separation”
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Six Degrees of Separation,” John Guare’s play about a young man who poses as Sidney Poitier’s son, will open Friday, Feb. 20, at Wake Forest University. Directed by Wake Forest theater instructor Sharon Andrews, the University Theatre production runs through March 1. “It is a […]
WFU Music Department Hosts Competitions
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s 21st annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, in Brendle Recital Hall. The music competitions, established by Paul and Sara Sinal, honor Christopher Giles, who taught piano at Wake Forest for 37 […]
WFU Art Exhibit Explores Digital Media
February 6, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Eight artists will exhibit sculpture, photography, video and interactive media installations in the show, “A Common Thread: Digital Media and the Creative Process,” opening Friday, Feb. 13, at the Wake Forest University Fine Arts Galley. The exhibit runs through Sunday, March 29. An opening reception […]
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet to Speak at WFU
February 6, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Philip Levine, whose collection of poetry “The Simple Truth” won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize, will read his poems at Wake Forest University on Monday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Admission to the poetry reading is free and open […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 5, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
The Media and America’s Search for its Soul From Waco to Hollywood portrayals of priests, a panel of three nationally known journalists will examine how Americans view matters of faith and morality through the filter of the media. The public program begins at 7:30 p.m., […]
Bowles to Deliver 1998 Commencement Address
February 3, 1998 | Commencement, Events, Speakers
White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles will speak at Wake Forest University’s 1998 commencement ceremony on May 18. Bowles was named President Clinton’s chief of staff in November 1996 and assumed his post the following January. He had previously served as the assistant to […]
Sitarist Ravi Shankar to Perform at WFU
February 2, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
World famous sitar player Ravi Shankar will perform at Wake Forest University on Thursday, April 30, with his 16-year-old daughter Anoushka. Shankar, who popularized Indian music around the world, will perform at 8 p.m. at Wait Chapel in a Secrest Artists Series concert. Originally scheduled […]
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