WFU Groups Plan Concert of Renaissance Music
November 6, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
With krummhorns, violas da gamba and other period instruments, the Wake Forest Collegium will present “Renaissance Music of France and the Low Countries” on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Brendle Recital Hall. The 8 p.m. concert will feature instrumental and choral music from between 1450 and […]
WFU Jazz Ensemble to Give Fall Concert
November 6, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s jazz ensemble will perform Thursday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Admission is free. Conducted by C. Kevin Bowen, assistant director of instrumental ensembles, the 20-member student ensemble will present a program of jazz tunes that includes Dean Sorenson’s […]
Guest Quartet to Perform at WFU
November 6, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Emrys Ensemble, whose repertoire extends from Baroque to contemporary, will perform at Wake Forest University Sunday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Bach’s “Quartet in A minor” will open the concert. “A Dream Returned,” composed in 1996 by CheeKong Ho, will […]
WFDD Raises $228,000 in Fall Campaign
November 6, 1997 | University Announcement
Public radio station WFDD raised more than $228,000 during its fall fundraising campaign in October. More than 2,500 people called or mailed in pledges, according to Linda Ward, manager of WFDD (88.5 FM), Wake Forest University’s National Public Radio member station. Nearly 600 of the […]
Scholars to Debate Natural Law in WFU Seminar
November 4, 1997 | Events, School of Law, Speakers
Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas mentioned it during his Senate confirmation hearing; Martin Luther King Jr. invoked it in his “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” Some of the nation’s leading experts will discuss “it” – natural law – Nov. 21-22 at Wake Forest University in the […]
WFU Stages “Much Ado About Nothing”
November 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Shakespeare’s version of the battle of the sexes, “Much Ado About Nothing,” will open Friday, Nov. 7, at Wake Forest University. The sharp-tongued, independent heroine Beatrice (junior Megan Cramer) and the mocking hero Benedick (senior Jeff Schoenheit) match wits in Wake Forest University Theatre’s production […]
Moyers to Share Insights on Religion in America at WFU
October 31, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers
Bill Moyers, one of America’s best-known commentators on religion, will share his insights on the spiritual journey of the United States and its people Wednesday, Nov. 19, in a speech at Wake Forest University for its 1997-98 Year of Religion in American Life. The speech, […]
Author of “Prime Time Preachers” to Speak at WFU
October 30, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Jeffrey K. Hadden, a prominent sociologist best known for his research on religious broadcasters and the Christian Right, will speak at Wake Forest University Monday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m in DeTamble Auditorium. Hadden, a sociology professor at the University of Virginia, has written several […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 30, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Spooky Fun for Community Children Project Pumpkin, an annual event sponsored by the Wake Forest University Volunteer Service Corps, will bring more than 1,200 disadvantaged children to campus for an afternoon of Halloween fun today from 3-6 p.m. Costumed student volunteers will escort each child […]
Israeli Peace Activist to Speak at WFU
October 30, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Yehezkel Landau, a leading Israeli peace activist, will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Wake Forest University on “Sharing Jerusalem: Challenges for Israelis, Palestinians and Americans.” The lecture in Room 314 of Wingate Hall is free and open to the public. Landau is […]
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