Symposium to Explore Multiculturalism in Germany, USA
October 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University will host a two-day symposium in November exploring multiculturalism in Germany and the United States. The symposium, which is open to the public, will be held Nov. 7-8 in Wake Forest’s Benson University Center. Titled “Identities in Question: German, European, American,” the […]
Trappist Monk to Give Organ Recital in Wait Chapel
October 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Francis Kline, abbot of South Carolina’s Mepkin Abbey and a Juilliard-trained organist, will present Marcel Dupre’s “The Stations of the Cross” at 8 p.m Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Wait Chapel. Kline’s performance is part of a weeklong visit by the abbot to Wake Forest, who […]
WFU to Present Student Showcase Recital
October 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
To highlight the talents of its best student musicians, Wake Forest University’s music department will present its second annual student showcase recital Sunday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Opening with Bohemian dances and closing with a Brahms sonata, the concert will […]
Wake Forest Offers Flute Fest
October 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s annual flute fest concert will feature Wake Forest flute students and the Silver Wind Flute Choir, a professional ensemble, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in Brendle Recital Hall. A selection from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and an Israeli Folksong, “The Olive Trees,” […]
Students Will Camp Out for Reading of “Moby Dick”
October 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
For a group of Wake Forest University students, a caldron of clam chowder and a blustery night are the perfect ingredients for a marathon reading of “Moby Dick.” Students will spend the weekend camping out and taking turns reading aloud the 470-page novel until it […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 16, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Gandhi’s Grandson Advocates Non-violence Arun Gandhi, grandson of the famous religious and political leader of India, will present “The 21st Century is Coming, But Where Are We Going?” The free public lecture begins at 8 p.m. tonight in Brendle Recital Hall. A reception and book […]
WFU Museum of Anthropology Wins Federal Grant
October 16, 1997 | Arts & Culture, University Announcement
The Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology is one of five natural history/anthropology museums in the country to receive a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Wake Forest’s museum was awarded $28,628 in general operating support. “IMLS encourages the best in […]
Two Wake Forest Choirs to Give Fall Concert
October 16, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s fall choral concert will highlight the music of Schubert and Brahms on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The Choral Union, a 56-voice mixed ensemble, will perform sacred and secular music by Franz Schubert on the 200th anniversary […]
Secrest Series Opens With “Marcel Proust’s Paris”
October 16, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Da Camera of Houston will open Wake Forest University’s Secrest Artists Series on Saturday, Oct. 25, with a program that weaves together chamber music and passages from a novel by celebrated French author Marcel Proust. “Marcel Proust’s Paris,” recreates the refined world of a turn-of-the-century […]
Project Pumpkin Offers Halloween Fun to Community Kids
October 16, 1997 | Community, Events
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 Thursday, Oct. 30, from 3-6 p.m. Costumed student volunteers will escort each child through residence halls […]
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