Ravi Shankar to Perform in Secrest Series Concert
March 10, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Ravi Shankar, who popularized Indian music around the world, will perform at Wake Forest University Friday, March 21. The 8 p.m. Secrest Artists Series Concert will be held in Wait Chapel. From Woodstock to the Kremlin, Shankar is famous for playing the sitar, a complex […]
Duo-Pianists to Give Concert
March 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Hodgens & Howard, duo-pianists who present concerts around the world, will perform at Wake Forest University Wednesday, March 19. The free concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Delores Hodgens and Samuel Howard, a husband-and-wife team, will perform music by Rachmaninoff, Schubert, […]
Symposium to Explore Future of the Arts
March 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Artists, critics, educators and arts administrators will gather at Wake Forest University to explore the future of the arts in a three-day symposium March 20-22. “The Arts in the New Century,” one of the university’s Year of the Arts events, begins Thursday, March 20, with […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 27, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Beethoven Festival Focuses on the Ninth Wake Forest music professor David Levy has organized “Joy’s Legacy: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: a Festival and Symposium” to be held at Wake Forest Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2. The Ninth Symphony, famous for its choral finale “Ode […]
Alec Baldwin to Star in “Love Letters”
February 27, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, University Announcement
Actor Alec Baldwin, who recently appeared in the movie “Ghosts of Mississippi,” will star in A.R. Gurney’s stage romance “Love Letters” at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, April 8. The performance had been scheduled for March 4. The play will begin at 8 p.m. in […]
Duo Guitarists to Perform Early Music
February 24, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Duo guitarists Patrick O’Brien and Dennis Cinelli will perform “Uncommon Duets: Music for Guitars of Unique Sizes & Shapes” at Wake Forest University Thursday, Feb. 27. The free concert of 17th, 18th, and 19th century guitar music will begin at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital […]
Museum to Host Talk on Textiles in Zaire
February 24, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will present “The Leopard’s Spots: Textiles and Leadership Arts Among the Kuba” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. Patricia Darish, assistant professor of art history and African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas, will discuss the royal […]
Museum Offers Class on Greek Archaeology
February 24, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will offer “An Introduction to Greek Archaeology: The American Perspective,” a four-week adult education class. The class, led by archaeologist Carol Zerner, will meet March 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 6:30-9 p.m. in the museum classroom. Zerner, previously […]
Professor Links Chemistry & Art
February 12, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Noble Prize-winning chemist and published poet Roald Hoffmann will bridge the gap between science and art in a talk entitled “Molecular Beauty” on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Intended for a general audience, the one-hour lecture begins at 3:30 p.m. in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. “What […]
Annual Music Competitions to be Held
February 12, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s 20th annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, in Brendle Recital Hall. Beginning at 10 a.m., nine Wake Forest piano students will compete for three cash prizes. First prize is $500; second […]
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