Reitman speaks to Festival crowd
“Nepotism failed me,” director Jason Reitman told the crowd gathered in Wait Chapel on Saturday night to hear his keynote address concluding the 2011 Reynolda Film Festival. The son of successful producer and director Ivan Reitman told the story of his journey from a teenager fearful of being overshadowed by his father in the movie industry, working his way up as a writer and director of short films and television commercials, to finally getting his big break with “Thank You for Smoking.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest students hosted an Asian Spring Festival on March 26 — performing Indian and Korean dances and organizing an Asian costume fashion show. A Chinese Tai Chi fan dance and performances by the Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe were part of the celebration. See a photo gallery.
Indie films, documentaries, international features, an Oscar-nominated keynote speaker and a worldwide student film competition — the Reynolda Film Festival, held March 29-April 2, offers them all.
The late Bob Knott dedicated much of his time during his long career teaching art at Wake Forest to helping students build the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. Some of his artwork will be sold during this Friday's Gallery Hop in downtown Winston-Salem to continue his passion for the Student Union collection.
Spring is filled with music on campus. Find out which students were recognized with awards for their musical talent, take a look at a full schedule of events and listen to some samples of past performances.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press -- the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America -- discusses the future of Irish poetry after "The Troubles" and shares his five favorite Irish poems.
The 2011 Academy Award-winner for "best documentary" offers a glimpse into the power of the medium. Thanks to a focus on content, storytelling and an interdisciplinary approach to research, a new Documentary Film Program is thriving at Wake Forest.
Commitment to one word transformed Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. into a Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist and actor. “Greatness” helped Lynn achieve much more than his stage name, “Common,” would suggest possible. He spoke in Wait Chapel about his inspiring journey.
Installations at a local museum have been newly identified as rooms from the house in Edenton, N.C., where Harriet Jacobs lived. Jacobs is the author of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." History professor Anthony Parent will bring the finding to light.