Arts & Culture Archive

Spike Lee: ‘Find something you love’

March 29, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Community

Spike Lee described his long journey to becoming an acclaimed filmmaker and encouraged students and others attending the Reynolda Film Festival to find something they love doing.

News

‘Following Your Dreams’

March 10, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Graduate School, Wake Forest College

The third annual Reynolda Film Festival on March 24 – 27 will feature film screenings, a world premiere, a film competition, and talks by scriptwriters, animators and film-industry insiders.

News

The library of the future

March 9, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Research

Libraries aren’t just for books anymore. Nationally recognized by the Library and Information Technology Association for her work in library technology, Instructional Design Librarian Lauren Pressley shares what’s ahead for books and the virtual library at your fingertips.

News

Film professor Peter Brunette studies the works of Oscar-nominated filmmaker

March 3, 2010  |   Arts & Culture

Foreign films make up only 1 percent of the box office take in the United States. But, during the Academy Awards March 7, five films with subtitles will get a few extra moments in the spotlight.

News

Rediscovering an 18th-century poet

March 2, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Humanities, Research

Anne Finch is considered the most important woman poet of the early 18th century. Her work, however, has never received its full critical due, largely because of the lack of a comprehensive scholarly study, says Claudia Kairoff, professor and chair of English. Kairoff is engaged […]

StArt Gallery showcases student art

March 1, 2010  |   Arts & Culture

Since it opened last year, the StArt Gallery in Reynolda Village has become a center for students to showcase — and perhaps even sell — their paintings, prints, sculpture and photography.

News

Retired professor Robert Knott dies

February 18, 2010  |   Arts & Culture

Professor Emeritus of Art Robert Knott, who led Wake Forest’s art department through its formative years and was a guiding inspiration for the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art, died Feb. 18 in Winston-Salem following an illness. He was 68.

News

‘The Threepenny Opera,’ brings dark characters, quirky music and political issues to the Mainstage Theatre

February 16, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Student, Wake Forest College

“The Threepenny Opera,” written in Germany over 80 years ago, has a lot to say about unscrupulous behavior in any era. This operetta of power and corruption, written by poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, proves the world is only one scoundrel away from the next $65 billion Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme.

News

Ringing in the Chinese New Year

February 9, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, International, Life on Campus

Wake Forest will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year and the “Year of the Tiger” with several events on campus on Feb. 13.

Super Bowl ads worth it, expert says

February 4, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Athletics

Ads for Sunday’s Super Bowl cost as much as $3 million for every 30-second spot, but the exposure is worth the expense, says marketing professor Sheri Bridges, an expert on branding and advertising.

1 21 22 23 24 25 131

Wake Forest News

336.758.5237
media@wfu.edu
Meet the News Team

News Archives