Blues Traveler to perform Sept. 28
September 5, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
Blues Traveler will perform at 8 p.m. on Sept. 28 at Wake Forest University. The concert is sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Union and will be held in Wait Chapel. Tickets are $27.50 and go on sale Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. Tickets […]
WFU presents public concert as part of National Teachers of Singing conference
September 4, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Department of Music will host the fall conference for the North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing on Sept. 14 and 15. On Friday, Sept. 14, a free, public concert will feature Wake Forest music faculty and voice […]
Wake Forest Divinity School to host spirituality conference on congregational song
August 31, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity
Wake Forest University Divinity School will host a Sept. 24 conference called, “When Bedrock Shifts: Tracing the Church’s Theology and Spirituality Through Congregational Song,” featuring a published composer and a hymn author. The conference will include a lecture, small group exercises with singing, and a […]
Locklair plays Locklair in organ recital at WFU
August 30, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
Dan Locklair, composer-in-residence at Wake Forest University, will present an organ recital of his music on Sept. 23. The free concert, “Locklair Plays Locklair,” will begin at 3 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Compositions performed will include Locklair’s recent “Fanfare for Organ” (commissioned for the […]
Second City comedy troupe of ‘SCTV’ fame to perform at WFU
August 29, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Second City, an improvisational comedy troupe that lists Bill Murray and Joan Rivers among its alumni, will perform at Wake Forest University at 8 p.m. on Sept. 17. The event, sponsored by the Wake Forest Student Union, will be held in Brendle Recital […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest University
August 23, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, For Parents
WAKE FOREST PREPARES PARENTS FOR COLLEGE TRANSITION Hundreds of Wake Forest parents will examine their relationship with each other and their college freshman in a two-day workshop at the university starting today at 7 p.m. Helping parents understand the changes in both relationships can help […]
Author of book on modern slavery to speak at WFU
August 22, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Research, Speakers
Kevin Bales, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, “Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy,” will speak at Wake Forest University on Sept. 4. The free lecture will begin at 7:15 p.m. in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Desmond Tutu called Bales’ book “a […]
WFU’S Secrest Series to open with music of Venice
August 21, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Venetian early music chamber orchestra, Accademia di San Rocco, will open the 2001-2002 Secrest Artists Series season at Wake Forest University on Friday, Sept. 7. The concert honoring the 30th anniversary of Wake Forest’s residential study program in Venice will begin at 8 […]
WFU announces 2001-2002 theater schedule with new show times, lengths of runs
July 31, 2001 | Arts & Culture
Wake Forest University Theatre has announced its 2001-02 theater season schedule, with some changes to the established format. The season’s annual offerings will not change, but the times and runs for shows will be different. The 2001-2002 season will include four MainStage productions and the […]
WFU anthropology museum exhibit traces history of Panama’s Kuna culture
July 27, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Kuna Mola: Maintaining Tradition Amid Change” opens at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology Sept. 7 and runs through Nov. 21. The exhibit presents a view of traditional and contemporary Kuna life through a collection of “molas” (the colorful, traditional blouse worn by Kuna […]
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