Museum Explores Garifuna’s Rite of Passage
February 25, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Keeping Culture: A Rite of Passage Among the Garifuna of Roatan Island” will open at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology Tuesday, March 3. The exhibit, curated by anthropology graduate student Rebecca Benedum Mankowski, will run through April 9. The Garifuna, a group of […]
WFU to Host Amnesty International Conference
February 20, 1998 | Events, International, Speakers
Human rights activists from across the state will gather for Amnesty International’s 1998 state conference to be held at Wake Forest University Feb. 21-22. The international human rights organization will hold the conference to increase awareness of human rights issues. The conference is open to […]
WFU Professor Presents Piano Four-Hands Concert
February 20, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Pamela Howland, Wake Forest University music professor, and guest artist Jill Dawe will perform “French Music for Piano Four-hands” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Wake Forest’s Brendle Recital Hall. The program of music by Debussy, Ravel, Bizet and Faure will be recorded for […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 19, 1998 | Events, Research, School of Law, School of Medicine
Facing Down Saddam The United States may face trouble if it continues to pursue a go-it-alone policy toward the use of military force against Iraq, says Charles Kimball, chair of Wake Forest’s religion department and an expert on the religion and politics of the Middle […]
WFU Orchestra Program Features Piano Concerto
February 18, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
The 80-member Wake Forest University Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Brendle Recital Hall. For the concert, conductor David Hagy held a competition among Wake Forest music students to select the musician to perform a concerto for orchestra. Holly Jarrell, a […]
Sculptor To Visit WFU Campus
February 18, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Sculptor Meg Webster will visit Wake Forest University Wednesday, Feb. 25, to deliver a public lecture. The artist will discuss her work at 3 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Webster’s 4-foot sculpture, “Bronze Bowl,” will become part of Wake Forest’s Student Union […]
“The Digital Millennium” Begins New Lecture Series
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Stephen D. O’Leary, a faculty member of the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Southern California, begins the Department of Communication’s lecture series on rhetoric and religion Thursday, Feb. 19, with “The Digital Millennium” – a program on new religions, the Internet and […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
You May Be Smart, But Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Emotional intelligence versus intelligence quotient, or IQ, will be the focus of the next Discovery Series from 11 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Panelists will meet in Benson University Center’s third floor lounge to […]
Nexus Brings World Music to WFU in Secrest Concert
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
From traditional African dance rhythms to 1920s xylophone ragtime music, the percussion quintet NEXUS will bring world music to Wake Forest University at 8 p.m Saturday, Feb. 28, in Wait Chapel. During the Secrest Artists Series concert, the world-renowned ensemble will play Tibetan cymbals, tuned […]
WFU Presents Play “Six Degrees of Separation”
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Six Degrees of Separation,” John Guare’s play about a young man who poses as Sidney Poitier’s son, will open Friday, Feb. 20, at Wake Forest University. Directed by Wake Forest theater instructor Sharon Andrews, the University Theatre production runs through March 1. “It is a […]
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