WFU Music Department Hosts Competitions
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s 21st annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, in Brendle Recital Hall. The music competitions, established by Paul and Sara Sinal, honor Christopher Giles, who taught piano at Wake Forest for 37 […]
WFU Art Exhibit Explores Digital Media
February 6, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Eight artists will exhibit sculpture, photography, video and interactive media installations in the show, “A Common Thread: Digital Media and the Creative Process,” opening Friday, Feb. 13, at the Wake Forest University Fine Arts Galley. The exhibit runs through Sunday, March 29. An opening reception […]
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet to Speak at WFU
February 6, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Philip Levine, whose collection of poetry “The Simple Truth” won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize, will read his poems at Wake Forest University on Monday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Admission to the poetry reading is free and open […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 5, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
The Media and America’s Search for its Soul From Waco to Hollywood portrayals of priests, a panel of three nationally known journalists will examine how Americans view matters of faith and morality through the filter of the media. The public program begins at 7:30 p.m., […]
Bowles to Deliver 1998 Commencement Address
February 3, 1998 | Commencement, Events, Speakers
White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles will speak at Wake Forest University’s 1998 commencement ceremony on May 18. Bowles was named President Clinton’s chief of staff in November 1996 and assumed his post the following January. He had previously served as the assistant to […]
Sitarist Ravi Shankar to Perform at WFU
February 2, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
World famous sitar player Ravi Shankar will perform at Wake Forest University on Thursday, April 30, with his 16-year-old daughter Anoushka. Shankar, who popularized Indian music around the world, will perform at 8 p.m. at Wait Chapel in a Secrest Artists Series concert. Originally scheduled […]
WFU Students Address Rape Awareness
February 2, 1998 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, Student
A Wake Forest University student organization, PREPAR (Policy Group for Rape Education, Prevention and Response), will sponsor its annual Rape Awareness Week February 9-12. “The goal of the week is to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual assault, provide information about the prevention of […]
Carolina Baroque to Perform Music of Handel at WFU
February 2, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Carolina Baroque, a professional period instrument ensemble specializing in music from the 17th and 18th centuries, will perform at Wake Forest University’s Brendle Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Monday, February 2. Titled “The Great Mr. Handel,” the program will include both sacred and secular music […]
Wake Forest Consort to Present Early Italian Music
February 2, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest Consort will present a program titled “Italia Mia” at 8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 in Brendle Recital Hall at Wake Forest University. The program features Italian music from the 14th through 17th centuries. The early music ensemble is composed of Wake […]
Sufi Muslims Whirl into WFU for Year of Religion
January 30, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Shaikh Kabir Helminski and Sufi Muslims from Vermont’s Threshold Society will visit Wake Forest University Feb. 4-6 as part of its 1997-98 Year of Religion in American Life. The highlight of the visit by the group will be a performance of the Sema ceremony by […]
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