Illness Cancels Ravi Shankar Concert
March 20, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory
Ravi Shankar, who has popularized Indian music around the world, will not perform a concert that had been scheduled for tonight (March 21) at Wake Forest University. The concert was canceled after the university learned Shankar had become suddenly ill. Shankar was admitted to Bowman […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
March 20, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Columnist Molly Ivins Will Lecture on Campus Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins will speak as the 1997 Carlyle lecturer at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. A columnist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ivins’ insights […]
Space Shuttle Veteran to Meet Science STARS
March 18, 1997 | Community, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Astronaut Bill McArthur returns home to North Carolina Friday, March 21, to share highlights of his record 14-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1993 and 1995 trip to the Russian Space Station Mir aboard Atlantis. McArthur, a North Carolina native, will speak 4-5 […]
Guest Pianist to Perform
March 13, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove will read her poetry from 4:15-5:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Wake Forest University’s Brendle Recital Hall. Guest pianist Alice Wilkinson will perform at Wake Forest University Thursday, March 25, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Admission is free. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
March 13, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events
Celebrating St. Patrick’s A Day Late Wake Forest University Press, the major publisher of Irish poetry in North America, will host a “coming of age” party on Tuesday, March 18. The press is celebrating 21 years of publishing poetry. The free evening of Irish poetry […]
Rita Dove to Read Her Poetry at WFU
March 13, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove will read her poetry from 4:15-5:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Wake Forest University’s Brendle Recital Hall. Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Dove is the author of six volumes of poetry. She earned a 1987 Pulitzer […]
Program Explores Judas’ Relationship with Jesus
March 11, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, School of Divinity
A program at Wake Forest University will explore Judas’ relationship with Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 18. Entitled “Jesus or Judas: Friend or Foe,” the program will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in Wingate Hall’s lower auditorium. Those attending the event will have an opportunity […]
Ravi Shankar to Perform in Secrest Series Concert
March 10, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Ravi Shankar, who popularized Indian music around the world, will perform at Wake Forest University Friday, March 21. The 8 p.m. Secrest Artists Series Concert will be held in Wait Chapel. From Woodstock to the Kremlin, Shankar is famous for playing the sitar, a complex […]
Molly Ivins to Present the 1997 Carlyle Lecture
March 6, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory
Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins will speak at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, March 25, as the 1997 Carlyle lecturer. The free event is open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Following her presentation, Ivins will take questions from the audience. […]
Duo-Pianists to Give Concert
March 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Hodgens & Howard, duo-pianists who present concerts around the world, will perform at Wake Forest University Wednesday, March 19. The free concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Delores Hodgens and Samuel Howard, a husband-and-wife team, will perform music by Rachmaninoff, Schubert, […]
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