Wake Forest to Present One-Woman Play
September 26, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University Theater will present Belinda Boyd in Anna Deveare Smith’s one-woman play “Fires in the Mirror” at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in the Mainstage Theater. Boyd is a professional actress and assistant professor of theater at the University of North Carolina at […]
This week at Wake Forest
September 26, 1996 | Events, Speakers
Gala Premiere of `Since Dawn’ Set Wake Forest’s composer-in-residence Dan Locklair has created the first musical composition based on Maya Angelou’s 1993 presidential inauguration poem. “Since Dawn (A Tone Poem for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra based on Maya Angelou’s `On the Pulse of Morning’)” will […]
Italian Art Historian Lectures On Tiepolo Works
September 23, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Terisio Pignatti, Reynolds Professor of Art at Wake Forest University, will present a talk on “The Tiepolo Centenary Exhibition in Venice” on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Internationally known as an authority on Venetian art, Pignatti will begin his slide lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Scales Fine […]
This Week at Wake Forest
September 19, 1996 | Events, Faculty, Speakers, Staff, Student
Beverly Sills to Speak at Opening Convocation Opera legend Beverly Sills, one of America’s most prominent advocates for the arts, will speak at Wake Forest University’s opening convocation Tuesday, Sept. 24. Sills, chairman of the board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, will […]
Anthropology Museum Shares Its Treasures
September 16, 1996 | Community, Events, University Announcement
Masks from the Kuba Kingdom of Zaire and Australian bark paintings are among the many never-before exhibited objects included in “Treasures from Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology.” The exhibit, which runs from Sept. 20 through March 1, 1997, includes archeological and ethnographic pieces from […]
Beverly Sills to Speak at Wake Forest’s Convocation
September 4, 1996 | Commencement, Events
Opera legend Beverly Sills, one of America’s most prominent advocates for the arts, will speak at Wake Forest University’s opening convocation Tuesday, Sept. 24. Sills will address “The State of the Arts” at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and open to the […]
Coca-Cola Sponsors Year of the Arts
August 20, 1996 | Events, University Announcement
The Coca-Cola Foundation will be the primary sponsor of Wake Forest University’s Year of the Arts, a year-long celebration of the arts beginning in September. The Year of the Arts marks the start of the university’s plans to develop each year a series of events, […]
Optical Art and Hogarth: Two Shows to Open
August 15, 1996 | Events, Media Advisory
Shows featuring paintings by three artists who helped define optical art and prints by William Hogarth, satirical chronicler of 18th century British society, will open Aug. 26 at the Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery. Both shows draw from the collections of Wake Forest alumni. […]
Lecture By Beverly Sills Begins “Year of the Arts”
August 12, 1996 | Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Opera legend Beverly Sills, one of America’s most prominent advocates for the arts, will speak at Wake Forest University’s opening convocation Sept. 24. Sills will address “The State of the Arts” at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public. […]
WFU to Celebrate Year of the Arts for 1996-97
August 7, 1996 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Media Advisory
All the campus will be a stage and the spotlight will be on musicians, dancers, artists and actors as Wake Forest University begins a year-long celebration of the arts in September. The Year of the Arts, running through May 1997, will include dozens of special […]
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