April/May calendar of events
March 21, 2007
EXHIBITS
Through May 21
Exhibit: “2006 WFU Student Exhibition.” Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday - Friday; 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. weekends. Juried exhibition of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, installations and digital media by Wake Forest students.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
Through May 25
Exhibit: “Gifts of the Monkey Gods: Maya Crafts from Guatemala.” Museum of Anthropology. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Features wooden masks and sculptures, hand-woven clothing and other crafts made in Guatemala during the last century.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
Through May 25
Exhibit: “Chaeronia: 6000 Years B.C.” Museum of Anthropology. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Features photographs, illustrations and objects discovered during the excavations of an early Greek community.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
April 16 - 30
Exhibit: “Individual Honors Exhibitions.” Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. Features weekly individual exhibitions by WFU honors students.
Free. (336) 758-5585.
APRIL EVENTS
April 1
Concert: Student Recital featuring Amanda Sollars, clarinet, and Kristen Settlemire, saxophone. 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 4
Voices of Our Time Speaker Series: “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty” featuring Sister Helen Prejean. 7 p.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-6075.
April 5
Great Decisions 2007 Citizen’s Forum: “Mexico: Neighbor in Turmoil.” Lecture by Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies, Wake Forest University. 7 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102.
Free. (336) 758-1910.
April 6-7; 11-15
Play: “Romeo and Juliet.” 7:30 p.m., April 6-7 and 11-14; 2 p.m. April 15. MainStage Theatre.
$12/$5. (336) 758-5295.
April 10
Voices of Our Time: “Jumping the Sun: Creating Competitive Advantage in an Increasingly Flat World.” 4 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Panel discussion moderated by journalist Charlie Rose featuring Charlie Ergen, EchoStar Communications Corporation/DISH Network; John Medica, formerly of Dell Inc.; Eric Wiseman, VF Corporation; Ken Thompson, Wachovia Corporation.
Free. (336) 758-5821.
April 11
New Horizons Lecture Series: “Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem,” by Craig D. Atwood, John Comenius Visiting Professor of Moravian Studies at Wake Forest University. 4 p.m. Wingate Hall, Room 202. An introduction to Atwood’s recently published book followed by a booksigning.
Free. (336) 758-5121.
Concert: Collegium Musicum Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 12
Great Decisions 2007 Citizen’s Forum: “The U.S. in the Middle East.” Lecture by Michaelle Browers, assistant professor of political science, Wake Forest University. 7 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102.
Free. (336) 758-1910.
April 14
Event: Museum Family Day: “Myths of Ancient Greece.” 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Museum of Anthropology. Featuring child-friendly versions of popular Greek myths, crafts, games and food.
Free. (336) 758-5282.
Concert: Student Recital featuring Emily Hart Cobb, violin. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 17
Sermon: The Rev. Prince Rivers, senior pastor, United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, Winston-Salem. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-5121.
April 19
Great Decisions 2007 Citizen’s Forum: “War Crimes.” Lecture by George Walker, professor of law, Wake Forest University. 7 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102
Free. (336) 758-1910.
Performance: Mozart & Topsy-Turvy. Scenes from Mozart & Gilbert & Sullivan operas performed by Wake Forest’s Opera Workshop Class.
8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 20
Concert: Senior Honors Recital featuring April Dean, violin. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 21
Concert: Student Recital featuring Joseph Auer, piano. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Concert: 15th Annual Chi Rho Big Concert. 8 p.m. Wait Chapel. Features inspirational music, skits and release of 8th CD, “Here Is What I Know Now.”
Free. (423) 240-5865.
April 24
Voices of Our Time: “Unfinished Icons,” sermon by the Rev. Dr. Molly Marshall, the first female president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary. 11 a.m. Wait Chapel.
Free. (336) 758-3957.
Concert: Composition Recital featuring Danny Moebs. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 25
Lecture: Renowned Historian Eric Foner. 6 p.m. Greene Hall, Room 145. Lecture on “The Story of American Freedom.”
Free. (336) 758-5501.
April 26
Great Decisions 2007 Citizen’s Forum: “International Migration in a Globalizing Economy.” Lecture by Sarah Lischer, assistant professor of political science, Wake Forest University. 7 p.m. Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102
Free. (336) 758-1910.
Concert: Wake Forest University Spring Choral Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall. Concert will feature senior Brittany Jacocks conducting a set of choral works with her senior project ensemble.
Free. (336) 758-5364
April 26-29
Dance: Wake Forest University Spring Dance Concert. 7:30 p.m., April 26-28; 2 p.m., April 29. MainStage Theatre.
$10/$5. (336) 758-5295.
April 28
Concert: Wake Forest Student Chamber Music Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
April 29
Concert: Wake Forest University Wind Ensemble Concert. 3 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
MAY EVENTS
May 1
Concert: Wake Forest University Jazz Ensemble Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
May 2
New Horizons Lecture Series: “Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction,” by Lynn S. Neal, assistant professor of religion at Wake Forest University. 4 p.m. Wingate Hall, Room 202. An introduction to Neal’s recently published book followed by a booksigning.
Free. (336) 758-5121.
Concert: Wake Forest University Orchestra Concert. 8 p.m. Brendle Recital Hall.
Free. (336) 758-5364.
Press Contacts:
Pam Barrett
(336) 758-5237
Kevin Cox
(336) 758-5237
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