Life topic: Events

Controversial play empowers and comforts women
Vagina. Say it. You can’t; not without laughing or at least cracking a smile. No one takes it seriously. Vagina. There are a thousand euphemisms for it and even more jokes about it. Vagina. It is… Read »

Alumna returns to conduct season’s final Secrest event Alumna returns to conduct season’s final Secrest event
By all appearances, the final concert in the 2007-2008 Secrest Artists Series will be a truly memorable one. Read »

Gospel choir reaches community
The university gospel choir is competing in local television station WXII’s Clash of the Triad Choirs, a contest between seven choirs from the North Carolina Triad area (Winston-Salem, Greensboro… Read »

Annual GSSA event raises funds and awareness for AIDS Annual GSSA event raises funds and awareness for AIDS
The fourth floor of Benson was transformed into a glittery club-like atmosphere for the fifth annual Demon Drag Show benefiting AIDS Care Services of Winston-Salem on Feb 15. The event was hosted by the… Read »

Heavy Bash hits audience hard
The Anthony Aston Players presented Neil LaBute’s Bash Feb. 8 - Feb. 10 in Scales Fine Arts Center. Read »

Play offers learning experience Play offers learning experience
Wings, the latest show in the 2007-08 University Theatre season, offers a “multimedia extravaganza” and puts a human face on language disorders. Read »

Queens strut their stuff for charity Queens strut their stuff for charity
For the past five years, the university’s Gay Straight Student Alliance (GSSA) has held an annual fundraiser to raise money for Winston-Salem’s AIDS Care Service. Read »

Evocative pieces make art exhibit a must-see
Every summer I would visit my great-grandmother’s “happy shack” in rural north Louisiana. As we – my mother, two siblings, and I, – drew closer to her house, we would begin… Read »

Players of all ages battle for ZSR trophy Players of all ages battle for ZSR trophy
The mission was to save the world. Well, on Jan. 25, about 30 or 40 guys took four hours out of their busy university schedules to do just that, one virtual victory at a time. Read »

Simplicity of play reading enhances acting Simplicity of play reading enhances acting
The Ring Theatre and the Virtual Theatre Project hosted staged readings of two plays on Jan. 28 – one a winner of the University’s Ten Minute Play Competition and the other of The Pen is a… Read »