October 7-12, 2008
“FABS” pass available for all ticketed events, call 704-233-8316 or visit the web: www.wingate.edu/culture

Friday - Saturday, October 10-11 at 7:30 pm
G.R.I.T.S. the Musical. Conceived, adapted and original music by Erica McGee
Based on the popular G.R.I.T.S. book, “Friends are Forevah” by best-selling author Deborah Ford
Meet the Author!
Co-sponsored by Friends of the EKS Library

Tuesday, October 7 at 7:30 pm
Southern Fried Jazz Band - Refreshing and authentic Dixieland Jazz

Thursday, October 9 at 7:30 pm
Freeman Beard - Watercolor exhibition and talk by Watercolor Society of NC Signature Artist

Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 pm
Timmy Abell - One of the nation’s top contemporary songwriters for children!wingate-series-1.pdf  wingate-series-2.pdf

Sheri Lynch, co-host of the nationally syndicated morning radio show, “Bob & Sheri” on 107.9, The Link, will speak at the Friends of the Ethel K. Smith Library luncheon at Wingate University on March 13. Tickets are $30 or $225 for a table of eight. They may be purchased by calling 704-233-8093 or email to lbarbee@wingate.edu. Ms. Lynch has written 2 books, “Hello, My Name is Mommy” and “Be Happy or I’ll Scream”. The event will include a book sale and book signing. The Friends of the Library provides funding for new resources including books, manuscripts, and other appropriate material to enhance student learning.

Wingate University is proud to announce its 2007-08 Performance Series. The series is truly outstanding and features performances from theatre to music to speakers and even an illusionist.  The George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center is truly your destination for the arts. Please click on the attachment below for a complete list of performances, as well as dates, times and prices. You will also find the complete Campus Culture Calendar where all events are free unless otherwise noted. There is something for every member of the family. The attachment has a Box Office phone number for additional information about every event.

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Jay Campbell, executive director of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, will be the honored speaker at the Wingate University 2007 Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12. The university will award diplomas to 355 undergraduate and graduate students including the inaugural class of 56 pharmacy students at the 9 a.m. outdoor commencement ceremony on the university’s academic quad.

Campbell developed and teaches the pharmacy law classes at Wingate University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a frequently guest lecturer on pharmacy law topics at Campbell University. His work has also been published several times.

The Chapel Hill native is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law, and received his B.S. the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a part of Wingate University’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium mothers and daughters can enjoy a southern-style tea on Sunday, April 1 from 1 p.m.  to 3 p.m. in the LaVerne Banquet Hall. The cost is $2 per mother/daughter pair.

An assortment of tea and light snacks will accompany a review of the history of the Southern afternoon tea. Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite hat and outfit!

Contact Christine Workman at 704-233-8482 or cworkman@wingate.edu to RSVP to this event by March 30.

More information on the Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium and its events can be found at http://www.wingate.edu/Culture/seasonFABS.asp.

As part of Wingate University’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium, author and motivational speaker Debbie Morris will visit the campus Saturday, March 31 at 3 p.m. for a free lecture about her personal journey told in her book “Forgiving the Dead Man Walking.” The event will take place in the George A. Batte Jr. Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.

Following the lecture, the film “Dead Man Walking” will be shown at 5 p.m. in the Hannah Covington McGee Theatre.

Morris’s story begins in the summer of 1980 when she was kidnapped, raped and held for 30 hours. Her story offers a powerful testimony of forgiveness and redemption on a road of spiritual, emotional and physical recovery. Her journey back to wholeness was the inspiration for the book and film “Dead Man Walking.”

For more information on this event contact Beth Searcy at 704-233-8129 or bsearcy@wingate.edu.

More information on the events of Wingate’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium can be found at http://www.wingate.edu/Culture/seasonFABS.asp.

Local artisans and craft vendors will gather in the academic quad at Wingate University on Sat. March 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sell their items. Admission is free.

Following the Craft Show, sculptor Tom Clark will discuss his famous creations at 1 p.m. in the Recital Hall on campus. After the lecture, the university will make available for purchase a portion of its extensive Tom Clark gnome collection during a silent auction to benefit a student scholarship.

Clark’s creations include sculptures of Beethoven, Jefferson, famous NASCAR drivers, and his trademark Gnomes. His works are said to provide the mirror that reflects the eternal aspects of our deeper selves.

For more information contact Jessica Hylton at 704-233-8246 or jhylton@wingate.edu.

For information on the Southern Market and Craft show contact Brittany Honeycutt at 704-233-8543 or bdhoneyc@wingate.edu.

These events are part of Wingate University’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium. More information on the symposium can be found at http://www.wingate.edu/Culture/seasonFABS.asp.

Mary Erickson of Marshville, N.C., will display her oil paintings at Wingate University March 13- April 5 from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. each weekday in the C. Douglas Helms Gallery.

Erickson discusses our connection to the natural world through her oil paintings. This first time solo exhibition encompasses her travels through Argentina and Ireland, in addition to large-scale works created from plein air oil studies in the Carolinas and Florida. Her paintings have won acclaim from collectors throughout the United Sates and Europe.

For more information on Erickson’s display contact Louise Napier at 704-233-8055 or lnapier@wingate.edu.

This event is a part of Wingate’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium. For more information on the Symposium visit www.wingate.edu/FABS.asp.

The Wingate University Theatre will present Ron Osborne’s comedy, First Baptist of Ivy Gap March 22-24 and March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center.

The play explores the lives of six women during the World War II era and their dreams, desires and disappointments. The play then fast forwards 25 years when the six women join together and the play explores the universal themes of loss and guilt, success and disappointment and the benefits and evils of privilege. Tickets are $10 and can be ordered through the box office at 704-233-8300.

Following the performance on March 29 playwright Ron Osborne will lead a discussion about his play. This event is free and open to the public and is part of The Fine Arts of Being Southern, a symposium of artists, authors and musicians. For more information go to www.wingate.edu/FABS.asp.

Wingate University’s Friends of the Library will host a luncheon with Nan Graham, author of “In a Magnolia Minute” Thurs. March 29 at 11:30 a.m. in the La Verne Banquet Hall on campus. Tickets are $30, and this event is open to the public.

Graham, who is also the commentator for WHQR Public Radio in Wilmington, NC, is known for her humorous essays and books on growing up and growing old in the South. Pat Conroy says Graham to be, “as Southern as black-eyed peas, scuppernong wine, she-crab soup, Crimson Tide tailgating and a dog with ticks”

Graham will also host a Writer’s Workshop Friday March 30 at 9 a.m. in Wingate University’s Recital Hall. This even is sponsored by the English Department and is free to the public.

For tickets or more information on this event contact Luanne Barbee at 704-233-8093 or lbarbee@wingate.edu.

This event is a part of Wingate’s Fine Arts of Being Southern Symposium. For more information on the Symposium visit http://www.wingate.edu/Culture/seasonFABS.asp.