Triad Arts with David Ford CAGEFEST presents Kay Larson and her lecture “Cage and Zen: The Koan of Silence”November 12, 2012CAGEFEST on the campus of Wake Forest University has been a six-week-long celebration of the life and artistic contributions of American maverick, composer, poet, artist, John Cage who would have been 100 this year.
Cage's life and art were greatly influenced by his devotion to Zen Buddhism, and CAGEFEST concludes this week with a lecture by longtime New York Times art critic and practicing Buddhist Kay Larson. She’s written a fascinating book, 15-years in the making, titled Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists. On Tuesday night, November 13, at 5:15pm in the Welcome Center Auditorium on the WFU campus, Kay will give a lecture titled “Cage and Zen: The Koan of Silence”.
CAGEFST concludes Wednesday night, November 14, with a complete performance of John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, by pianist, and CAGEFEST director Louie Goldstein. The performance begins at 10:00pm in the Choral Rehearsal Room, in Scales Fine Arts Center, room M208 on the WFU campus.
Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists is available on Penguin Press. Author Kay Larson recently spoke with David Ford from her home in New York. For Cage, appreciating negative space, and silence was life-affirming, but to do so meant, as he put it “...getting one’s mind and desires out of the way”.
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Triad Arts Archives
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October 27, 2008: Harry Clifton
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October 23, 2008: Surry Arts Council: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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October 22, 2008: New Horizons Band
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October 21, 2008: Emerging Leaders Network
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October 20, 2008: Greensboro Symphony: Time for Three
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October 16, 2008: Music for a Great Space: The Brubeck Brothers
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October 15, 2008: Understanding Tony Kushner
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October 14, 2008: Reynolda House: Seeing The City
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October 13, 2008: Joseph Mills: Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers
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October 9, 2008: Eddie Bass and Fred Chappell
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October 8, 2008: Skill Building For Writers
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October 7, 2008: 2008/2009 North Carolina Dance Festival
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October 6, 2008: Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers
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October 1, 2008: Piedmont Opera: The Light in the Piazza
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September 30, 2008: Triad Youth Jazz Society
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September 29, 2008: High Point Doll and Miniature Museum
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September 25, 2008: Art in Bethania
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September 24, 2008: WFU Theatre: Intimate Apparel
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September 23, 2008: Freeport
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September 22, 2008: SECCA: Erwin Olaf
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September 19, 2008: Triad Arts Weekend: Thomas Murray
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September 18, 2008: Jews and Catholics
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September 17, 2008: Guilford College Art Gallery: From One Artist to Another
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September 16, 2008: Winston-Salem Symphony and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
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September 15, 2008: Walt Strony
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September 11, 2008: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: Dancing with the Dragon
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September 10, 2008: Bookmarks Book Festival
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September 9, 2008: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival: King Lear
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September 8, 2008: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing
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September 4, 2008: West Side Civic Theatre: Hello Dolly!
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