Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough is a master of narrative history. He’s twice won the National Book Award, and in 2006 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian award. On Tuesday, February 28, Guilford College, with support from BOOKMARKS, will bring the noted historian and author to the Triad. The event begins at 7:30pm in Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Road in Winston-Salem. After discussing his most recent book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, McCullough will take questions from the audience. He’ll also be signing books following his presentation.
The Greater Journey tells the story of a remarkable group of adventurous American artists, doctors, architects, politicians, writers and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, and how they were transformed by their experience. Household names like Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, Samuel Morse, and Harriet Beecher Stowe each braved the high seas to reach the City of Lights, where they embarked on an even greater journey of personal discovery.
Last week David McCullough spoke with TAW host David Ford from his home in Florida. Here’s part two of their conversation.
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Seraphic Fire is a remarkable vocal ensemble with several award-winning CDs, including a 2006 Brahms Requiem recording that made the top ten Billboard Classical charts. Their 2010 release of Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610 became
the No. 1 best-selling classical album on iTunes!
On Saturday night, March 3 at 7:30pm Seraphic Fire comes to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, and you’ll find links to more information at wfdd.org/triadarts. The twice Grammy nominated Miami-based choir is one of the four major performing arts organizations in the city, along with The Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet and the New World Symphony led by San Francisco Symphony conductor Michael Tylson Thomas.
Like Tylson Thomas, Seraphic Fire founding artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley began conducting early. At the age of 13 he led a small Presbyterian church choir in his hometown of New Orleans he’s never stopped. Patrick spoke with TAW host David Ford by cell phone from his home is Miami, Florida.
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Winston-Salem Festival Ballet invites you to come explore the twists and turns of everyday city life through the eyes and movements of Founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer Gary Taylor. “Metropolis”, a cityscape story screaming to be told, is coming to the Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston-Salem, with opening night Friday, March 9, at 8:00pm followed by shows on Saturday night at 8:00pm, and Sunday afternoon at 2:00pm.
Last week Gary dropped by WFDD in between rehearsals to share a glimpse of his “Metropolis”.
