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Wade Center Events

The Wade Center plans to record all events and upload them to our YouTube channel unless otherwise noted and barring any technical difficulties.

  • OCTOBER 28, 2025 @ 7:30PM, ARMERDING CONCERT HALL AND LOBBY
    “A Timbered Choir”: The Witness of Creation - Performance and Reception, sponsored by the Muriel Fuller Endowment for the Imagination & the Arts and the Stanley W. and Jeannette A. Bakke Endowment for Intellectual & Imaginative Engagement
    Enjoy an evening of music, poetry, and art celebrating the wonders and witness of creation, featuring the world premiere of “A Timbered Choir.” Composed by Joshua Rodriguez with words by Wendell Berry; performed by the Wheaton College Concert Choir under the direction of John William Trotter; with reflections by Kristen Page, Tiffany Kriner, and Joel Sheesley
    LIVESTREAM LINK FORTHCOMING
  • DECEMBER 11, 2025 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    Christmas at the Wade
    Join us for a talk by Emily Hunter McGowin, author of Christmas: Season of Light and Life (IVP). We’ll also celebrate the release of Richard Hughes Gibson’s The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams (IVP Academic). Richard Gibson and Jon Boyd (IVP Associate Publisher and Academic Editorial Director) will join Jim Beitler for a conversation about the book. Festive treats and book signings to follow.
    LIVESTREAM LINK FORTHCOMING
  • JANUARY 29, 2026 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    First lecture in the 2026 Hansen Lecture Series with Jim Beitler
  • FEBRUARY 26, 2026 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    Second lecture in the 2026 Hansen Lecture Series with Jim Beitler
  • MARCH 19, 2026 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    Third lecture in the 2026 Hansen Lecture Series with Jim Beitler

Endowed Programming

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Stanley W. and Jeannette A. Bakke Endowment for Intellectual and Imaginative Engagement

This endowment offers occasional lectures as well as artistic presentations of all types including periodically commissioning new works.

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Ken and Jean Hansen Lectureship

A series of lectures on the Wade authors presented annually by Wheaton College faculty.

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Fuller Endowment for Imagination & the Arts

A regular series of talks, performances, exhibitions, and new commissions celebrating imagination and the arts.

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Stephen and Marjorie Mead Endowment for Spiritual Formation

Occasional lectures on spiritual formation subjects by speakers who draw upon the writings of the Wade authors in this area.

Explore Media Recordings

View & listen to recordings from our previous programming, and other Wade author-related content, on our Media Page and YouTube channel.