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2008 EVENT DATES

May 2008
May 7-9		Purdue Alumni Board Meetings West Lafayette
May 9-11		West Lafayette Commencement
June 2008
June 4-11		President's Council Cruise Voyage of Discovery: Alaska
July 2008
July 10-20		Indiana Black Expo Indianapolis
July 28		Purdue Alumni Association Chicago Club Event
August 2008
August 2		West Lafayette Commencement
August 15		Purdue Day at the State Fair
August 20		Chamber Business After Hours Beck Agricultural Center
August 23		Purdue Day in Chicago
September 2008
September 6		Purdue vs. Northern Colorado
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
September 7	8:00 pm	Comedy Central Live Lewis Black: Let Them Eat Cake Elliott Hall of Music
September 9		Student Leaders Barbeque Larson Computer Science Building
September 11-12		Purdue Alumni Board Meetings West Lafayette
September 12	8:00 pm	National Living Treasures: Kevin Locke with special guest Mary Louise Defender Wilson Loeb Playhouse
September 13		Purdue vs. Oregon
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
September 19	7:30 pm	Tom Freidman Lecture Elliott Hall of Music
September 20	8:00 am - 9:30 am	Purdue Family Day Pancake Breakfast Armory
		Purdue vs. Central Michigan (Family Day)
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
September 25	7:30 pm	Bang on a Can All-Stars with special guest Glenn Kotche (of Wilco) Loeb Playhouse
September 28	3:00 pm	Birdhouse Factory by Cirque Mechanics Elliott Hall of Music
September 29		ECE Wang Hall Groundbreaking
September 30	11:00 am	Martin Jischke Building Dedication

October 2008
October 1	10:30 am	PRF New Albany Shine Building Dedication
		An Evening With James Earl Jones Loeb Playhouse (Stewart Center)
October 3	8:00 pm	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Elliott Hall of Music
		Corporate Key Executive Dinner
October 4		Purdue vs. Penn State
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
October 12	3:00 pm	Ralph's World University Plaza Hotel Ballroom
October 13-14		Fall Break
October 16	7:30 pm	Brasil Guitar Duo Fowler Hall
October 18	8:00 pm	Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet Loeb Playhouse
October 23	6:30 pm	Krannert Leadership Speaker Series
	7:30 pm	ATOS Trio Loeb Playhouse
October 24	8:00 pm	Chicago Elliott Hall of Music
October 24-25		President's Council Annual Weekend/Back to Class
October 25		Purdue vs. Minnesota (Homecoming)
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
	10:00 am	Class of 1958 and 1959 Gateway Dedication
October 30	7:30 pm	Jane Comfort and Company: An American Rendition Loeb Playhouse
October 31		Purdue Alumni Distinguished Award Dinner

November 2008
November 1		Corporate Key Executive Weekend
November 1		Purdue vs. Michigan
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
November 20	7:30 pm	Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile Loeb Playhouse
November 22		Purdue vs. Indiana
	3 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Brunch, Purdue Memorial Union*
	2 hours prior to game	PC Pregame Tailgate, Tent*
November 23	3:00 pm	Madeline and the Bad Hat by Artspower Loeb Playhouse
December 2008
December 3	11:30 am - 1:30 pm	PC Faculty-Staff Appreciation Lunch South Ballroom, Memorial Union
December 4	7:30 pm	Empire Brass - An Empire Brass Holiday Long Center
December 21		West Lafayette Commencement
2009 EVENT DATES
January 2009
January 11	7:00 pm	Joshua Bell, violin - Jeremy Denk, piano Loeb Playhouse
January 16	8:00 pm	Mingus Big Band 50th Anniversary Performances: Ah Um and Blues & Roots Loeb Playhouse
January 24	8:00 pm	Baroque Band Garry Clarke, Founder/Artistic Director with special guest David Hansen, Countertenor Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom
January 30	7:00 pm	Mad Science presents CSI: Live! Loeb Playhouse
February 2009
February 5	7:00 pm	King Henry V by William Shakespeare presented by the Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company Loeb Playhouse
February 7	8:00 pm	The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper presented by The Acting Company while on tour with The Guthrie Theater Loeb Playhouse
February 13	7:00 pm	Seussical by Theatreworks USA Loeb Playhouse
February 14-16		Mollenkopf Naples Weekend (tentative) Naples, FL
February 20	8:00 pm	Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: A Salute to American Composers Loeb Playhouse
February 26	7:30 pm	The Drowsy Chaperone Elliott Hall of Music
February 27		Boilermaker Ball
March 2009
March 6	8:00 pm	The Irish Tenors with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra Elliott Hall of Music
March 27	8:00 pm	Nrityagram Dance Ensemble Loeb Playhouse
March 31	7:00 pm	STOMP Elliott Hall of Music
April 2009
April 1	7:00 pm	STOMP Elliott Hall of Music
April 7		PRF Kurz Building Dedication
April 14	7:30 pm	Mariza Loeb Playhouse
April 23	7:30 pm	Ruben Studdard starring in Ain't Misbehavin' The Fats Waller Broadway Musical also starring Frenchie Davis Elliott Hall of Music

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For more information, please contact the Special Events Office at (800) 213-3044, (765) 494-0900, or events@purdue.edu