Purdue Events Calendar

October 31, 1997

EDITORS: This calendar lists selected events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's on-line calendar at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

EVENTS

• Saturday, Nov. 8. Physics FunFest. 10 a.m.-noon. Physics Building. Demonstrations for children and adults on various topics in physics. Four different 20-minute shows will run simultaneously in Rooms 112, 114, 203 and 223. Each show will be repeated four times. Show titles are "Fire and Ice," "Lots of Lightning," "Magic Mechanics" and "Color Carnival."

• Sunday, Nov. 23. Thanksgiving dinner. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 211 Knox Drive, West Lafayette. 6-8 p.m. Grace Campus Fellowship sponsors this dinner for anyone on campus who is interested.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. University Choir. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland, Ave., WL.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Black Voices of Inspiration concert. 8 p.m. Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. This free concert is part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Nov. 7. Pianist Chick Corea and vibes player Gary Burton. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. A duet performance by a pair of Grammy winners. Tickets are $25 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. A Purdue Convocations' Jazz Set event.

  ** Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7- 8 and Nov. 14-15. Antigone (adapted from Sophocles and Jean Anouilh). Directed by Paul D. Streufert, graduate student in the Purdue English Department, and presented by the Chancel Players. 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, Seventh and North streets, Lafayette. Tickets: $4 at the door, or in advance from Beth Nichols, (765) 423-2314.

• Saturday, Nov. 8. Pregame (Michigan State) concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 11 a.m. Slayter Center.

• Sunday, Nov. 9. Trinity Irish Dance Company. 3 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets to this performance of traditional Irish dance are $18 for the public, $12 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Monday, Nov. 10. Adam Sandler, comedian, actor and singer. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee. Tickets are $15, $12 and $10 at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

• Wednesday, Nov. 12. Purduettes. 7 p.m. Westminster Village, 2741 N. Salisbury St., WL.

• Thursday, Nov. 13-Sunday, Nov. 23. Three Sisters -- Purdue Theatre. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. No performance Nov. 17. Nov. 23 performance at 6 p.m. Tickets: $10.50 for public; $6.50 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

• Saturday, Nov. 15. Pregame (Penn State) concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 10:30 a.m. Slayter Center.

• Sunday, Nov. 16. Cinema Now: Paris Was a Woman. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 French/American film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• Thursday, Nov. 20. Julius Caesar. 7:30 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. The Aquila Theater Company of London performs Shakespeare's play. Tickets are $19 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Friday, Nov. 21. Black Is ... Black Ain't. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center Multipurpose Room, 315 University St. This film weaves together the testimony of those whose complexion, class, gender, speech or sexuality has made them feel "too black" or "not black enough." A panel of Purdue students will review and discuss the film. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Nov. 21. Aristophanes' Birds. 7:30 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. The Aquila Theater Company of London. Tickets are $15 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Friday, Nov. 21. Jazz Bands Concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue's Concert and Lab Jazz Bands, directed by Dr. Marion "Mo" Trout.

• Sunday, Nov. 23. Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

• Monday, Nov. 3. Corporate Uses of World Wide Web and Business Communication Pedagogy. Speaker: James Porter, associate professor of English. 2 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts Center for Undergraduate Instructional Excellence.

• Monday, Nov. 3. Writing a Memoir: The Armenian Genocide and the Transmission of Trauma Across Generations. Speaker: Peter Balakian, poet and professor of English at Colgate University. 4 p.m. Room 214, Stewart Center. Part of the Jewish Studies Public Lecture Series.

• Tuesday, Nov. 4. Peace and Prosperity: American Plans for the Post War World, 1939-1945. Speaker: Patrick Hearden, associate professor of history. 2:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Memorial Union. Sponsored by School of Liberal Arts Center for Humanistic Studies.

• Wednesday, Nov. 5. Doing Jewish Oral History: Reflections on the Impact of the Holocaust on Purdue's Survivors. Speakers: Joseph Haberer, professor emeritus of political science, and W. Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt, associate professor of history. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

  ** Wednesday, Nov. 5. Lecture by David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian. Title: "America: The Challenge to Be Authentic in an Age of Excessive Popular Culture." 7:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Presented by the Distinguished Lecture Series in cooperation with Purdue Convocations.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Empowerment Through Agency-Promoting Discourse. Speaker: Marifran Mattson, assistant professor in communication. Noon. Room 1284, Liberal Arts and Education Building. The lecture deals with reframing HIV test counseling using the harm reduction theory. Part of a series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Reconstructing the Subject of Human Rights. Speaker: Cheryl Hughes of Wabash College. 4:30 p.m. Room 1222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Philosophy Colloquium Series.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. The Iron Paradox: Assessing Risks and Benefits. Speaker: Elaine R. Monsen, professor of nutrition and adjunct professor of medicine, University of Washington. 8 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 218. Eva Goble Lecture Series in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences. Reception from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. also in Stewart Center, Room 218.

• Friday, Nov. 7. Krannert Executive Forum. Marshall O. Larsen, executive vice president, The BFGoodrich Co., and president and chief operating officer, BFGoodrich Aerospace, Akron, Ohio. Topic: "Turning Around a Company." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Tuesday, Nov. 11. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Series: Margaret Rowe, dean of the School of Liberal Arts, will present an update on Purdue's second-largest undergraduate school. 7:30 a.m. Purdue Room, MCL Cafeteria, Wabash Village, West Lafayette. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50. For reservations, call 1-800-414-1541.

  ** Tuesday, Nov. 11. Naming Disaster: Second Thoughts About the Night of the Burning Synagogues. Speaker: Ernest G. Heppner, author of "Shanghai Refuge: A Memoir of the World War II Jewish Ghetto." 4 p.m. Room 230 (The Lafayette Room), Purdue Memorial Union. Reception will follow at the Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St. Part of the Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

  Wednesday, Nov. 12. Viewing the Remains: Facing the Black Male Corpse. Speaker: Deborah E. McDowell, professor of English, University of Virginia. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Part of the Department of English Lenora Woodman Lecture Series.

• Thursday, Nov. 13. Reading of fiction and poetry about AIDS by Tom Andrews, associate professor of English, and the Sycamore Review staff. 7 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union. Conclusion of a series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

• Friday, Nov. 14. Krannert Executive Forum. Jeremy P. Coote, president, SAP America Inc., Lester, Pa. Topic: "The Key to Modern Business: Enabling the Supply Chain." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Tuesday, Nov. 18. Release From Powerlessness. Speaker: Linda Moore, Kansas City psychologist. 10-11:30 a.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Tuesday, Nov. 18. Life Balance 101. Speaker: Linda Moore, licensed psychologist from Kansas City. 1:30-3 p.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Wednesday, Nov. 19. Two Hoosiers React to the Holy Land. Speakers: Pat and Harry Hirschl of West Lafayette. 12:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Wednesday, Nov. 19. Conversations About Teaching. Speaker: James E. Goldman, Purdue associate professor of computer technology. 3:30 p.m. East and West faculty lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series.

• Thursday, Nov. 20. Identity and the Intrinsic. Speaker: Dean Zimmerman, University of Notre Dame. 4:30 p.m. Room 1222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Philosophy Colloquium Series.

• Friday, Nov. 21. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Charles D. Storms, president and chief executive officer, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Evansville, Ind. Topic: "Success From Failure: How Our Three Technologies All Began as Failures." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Friday, Nov. 7. Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union.

• Monday, Nov. 17. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

• Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 16-18. AIDS Memorial Quilt Display. 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Memorial Union Ballrooms. Nine-hundred and four of the 3x6-foot panels from The Names Project AIDS Quilt will be on display, including panels commemorating Indiana AIDS victims Ryan White and Amy Sloan. Sponsored by the Purdue Quilt Coalition.

• Through Nov. 9. "Chi-Jen Fang: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper." Krannert Drawing Room. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

• Through Nov. 9. "A West of an Imagination, A Place of the Spirit." Stewart Center Gallery. Peter Smith, former art education professor at Purdue, has painted the West of his imagination, as well as his interpretation of the Biblical Jacob and his 12 sons. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

  ** Nov. 16-Jan. 25. Display of paintings and other art forms from India. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. Part of a gallerywide exhibit called "Three Aspects of Indian Art."

  ** Nov. 16-Jan 25. "Indian Folk Paintings," an exhibit of works by Indian artist Mad Hubani. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Beelke Memorial Gallery (Room 206), Creative Arts Building 2. Part of a gallerywide exhibit called "Three Aspects of Indian Art."

  ** Nov. 16-Jan. 25. "Viscosity Prints," an exhibit of works by Indian artist Arun Base. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. Part of a gallerywide exhibit called "Three Aspects of Indian Art."

  ** Nov. 16-Jan. 25. "Temple and Village Patterns and Prints of India," an exhibit of textile work from India. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of a gallerywide exhibit called "Three Aspects of Indian Art."

** Through Nov. 27. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations. Coming up:

Nov. 4, Californian; Nov. 5, Cajun; Nov. 6, Greek.

Nov. 11, Caribbean; Nov. 12, French; Nov. 13, Indian.

Nov. 18, Sicilian; Nov. 19, Spanish; Nov. 20, New England.

** Tuesday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving vacation begins. 10 p.m. Classes resume Dec. 1.

** Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27 and 28. Official university holidays for Thanksgiving.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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