Purdue Events Calendar

November 14, 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

• 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.

• Monday, Nov. 24. 77th Annual Football Postseason Banquet. 6:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Player awards, season video highlights, coaches' commentaries, the Purdue Pep Band and the American Music Review. Sponsored by Lafayette Kiwanis Club and WGLM Radio. Tickets are $20 at the Athletic Ticket Office or by phone at 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194.

• Thursday, Dec. 4. Summer Study Abroad Information Session. 7 p.m. Room 218, Stewart Center.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Through 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. Matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Tickets: $11 for public; $7 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

• Wednesday, Nov. 19. The Anniversary Celebration, Anton Chekov's one-act comedy about early industrialization in Russia, performed in the original Russian. 7 p.m. Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 239. Presented by students of Russian 241.

• 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.

• Thursday, Dec. 4. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Free lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

• Friday, Dec. 5. Cinema Now: Kolya. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 Czech film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• Friday, Dec. 5. American Music Review and Purdue Jazz Band Concert. 8 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom.

• Friday, Dec. 5. BCC Cultural Arts Festival. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Performances by the Black Cultural Center's four student performing arts ensembles: the Black Voices of Inspiration, the Haraka Writers, the Jahari Dance Troupe, and the New Directional Players. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Sunday, Dec. 7. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

  ** Monday-Friday, Dec. 8-12. Christmas at the Union. Noon each day. Great Hall, Purdue Memorial Union. Purdue Student Union Board presents music for the holiday.

  ** Thursday, Dec. 11. Violinist Elmar Oliveira, a winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal and the Avery Fisher Prize. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets: $18 for the public, $11 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Loeb Music Collection Series.

  ** Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 11-13. Winter Works Concert by the Purdue Repertory Dance Company. 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Experimental Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets: $8 for adults; $6 for Purdue students; $3 for ages 13 and under, at Purdue box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

  ** Friday, Dec. 12. Concert by composer and pianist Jim Brickman with vocalist Susan Ashton. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets: $25 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  ** Friday-Sunday, Dec. 12-14. PMO Christmas Show. Performances at 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $16 for adults; $14 for Purdue students; and $12 for high school or younger students, at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW, or Purdue Musical Organizations, (765) 494-3941 or 1-800-893-3041.

LECTURES

• 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.

  ** Monday, Nov. 24. Spoils of War: The Human Cost of American's Arms Trade. Speaker: John Tirman, executive director of the Winston Foundation for World Peace. Noon. Room G10, Krannert Building. The lecture is based on Tirman's book "Spoils of War," which is critical of the United States' policies in the Middle East. Sponsored by the Global Governance and Human Rights Global Studies Program, the Department of Political Science, and the International Agriculture Seminar of International Programs in Agriculture.

• Wednesday, Dec. 3. Using Art to Study Torah. Speaker: Alan Potash, director of Purdue Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Friday, Dec. 5. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Marjorie Magner, president and chief operating officer, Commercial Credit Corp., New York. Topic: "Commercial Credit: From Main Street to Wall Street." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

  ** Tuesday, Dec. 9. Attitudes Toward Offspring of Lesbians. Speaker: Kathryn Black, Purdue associate professor of psychological sciences. Noon-1 p.m. Stone Cellar (Room B2), Stone Hall. Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series.

  ** Thursday, Dec. 11. Work, Life and Successful Careers in Academe. Speaker: Judith Gappa, Purdue vice president of human relations. 10-11:30 a.m. Room 314, Stewart Center. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

MEETINGS

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

CONFERENCES

** Monday, Nov. 24. Professional Development Schools Workshop. 4-6 p.m. University Inn and Conference Center, 3001 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette. Jerry Peters, head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for the School of Education, will give a presentation titled "Reflexive Teaching." All teaching professionals are welcome to attend. Call the Professional Development Schools Office at (765) 494-3406 for more information.

EXHIBITS

** Through Tuesday, Nov. 18. AIDS Memorial Quilt Display. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 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. Closing ceremonies at 6 p.m. Tuesday will include presentation and dedication of panels created by local residents. Sponsored by the Purdue Quilt Coalition.

• Through 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."

• Through 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."

• Through 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."

• Through 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."

OTHER

** Through Dec. 11. 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. 18, Sicilian; Nov. 19, Spanish; Nov. 20, New England.

Nov. 25, Oriental; Nov. 26, Closed; Nov. 27, Closed.

Dec. 2, German; Dec. 3, Scandinavian; Dec. 4, Irish.

Dec. 9-11, Gourmet Nights -- Call for menu information.

** Tuesday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving vacation begins. 10 p.m. Classes resume Dec. 1. All libraries will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, and will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, except the Life Sciences Library, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

• 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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