Purdue Events Calendar

December 5, 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, Dec. 21. Fall commencement ceremonies. 1:30 and 5 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Schools of Education, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sciences and Technology graduating at 1:30 p.m. Schools of Agriculture, Engineering, Consumer and Family Sciences, Science, and Veterinary Medicine graduating at 5 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Monday-Friday, Dec. 8-12. Christmas at the Union. Great Hall, Purdue Memorial Union. Purdue Student Union Board presents music for the holiday. The schedule:

-- Monday, Dec. 8. University Bands harpist Joan Poulsen. 1-2 p.m.

Pianist Jeris Eikenberry. 2-3 p.m.

-- Tuesday, Dec. 9. University Bands Tuba Quartet. Noon-1 p.m.

Purdue Musical Organizations Bell Choir. 3:30-4:30 p.m.

-- Wednesday, Dec. 10. Purdue Jazz Band. Noon-1 p.m.

University Bands Horn Quartet. 2:30-3:30 p.m.

-- Thursday, Dec. 11. Brass Guild. Noon-1 p.m.

University Bands Latin Percussion. 2:30-3:30 p.m.

-- Friday, Dec. 12, Rossville High School Jazz Choir and Sophisticated Ladies, 1-2 p.m.

• 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, 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.

EXHIBITS

• 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

** Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 9-11. Gourmet Nights: International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for menu information or reservations.

• Saturday, Dec. 20. Fall semester ends. Spring semester begins Jan. 12.

• Thursday, Dec. 25. Christmas Day: Official university holiday. Purdue offices also will be closed Friday, Dec. 26.

** Thursday, Jan. 1. New Year's Day: Official university holiday. Purdue offices also will be closed Friday, Jan. 2.

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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