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November 6, 1998

EDITORS: This Purdue 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.

EVENTS

  • Monday, Nov. 9. All-campus reception for this year's 11 Old Masters. 8 p.m. McCutcheon Hall. The 49th Old Masters program brings leaders in various professional fields to Purdue to share their experiences with students. During their stay on campus Nov. 8-10, the Old Masters visit classrooms and residence units, attend informal breakfasts, luncheons and dinners, and engage in candid discussions with Purdue students.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 11. Veterans Day Program sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board. 11 a.m. Great Hall, Purdue Memorial Union.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 11. Consumer and Family Sciences Central Indiana Boiler Mixer. 5-7 p.m. Skyline Club, 36th floor of the AUL Building, One American Square, Indianapolis. Presentations about financial planning by CFS alumna and certified financial planner Deborah Myers Pownall and Sharon DeVaney, professor of financial planning and counseling. Tickets are $15. For reservations, contact the CFS Alumni Office at (765) 494-7890 or 800-535-7303.

  • Sunday, Nov. 22. Free Thanksgiving dinner. 6-9 p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 211 Knox Drive, West Lafayette. Sponsored by Grace Campus Fellowship.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 24. Learning Center open house. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Room 3299, Liberal Arts and Education Building.

  • Thursday, Nov. 26. International Students Thanksgiving Dinner. 4 p.m. International Center, 523 Russell St. Tickets are $3 and must be purchased by Nov. 24 at the center.

ENTERTAINMENT

  • ** Tuesday, Nov. 10. Free concert by Huffman Prairie Winds, a U.S. Air Force chamber ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This concert by the five-member woodwinds ensemble from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is sponsored by Purdue University Bands.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 11. PMO Express free concert. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland Ave., West Lafayette.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 11. Jewish Studies Program Film Festival. 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. "A Stranger Among Us," followed by an audience participation discussion led by Professor Sandor Goodhart, director of the Jewish Studies Program.

  • Thursday, Nov. 12. Trio Voronezh, classically trained Russian street musicians. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets are $13 for the public, $9 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.

  • Nov. 12-21. Purdue Theatre presents "How I Learned to Drive," the second offering in its mainstage season. The play by Paula Vogel was the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama. 8 p.m., plus a 2:30 matinee on Nov. 15 and a 6 p.m. performance on Nov. 22. (No performance Monday, Nov. 16.) Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets are $11 for adults, $7 for students and senior citizens, at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933.

  • Saturday, Nov. 14. DuSable Museum Tour and African Dinner in Chicago. The Black Cultural Center is sponsoring this trip to the nation's oldest nonprofit institution devoted to the collection, preservation, interpretation and dissemination of African and African-American history and culture. After the museum tour, the group will dine at the Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant. Tickets are $20 and include transportation, entrance to the museum and dinner. The registration deadline is Nov. 10. For more information, call (765) 494-3094. Part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series.

  • Sunday, Nov. 15. Purdue Musical Organizations' Purduettes. 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 333 Meridian St., West Lafayette.

  • Sunday, Nov. 15. Theatre of Voices directed by Paul Hillier, recent nominees for National Public Radio's New Horizon Award. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $16 for the public, $10 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.

  • Monday, Nov. 16. Free concert by the Lab and Concert Jazz Bands. 8 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom. With guest artist The Ron Jones Quartet.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 18. Jewish Studies Program Film Festival. 7 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. "The Chosen," followed by an audience participation discussion led by Professor Sandor Goodhart, director of the Jewish Studies Program.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 18. Purdue Musical Organizations' University Choir free concert. 8 p.m. Hillenbrand Hall.

  • Friday, Nov. 20. "The Color of Fear." 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center multipurpose room. Lee Mun Wah's film portrays the pain and anguish that racism has caused in the lives of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. Part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series.

  • Friday, Nov. 20. Sphere, featuring the work of composer Thelonius Monk. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $21 for the public, $14 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Jazz Set Series.

  • ** Saturday, Nov. 21. Old Oaken Bucket pregame concert by the "All-American" Marching Band. 11:30 a.m. (1-1/2 hours before the 1 p.m. kickoff for game against Indiana). Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Postgame concert will be at the Engineering Mall Fountain.

  • Sunday, Nov. 22. Free concert by the Fall Concert Band and Symphonic Band. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

  • ** Friday, Dec. 4. Free recital by students in the Applied Music program. 7 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Memorial Union.

  • ** Friday, Dec. 4. Cinema Now: "Washington Square." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • ** Friday, Dec. 4. Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Festival. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. The four BCC performing arts ensembles -- the Jahari Dance Troupe, the Black Voices of Inspiration Choir, the New Directional Players and the Haraka Writers -- will perform. Admission is $3 for students, $5 for the public.

  • ** Saturday, Dec. 5. Free concert by the Purdue Jazz Band and the American Music Review. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

  • ** Sunday, Dec. 6. Free concert by the Purdue Symphony Orchestra. 7 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

LECTURES

  • Tuesday, Nov. 10. Autumn Tuesdays Lecture Series sponsored by the Purdue Alumni Association. Breakfast buffet begins at 7:30 a.m. at MCL Cafeteria in West Lafayette for $4.50 per person. At 8 a.m., Philip E. Nelson, head of the Department of Food Science, will talk about the ice cream that used to be made at Smith Hall, the wine that is made on campus today, and the $38 million Food Science Building and the diverse opportunities available to the department's students.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 10. Women's Studies Brown Bag Series. Noon. Stone Cellar, Room B-2 Stone Hall. Topic: "New Faces, New Perspectives." Speakers: New Women's Studies faculty Flavia Rando, who has a joint appointment with Visual and Performing Arts, and Patsy Schweickart, who has a joint appointment with the Department of English.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 10. John E. Goldberg Distinguished Lecture Series celebrating Chicago architecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Speaker: Gary J. Klein, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Northbrook, Ill. Topic: "Solving Construction Problems in Chicago: Practical Answers Based on Scientific Investigations." Sponsored by the School of Civil Engineering.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 11. "What African-Americans Must Do to Help Ourselves." 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Speaker: George Curry, editor and chief of Emerge Magazine and a regular panelist on "Lead Story," a news analysis program on the BET television network. The talk is co-sponsored by the Historically Black Institution Visitation Program and is part of the Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series.

  • Thursday, Nov. 12. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Topic: "What Was Frege's Puzzle?" Speaker: Patricia Blanchette, University of Notre Dame.

  • Friday, Nov. 13. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Glenn A. Dalhart, partner and national director of management consulting, Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago. Topic: "Perspectives on the Management Consulting Industry."

  • Friday, Nov. 13. Purdue alumnus Mark Brown will give a community presentation on his experiences as a NASA astronaut. 8 p.m. Room 312, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Purdue chapters of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

  • Monday, Nov. 16. Medieval Mondays Brown Bag Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 306, Heavilon Hall. Informal presentation of faculty and graduate student research, followed by discussion.

  • Monday, Nov. 16. African-American Studies W.E.B. DuBois Lecture Series. 7 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. Speaker: Titus Singo, doctoral student in college and university administration at Michigan State University. Topic: "Transforming South African Higher Educational Institutions: Challenges & Opportunities."

  • Tuesday, Nov. 17. "Working Ourselves to Death." 3-4:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Diane Fassel, a nationally renowned author and organizational consultant, will address work issues facing women today and discuss the effect of being both overworked and overspent emotionally, energetically and economically. Sponsored by the Women's Resource Office.

  • Tuesday, Nov. 17. John E. Goldberg Distinguished Lecture Series celebrating Chicago architecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Speaker: R. Shankar Nair, Teng & Associates Inc., Chicago. Topic: "Innovative Structural Solutions to the Problems of Building in a Large City." Sponsored by the School of Civil Engineering.

  • ** Wednesday, Nov. 18. (Date changed from Nov. 11.) Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Stewart Center. Topic: "New Developments in the History and Archaeology of Earliest Israel." Speaker: Professor Gordon D. Young, Purdue Department of History.

  • Friday, Nov. 20. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Stephen R. Wood, president, Louisville Gas and Electric Co., Louisville, Ky. Topic: "Mapping Your Personal Values to Corporate Values."

  • Tuesday, Nov. 24. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Fred Lytle, professor of chemistry and the 1996 Indiana Professor of the Year. This presentation is sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series so that award-winning Purdue faculty can share their creative approaches to teaching.

  • ** Wednesday, Dec. 2. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Topic: "To See Feelingly: Moral (In)sight in Arthur Miller's 'Homely Girl, a Life' and 'Broken Glass.'" Speaker: Professor Thomas P. Adler, head of the Purdue Department of English.

  • ** Thursday, Dec. 3. African-American Studies and Research Center Brown Bag Lecture Series. Noon. Stone Cellar, Room B-2, Stone Hall.

  • ** Thursday, Dec. 3. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Topic: "Systematicity and Self-Knowledge of Reason in Kant." Speaker: Manfred Baum, University of Wuppertal.

  • ** Friday, Dec. 4. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Arvind M. Korde, vice president and general manager, Commercial Steering Systems, TRW Steering, Suspension and Engine Group, Lafayette, Ind. Topic: "Learning Lean Production -- The Real Truth."

EXHIBITS

  • Through Nov. 25. Women and Flight. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. Part of the Purdue Aviation Celebration. This exhibit features photographs of 37 contemporary American women involved in aviation and space exploration. The portraits are by National Air and Space Museum staff photographer Carolyn Russo. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

  • Through Nov. 30. Artwork by Delphi Art Club. Watson's Crick Gallery (Room 1-125, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences). 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

  • Through Jan. 22. Modern Masters: 20th Century Prints From the Permanent Collection. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Krannert Building Drawing Room. Modern art movements such as Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Op and Photo Realism are surveyed, with works by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Frank Stella, Salvador Dali and Philip Pearlstein. (Gallery is closed Nov. 25-27 for Thanksgiving, Dec. 14-Jan. 10 for semester break, and Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King holiday.)

  • Nov. 9-13. Exhibit of works by Bin Wan, a candidate for a Master of Fine Arts degree in the Division of Art and Design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • Nov. 16-20. Exhibit of work by Lisa Tayerle, candidate for Master of Fine Arts degree in the Division of Art and Design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery, (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • Nov. 20-Dec. 11. NAEA Student Show. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Members of the National Art Education Association student chapter display their recent work. (Gallery is closed Nov. 25-29 for Thanksgiving.)

MEETINGS

  • Friday, Nov. 20. Board of Trustees. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

  • Monday, Nov. 23. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

OTHER

  • ** Through Dec. 3. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's 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 or information. Coming up:

    Nov. 10, Sicilian; Nov. 11, Southeast Asian; Nov. 12, Southwestern.
    Nov. 17, Greek; Nov. 18, Indian; Nov. 19, Chinese.
    Nov. 24, New England; Nov. 25, Closed; Nov. 26, Closed.
    Dec. 1, Middle Eastern; Dec. 2 Polynesian ; Dec. 3, French.

  • Wednesday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving vacation begins. Classes resume Nov. 30.

  • Thursday, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving: Official university holiday. Purdue offices also will be closed Friday, Nov. 27.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu

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