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December 4, 1998

EDITORS: This calendar lists selected Purdue events 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

  • Saturday, Dec. 12. Campus celebration of Kwanzaa. 3 p.m. Black Cultural Center, 315 University St. Celebration will include symbolic presentations of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, musical performances and traditional African-American foods. Sponsored by Women of Vision.

  • Sunday, Dec. 20. Fall Commencement. Ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets necessary for admission. Six tickets are issued free to each candidate for a degree. 9:30 a.m. ceremony is for Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Veterinary Medicine. 2:30 p.m. ceremony is for Schools of Agriculture, Education, Management, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, Science, and Technology.

ENTERTAINMENT
  • ** Monday-Friday, Dec. 7-11. Sounds of the Season. Daily concerts in the Great Hall, Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board. The schedule: Monday, Dec. 7. University Bands Jazz Trio at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Pianist Jeris Eikenberry at 11 a.m.; Lafayette Christian School at noon. Wednesday, Dec. 9. St. James Lutheran Choir at 11 a.m.; pianist Jeris Eikenberry at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10. Pianists Marla Stanson at noon and Jeris Eikenberry at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Central Catholic High School at 11 a.m.; the Entertainers from Delphi High School at noon; and Sophisticated Ladies from Rossville High School at 1 p.m.

  • Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 10-12. Winter Dance Works, a concert of nine original works by the Purdue Repertory Dance Company. 8 p.m. each evening, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets, available at the Loeb Box office, are $6 for students; $8 for the public; and $3 for children 12 and under.

  • ** Friday, Dec. 11. Images of Teachers on Film. 7 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. This film series sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction presents "Ciao, Professore!"

  • Friday-Sunday, Dec. 11-13. PMO Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, $16, and $21 at campus box offices or by phone from the box office at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW or from Purdue Musical Organizations at (765) 494-3941 or 1-800-893-3041.

LECTURES
  • Tuesday, Dec. 8. Jewish Studies Lecture Series. Noon. Room 180, Grissom Hall. Topic: "The Peace Process: From Oslo to Wye and Beyond." Speaker: Eitan Naeh, consul for press and information at the Consulate General of Israel in Chicago.

EXHIBITS
  • Through 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.

  • Through Dec. 11. Kwanzaa exhibit, presented by The Women of Vision. Room 118, Purdue Memorial Union. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The exhibit will introduce visitors to the Kwanzaa celebration and the seven principles that guide the African-American holiday.

  • ** Through Dec. 30. Woodworking, photography and pottery by Audrey and Martin Rossmann. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery (Room 1-125 Lilly Hall).

  • 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, and Salvador Dali. (Gallery is closed Dec. 14-Jan. 10 for semester break, and Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King holiday.)

  • Through Jan. 31. David Yust: Inclusion Series. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. Yust's work is informed by the mysterious Nazca lines on the Western Peruvian Pampas, tectonic plates and continental shifts, profiles of the front range foothills, and nuances of color. Gallery reception, 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. 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. Yust will present a lecture, "Wrapping With Christo and Jeanne-Claude," at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in Room 202, Stewart Center, and a Brown Bag Lecture at noon Thursday, Jan. 14, in Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2. (Gallery is closed Dec. 14-Jan. 10 for semester break and Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King holiday.)

MEETINGS
  • ** Saturday, Dec. 19. Board of Trustees. 9 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

    OTHER

  • ** Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 8-10. Gourmet menu for 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. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information.

  • Saturday, Dec. 19. Fall semester ends. Classes resume Jan. 11.

  • Thursday, Dec. 24. Official university Christmas holiday. Purdue also will be closed Friday, Dec. 25.

  • ** Thursday, Dec. 31. Official university New Year's holiday. Purdue also will be closed Friday, Jan. 1.


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

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