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February 5, 1999

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

  • Tuesday, Feb. 9. Retail Career Fair .9 a.m.-noon. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Part of the 1999 Retail Management Career Conference. Representatives from 35 leading retail companies will be available to discuss job opportunities.

  • Friday, Feb. 12. High-Tech Job Fair for Indiana companies that may not typically recruit on campuses. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. A brunch and information workshop will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The fair is open to undergraduate and graduate students from the Schools of Agriculture, Engineering, Management, Science and Technology.

  • Saturday, Feb. 13. 17th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 11 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The competition honors the late cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who specialized in drawing whimsical machines with complex mechanisms to perform simple tasks. This year, teams of Purdue students will build machines that will use at least 20 steps to tee up a golf ball. Sponsored by the Purdue chapter of Theta Tau and General Electric.

  • **Wednesday, Feb. 24. Book signing by "Jurassic Park" consultant Robert Bakker (a.k.a. "Dr. Bob the Dinosaur Guy"). 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Von's Book Shop, 317 W. State St. He will have copies of his "Dinosaur Heresies" and "Raptor Red" for sale and signing. This is the day after his free lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Elliott Hall of Music.

  • **Tuesday, March 2. Book signing by "Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" author Robert Fulghum. 12:45-2:15 p.m. Little Professor Book Center, 500 Sagamore Parkway W. This also is the day that Fulghum will present a free lecture at 8 p.m. at Elliott Hall of Music.

  • **Tuesday-Wednesday, March 2-3. Teaching, Learning, and Technology Showcase. Stewart Center. This second annual showcase, sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series, is a forum for faculty to demonstrate the ways in which technology enhances learning for their students.

  • **Saturday, March 6. The 12th annual Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition. 1-5:30 p.m., Krannert Building Auditorium. This annual business plan competition features new products and technologies created and presented by Purdue students. The winners will receive cash prizes. Sponsored by the Krannert School of Management and the Schools of Engineering.

    ENTERTAINMENT

  • Friday, Feb. 12. The Haraka Writers, the Black Cultural Center's creative writing ensemble, performs "Love Poems." 7 p.m. Bean Cellar and Sweet Shop, Purdue Memorial Union.

  • Friday, Feb. 12. Cinema Now: "The Apostle." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • Friday-Saturday, Feb. 12-13. Purdue Theatre presents the "Avant Garde Theatre Festival." 8 p.m. each day. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Admission is free. This undergraduate-driven evening of theater will feature these works: "Lights" by Francesco Cangiullo, "The Gas Heart" by Tristan Tzara, "Variations on the Death of Trotsky" by David Ives, "Medea" by Christopher Durang, "Largo Desolato" by Vaclav Havel, "He Couldn't Wait It Out" from the Little Theatre of The Green Goose, and "Negative Act" by Bruno Corra and Emilio Settimelli.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 16. "Blues Women Don't Wear No Shoes," a free, one-woman play performed by Reane McNeil, from Imani Revelation production company in Erie, Ill. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The play is about six black women who address social issues including racism, sexism, homelessness, AIDS and domestic violence. Part of the Cultural Arts Series presented by the Black Cultural Center.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 16. "The Bobs," a new wave a cappella quartet. West Lafayette High School Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for all students. Discounts are available for groups. Charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. A presentation of Purdue Musical Organizations and Purdue Convocations.

  • Friday, Feb. 19. Purdue Jazz Band free concert. 8 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union.

  • **Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 25-27. Purdue Theatre and Purdue Musical Organizations present "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim. 8 p.m., except for 2:30 matinee on Feb. 21. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens, and $6 for children at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933. Special matinees for schoolchildren will be offered Feb. 23-25; for ticket prices and matinee times, call (765) 494-3084. Sneak preview performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18; tickets are $5.50.

  • Saturday, Feb. 20. The Boys Choir of Harlem. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $26, $20 and $13 for the public, $14 and $12 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

  • Sunday, Feb. 21. The IU Soul Revue. 2 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This student group from Indiana University presents rhythm and blues, soul, funk, top 40 and contemporary jazz-fusion works. Free concert is part of the Cultural Arts Series presented by the Black Cultural Center.

  • Sunday, Feb. 21. Windworks I free concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. The Varsity, Collegiate and University Concert bands present a concert of band music.

  • Sunday, Feb. 21. Cinema Now: "A Merry War." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • Monday, Feb. 22. "Celebrate Every Body." 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The Black Cultural Center's Jahari Dance Troupe gives a free performance to increase public appreciation of body sizes and shapes and skin colors. Sponsored by the Purdue Health Promotions Program.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 23. Reading by author Edward Jones. 7 p.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. Jones, from the Washington, D.C., area, will read from his original work "Lost in the City," a book containing 14 stories of African-American life in Washington. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

  • Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 25-27. Purdue Theatre Second Season presents "The Serpent" by Jean Claude van Itallie. 8 p.m., plus a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Feb. 27. Black Box Theatre, Creative Arts Building 3. All tickets are $5, at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933.

  • Friday, Feb. 26. BCC Coffee House: A Jazzy '70s Time. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Show will highlight three of the Black Cultural Center's performing arts ensembles: the Haraka Writers, Jahari Dance Troupe and the New Directional Players. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for the public, and may be purchased the evening of the show at the Loeb Box Office. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

  • Friday, Feb. 26. American Music Review and Variety Band free concert. 8 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. The American Music Review, Variety Band and Spring Auxiliaries present an evening of pop and jazz favorites.

  • Sunday, Feb. 28. The Black Cultural Center's Black Voices of Inspiration perform contemporary Christian music during "Worship Together." 10:30 a.m. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette. The service is free and open to students and the community.

  • Sunday, Feb. 28. High School Honors Orchestra free concert. 2:30 p.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. The Carmel High School Orchestra and the Purdue Symphony Orchestra join for the annual Honors High School concert series.

  • Sunday, Feb. 28. Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and numerous other awards. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. All tickets are $9 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Discovery Concerts Series.

  • Sunday, Feb. 28. High School Honors Band free concert. 7 p.m. South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. The Lafayette Jefferson High School Band and the Purdue Symphonic Band join for the annual Honors High School concert series.

  • **Thursday, March 4. Colorado Quartet with guitarist Manuel Barrueco. 8 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.

  • **Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. STOMP, an eight-member percussion ensemble from the New York company's sold-out, five-year run at The Orpheum Theatre. 8 p.m. each evening. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $25 and $20 and go on sale Thursday, Feb. 11, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Presented by Purdue Convocations and the Purdue Student Concert Committee.

    LECTURES

  • Monday, Feb. 8. Marshall Goldman, Harvard University and Wellesley College, discusses "The Russian Political-Economic Crisis." 4:30 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Third of four speeches in the 1999 Sears Lecture Series about "The Political-Economic Crisis in Japan and Russia."

  • Monday, Feb. 8. Black History Month lecture by Charlene Mitchell, labor and anti-racism activist. 7 p.m. Room 322, Stewart Center. Mitchell, an executive assistant for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in New York City, is a founding member and national officer of the Committees of Correspondence and was founding executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. Sponsored by the African American Studies and Research Center and the Women's Studies Program.

  • Wednesday, Feb. 10. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 311, Stewart Center. Speaker: Harry R. Targ, Purdue professor of political science. Topic: "The Jewish Radical Tradition in America."

  • Thursday, Feb. 11. Purdue Galleries Brown Bag lecture. Noon. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Rick Paul, Purdue professor of art and design, discusses his work, which is on display through March 12 in Stewart Center Gallery.

  • Thursday, Feb. 11. Robert Reynolds, associate professor of nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, will talk about his research expedition to Mount Everest to study the effects of extreme altitude on energy nutrition and metabolism. 7 p.m. Room 2280, Liberal Arts and Education Building.

  • Friday, Feb. 12. Avanelle Kirksey Lecture. 10:30 a.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. Speaker: Robert Reynolds, associate professor of nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago. Topic: "Prenatal Vitamin B 6 Deficiency and Poverty -- Is There a Link?"

  • Friday, Feb. 12. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Walter T. Conway Jr., vice president, Emerging Markets, Visa USA Inc., San Francisco. Topic: "If It Were Easy, Anybody Could Do It -- Marketing Dispatches From the Front Line."

  • Monday, Feb. 15. Alice Amsden, MIT, discusses "Reassessing the Role of the State in the Economy." 4:30-6 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. This is the last of four presentations in the 1999 Sears Lecture Series about "The Political-Economic Crisis in Japan and Russia."

  • Wednesday, Feb. 17. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: David Moore, the Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics who has received both Purdue and national awards for teaching excellence. 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 faculty can share their creative approaches to teaching.

  • **Wednesday, Feb. 17. "The Iraq Crisis and American Foreign Policy." Speaker: Shafeeq N. Grabra, director of the Kuwait Information Office, Washington, D.C. 4:30 p.m. Room G016, Krannert Building. Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies Program and Department of Political Science.

  • Friday, Feb. 19. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Steven M. Schmidt, president, A.C. Nielsen-U.S., Schaumburg, Ill. Topic: "Financially and Culturally Turning Around and Changing a Corporation."

  • Tuesday, Feb. 23. Free lecture by Robert T. Bakker, known as "Dr. Bob, the Dinosaur Guy." 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Bakker, adjunct dinosaur curator of the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College in Wyoming, was a special consultant to the films "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World." He will begin his presentation at 7 p.m. with a session especially for children featuring the drawing of dinosaurs. At 7:30 p.m., he will deliver a lecture for all ages. Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • Wednesday, Feb. 24. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Robert L. Ringel, Purdue executive vice president for academic affairs, the Donald S. Powers Distinguished University Administrator, and professor of audiology. Topic: "A Reminiscence of My Family's Polish Heritage."

  • Thursday, Feb. 25. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Speaker: Eric Scerri from Purdue. Topic: Why Is There No Philosophy of Chemistry (or Very Little)?

  • Friday, Feb. 26. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: John E. Vaughn, president, Global Sales and Services, Tellabs Operations Inc., Lisle, Ill. Topic: "Going Global a Competitive Imperative."

  • **Tuesday, March 2. Mitchell Inspirational Lecture: Author Robert Fulghum. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. He is the author of such best sellers as "All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," "Uh Oh," "Maybe (Maybe Not)," and "True Love." Presented by Purdue Convocations and Lectures.

  • **Wednesday, March 3. Motivational lecture by Jewel Diamond Taylor. 7 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Taylor, known as the "self-esteem doctor" from Chicago, has written articles on the subject of self-empowerment for Essence, Heart and Soul and Upscale magazines. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

  • **Thursday, March 4. Jewish Studies Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Professor Elliot K. Ginsburg, Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies, University of Michigan. Topic: "The Sabbath in the Jewish Mystical Tradition."

  • **Friday, March 5. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Mark Shunk, president and chief executive officer, Cadence Network LLC, Cincinnati. Topic: "Building Your Competency Capital."

    EXHIBITS

  • Through Feb. 12. Images From Down Under: Prints from Australia and New Zealand. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). This traveling exhibit features prints and artist's books by 89 artists from 12 colleges and universities in Australia and New Zealand. Traditional approaches to printmaking from woodcuts to stone lithographs.

  • Through March 12. Sydney Zentall: Light Waves. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Krannert Drawing Room, Main Floor, Krannert Building. The Purdue professor of educational studies captures in oils the many moods of the sea.

  • Through March 12. Rick Paul: Algorithmic Constructions. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. The professor of art and design displays work resulting from a recent Fellowship in the Center for Artistic Endeavors, a program sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts. 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. There will be a gallery reception 5-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8. Paul will discuss his works during a Galleries Brown Bag Lecture at noon Thursday, Feb. 11, in Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • Feb. 22-26. Exhibit of works by Darlene Mitchell, candidate for a Master of Fine Arts degree in art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • **March 1-5. Exhibit of works by Julie Leonard, candidate for a Master of Fine Arts degree art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

    MEETINGS

  • Friday, Feb. 12. Board of Trustees. 1:30 p.m. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Conference Center, Room 132.

  • Monday, Feb. 22. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

    OTHER

  • **Through March 4. 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:

    Feb. 9, Middle Eastern; Feb. 10, French; Feb. 11, German.
    Feb. 16, Southeast Asian; Feb. 17, Southwestern; Feb. 18, Mexican.
    Feb. 23, Sicilian; Feb. 24, Australian; Feb. 25, Caribbean.
    March 2, Chinese; March 3, British; March 4, French.

    Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; home, (765) 742-8371; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu

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