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February 12, 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

  • 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., West Lafayette. 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., West Lafayette. 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. Cash prizes total $30,000, with a first-place prize of $20,000. Sponsored by the Krannert School of Management and the Schools of Engineering.

    ENTERTAINMENT

  • 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. "Celebrating EveryBody." 6:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. The Black Cultural Center's Jahari Dance Troupe gives a free performance at 6:30 p.m. to increase public appreciation of body sizes and shapes and skin colors. Graeme Reid, Lafayette Art Museum, will speak at 7 p.m. about "Aesthetics of Beauty: The Actual vs. the Abstract." Sponsored by Purdue Health Promotions Program as part of Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Week, Feb. 20-27.

  • 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.

  • ** Wednesday, March 10. Purduettes free concert. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette. 7 p.m.

    LECTURES

  • 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. Ghabra, 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. Bakker also will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Von's Book Shop, 317 W. State St.

  • 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. Fulghum also will have a book signing from 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. this day at Little Professor Book Center, 500 Sagamore Parkway W.

  • 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."

  • ** Wednesday, March 10. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Cathlin Upton, winner of the 1997-98 Purdue B'nai B'rith Barzillai Lodge 111 Prize in Jewish Studies. Topic: "The Exodus, What Does the Bible Say and What Does Archaeology Show?"

  • ** Friday, March 12. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Alysa Rollock, Purdue interim vice president for human relations. Topic: "Expect the Unexpected."

    EXHIBITS

  • 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.

  • 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 in art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • ** March 8-12. Exhibit of works by Laura Drake, candidate for a Master of Fine Arts degree in the art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

    MEETINGS

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

    OTHER

  • ** Through March 11. 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. 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.
    March 9-11, Gourmet -- call for menu information.

  • ** Monday, March 15. Spring break begins. Classes resume March 22.

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

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