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March 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, March 9. Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon will show two documentaries. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. The first film will be her award-winning documentary "Remembering Wei Yi-Fang, Remembering Myself..." which explores her experiences as an African-American woman living in Taiwan. She will also show "Sister in Cinema," a documentary about three pioneering African-American women filmmakers. Part of the Purdue celebration of Women's History Month.

  • Wednesday, March 10. Workshop on black lesbian video artists. 11:30 a.m. Room B248, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon will conduct the workshop and will screen her documentary-in-progress, "Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis@100." Part of the Purdue celebration of Women's History Month.

  • ** Tuesday-Wednesday, March 23-24. 85th Annual Purdue Road School. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stewart Center. More than 1,200 people, from street commissioners to mayors to highway engineers, will explore ways to make Indiana's roads and highways more reliable, enjoyable and efficient. Free and open to the public. Attendees may register in Stewart Center beginning at 7:30 a.m. the first day.

  • ** Tuesday, March 30. Lecture and dinner with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, presented by Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Lecture at 7 p.m., dinner at 8 p.m. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Speech topic is "Leadership: From the War Room to the Board Room." Tickets are $25 per person for the speech only; $75 per person for the speech and dinner; $600 for a table for eight; $1,000 for a corporate table for eight, plus two students; and $1,000 for two for a VIP package that includes a photo reception with Schwarzkopf. For reservations, call (219) 481-4101.

  • ** April 17. Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics, a career conference for girls in grades 6-9. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Registration limited to 350 participants; deadline is March 31. Cost of $15 includes conference materials, lunch and a T-shirt. There will be workshops about 14 career fields, from animal health science to sports and fitness, from business and finance to physical sciences. Information and registration materials available from Kathy Hyman, (765) 494-2758 or (800) 359-2968, Ext. 92H; kfhyman@cea.purdue.edu

    ENTERTAINMENT

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

  • Monday, March 22. Trip to Fort Wayne lecture by Spike Lee. Bus leaves the Black Cultural Center at 3:30 p.m. for a trip to the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus for "An Evening With Spike Lee." The film producer, writer and director will lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the Gates Sports Center. The lecture is free, but the bus trip will cost $5 per person. Registration deadline is March 15; call the BCC at (765) 494-3091. Part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series.

  • Wednesday, March 24. Free Purdue Bell Choir Spring Concert. 7 p.m. University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette.

  • ** Wednesday, March 24. "The Odyssey," Aquila Theater Company of London. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets are $19 for the public, $13 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Artistic director and classics scholar Peter Meineck will present an "Informance" at 7 p.m. in Room 212, Stewart Center. (It originally was scheduled to be a post-performance discussion.) Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice series.

  • Thursday, March 25. Poetry reading by Sporty King. 7 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 206. This Chicago poet will take a look at self-esteem with a free poetry reading of his original works entitled "Spoetry: Life ... love ... and laughter." Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

  • Friday, March 26. Haraka Fest: "Image-nation." 7 p.m. Matthews Hall, Room 210. The Black Cultural Center's Haraka Writers will read original poetry and discuss the image of African-Americans in the new millennium. Free event is part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series.

  • Friday, March 26. Jazz Bands free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

  • ** Saturday, March 27. Glee Club/Black Voices of Inspiration Concert. 7:30 p.m. Northrop High School, Fort Wayne. The Black Voices of Inspiration from the Black Cultural Center join Purdue Musical Organizations' Glee Club in this preview of the show the two groups will take on an 18-day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji in May and June. Tickets are $8 at the door.

  • Saturday, March 27. Ray Drummond's All-Star Excursion Band. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $21 for the public, $15 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.

  • Sunday, March 28. University Choir, free concert. 8:30 a.m. Evangalical Covenant Church , 3600 S. Ninth St., Lafayette.

  • Sunday, March 28. Cinema Now: "The Truce." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students. Presented by Purdue Convocations.

  • ** Wednesday, March 31. 8 p.m. Glee Club All Campus Serenade. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. The Black Voices of Inspiration from the Black Cultural Center join Purdue Musical Organizations' Glee Club in this free preview concert of the show the two groups will take on an 18-day tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji in May and June.

  • ** Thursday, April 1. Panel discussion about the novels of Toni Morrison. 6 p.m. Black Cultural Center. A group of graduate students will discuss the "Creative Production of Toni Morrison: Preservation of African-American Culture and History." BCC Librarian Dorothy Ann Washington also will discuss the Afro-centric approach to literary criticism. Part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series.

  • ** Saturday, April 3. The Black Voices of Inspiration spring concert, "A Tribute to Motown." 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for the public, available at the Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933.

    LECTURES

  • 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?"

  • Wednesday, March 10. A Women's History Month.open discussion on diversity and multiculturalism incorporating students, staff and faculty. 12:30 p.m. Room 112, Purdue Memorial Union. Bring your own lunch.

  • ** Thursday, March 11. "Excellence Is a Moving Target." 4:30-5:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Venu Srinivasan, a 1977 Krannert School of Management graduate who is managing director of Sundaram-Clayton Limited, Chennai, India. The company won the 1998 Deming Prize for Overseas Companies for its excellence in manufacturing. A reception will follow the lecture.

  • 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."

  • Monday, March 22. A discussion on gender and the movement for self-determination for indigenous peoples in Bolivia. 4:30-7 p.m. Room 114, Stanley Coulter Hall. Discussion leader will be Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe, an Aymara Indian from La Paz, Bolivia, who is a fellow in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California-Davis. The discussion, conducted in conjunction with a seminar on Latin American Feminisms, will be in Spanish only. Part of the Purdue celebration of Women's History Month.

  • Tuesday, March 23. A Women's History Month open discussion on feminist pedagogy incorporating students, staff and faculty. Noon. Room 112, Purdue Memorial Union. Bring your own lunch.

  • Wednesday, March 24. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: William R. Shaffer, Purdue professor of political science and associate dean of the School of Liberal Arts. Topic: "Norwegian Egalitarianism and the Rights of Jewish Citizens"

  • Wednesday, March 24. Women's History Month brown-bag discussion. 12:30 p.m. Stone Cellar (Room B2) Stone Hall. Topic: "Women Artists of the American West: An Internet Course and Online Visual Art Archive." Speaker: Susan Ressler, Purdue professor of visual and performing arts. Bring your own lunch.

  • ** Wednesday, March 24. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Jay Akridge, professor of agricultural economics who has led workshops in Central and Eastern Europe and South America on agribusiness management education and who is in charge of Purdue's new executive MBA in agribusiness program. Sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs so that award-winning Purdue faculty can share their creative approaches to teaching.

  • Wednesday, March 24. Women's History Month presentation. 4 p.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Playwright and director Joanne Pottlitzer. Topic: "Turning -'s into +'s: Women and Change, Metaphor and Democracy in Chile: 1973-1990." Presentation will include slides, videos and music.

  • Thursday, March 25. Philosophy Colloquium Series. 4:30 p.m. Room 117, University Hall. Speaker: Robert Gooding-Williams from Northwestern University. Topic: "Between the Masses and the Folk: Du Bois, Culture, and Political Leadership."

  • Friday, March 26. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: Roger C. Stewart, vice president, Global Treasury, Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati. Topic: "Global Treasury Managing Risk in a Volatile Environment."

  • ** Saturday, March 27. 16th annual Herbert C. Brown Lecture Series in Organic Chemistry. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. Four lectures on new developments in organic chemistry by internationally recognized researchers. Free and open to the public. The lecture series was established in 1984 to honor Purdue Nobel Laureate Herbert C. Brown, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for his work in hydroboration and organoboranes.

  • ** Tuesday, March 30. Women's History Month illustrated lecture. 12:30 p.m. Room 112, Purdue Memorial Union. Topic: "Confidence Means Kotex: Learning to Be a Woman Through Menstrual Hygiene Advertisements." Speaker: Sharra Vostral, Department of History, Washington University.

  • ** Thursday, April 1. Women's Resource Office Leadership Lecture Series. 9:30-11 a.m. Room 210, Stewart Center. Topic: "Leadership Issues for Women of Color." Speaker: Evelyn Hu-DeHart, chair of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America. Her lecture will address issues in the Asian-American and Latina communities.

  • ** Friday, April 2. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Building Auditorium. Speaker: John E. Barnes, chairman and chief executive officer, Materials Processing Inc., Logansport, Ind. Topic: "Entrepreneurism, a Way of Life."

    EXHIBITS

  • Through March 12. Sydney Zentall: Light Waves. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-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 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.

  • March 8-12. Exhibit of works by Laura Drake, 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 15-19. Exhibit of works by Joanne Beck, 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 22-26. Exhibit of works by Shu-Chaun "Emily" Chen and Meng-Chau "Robin" Huang, candidates for Master of Fine Arts degrees in art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2).

  • ** March 29-April 2. Exhibit of works by Ali Broach, 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 26-April 30. Chieko Misumi: Ito-e (Thread Pictures). Krannert Drawing Room, Main Floor, Krannert Building. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Gallery reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, March 26. Misumi's exhibit honors Nobel Laureate Herbert C. Brown, Purdue professor of chemistry, who has said: "Her work brings a whole new expressiveness to the field of fine arts. She is truly one of Japan's national treasures."

  • ** March 29-May 2. Doris Steider: Painter of the Passing Moment. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. A nationally recognized egg-tempera artist, Steider draws inspiration from the deserts, mountains and ghost towns of the Southwest and from her travels to far-flung corners of the globe. Gallery receptions 5-6 p.m. Monday, March 29, and 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. 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. (Gallery is closed April 4 for Easter Sunday.)

    MEETINGS

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

  • ** Friday, April 2. Board of Trustees. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. (Date changed from March 26.)

    OTHER

  • ** Through April 1. 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:
    March 9-11, Gourmet -- call for menu information.
    March 16-18, Closed (spring break).
    March 23, New England; March 24, Greek; March 25, Korean.
    March 30, Middle Eastern; March 31, French; April 1, German.

  • 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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