Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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December 10, 1999 NOTE: Because of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the News Service will not produce another Purdue Calendar until Jan. 7. This calendar lists selected Purdue events during the next seven 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 online calendar. Updated travel directions around road construction zones near campus are available on the Web. EVENTS • Sunday, Dec. 19. Fall Commencement. 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets, issued free to all candidates receiving a degree, are necessary for admission. Morning ceremony is for Schools of Agriculture, Education, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Science. Afternoon ceremony is for Schools of Consumer and Family Sciences, Engineering, Technology, and Veterinary Medicine. ** • Tuesday, Jan. 18. Golden Taps. 10 p.m. Spitzer Court, Cary Quadrangle. The Golden Taps ceremony gives the Purdue community an opportunity to formally honor and reflect on the lives of students who have died during the previous month. Pendragon, the student leadership honorary at Cary Quadrangle, sponsors Golden Taps. ENTERTAINMENT ** • Thursday, Jan. 20. Tomas Kubinek: Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $15 for the public, $10 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Department of Convocations' Patron's Choice Event. ** • Friday, Jan. 21. T.S. Monk Big Band with the Nnenna Freelon Trio. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Program is held in conjunction with Purdue Bands' Annual Jazz Festival. Tickets are $25 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Department of Convocations' Jazz Set. ** • Saturday, Jan. 22. Purdue Jazz Festival. Starting at 8 a.m. and continuing into the evening. High school jazz bands from across the Midwest will perform in various locations in Elliott Hall, Loeb Playhouse and the Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Sunday, Jan. 23. "Romeo and Juliet," Ballet de l'Opera de Bordeaux. 3 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $16, $22 and $30 for the public; $12 and $15 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Part of the Department of Convocations' Lively Arts Package. ** • Friday, Jan. 28. Def Leppard Concert. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Opening act: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Tickets are $25 at Ticketmaster outlets and campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. EXHIBITS • Through Dec. 17. Exhibit of works by seniors in photography. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. ** • Jan. 10-Feb. 27. Faculty Focus, an exhibit of works in a variety of media by Purdue's art faculty. Stewart Center Gallery. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Gallery reception 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14. (Gallery closed Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Day.) ** • Jan. 10-Feb. 11. 60 x 60, an exhibit of 60 prints acquired as part of Purdue's permanent collection during the past 20 years of the Sixty Square Inches national small-print competition. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (Gallery closed Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Day.) ** • Jan. 10-March 5. Treasures From the Tombs: Egyptian Antiquities From the Charles Pankow Collection. Union Gallery. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Gallery reception 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. NOTE: Opening date of exhibit depends on completion of this new gallery on the main floor of the Memorial Union, just inside Grant Street entrance. (Gallery closed Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Day.) ** • Jan. 18-March 5. The Floating World: Japanese Prints From the Permanent Collection. Krannert Drawing Room, main floor, Krannert Building. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. MEETINGS • Saturday, Dec. 18. Board of Trustees. 10 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Monday, Jan. 24. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. OTHER • Saturday, Dec. 18. Fall semester ends. Spring semester begins Jan. 10. • Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24. Christmas holidays. University offices closed. • Thursday, Dec. 30, and Friday, Dec. 31. New Year's holidays. University offices closed. ** • Monday, Jan. 10. Spring semester begins. ** • Monday, Jan. 17. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. University offices closed, no classes held. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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