Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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January 7, 2000 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 online calendar. Updated travel directions around road construction zones near campus are available on the web. EVENTS ** • Monday, Jan. 17."Affirming the Dream V: A Day of Service." Purdue faculty, staff and students will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day by volunteering morning hours to Greater Lafayette nonprofit agencies and meeting at noon in Shealy Hall for a luncheon and community organization fair. • 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. ** • Friday, Jan. 21. Ag Alumni Fish Fry. 11:30 a.m. Purdue Armory. The theme is "Racing Into the Millennium," a program based on the popular stock cars of NASCAR. The menu will once again feature breaded pork tenderloin. Tickets are $12 and must be purchased in advance through Cooperative Extension Service county offices or the Ag Alumni office, (765) 494-8594. The Science Forecast preceding the fish fry will feature a panel discussion on the future of biotechnology. The forum, free and open to the public, will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 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. ** • Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 3-5. Purdue Theatre presents "Theatre Festival." 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Undergraduate student-produced free festival of live theater. First-come, first-seated. ** • Thursday, Feb. 3. Pacifica Quartet. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Tickets are $9 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. A Department of Convocations' Discovery Concert. LECTURES ** • Wednesday, Jan. 12. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 214A, Stewart Center. Speaker: Jeremiah Peterson, a Purdue liberal arts student. Topic: "Subjection, Symbiosis and Distinction: The Jews Under Ptolemaic Rule From the Battle of Ipsus to the Battle of Raphia." ** • Wednesday, Jan. 19. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a leader in the civil rights movement and a retired member of Congress, will speak. ** • Wednesday, Jan. 26. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 214A, Stewart Center. Speaker: Janet Affray, Purdue associate professor of history and women's studies. Topic: "20th Century Iran and the Question of Anti-Semitism." EXHIBITS • 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 • Monday, Jan. 24. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. OTHER • 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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