Purdue Events Calendar

March 17, 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 • Tuesday-Wednesday, March 21-22.  86th Annual Purdue Road School. 8:30 a.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 at this free conference. • Thursday, March 23.  The Ages of Agriculture: A Millennium Celebration. 6:15 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This one-hour dramatic performance chronicles Hoosier agriculture from its beginning a few hundred years ago to today's high-tech practices, and beyond. It is the first of a series of cultural events statewide commemorating the millennial change. Judy O'Bannon, wife of Gov. Frank O'Bannon and chairwoman of Hoosier Millennium, and Victor L. Lechtenberg, Purdue's dean of agriculture, are co-hosts of "Ages of Agriculture." • Thursday-Saturday, March 23-25.  16th Annual Symposium on Afro-American Studies. Contact: John Wellman, Purdue Division of Conferences, jmwellman@cea.purdue.edu; (800) 359-2968 ext. 92W or (765) 494-0243; fax: (765) 494-0567. ** • Friday, March 24.  Women's Studies 20th Anniversary Banquet. 7 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Will feature a Founders' Panel discussion. For tickets, call (765) 494-6295. ** • Tuesday, March 28.  Indiana Court of Appeals oral argument. 1:30 p.m. Room 310, Stewart Center. Free and open to the public, but seating is limited to 50 people. The case involves a preliminary injunction from the Hancock County Circuit Court restraining a person from speaking on certain matters. Sponsored by the Department of Communications. ** • Saturday, March 25.  Women in Computer Sciences Career Day. 9:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Ninety high school juniors from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan will have the opportunity to learn from experts, gain hands-on experience, and learn about career opportunities in computer science. • Monday, April 10.  Women in Engineering Career Day. This daylong event, sponsored by Purdue's Schools of Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers, is open to any young woman in her junior year of high school, as well as their parents and teachers. The cost is $10 per person, which includes lunch. Amy Ross, a space suit project engineer with NASA who earned bachelor's and masters degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue, will deliver the keynote speech. To register, contact Susan Umberger, Division of Conferences, (765) 494-7217 or (800) 359-2968, Ext. 92U, stumberger@cea.purdue.edu ** • Friday-Sunday, April 14-16.  SpringFest, Bug Bowl and Mothers Weekend. There will be an Arts and Crafts Show hosted by the Purdue Student Union Board (for information, contact Julie Royce, (765) 494-8976, psub@pmu.purdue.edu) and other special events across the Purdue campus. (For Bug Bowl and SpringFest information, contact Dana Neary, (765) 494-9113, dn@aes.purdue.edu.) ENTERTAINMENT • Wednesday, March 22.  PMO Varsity Glee Club All-Campus Serenade. 7:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Free. • Friday, March. 24.  Bayou to Bourbon Street. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. This musical caravan includes Cajun, zydeco and New Orleans blues. Tickets are $20 for the public, $15 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. Pre-concert Jazz Cafe begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 118 of the Purdue Memorial Union. • Saturday, March 25.  Third Eye Blind in concert. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee. Tickets are $25 at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW, and at all Ticketmaster outlets. • Saturday, March 25.  Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: "Haraka Fest 2000." 7 p.m. LaPosada Room, Purdue Memorial Union. The Haraka Writers, a group of student poets, will read original poetry. • Saturday, March 25.  Jazz Band free concert devoted to uptempo blues music. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. • Monday, March 27. Purdue Symphonic Band Concert with Concord High School Band. 7:30 p.m. Beikman Performing Arts Center, Concord High School, Elkhart. Free. • Thursday, March 30.  Moscow Virtuosi with Vladimir Spivakov, violin/conductor. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $23 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' Loeb Music Collection. • Thursday-Sunday, March 30-April 2.  Purdue Studio Theatre presents "The Dining Room." 8 p.m. Black Box Theatre, Creative Arts Building 3. (Sunday performance is at 2 p.m.) This play by A.R. Gurney will be directed by Richard Stockton Rand, associate professor of theater. Tickets are $5 at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. • Sunday, April 2.  Black Voices of Inspiration spring concert. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. The Black Cultural Center choir specializes in gospel music, spirituals and contemporary songs by African-American composers. Tickets: $5 for students, $7 for the public, available the afternoon of the show at Loeb Box Office. Part of the BCC Cultural Arts Series. • Sunday, April 2.  Winter Drum Line/Percussion Concert, featuring "Brooms Hilda," a Stomp-inspired number. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Sponsored by Purdue Bands. • Thursday, April 6.  "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber," the Broadway musical. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are $16, $25 and $33 for the public; $15 and $18 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, April 7.  Tommy Flanagan Trio. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $20 for the public, $12 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. Preconcert Jazz Cafe begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Sagamore Room of the Purdue Memorial Union. • Saturday, April 8.  Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: Jahari Dance Troupe Spring Revue. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. The troupe performs a repertoire that includes African, ballet, folk, jazz, tap and modern dance. Tickets: $5 for students, $7 for the public, available the evening of the show at Loeb Box Office, Stewart Center. • Sunday, April 9.  Purdue Bands Windworks II Concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free. ** • Tuesday-Wednesday, April 11-12.  Sesame Street Live: When I Grow Up. Shows at 7 p.m. Tuesday; 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by Purdue Convocations. All tickets for 4 p.m. show are $10; Tickets for 7 p.m. shows are $15, $13 and $11 for adults, $15, $11.50 and $9.50 for children 12 and under. Tickets available at campus box offices and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. ** • Wednesday, April 12.  Purdue Theatre sneak preview of "Arcadia." 7:30 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Tickets: $4.50 at Loeb Box Office, Stewart Center, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. ** • Wednesday, April 12.  Jewish Studies Film Series: "The Front" (1976). 7:30 p.m. Room 1245, Liberal Arts and Education Building. ** • Thursday, April 13-Sunday, April 22.  Purdue Theatre presents "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. (No performance Monday, April 17.) Schedule includes a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 16, in addition to the show at 8 p.m. that day. Tickets: $11 for the public, $7 for students and senior citizens, at Loeb Box Office, (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. ** • Friday, April 14.  American Music Review and Variety Band free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. ** • Saturday, April 15.  Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: New Directional Players' spring production. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The group will showcase the contributions of young African-American men and women. Tickets: $5 for students, $7 for the public, available the evening of the show at Loeb Box Office, Stewart Center. ** • Sunday, April 16.  Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 2:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free. ** • Sunday, April 16.  Indianapolis Violin Competition gold medalist Judith Ingolffson. 3 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, March 22.  Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Stewart Center. Topic: "Transplantation and Autopsy: Jewish Bio-Ethics." Speaker: Marilyn Zimmerman, ambassador, Indiana Organ Procurement Organization. ** • Thursday, March 23.  Roundtable discussion by Purdue experts about genetically engineered foods in the global trading system. 2:30-4 p.m. Room 320, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Philip Paarlberg, associate professor of agricultural economics; Louis Sherman, biology department head; and Mary Lyn Stoll, doctoral candidate in philosophy, will participate in a discussion moderated by Paul Thompson, professor of philosophy. Seating is limited to 90 people. • Thursday, March 23.  Purdue Galleries Art Advocates Lecture. 4:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Speakers: David Parrish, Purdue associate professor of art and design, and Gordon Young, Purdue associate professor of history. Topic: "Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern History." • Friday, March 24.  Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Indiana's Economy: The Big Picture." Speaker: Indiana Lt. Gov. Joseph E. Kernan. ** • Friday, March 24.  "Black Women's History at the Intersection of Culture and Power." 4 p.m. Black Cultural Center. Speaker: Darlene Clark Hine, the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of American History, Michigan State University. Part of the Women's Studies 20th Anniversary Celebration. • Monday, March 27.  Sears Lecture Series. 8 p.m. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and former national editor of Rolling Stone Magazine. Topic: "Moral Dilemmas in the Global Economy." ** • Tuesday, March 28.  "Science and Engineering in the 21st Century: Will Women Be Full Players?" 7 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Jane Butler Kahle, division director for elementary, secondary and informal education at the National Science Foundation. • Friday, March 31.  Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Leadership in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Speaker: Michael L. Eagle, vice president manufacturing, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis. • Wednesday, April 5.  Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Room 320, Stewart Center. Topic: "The Legacy of Moses Maimonides." Speaker: Stuart D. Robertson, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, West Lafayette; Biblical Hebrew lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures; and adjunct professor in Purdue's Jewish Studies Program. • Thursday, April 6.  Jewish Studies Public Lecture. 4:30 p.m. Rooms 218 A and B, Stewart Center. Topic: "Second Generation Voices: Responding to the Holocaust Legacy." Speaker: Professor Alan Berger, Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University. • Friday, April 7.  Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Putting e-business to Work." Speaker: J. Bruce Harreld, senior vice president, strategy, International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. • Monday, April 10.  Diversity Dialogues. Noon-1 p.m. Room B2, Stone Hall. The series, co-sponsored by the Purdue Bahai Club and the Purdue Diversity Resource Office, features guided discussions between two people with a specific thing in common and a specific difference. Today: Purdue employees with and without disabilities. ** • Thursday, April 13.  Jewish Studies Public Lecture –The Ben and Louise Klatch Distinguished Lecture. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Robert Alter, Purdue Class of 1937 and professor of Hebrew and comparative literature, University of California at Berkeley. Topic: "The Bible and the Challenge of Interpretation." ** • Friday, April 14.  Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Looking for Mr. Eberstadt." Speaker: Lt. Gen. Martin R. Steele USMC (Ret.), president and chief executive officer, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, N.Y. EXHIBITS • Through March 31.  "Inspiration Bahamas." 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery (Room, 1-125, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences). This is an exhibit of work created by John Essex II of Plainfield, Ind., recipient of the Arts Council of Indianapolis Creative Renewal Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment. • Through March 31.  A series of one-week exhibits by candidates for master of fine arts degrees. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (Gallery closed March 11-19 for spring break.) • Through April 30.  Sixty Square Inches national small-print competition. 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 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 5. (Gallery closed March 11-19 for spring break and April 23 for Easter.) • Through May 5.  Treasures From the Tombs: Egyptian Antiquities From the Charles Pankow Collection. Union Gallery of the Memorial Union (just inside Grant Street entrance). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. ** • March 20-May 14.  Barbara Moll: Quilt Artist. Krannert Drawing Room. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Gallery reception for this Muncie, Ind., artist will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 24. MEETINGS • Monday, March 20.  University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. • Friday, April 7.  Board of Trustees. 10:30 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. CONFERENCES ** • Saturday, March 25.  Revisioning the Future: Generations of Women's Studies at Purdue. 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. Conference is part of the Women's Studies 20th Anniversary Celebration. ** • Monday, March 27.  Women's Voices: Imagining Ourselves Into the 21st Century. 1-3 p.m. Room 326, Stewart Center. Teleconference originating from the Shaping an Agenda for Women in Higher Education meeting at the University of Minnesota. ** • Wednesday, March 29.  Women's Solutions: Setting a National Agenda for the 21st Century. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Room 322, Stewart Center. Teleconference originating from the Shaping an Agenda for Women in Higher Education meeting at the University of Minnesota. SEMINARS ** • Wednesday, March 22.  Brown Bag Discussion: Women Administrative and Support Staff. 11:30 a.m. Room 1284, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Part of a series sponsored by the Council on the Status of Women to help define a campus agenda for women in higher education. ** • Wednesday, March 22.  Brown Bag Discussion: Women in the Classroom. 11:30 a.m. Room 2275, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Part of a series sponsored by the Council on the Status of Women to help define a campus agenda for women in higher education. ** • Friday, March 24.  Brown Bag Discussion: Too Busy to Breathe, Balancing Work and Family. 11:30 a.m. Room 2275, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Part of a series sponsored by the Council on the Status of Women to help define a campus agenda for women in higher education. ** • Tuesday, March 28.  Brown Bag Discussion: Creating at Comprehensive Agenda for Women and Purdue University. 11:30 a.m. Room 322, Stewart Center. Part of a series sponsored by the Council on the Status of Women to help define a campus agenda for women in higher education. OTHER ** • Through April 13.  International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up: March 21-23: Tuesday, New England; Wednesday, Greek; Thursday, Cajun. March 28-30: Tuesday, Middle Eastern; Wednesday, British; Thursday, German. April 4-6: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, Southwestern; Thursday, French. April 11-13: Tuesday, Sicilian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean. • Monday, March 20. Classes resume after spring break. Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page