Purdue Events Calendar

March 24, 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, 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. ** •  Friday, March 31. Emerging Technology Forum Day. 9-11:15 a.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Industry speakers, faculty and panels address bringing emerging technologies from mind to market. Sponsored by the Krannert Graduate School of Management. ** •  Saturday-Sunday, April 8-9. 19th annual Holocaust Remembrance Conference. Theme is "Our Town – Overcoming Prejudice." Many sessions are held on campus in the Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. A full schedule of events is available in an online news release. ** •  Saturday. April 8. 12th Annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 11 a.m.. Elliott Hall of Music. Teams from Purdue and six other colleges and universities demonstrate the complicated and humorous machines they built to place seven of the 20th century's greatest inventions in a time capsule. Each machine must use 20 or more steps and complete the operation in less than nine minutes. •  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 ** •  Thursday, April 13. University Day. A campus clean-up day sponsored by Purdue Student Government. Students, faculty and staff volunteer an hour between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. by reporting to booths located around campus including the Memorial Mall, Hicks Library, Agriculture Administration, Lynn Hall, Grissom Hall, the Purdue Armory, Founders Park and the Purdue Mall. ** •  Saturday, April 15. Mothers Weekend arts and crafts sale. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union ballrooms and first-floor lounges. Sponsored by the Student Union Board. ** • Saturday-Sunday, April 15-16. Springfest, Bug Bowl and Mothers Weekend. There will be a variety of events each day across the south campus. For details, check the online news release. ENTERTAINMENT ** •  Thursday, March 30. PMO Varsity Glee Club All-Campus Serenade. 7:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms. Free. Incorrect date previously listed. •  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. Symphonic Bands 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 Ingolfsson. 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. ** •  Monday, April 17. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – Collegiate Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. ** •  Monday, April 17. Reading by award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton, author of "The Book of Ruth" and "Map of the World." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the Department of English. ** •  Tuesday, April 18. Informal open discussion with award-winning novelist Jane Hamilton. Noon. Undergraduate Library Bookstall. ** •  Tuesday, April 18. The Smashing Pumpkins concert. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee in cooperation with JAM Productions. Tickets are $25 and went on sale March 11 at all Ticketmaster outlets. ** •  Tuesday, April 18. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – Varsity Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. ** •  Wednesday, April 19. Purdue Bands Twilight Concert Series – 1812 Concert. 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center of Performing Arts. Free. LECTURES •  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. ** •  Saturday, April 1. 17th annual Herbert C. Brown Lecture Series in Organic Chemistry. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. Purdue Nobel laureate Herbert C. Brown will oversee a series of lectures on new developments in organic synthesis. •  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. ** •  Wednesday, April 19. Jewish Studies Noon Lecture and Discussion Series. 12:30 p.m. Hillel Foundation, 912 West State St. Topic: "A Reminiscence of My Polish Heritage: Part II." Speaker: Robert L. Ringel, Purdue executive vice president for academic affairs. ** •  Friday, April 21. Krannert Executive Forum. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium. Topic: "Competition – What They Don't Teach You in Business School." Speaker: John P. O'Grady, senior vice president, administration, Rayonier Inc., Stamford, Conn. 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. ** •  April 17-27. Undergraduate Exhibition, a juried competition open to any student who has taken an art or design course during the 1999-2000 academic year. Beelke Gallery (Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2). Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Gallery reception and awards presentations, 5-6 p.m. Monday, April 17. •  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. • 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. •  Through May 14. Barbara Moll: Quilt Artist from Muncie, Ind. Krannert Drawing Room. Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. MEETINGS •  Friday, April 7. Board of Trustees. 10:30 a.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union. CONFERENCES •  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 •  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 20. 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 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. April 18-20: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian. 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