Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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October 6, 2000 EDITORS: 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 • Saturday, Oct. 14. Chemistry Show: Fire and Ice. 10 a.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Purdue chemists will illustrate the chemical properties of fire and ice during a one-hour show open to the public. ** • Friday-Saturday, Oct. 27-28. President's Council Annual Weekend. Activities for members of the President's Council, Purdue's premier donor group. For more information, contact Carolyn S. Gery, (800) 676-0158 or (765) 494-2731. ENTERTAINMENT • Wednesday, Oct. 11. 7:30 p.m. Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet with Jon Nakamatsu on piano. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A woodwind quintet of impeccable musicianship with a Van Cliburn gold medal-winning pianist. A part of the Loeb Music Collection presented by Purdue Convocations. All tickets $19. • Wednesday, Oct. 11. 7:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Film Series. Room B222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. "Liberty Heights," directed by Barry Levinson. This drama is Levinson's third film in a trilogy which began with "Diner" and "Avalon." The film is about growing up in Baltimore while dealing with racism and anti-Semitism. ** • Friday, Oct. 13. 8 p.m. American Music Review, "The Duke & The Count," North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. A performance by Purdue Bands. • Saturday, Oct. 14. 8 p.m. Veriovka Ukrainian National Music & Dance Co. Elliott Hall of Music. A colorful celebration of Ukrainian culture. A part of the Patron's Choice Series presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets $23, $19 and $14. • Friday, Oct. 20. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: BCC Coffee House. Co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board, the BCC's student performing arts ensembles – the Jahari Dance Troupe, the New Directional Players and the Haraka Writers – will entertain guests at Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for the public. ** • Friday, Oct. 20. 8 p.m. "Got Rhythm." Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A performance by the Purdue jazz bands. ** • Sunday, Oct. 22. 2:30 p.m. "Monumental Music." Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. A pops concert by the Purdue Symphony Orchestra. ** • Sunday, Oct. 22. 3 p.m. "Vincent." Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A one-man play about Vincent Van Gogh written by Leonard Nimoy. A part of the Patron's Choice Series presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $22 for the public, $16 for Purdue students. Call (800) 914-SHOW. • Friday, Oct. 27. 8 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. "Make a Joyful Noise" is the theme as the Campbell Brothers and their wailing, singing, shouting steel guitar sound get together with the powerful gospel vocals of the Mighty Clouds of Joy. Co-sponsored by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $18 for students, $24 for the public. LECTURES ** • Thursday, Oct. 12. 8 p.m. Lecture Series on Science and Religious Faith. Speaker will be Dava Sobel, author of "Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science, with financial support from the John Templeton Foundation. • Friday, Oct. 13. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. William E. Bindley: "How 2+2 Equals 6 ... A Case Study." Bindley is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Bindley Western Industries Inc., the Fortune 500 wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals, health and beauty aids with corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. • Monday, Oct. 16. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Diversity Workshop co-sponsored by the Diversity Resource Office and Personnel Services. Room 302, Stewart Center. At 10:30 a.m., Milton Bennett, a diversity consultant and co-founder of the Intercultural Communication Institute in Oregon, will speak about "Intercultural Competence: Building a Climate of Respect for Diversity" followed by a day-long workshop. To register by the Oct. 11 deadline, call (765) 494-7307. • Tuesday, Oct. 17. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Pedro Alvarez of the University of Iowa will speak on combining phytoremediation and bioremediation in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. • Friday, Oct. 20. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Thomas D. Weldon: The Innovation Factory, "It's a Good Thing That Entrepreneurs Are Lousy at Math." Weldon is co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Novoste Corp., a Norcross, Ga.-based company involved in the field of vascular brachytherapy, the use of intervascular radiation to reduce the incidence of the renarrowing of an angioplasty-treated artery. ** • Friday, Oct. 20. Noon. Rene Arceo, printmaker and visual arts coordinator for the Chicago Public Schools, will lecture on Mexican modernists. Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. Sponsored by Purdue University Galleries. ** • Friday, Oct. 20. 4:30 p.m. Gallery talk with artist Carlos Cortez in Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by Purdue University Galleries. The talk is followed by a reception in Room 112, Purdue Memorial Union. • Tuesday, Oct. 24. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series. Stewart Center, Room 314. Activist, scholar, author and Million-Man March speaker Oba T'Shaka lectures on "Applying African Philosophy to Today's African-American Reality." T'Shaka served as chair of the Black Studies Department at San Francisco State University for 12 years. He is the author of several books including "Return to the African Mother Principle of Male & Female Equity" and "The Art of Leadership." • Tuesday, Oct. 24. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Ron Falta of Clemson University will speak on non-aqueous phase liquid mobilization systems in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. • Wednesday, Oct. 25. 12:30 p.m. Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Room B2, Stone Cellar. Cindy Svajgr, director of the Greater Lafayette YWCA, will talk about "The YWCA at Work in the World: Globally, Nationally and Locally." ** • Thursday, Oct. 26. 4:30 p.m. Eva Gobel Lecture Series. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Dale Clark Farran, professor of education at Vanderbilt University and director of the Susan Gray School of Children, will speak on "Bridging the Gap Between Children's Preschool Skills and Public School Instruction." ** • Thursday, Oct. 26. 4:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Public Lecture Series. Room 180, Grissom Hall. Professor Richard Cohen, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will talk on "Levinas and Bergson." • Friday, Oct. 27. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Howard L. Lance: "Repositioning into the New Economy." Lance is the executive vice president of Emerson Electric Co., the 128,000 employee, St. Louis-based manufacturer of motors, compressors and electronic controls for industrial and consumer markets. ** • Tuesday, Oct. 31. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Vicki Keramida of Keramida Engineering will speak on cleaning up Indiana's contaminated sites in Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. EXHIBITS • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Keeping Tradition Alive: The Political and Social Prints of Carlos Cortez." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Graphic print images of social and cultural content. • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Modernists of Mexico." Stewart Center Gallery, Stewart Center. • Oct. 16 through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Thesis Exhibitions." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. SEMINARS • Wednesday, Oct. 18. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Noon Series. Room 313, Stewart Center. Daniel Gottlieb, Department of Mathematics, will speak on "Mathematics and the Jewish People." CONFERENCES ** • Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 12 - 14. The 12th annual Purdue University Conference on Romance Languages, Literatures and Film. Stewart Center. All sessions and screenings are open to Purdue students and staff. Keynote speaker: Dava Sobel, author of "Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love." 6 p.m. Oct. 13. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Friday, Nov. 3. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum." hosted by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Room 310, Stewart Center. Monthly, hour-long seminar invites faculty, staff, students and other interested individuals to network and learn more about how to start a company. Teri Willey, vice president, ARCH Development Partners, LLC, will speak on "Starting Companies Based on University Innovations in Science and Teaching." R.S.V.P. one week prior to Maureen Schmidt Ward at msward@purdue.edu or (765) 494-2610. OTHER • Saturday, Oct. 7. October Break begins. Classes resume Wednesday, Oct. 11. ** • Through Nov. 2. International Dinner Series sponsored by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. John Purdue Room in Stone Hall. Purdue seniors plan, organize and serve a four-course meal with appetizer, salad, choice of three entrees and two desserts. Reservations required. Call (765) 494-6845. Cost: $10 - $15. Coming up: Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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