Purdue Events Calendar
Purdue Events Calendar
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November 10, 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 • Thursday, Nov. 16. 8 p.m. "The Real World." Purdue Memorial Union, South Ballroom. Purdue Student Union Board presents two alumni from MTV's "The Real World," who will discuss conflict resolution, diversity, living responsibly and about life on MTV's television program. Admission is $3 for Purdue students and $5 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased at the door. ENTERTAINMENT • Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 14-20. "Candida" by George Bernard Shaw. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Shows are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sundays. A sneak preview will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, for $4.50. Presented by Purdue Theatre as part of the Mainstage Season. Tickets are $11 and $13 for the public, $7 and $9 for students and senior citizens and may be purchased at the Loeb Box Office, Stewart Center, or by calling (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. • Friday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Concert by Mariko Anraku. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. One of the world's outstanding young harpists with an impressive array of awards to her credit. A part of the Discovery Concerts series presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $7. • Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. New Orleans Night with Purdue and Lab Jazz Bands. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. ** • Sunday, Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m. Sunday Sojourn. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Purdue Fall Concert and Symphonic bands take listeners on a musical tour that stretches from cowboy country in Texas to the hills of Appalachia, and from the quiet Irish countryside to the romantic mystique of Paris. • Friday, Dec. 1. 7 p.m. Black Cultural Center's Cultural Arts Series: BCC Cultural Arts Festival. The BCC's student performing arts ensembles will perform at Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Admission is $5 for students, $7 for the public. ** • Friday, Dec. 1. 8 p.m. Holiday Concert with Purdue Jazz Band/American Music Review. North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. ** • Saturday, Dec. 2. 8 p.m. Oblivion: Maya Beiser, cello & Anthony de Mare, piano. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. A part of the Loeb Music Collection presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets $19 for the public, $13 for Purdue students. ** • Friday through Sunday. Dec. 8-10. Purdue Musical Organizations Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. Shows are 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $23 for adults and $16 for students. LECTURES • Tuesday, Nov. 14. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Mike Kavanaugh of Malcolm-Pirnie will speak on Remediation Technology Performance Overview. Civil Engineering Building, Room 3153. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. • Thursday, Nov. 16. 4:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Public Lecture Series. Liberal Arts and Education Building, Room 2290. Professor Robert Gibbs, philosophy department, University of Toronto, will speak on "Why Translate? Levinas and Jewish Studies." • Friday, Nov. 17. 11: 30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Chuck G. Armstrong: "How Purdue Prepared Me to Run a Major League Baseball Team." Armstrong is president and chief executive officer of the Seattle Mariners. • Friday, Nov. 17. 3:30 p.m. Mitoji Yabunaka: "An Overview of Development in Asia – Japan's Foreign Policy Stance." Yabunaka is Japan's counsel general in Chicago. Krannert Center, Room 124. ** • Friday, Nov. 17. 3:30 p.m. John Nash will speak on "Equilibria in Bargaining Games." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Nash is professor of mathematics at Princeton University and was a co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. • Tuesday, Nov. 28. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Charlie Menzie of Menzie-Cura will speak on Risk Assessment in Remediation Systems. Civil Engineering Building, Room 3153. Part of the Monsanto Lecture Series in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. • Friday, Dec. 1. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Executive Forum. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker will be Katherine Giscombe, senior director of research and advisory services for Catalyst, a New York organization that does research and advocacy on women in business. She is currently doing research on the career outcomes of female MBAs. ** • Wednesday, Dec. 6 12:30 p.m. Women's Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Speaker: Prof. Anne Fliotsos, Purdue Dept. of Visual and Performing Arts. Topic: "Women Directors and American Musical Theater." Stone Cellar, Room B2. EXHIBITS • Through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Keeping Tradition Alive: The Political and Social Prints of Carlos Cortez." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Modernists of Mexico." Stewart Center Gallery. Hours are Monday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Monday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Through Dec. 10. Purdue Galleries exhibit: "Thesis Exhibitions." Ralph G. Beelke Memorial Gallery, Creative Arts Building 2. SEMINARS • Wednesday, Nov. 15. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Noon Series. Stewart Center, Room 326. Rabbi Michael Hasten, President Lancer Diamond Corporation, Indianapolis, will speak on "The Torah and the Marketplace." • Wednesday, Nov. 29. 12:30 p.m. Jewish Studies Noon Series. Stewart Center, Room 318. Sandor Goodhart, director of Purdue's Jewish Studies Program and associate professor of English, will speak on "Documenting Fiction: Zvi Kolitz's Yosl Rakover Talks to God." MEETINGS • Friday, Nov. 17. Board of Trustees. Purdue Memorial Union, Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room). CONFERENCES • Friday, Dec. 1. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. "Entrepreneurs' Forum." hosted by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Stewart Center, Room 310. Monthly, hour-long seminar invites faculty, staff, students and other interested individuals to network and learn more about how to start a company. Lyle Hohnke, general partner, Javelin Capital Fund, will speak on "Financing University-Based Start-Up Companies with Venture Capital." Reserve seating one week prior by contacting Maureen Schmidt Ward at msward@purdue.edu or (765) 494-2610. A boxed lunch will be provided. OTHER • Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23 and 24. Thanksgiving Holiday. Official university holiday. Offices will be closed, and no classes will be in session. ** • Through Dec. 7. 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:Nov. 14-16: Tuesday, Scandinavian; Wednesday, French; Thursday, Caribbean Nov. 21: Tuesday, Sicilian Nov. 28-30: Tuesday, French; Wednesday, Spanish; Thursday, Italian Dec. 5-7: Tuesday, Gourmet; Wednesday, Gourmet; Thursday, Gourmet Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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