Don't Miss It!
September 21, 2015
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BCC film series opener: "Cracking the Codes" |
If you've got rhythm, who could ask for anything more? How about enjoying great rhythms from masters of their sound, like the Cumbia All-Stars from Peru? Or the brilliant contours of someone's art, or theater, or insight into the past, present and future? Feel the pulse of this thriving campus. Don't Miss It!
SEPTEMBER 21
The evocative film "Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity," featuring candid reflections and discussions, will open the Black Cultural Center's three-part "Unearthing Our Roots of Racism" Film Series and maybe some further lines of campus communication. 6-8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Details
SEPTEMBER 24-25
"Dawn or Doom2: The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies" will feature top-level faculty presentations and outside speakers. Last year's inaugural summit established this summit as a profound, highly informative event grappling with fundamental issues of technology and civilization. There's also a whimsical film showing amid the summit's eve night. Details
SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 10
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Dawn or Doom2: Summit on technology and the future |
"Betty's Diner, The Musical," with music and lyrics by Carrie Newcomer, tells of a stranger's arrival at a diner struggling to keep the doors open. This production opens Purdue Theatre's season. SOLD OUT. $. Details
SEPTEMBER 25
The Cumbia All-Stars and Cumbia Dance Party, led by Peruvian masters of the genre, promise an irresistible combination of traditional songs and modern use of guitar, drum and voice. Do these rhythms spin you the opposite way south of the equator? 7 p.m. dance lesson. 8 p.m. show. PMU, Ballrooms. $. Cash bar available. Details
SEPTEMBER 26
It's game day for football and don't blink. There's all-day fun and a contest with the fast-flying Bowling Green Falcons. To learn more about the music, the family fun and the pep rally, run the Boilermaker Depot play. For ticket options for the game, which starts at noon, tackle this. And for extra points, kick over to information about its being Purdue's Hammer Down Cancer game.
OCTOBER 2-4
Sports outlook. Fall sports teams are meeting opponents in the Big Ten, and that means big intensity.
* Soccer (women's). The Boilers hope to pop some corn when Nebraska comes at 7 p.m. Friday. Soccer
* Volleyball (women's). Purdue will defend against an eastern invasion as Rutgers makes a Knight visit at 7 p.m. Friday, then Maryland tries to shell Holloway Gymnasium at 7 p.m. Saturday. Volleyball
OCTOBER 3
Celtic Woman brings its thrilling sound, plus the Celtic Tenors, to fill Elliott Hall of Music with Irish songs, bagpipe sounds, and quick-stepping dancers -- all as part of the ensemble's 10th anniversary world tour. 7:30 p.m. $. Details
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World-renowned Celtic Woman with Celtic Tenors |
The Purdue Symphony Orchestra's "Orchestral Flavors" and Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra's "Orchestral Forces" combine vibrant, stimulating ingredients to produce a luscious Saturday night repast. 8-9:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Free. Details
OCTOBER 4
"How Suite It Is," say the Purdue Wind Ensemble and Fall Concert Band with works by Clifton Williams, Andrew Boysen, Frank Ticheli, John Philip Sousa and Arturo Marquez. The pun is suite-able; the music is enchanting. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free. Details
A PEEK AHEAD
OCTOBER 7
"The Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggle" features Ron Jones in one-man multimedia performance about civil rights and equal opportunity. 7 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. Details
OCTOBER 8
"Huang Yi & KUKA" brings Purdue Convocations' fall 2015 artist-in-residence and his companion in a mesmerizing dance in which the human(s) interact with an intricately programmed robot. 7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. (+ pre- and post-show.) $. Details
OCTOBER 16
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," the Broadway family musical, brings a dramatic story to life with memorable songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. $. With pre-show. Details
"Jazz Favorites from the Movies" gives Purdue's American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band to intertwine great songs, nostalgia and just plain fun through works from 1929 to 2014. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Free. Details
These and other events, plus other timely information, are listed in the Purdue Today calendars under "Events" at www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday.
