Don't Miss It!

Athletics celebrate the energy, determination and discipline that young people both bring to and absorb from their campus experience. Soccer already has made a good start and the Big Ten-tough volleyball begins play very soon, both before football meets its first opponent. For all Boilermakers, excitement and anticipation are in the air. Don't Miss It!

AUGUST 21

Exhibition: "Myung Gyun, You: Forest of History" by Purdue University Galleries. Aug. 18-Sept. 23 in Fountain Gallery, 330 Main St., Lafayette. Hours: Noon-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (except holidays). Exhibition

Exhibition: "Missing You" by Archives and Special Collections. Through Dec. 8. Communications and logs from Amelia Earhart's final flight, plus her efforts for women's rights. ASC exhibitions (some online).

AUGUST 24

Boilerfest at the Black Cultural Center is a celebratory new student orientation to which the campus is invited. It offers music, food, fun, and performances by BCC performing arts ensembles. 4-6 p.m. BCC parking lot. BCC

AUGUST 25

The Purdue Varsity Glee Club will present its First Nighter concert on the traditional first Friday of fall semester. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Free. PMO

AUGUST 28

Exhibition opening for "Dong Yifang: Painting Through a Century of Change in China," which will present 20th century ink paintings Aug. 28-Oct. 7. Purdue University Galleries. STEW, Robert L. Ringel Gallery. (See August 31 for reception.)

AUGUST 31

Exhibition opening reception for "Dong Yifang: Painting Through a Century of Change in China." Purdue University Galleries. 5:30-7 p.m. STEW, Robert L. Ringel Gallery.

 

SPORTS FOR AUGUST 21 TO SEPTEMBER 4

Fall sports already are getting into their schedules. We'll need to find our pom-poms. Scheduled (home events unless stated):

Women's soccer. Home games are at Folk Field near McCormick Road and Cherry Lane; free. Sport

Aug. 21 vs. Loyola Marymount at 7 p.m.
Aug. 27 vs. Indiana State at 1 p.m.
Aug. 31 vs. DePaul at 7 p.m.
Sept. 3 vs. Dayton at 1 p.m.

Women's volleyball. Home games are on Belin Court in Holloway Gymnasium within the Brees Center. $. Sport
Aug. 25-26 brings the traditional Mortar Board Premier with six games arranged in three sessions of two games each.
• Friday early session: 10 a.m.: Purdue vs. Oral Roberts. Noon: Alabama vs. Cleveland State.
• Friday late session: 5:30 p.m.: Oral Roberts vs. Alabama. 7:30 p.m.: Purdue vs. Cleveland State.
• Saturday session: Noon: Cleveland State vs. Oral Roberts. 3 p.m.: Purdue vs. Alabama.

Football. Circle Up! Boiler Tailgate 2.0 at noon-2:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. Free to attend; vendors will have food and drink. News release
Sept. 2 is the opening game, Purdue vs. Louisville at 7:30 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium. 500 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis. $.  Tickets. Earlier, at 3-7 p.m., a Boilermaker Crossing festive gathering will be at Pan Am Plaza northeast of the stadium. Giveaways, activities, live music, indoor beer garden with cash bar. News release

A PEEK AHEAD

SEPTEMBER 8

Purdue football opens its Ross-Ade Stadium schedule with a historic Friday night game at 8 p.m. vs. Ohio. $. Tickets

SEPTEMBER 10

Picnic with the Purduettes is a true appeal to the senses -- fine music, the grassy slope of Slayter Hill, and a great chance to bring yourself a nice picnic and sit on your elegant or colorful blanket. 6 p.m. Slayter Center. Details

SEPTEMBER 15

Rhiannon Giddens will bring vocals, banjo, fiddle and more to perform roots and R&B music on "The Freedom Highway Tour." 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. $. Details

SEPTEMBER 16

Global Fest 2017 will include acts brought by Purdue Convocations. The fest will run noon-10 p.m. at Columbia Street and Chauncey Avenue (Morton Community Center area). Music, dance, crafts, food from cultures around the world. Free to attend. Global Fest

These and other events, plus other timely information, are listed in the Purdue Today calendars under "Events" under the Campus News pulldown at www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday.