Don't Miss It!

'40 Chances' at the Rueff Galleries

Don't Miss It! is starting its fifth year of celebrating key cultural and entertainment highlights at Purdue West Lafayette by changing to weekly appearance in Purdue Today. Each Monday, readers will be able to see what's on for the week -- and see top listings for the following week. Regarding each of these excellent opportunities, we always say "Don't Miss It!" Today we also urge that when "DMI" comes out, Don't Miss It!

AUGUST 20

Exhibition: "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World." Aug. 6-Sept. 28. Photography by Howard G. Buffett, farmer and philanthropist, documenting world hunger. Buffett says everyone has about 40 chances to attain their life goals. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday (except holidays, and closing at 5 p.m. on final day of an exhibition). Exhibition

Exhibition: "Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly." Aug. 20-Sept. 22. Purdue University Galleries. Artworks from 30 years of protesting racism and gender bias. STEW, Robert L. Ringel Gallery. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday (except holidays). Reception at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Black Cultural Center. This exhibition is a companion to the Purdue Convocations' free (though ticketed) event on Sept. 13.

AUGUST 23

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 24

The Purdue Varsity Glee Club knows how to cap off the fun of the first five days of going to class -- have a First Nighter free concert. After all, "No fun without music, no music without fun." 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Free. PMO

A PEEK AHEAD

AUGUST 27

Exhibition: "Building Purdue: 150 Years of the West Lafayette Campus." Aug. 27-Dec. 15. Purdue University Libraries' Archives and Special Collections. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, STEW (enter from HSSE Library).

AUGUST 29

The Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series will bring Robert O. Work, former deputy secretary of defense, to speak about the administration's recent defense planning document. Work's lecture is titled "The New National Defense Strategy: Pursuing 'Urgent Change at Significant Scale.'" 11 a.m.-noon. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121.

SPORTS IN SEASON

Intercollegiate Athletics home
Football | Tickets
Women's volleyball | Tickets
Women's soccer | Free admission
Cross country | No home events in 2018

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.