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Pluto is out there, really out there, but Alan Stern, who led NASA’s New Horizons mission, which included the famous fly-by of Pluto, is on good enough terms with it to engage the question “What IF We Return to Pluto?” Some may say that notion is way out there too, but one characteristic of Purdue’s Ideas Festival is to contemplate possibilities that seem to be on the edge of reality. Stern’s talk is part of the official closing week of the festival and Purdue’s 150th anniversary Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Don’t Miss It!

 

OCTOBER 9

Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, now Stanford University professor and Hoover Institution senior fellow, will share a conversation with President Mitch Daniels. Organizer: Purdue Convocations. This is an event in Purdue’s 150th anniversary Giant Leaps Series. 6:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Admittance by ticket only. Earlier news release | Update on arrangements

  • Summary of update: 1) Tickets for seating in Elliott Hall of Music are all claimed. Those who have claimed tickets should pick them up (and take photo ID) in advance to avoid long lines. At the event, there will be a security check, and no large bags or backpacks will be allowed. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. 2) Livestreaming to Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse will be offered free. Doors there will open at 5:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 10

“What If We Return to Pluto?” is the question for Alan Stern, planetary scientist, space program executive including NASA’s New Horizons mission, aerospace consultant, and author. 6:30-8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Free but ticket required. News release with link for getting ticket

The Homecoming parade will start at 8 p.m. at the southwest corner of Memorial Mall at the intersection of State Street and Oval Drive, then head west to MacArthur Drive, north to Third Street, east to Martin Jischke Drive, north toward Stadium Avenue. Homecoming news release

OCTOBER 11

A NASA exhibition, Journey to Tomorrow Traveling Exhibit will offer touchscreen and hands-on displays, a planet simulator, models, an Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, a new NASA rocket, and a Apollo 17 moon rock. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. South side of Lambert Fieldhouse. Also 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. News release | Website | Short video

 

A Homecoming 2019 Giant Leaps concert featuring Big Gigantic with MadeinTYO shift into gear at 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center/Slayter Hill. Rain location: Elliott Hall of Music. This concert is a part of the Take Giant Leaps campaign finale. Free. News release

A jazz concert featuring American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band will blend voice and instrument in intriguing, even unexpected, ways. 8-9:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Bands & Orchestras

OCTOBER 12

Homecoming activities will center at a tent row on Stadium Mall. Representatives from various schools, departments and other units. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Stadium Mall. Also: Astronaut reunion public appearance as part of those activities; NASA exhibit (see Oct. 11 listing). Homecoming news release

OCTOBER 13

The Collegiate Band and Fall Concert Band are banding together to present a concert of considerable band with. 2:30-4 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Bands & Orchestras

“Rent,” the Broadway musical, is returning to Purdue — perhaps still behind on rent. 7-9:45 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62. Event
     • Optional dinner at 5-6:30 p.m. in PMU’s Sagamore Room. Prix fixe dinner; cost is $24.95. General information

A PEEK AHEAD

OCTOBER 14

The exhibition “Ministry of Truth: Art of the Propaganda Poster” will open its Oct. 14-Dec. 7 run in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Stewart Center. Artworks of varied approaches of how to influence the viewer; from Purdue Archives and Special Collections, the Tippecanoe County Historical Association and private collections. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday (except holidays). Exhibition reception at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Purdue University Galleries

OCTOBER 15

“Live Long and Prosper: The Promise of Science (Fiction) and Medicine” will be a lecture by Guoping Feng, Poitras Chair Professor of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also a leader at the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard. The event’s theme question is “What IF Breakthrough Technologies Could Make Us Smarter?” This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 7 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. News release

Homer’s timeless “The Odyssey” comes to life on the stage, presented by the Aquila Theatre Company. This epic also is the subject of the “Big Read” for 2019-20 by the Department of English. 7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in STEW, Room 279, with Mike Johnston, associate professor of English. Event

OCTOBER 16-17

“1984” by the Aquila Theatre Company is coming. Do we watch it or does it watch us? 7:30 p.m. each of two nights. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$28. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in STEW, Room 310, with Swati Srivastava, assistant professor of political science. Also Thursday. Event

OCTOBER 18

The combined talents and energy of the Purdue Jazz Band, Purdue Tower of Power Band, and Concert Jazz Band might set your socks to tingling. 8-9:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Bands & Orchestras

OCTOBER 19

The BCC Coffee House as always will spotlight the creativity and energy of the Black Cultural Center’s performing arts ensembles. 7 p.m. At BCC. BCC

The University Choir will perform in “Beethoven’s Greatest Hits” as guests of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. PMO | Tickets: $8-$39.

SPORTS IN SEASON

Intercollegiate Athletics home
Football | Tickets
Women's volleyball | Tickets
Women's soccer | Free admission | Fan information
Cross country | No home events in 2019
Men's swimming and diving | Free admission | Information for attending
Women's swimming and diving | Free admission | Information for attending

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.