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It’s a week of live music around the West Lafayette campus, leading off Thursday (Oct. 24) with Camille Thomas, whose virtuosity has won admirers and matched her with an exquisite 18th century cello. Also coming are Bands & Orchestras’ popular Swing Dance evening and Purdue Musical Organizations’ Indiana All-State Show Choir Concert. Music is in the air. Don’t Miss It!

OCTOBER 24

Camille Thomas, a rising star cellist, will bring richly flavored chamber music on her star cello with piano accompaniment by Julien Brochal. Together they will perform works by four star composers, two German and two French. 7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20. Pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. in STEW, Room 310, with Margot Marlatt, cellist and executive director of the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society. Event

OCTOBER 25

Purdue jazz combos will set the mood for Swing Dance, an annual fave for the swinging crowd. 8-9:30 p.m. Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St., Lafayette. Free. Bands & Orchestras

OCTOBER 26

The Indiana All-State Show Choir Concert combines various show choir participants with members of Purdue Musical Organizations. 1:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $10; on sale only on day of concert beginning at 12:30 p.m. in Stewart Center box office. PMO

A PEEK AHEAD

OCTOBER 29

Dr. Sally Satel, a psychiatrist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will speak on “What IF We Went Beyond A Disease Model of Addiction?” Format: Conversation by Satel and President Mitch Daniels. This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 6:30-7:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. News release

OCTOBER 31

Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate, will be featured in “Arts as Activism, Part II.” The event is part of the Thriving Thursday Showcase presented by the Black Cultural Center. 6 p.m. At BCC. BCC

A film series related to HIV and AIDS opens with a pair of documentaries, one 24 years old and the other new this year. The series is by Purdue’s Medical Humanities Collective. 7-10 p.m. Rawls Hall, Room 1011. (Other films Nov. 14, Dec. 2.) Article

NOVEMBER 1

“Harlem 100” will offers a musical homage to the Harlem Renaissance and its immortals; featuring Michael Mwenso and the Shakes plus special guests. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $24-$30. Pre-show discussion at 7 p.m. in STEW, Room 310, with Cornelius Bynum, associate professor of history. Event

NOVEMBER 2

It’s the Fall Show, featuring Purdue Bells, University Choir, Heart & Soul and All-Campus and Community Chorale. 7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free. PMO

NOVEMBER 3

“The Color Purple,” the timeless story told in a Broadway musical, comes to the Purdue stage. 7:30-10 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

SPORTS IN SEASON

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

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.