Events Calendar

EDITORS: No calendar will be distributed next week, because of the Thanksgiving holiday. This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next five weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings are designated by two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's new on-line calendar at https://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

EVENTS

** Monday, Dec. 2. Purdue Memorial Union Christmas Tree Raising. Noon. Great Hall of the Purdue Memorial Union. The public is welcome to watch as a 30-foot fir tree donated by George and Alice Koehler, West Lafayette, is raised and decorated by union staff members and members of the Purdue Student Union Board.

** Saturday, Dec. 7. Breakfast with Santa. 8:30-10 a.m. Ground floor of the Purdue Memorial Union. Breakfasts at $1 and $1.25 available in Union Market. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board for children and their families.

** Sunday, Dec. 15. Winter commencement ceremonies at 1:30 and 5 p.m. The first ceremony is for students in the School of Education; Schools of Engineering; School of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences; School of Science; and School of Veterinary Medicine. The 5 p.m. ceremony is for students in the School of Agriculture; School of Consumer and Family Sciences; School of Liberal Arts; School of Management; and School of Technology. Both ceremonies will be conducted in Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets are required for admission to the hall. Participants are issued tickets for family and friends.

ENTERTAINMENT

** Wednesday, Dec. 4. Christmas at the Union. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Great Hall of the Purdue Memorial Union. The University Band harpist and Rossville High School Jazz Choir and Sophisticated Ladies will perform.

• Wednesday, Dec. 4. Bob Berky, clown. 7 p.m.(sold out) and 9 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Purdue Convocations, Patron's Choice event. Tickets: $12 for the public; $8 for Purdue students, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

  ** Thursday Dec. 5. Christmas at the Union. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Great Hall of the Purdue Memorial Union. The University Band harpist will perform.

• Thursday, Dec. 5. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Elliott Hall of Music, Room 30.

  ** Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 5-7. Purdue Repertory Dance Company Winter Works Dance Concert. 8 p.m. each evening with a special 3 p.m. performance Dec. 7. Experimental Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets: $6 for adults; $3 for children 12 and under, at Loeb box office, (765) 494-3933.

  ** Friday Dec. 6. Christmas at the Union. Noon-1 p.m. Great Hall of the Purdue Memorial Union. The Brass Guild under the direction of William Kisinger will perform.

• Friday-Sunday, Dec. 6-8. Purdue Musical Organizations' Annual PMO Christmas Show. 8 p.m. Friday; noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $12, students; $14, adults, at campus box offices, (765) 494-3933.

• Friday, Dec. 6. 22nd Annual Cultural Arts Festival with all four performing arts ensembles of the Black Cultural Center presenting the play "Spunk." 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $5 for public and $3 for students. Reception follows at the Black Cultural Center.

• Sunday, Dec. 8. Lafayette Christmas Parade -- Purdue Marching Band. 2 p.m. Downtown Lafayette.

** Tuesday, Dec. 3. Four Purdue faculty members conduct a panel discussion on how to incorporate bioethics teaching in the classroom. 7-9 p.m. Room 116, Agricultural and Research Building.

• Wednesday, Dec. 4. To Let Go or Send Away: What a Little Bird Tells Us. David Sanders, Purdue assistant professor of biological sciences. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Wednesday, Dec. 4. Mulattas, Tragedy, and Myth. Lisa Anderson, Purdue Departments of Visual and Performing Arts and African-American Studies. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Stone Cellar (Room B-2, Stone Hall). Women's Studies Brown Bag Series.

• Thursday, Dec. 5. Growth Hormone Action on Key Genes in Glucose Metabolism. Shawn S. Donkin, Purdue Department of Animal Sciences. 4 p.m. Room 239, Stanley Coulter Hall. Purdue Interdepartmental Nutrition Program Seminar Series.

• Wednesday, Dec. 11. Jews and Moslems: Understanding Central Europe's 20th Century Holocausts. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Charles Ingrao, professor of history. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

Through Dec. 8. "Singularities and Gulf Stream Dreams," an exhibition of drawings, paintings, collages and mixed-media constructions by Brent Crocker, Purdue professor of art and design. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center.

• Through Feb. 2. "James Houston and the Art of the Canadian Arctic," an exhibit surveying Inuit art from 1957 to the present. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. (Galleries are closed over semester break from Dec. 8 to Jan. 13.)

• Through Feb. 2. "James Houston and the Art of the Canadian Arctic," an exhibit of contemporary Inuit graphics. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Krannert Drawing Room, Main Floor, Krannert Building. (Galleries are closed over semester break from Dec. 8 to Jan. 13.)

• Dec. 2-Dec. 6. An exhibit of photographs by graduate student Gary Smith. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Beelke Gallery, Room 206, Creative Arts Building 2.

• Wednesday, Nov. 27. Women's basketball vs. Providence. Mackey Arena. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5 for adults and $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or 494-3194.

• Saturday, Nov. 30. Men's basketball vs. Bowling Green. Mackey Arena. 8 p.m. Tickets for public: $19 lower level, $14 upper level. Order by phone at 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194. Television: Creative Sports.

• Thursday, Dec. 5. Women's basketball vs. Notre Dame. Mackey Arena. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5 for adults and $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or 494-3194.

• Friday, Dec. 6. Men's basketball vs. Cornell (Boilermaker Invitational). Mackey Arena. 7 p.m. Tickets: Sold out. Television: Creative Sports.

• Saturday, Dec. 7. Men's basketball vs. Mercer or Long Beach State (Boilermaker Invitational) Mackey Arena. 6 p.m. or 8 p.m. Tickets: Sold out. Television: Creative Sports.

• Sunday, Dec. 8. Women's basketball -- Big 4 Classic. Muncie. 2 p.m. Indiana vs. Indiana State, 2 p.m.; Purdue vs. Ball State, 4 p.m.

  ** Saturday, Dec. 14. Basketball -- Boilermaker BlockBuster. Market Square Arena, Indianapolis. Purdue women's basketball team vs. Old Dominion, 4:30 p.m.; Purdue men's basketball team vs. Louisville, 7 p.m. Tickets for public: $25 lower level, $15 middle level, $8 upper level; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194. Television: Creative Sports.

  ** Monday, Dec. 16. Men's basketball vs. Tennessee-Martin. Mackey Arena. 8 p.m. Tickets for public: $19 lower level, $14 upper level; call 1-800-49-SPORT or (765) 494-3194. Television: Creative Sports.

  ** Thursday, Dec. 19. Wrestling vs. Missouri and Ohio. 5 p.m.. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: $3 adults, $2 students.

  ** Friday, Dec. 27. Women's basketball vs. Illinois. Mackey Arena. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $1 for all seats; call 1-800-49-SPORT or 494-3194.

  ** Sunday, Dec. 29. Women's basketball vs. Northwestern. Mackey Arena. 2 p.m. Tickets: $5 for adults and $2 for students; call 1-800-49-SPORT or 494-3194.

• Through Dec. 5. International Dinner Series presented by food service management students in Purdue's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management. 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Call (765) 494-6845 for reservations or information. Coming up: Nov. 26, Colonial American; Dec. 3-5, Gourmet Nights -- call for menu information.

• Tuesday, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving vacation begins at 10 p.m. Classes resume at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 2.

• Thursday, Nov. 28. Thanksgiving. Official university holiday. Purdue also will be closed Friday, Nov. 29.

• Saturday, Dec. 14. Fall semester ends. 9 p.m. Spring semester classes begin at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13.

  ** Wednesday, Dec. 25. Christmas. Official university holiday. Purdue also will be closed Thursday, Dec. 26, and Friday, Dec. 27.

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