Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This calendar lists selected events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

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

EVENTS

• Saturday, Oct. 25. "Chemistry of Fire" demonstrations. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Lecture demonstration director Paul Smith will perform experiments that are aimed at people of all ages.

• Saturday, Nov. 8. Physics FunFest. 10 a.m.-noon. Physics Building. Demonstrations for children and adults on various topics in physics. Four different 20-minute shows will run simultaneously in Rooms 112, 114, 203 and 223. Each show will be repeated four times. Show titles are "Fire and Ice," "Lots of Lightning," "Magic Mechanics" and "Color Carnival."

ENTERTAINMENT

• Wednesday, Oct. 22. Canadian Brass. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets are sold out. Part of Purdue Convocations' Loeb Music Collection Series.

• Friday, Oct. 24. Cinema Now: "Big Night." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 American film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• Friday, Oct. 24. American Music Review and Purdue Jazz Band Concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

• Friday, Oct. 24. BCC Coffee House. 8 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall. Theater and dance featuring the New Directional Players and the Jahari Dance Troupe, two of the Black Cultural Center's performing arts ensembles. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Saturday, Oct. 25. Jazz Bands Concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Purdue's Concert and Lab Jazz Bands, directed by Dr. Marion "Mo" Trout. This free concert features a varied selection of jazz music.

• Sunday, Oct. 26. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concert. 2:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

• Sunday, Oct. 26. Purduettes perform at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services at Trinity United Methodist Church, 404 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

• Wednesday, Oct. 29. "One Monster After Another." 7 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Just in time for Halloween, Child's Play Touring Theatre will perform stories and poems written by children, including three created by schoolchildren from Greater Lafayette. Tickets are $11 for the public, $6 for Purdue students, at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

• Thursday, Oct. 30. University Choir. 7 p.m. Westminster Village, 2741 N. Salisbury St., West Lafayette.

• Friday, Oct. 31. "When We Were Kings -- The Untold Story of 'Rumble in the Jungle.'" 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The film, the 1997 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature Writer, is about the 1974 heavyweight championship boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. Admission is $2. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. This event is co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board.

• Sunday, Nov. 2. Purduettes perform at 11 a.m. worship service at University Church, 320 North St., West Lafayette.

• Sunday, Nov. 2. Cellist Mark Kosower. 3 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. Tickets are $8 at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Discovery Concerts Series featuring young performers.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. University Choir. 7 p.m. Friendship House, 1010 Cumberland, Ave., West Lafayette.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Purdue Black Voices of Inspiration concert. 8 p.m. Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. This free concert is part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Nov. 7. Pianist Chick Corea and vibes player Gary Burton. 8 p.m. Loeb Theater, Stewart Center. A duet performance by a pair of Grammy winners. Tickets are $25 for the public, $15 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. A Purdue Convocations' Jazz Set event.

• Saturday, Nov. 8. Pregame concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 11:30 a.m. (Time is subject to change, but it will be 1-1/2 hours before the football game against Michigan State.) Slayter Center.

• Sunday, Nov. 9. Trinity Irish Dance Company. 3 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets to this performance of traditional Irish dance are $18 for the public, $12 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Patron's Choice Series.

** Monday, Nov. 10. Adam Sandler, comedian, actor and singer. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Presented by the Purdue Student Concert Committee. Ticket-buying times will be assigned to students over the Student Services Information On-line service (SSINFO) from Sunday, Oct. 19, through Tuesday, Oct. 21. Ticket-buying times will be assigned to faculty and staff at Elliott Hall of Music lobby from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. Tickets, at $15, $12 and $10, go on sale to students, faculty and staff with assigned buying times beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Elliott Hall box offices. They also go on sale to the public that day at Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets for the public will be available at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW, beginning Friday, Oct. 24.

** Thursday, Nov. 13-Sunday, Nov. 23. Three Sisters -- Purdue Theatre. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. No performance Nov. 17. Nov. 23 performance is at 6 p.m. Tickets: $10.50 for the public; $6.50 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

** Saturday, Nov. 15. Pregame (Penn State) concert with the "All-American" Marching Band. 10:30 a.m. Slayter Center.

** Sunday, Nov. 16. Cinema Now: Paris Was a Woman. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. 1996 French/American film. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

LECTURES

• Tuesday, Oct. 21: "Post-Modernism and Structural Theories." 7:30-9 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Peter Blau, past president of the American Sociological Association and currently at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Reception will follow. Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

• Wednesday, Oct. 22. Alleged Christological References in the Old Testament: Everything You Want to Know and Are Smart Enough Not to Ask. Speaker: Ephraim Fischback, professor of physics. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

** Thursday, Oct. 23. The Impact of AIDS on the African-American Community. Speaker: Anthony Lemelle, associate professor of sociology and anthropology. Noon. Room 1284, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Part of a brown bag series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

• Friday, Oct. 24. Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Roberta W. Gutman, vice president and director of global diversity, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill. Topic: "Diversity, a Weapon for U.S. Business." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Tuesday, Oct. 28. Gender Diplomacy. Speakers: Aaron Kipnis and Elizabeth Herron, co-directors of the Gender Relations Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. 8:30-10 a.m. Room 302, Stewart Center. Woman's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• Tuesday, Oct. 28. (Wo)men and Gender in International Relations 10 Years On: To Return as a Woman and Be Heard. Speaker: Marysia Zalewski, visiting scholar from University of Wales, United Kingdom. Noon. Stone Cellar (Room B-2) Stone Hall. Brown Bag Series sponsored by Women's Studies.

** Tuesday, Oct. 28. Farm Animal Welfare, Ethics and Codes of Practice. Speaker: Frank Hurnik, Canadian animal scientist. 7 p.m. Room 1136, Lynn Hall. The talk is sponsored by Purdue's new Center for Food Animal Productivity and Well-Being.

** Wednesday, Oct. 29. Art as a Means of Expression for Children and Families With HIV/AIDS. Speakers: Dan Engelke, associate professor in visual and performing arts, and Sue Hiering, children's arts specialist from the Lill Street Learning Center in Chicago. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Beelke Gallery (Room 206), Creative Arts Building 2. Part of a brown bag series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

** * Wednesday, Oct. 29. Moralists in Disguise: The Ethical Rhetoric of Postmodernist Movements. Speaker: Wayne C. Booth, the George M. Pullman Professor of English, University of Chicago. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Sponsored by the Department of English. Reception follows in the Krannert Drawing Room.

• Wednesday, Oct. 29. The Assassination of the Black Male Image. 7 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Earl Hutchinson, author and lecturer, makes this presentation. Some of Hutchinson's work is available in the BCC library. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series.

• Friday, Oct. 31. Krannert Executive Forum. Alberto Sanchez Palazuelos, chairman and chief executive officer, Albright & Wilson Troy Grupo Industrial, Col. Polanco, Mexico. Topic: "AW Troy -- A Case of Converting a Government-Owned Chemical Complex Into a Private, World-Class, Global Company." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

• Friday, Oct. 31. Herbert Newby McCoy Lecture. Gregory Martin, associate professor of agronomy and winner of the 1997 Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Research. Topic: "Recognition and Signal Transduction in Plant Disease Resistance." 3:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

• Friday, Oct. 31. Astronaut and Purdue alumnus Greg Harbaugh talks on his experiences in the space program, including his flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. 8-9 p.m. Room 202, Stewart Center. Sponsored by the Purdue Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Purdue Engineering Student Council.

• Saturday, Nov. 1. Louis Martin Sears Symposium. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Memorial Union. Four scholars discuss "Transatlantic Revolutionary Traditions, 1688-1824." Speakers and times: Lois G. Schwoerer, the Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History at George Washington University, 9 a.m.; John M. Murrin, professor of history at Princeton University and president-elect of the Society of Historians of the Early Republic, 10 a.m.; William Sewell, who holds the Mac Palevsky Professor of Political Science chair at the University of Chicago, 1 p.m.; and Eric Van Young, professor of history at the University of California at San Diego and associate director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, 2 p.m. A roundtable discussion will begin at 4 p.m.

** Monday, Nov. 3. Corporate Uses of World Wide Web and Business Communication Pedagogy. Speaker: James Porter, associate professor of English. 2 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts Center for Undergraduate Instructional Excellence.

** Tuesday, Nov. 4. Peace and Prosperity: American Plans for the Post War World, 1939-1945. Speaker: Patrick Hearden, associate professor of history. 2:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts Center for Humanistic Studies.

Wednesday, Nov. 5. Doing Jewish Oral History: Reflections on the Impact of the Holocaust on Purdue's Survivors. Speakers: Joseph Haberer, professor emeritus of political science, and W. Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt, associate professor of history. 12:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 204. Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

** Thursday, Nov. 6. Empowerment Through Agency-Promoting Discourse. Speaker: Marifran Mattson, assistant professor in communication. Noon. Room 1284, Liberal Arts and Education Building. The lecture deals with reframing HIV test counseling using the harm reduction theory. Part of a series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. Reconstructing the Subject of Human Rights. Speaker: Cheryl Hughes of Wabash College. 4:30 p.m. Room 1222, Liberal Arts and Education Building. Philosophy Colloquium Series.

• Thursday, Nov. 6. The Iron Paradox: Assessing Risks and Benefits. Speaker: Elaine R. Monsen, professor of nutrition and adjunct professor of medicine, University of Washington. 8 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 218. Eva Goble Lecture Series in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences. Reception from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. also in Stewart Center, Room 218.

• Friday, Nov. 7. Krannert Executive Forum. Marshall O. Larsen, executive vice president, The BFGoodrich Co., and president and chief operating officer, BFGoodrich Aerospace, Akron, Ohio. Topic: "Turning Around a Company." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

** Tuesday, Nov. 11. Purdue Alumni Association Autumn Tuesdays Series: Margaret Rowe, dean of the School of Liberal Arts, will present an update on Purdue's second-largest undergraduate school. 7:30 a.m. Purdue Room, MCL Cafeteria, Wabash Village, West Lafayette. Breakfast buffet costs $4.50. For reservations, call 1-800-414-1541.

** Thursday, Nov. 13. Reading of fiction and poetry regarding AIDS. Speakers: Tom Andrews, associate professor of English, and the Sycamore Review staff. 7 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room (Room 304), Purdue Memorial Union. Conclusion of a series on AIDS awareness presented by the School of Liberal Arts in conjunction with the Nov. 16-18 exhibit at Purdue of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

** Friday, Nov. 14. Krannert Executive Forum. Jeremy P. Coote, president, SAP America Inc., Lester, Pa. Topic: "The Key to Modern Business: Enabling the Supply Chain." 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

MEETINGS

** Friday, Nov. 7. Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

** Monday, Nov. 17. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

EXHIBITS

• Through Nov. 2. "Voices of Color." Union Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union. This exhibit includes work in a variety of media by artists from wide-ranging multicultural backgrounds -- Asian-American, Native American, African-American, Latin American and Canadian. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

• Through Nov. 9. "Chi-Jen Fang: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper." Krannert Drawing Room. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

• Through Nov. 9. "A West of an Imagination, A Place of the Spirit." Stewart Center Gallery. Peter Smith, former art education professor at Purdue, has painted the West of his imagination, as well as his interpretation of the Biblical Jacob and his 12 sons. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

• Through Nov. 23. "Students in Art Education." Beelke Gallery (Room 206), Creative Arts Building 2. This exhibit features recent work by student members of the National Art Education Association. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

** Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 16-18. AIDS Memorial Quilt Display. 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Memorial Union Ballrooms. Nine-hundred and four of the 3x6-foot panels from The Names Project AIDS Quilt will be on display. Organizers of the display have especially requested panels commemorating Indiana AIDS victims Ryan White and Amy Sloan. Sponsored by the Purdue Quilt Coalition.

OTHER

** Through Nov. 13. 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:

Oct. 21, German; Oct. 22, Mediterranean; Oct. 23, Italian.
Oct. 28, Southwestern; Oct. 29, South Pacific; Oct. 30, Mexican.
Nov. 4, Californian; Nov. 5, Cajun; Nov. 6, Greek.
Nov. 11, Caribbean; Nov. 12, French; Nov. 13, Indian.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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