Purdue Events Calendar

January 23, 1998

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, Feb. 7. 16th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 11:30 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Sponsored by Theta Tau professional engineering fraternity and General Electric. Student organizers maintain a World Wide Web page at https://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~thetatau/RUBE/

ENTERTAINMENT

• Friday, Jan. 30. Cinema Now: Brassed Off. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This film focuses on a spirited group of Yorkshire men in a local brass band, and the beautiful and talented woman who saunters into their world. (Rated R) Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• Saturday, Jan. 31. Damn Yankees. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets for this multiple Tony-winning musical are $30, $23 and $18 for the public, $18 and $14 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

• Thursday, Feb. 5. Purdue Bands Recital Hour. Noon. Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music. Free lunchtime concert features performances by Purdue instrumentalists. Bring your lunch or share in refreshments provided by Tau Beta Sigma.

• Friday, Feb. 6. American Music Review and Jazz Bands Concert. 8 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom.

• Friday, Feb. 6. The Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Dancers perform works from the repertoire of Balanchine and DeMille. Tickets are $23, $19 and $13 for the public, $13 and $11 for Purdue students, available at campus box offices or by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW. Part of Purdue Convocations' Lively Arts Package.

• **Sunday, Feb. 8. Purduettes. 10:15 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, 404 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free as part of regular worship services.

• Friday, Feb. 13. Cinema Now: Cry, the Beloved Country. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris, this film centers on a Zulu Christian pastor who arrives in Johannesburg to search for his missing son. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

• **Wednesday, Feb. 18. My People! My People! 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This play by Purdue graduate Aquila Barnes takes a look at the serious yet humorous condition of present day Black America. This free event is part of Black History Month and the Black Cultural Center's Spring Cultural Arts Series.

• **Friday, Feb. 20. Purdue Jazz Band Concert, Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom. 8 p.m.

• **Friday, Feb. 20-Saturday, Feb. 28. A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Purdue Theatre. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Tickets: $11 for the public; $7 for students and senior citizens at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.

• **Sunday, Feb. 22. Windworks I. 2:30 p.m. Long Center, 111 N .Sixth St., Lafayette. The University Concert Band, the Collegiate Band and the Varsity Band present a free performance of traditional and contemporary concert band music.

• **Sunday, Feb. 22. Chicago a cappella performs an all-Renaissance program. 3 p.m. Lafayette First Baptist Church. Tickets are $8, available 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.

LECTURES

• Tuesday, Jan. 27. Colored Queers: Passionate Transgressions in Poetry and Prose. Noon-1 p.m. Stone Cellar (Room B-2, Stone Hall). Speaker: Lisa Anderson, Purdue assistant professor of African-American Studies and Visual and Performing Arts, and Jackie Martinez, Purdue assistant professor of Women's Studies and Communication. Women's Studies Department Brown Bag Series.

• Wednesday, Jan. 28. Israel and Japan: What Do They Have in Common? 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Professor George Horwich, Purdue School of Management. Part of Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• **Friday, Jan. 30. Customer Driven Distribution. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Thomas J. Lidester, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, Lafayette. Krannert Executive Forum.

• Wednesday, Feb. 4. Politics and Assimilation of French Jews. 12:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. Speaker: Professor Dwayne Woods, Purdue Department of Political Science. Part of Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• Wednesday, Feb. 4. "They Came Before Columbus." 7 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Ivan Van Sertima, world-renowned lecturer, teacher, literary critic, cultural linguist and anthropologist, presents the Black History Month keynote lecture. Van Sertima will provide his insights on the cultural background of African-Americans. Part of Black History Month and the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

• **Thursday, Feb. 5. Establishing Peace Between Israel and Its Neighbors: Moral and Educational Implications. 4:30 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Speaker: Professor Haim Gordon, School of Education, Beer-Sheva University in the Negev. Co-sponsored by the Purdue Jewish Studies Program, the Department of Philosophy, and the Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship. Part of Jewish Studies Lecture Series. (Title of speech and time have been changed.)

• **Friday, Feb. 6. The Consumer of the 21st Century. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Charlotte R. Otto, senior vice president of public affairs, Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati. Krannert Executive Forum.

• Wednesday, Feb. 11. Being Tough and Getting Connected: Negotiating in the Shadow of Gender. 3-4:30 p.m. Room 206, Stewart Center. Speaker: Deborah Kolb, professor of negotiation and dispute resolution at Simmons College. Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.

• **Thursday, Feb. 12. Brown bag lecture by Vjacheslav Khomutov from St. Petersburg, Russia, whose paintings and drawings are on exhibit in the Stewart Center Gallery. Noon. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center.

• **Friday, Feb. 13. The Automotive Supply Industry in Transition. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Frank E. Macher, president and chief executive officer, ITT Automotive, Auburn Hills, Mich. Krannert Executive Forum.

• **Wednesday, Feb. 18. Holocaust Education: The News From Russia. 12:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Professor Gordon R. Mork, Purdue Department of History. Part of Jewish Studies Discussion Series.

• **Friday, Feb. 20. The Global Corporation and How It Works. 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: Douglas R. Oberhelman, vice president and chief financial officer, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill. Krannert Executive Forum.

MEETINGS

• Monday, Jan. 26. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

• Friday, Feb. 6. Board of Trustees meeting. 1:30 p.m. Room 304 (Anniversary Drawing Room), Purdue Memorial Union.

• **Monday, Feb. 23. University Senate. 2:30 p.m. Room 302, Stewart Center.

EXHIBITS

• Feb. 1-March 22. Haitian Art Exhibit: paintings and other art forms from the Waterloo (Iowa) Museum of Art. Union Gallery, Main Floor, Purdue Memorial Union. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Exhibit co-sponsored by the Black Cultural Center, Purdue Galleries and the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art.

• **Feb. 2-Feb. 28. "Mastering the Arts," an exhibit of works in a variety of mediums by graduate students in art and design. Beelke Memorial Gallery (Room 206), Creative Arts Building 2. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

• **Feb. 9-March 22. Vjacheslav Khomutov paintings and drawings, an exhibit from St. Petersburg, Russia. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Khomutov will give a brown bag talk at noon Feb. 12.

• **Feb. 9-March 22. "A Print Retrospective," an exhibit by Reynold Weidenaar. Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

OTHER

• **Through Feb. 19. 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:

  Jan. 27, Irish; Jan. 28, German; Jan.29 Mexican.
  Feb. 3, Cajun; Feb. 4, Southwestern; Feb. 5, Polynesian.
  Feb. 10, Italian; Feb. 11, Spanish; Feb. 12, Greek.
  Feb. 17, Mediterranean; Feb. 18, Sicilian; Feb. 19, French.

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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