Purdue Events Calendar

January 30, 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/

** Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 10-11. Retail Management Career Conference sponsored by Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing. Feb. 10 events: Free job fair, 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Purdue Memorial Union South Ballroom; luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in PMU North Ballroom; afternoon sessions on job search skills and career advice; reception in the evening. Feb. 11 events: Prescheduled interviews for jobs and internships, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration fee of $15 for Purdue students and $25 for the public includes the luncheon, reception and a company information packet. Contact: Department of Consumer Sciences and Retailing, (765) 494-8317.

** Wednesday, Feb. 25. Evolution of a Revolutionary: Remembering Malcolm X. 3:30 p.m. Room 204, Stewart Center. This 10th annual Malcolm X commemorative program is sponsored by Purdue's African-American Studies and Research Center as a Black History Month event.

ENTERTAINMENT

• 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. 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: $12 for the public; $8 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.

** Friday, Feb. 27. American Music Review and Variety Band Concert. 8 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette.

** Friday, Feb. 27. Cinema Now: The White Balloon. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. From director Panahi, this is a story of a little girl in Iran, looking for the money she has lost in the bustling streets of the crowded marketplace. Tickets: $4 for faculty and staff, $3 for Purdue students.

** Saturday, Feb. 28. BCC Coffee House. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. A free evening of theater and song with the New Directional Players and the Black Voices of Inspiration choir, two of the Black Cultural Center's performing arts ensembles. This event is co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board. Part of Black History Month and the BCC Spring Cultural Arts Series.

** Sunday, March 1. Purdue Symphony Orchestra Concerts. 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. A high school concert band joins the Purdue symphony for these free concerts.

LECTURES

• 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, 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. Books and Coffee series. 4 p.m. South Ballroom of Purdue Memorial Union. James Saunders, professor of English, will discuss "Paradise" by Toni Morrison. Free coffee and tea will be served at 4 p.m. The 30-minute talk begins at 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board and the Department of English.

• 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.

• 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.

** Thursday, Feb. 12. Books and Coffee series. 4 p.m. South Ballroom of Purdue Memorial Union. Emily Allen, assistant professor of English, will discuss "Violin" by Anne Rice. Free coffee and tea will be served at 4 p.m. The 30-minute talk begins at 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board and the Department of English.

• 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.

** Tuesday, Feb. 17. Black History Month keynote lecture. 3 p.m. Room 209, Stewart Center. Speech by Warren Swindell, professor of African-American studies at Indiana State University and president of the Indiana Coalition of Blacks in Higher Education. Presented by African-American Studies and Research Center.

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.

** Thursday, Feb. 19. Books and Coffee series. 4 p.m. South Ballroom of Purdue Memorial Union. Johndan Johnson-Eilola, assistant professor of English, will discuss "Twilight, a Symphony" an interactive novel by Michael Joyce published on CD-ROM. Free coffee and tea will be served at 4 p.m. The 30-minute talk begins at 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board and the Department of English.

• 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.

** Tuesday, Feb. 24. Conversations About Teaching. 3:30 p.m. East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union. Speaker: Robert J. Joly, Purdue professor of horticulture. Part of the Focus on Teaching Lecture Series.

** Thursday, Feb. 26. Books and Coffee series. 4 p.m. South Ballroom of Purdue Memorial Union. Clayton Lein, professor of English and director of the School of Liberal Arts Honors Program, discusses "Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination" by Robert Jourdain. Free coffee and tea will be served at 4 p.m. The 30-minute talk begins at 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board and the Department of English.

** Thursday, Feb. 26. The Religious Rationalism of Benjamin Wichcote. 4:30 p.m. Room 210, University Hall. Speaker: Michael Gill, Purdue assistant professor of philosophy. Part of the Purdue Philosophy Colloquium Series.

** Thursday, Feb. 26. Growing Up Yiddish. 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. Lecture by Gabriel Weinreich, professor emeritus of physics, University of Michigan. Part of Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

** Friday, Feb. 27. Where Does the Securities Industry Go From Here -- Boom or Bust? 11:30 a.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Speaker: James C. Redinger, senior managing director, McDonald & Co. Securities Inc., Cleveland. Part of the Krannert Executive Forum.

MEETINGS

• 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

** Through Feb. 27. Pottery by Bernie Leinberger. 8 a.m. -5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences.

• Through 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.

• Through Feb. 27. "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

** Tuesday, Feb. 10. "Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty," an award-winning video that offers a view of American campuses through the eyes of minority faculty. 3 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. Sponsored by Purdue's African-American Studies and Research Center as a Black History Month event.

** Tuesday, Feb. 24. Reception and book signing. 4 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union. The authors are Lisa Anderson and Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, assistant professors of African-American Studies. Anderson is the author of "Mammies No More: The Changing Image of Black Women on Stage and Screen." Sharpley-Whiting wrote "Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures and Revolution" and "Franz Fannon: Conflicts and Feminisms." A Black History Month event.

** Through Feb. 26. 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: 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. Feb. 24, Southeast Asian; Feb. 25, Caribbean; Feb. 26, Russian.

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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