January 18, 2008
Events this weekend
Here is a list of events happening Jan. 18-21 on the West Lafayette campus.
Friday, Jan. 18
-- Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Mike Lewis, senior vice president, Don Schumacher Racing. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Room 1086, Rawls Hall.
-- Wrestling vs. Air Force. 6 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
-- Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. In "Celebrating Genius, Commemorating Titans: Happy 90th Birthday to Nat, Diz & Monk." Convocations, Jazz Set. 8 p.m. Loeb. $27-$22.
Saturday, Jan. 19
-- Men's basketball vs. Illinois. 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $22.
-- Swimming and diving (men and women) vs. Miami (Ohio). 2 p.m.
Jan. 19-21
-- Men's tennis. Boilermaker Invitational. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.
Sunday, Jan. 20
-- Women's basketball vs. Northwestern. 2 p.m. Tickets: public, $10; student, $5.
Through Jan. 20
-- Purdue Jazz Festival. with guest artists Jon Faddis & Chicago Jazz Ensemble, sax player Eric Marienthal, drummer Steve Houghton and the Ron Jones Quartet. Besides headliner concerts, event includes high school competition and clinics, jazz jams and jazz church service. Purdue Memorial Union/Stewart Center and various Lafayette-West Lafayette sites. Some events free. For details www.purdue.edu/bands/jazzfest.
Monday, Jan. 21
-- Martin Luther King Jr. Day. University holiday. Offices closed.
-- Day of Service and Appreciation Luncheon. Volunteers help area nonprofit organizations. Part of Purdue University's 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration "Affirming the Dream XIII: Walk the Talk."
-- 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration "Affirming the Dream XIII: Walk the Talk." Award-winning civil rights trial lawyer Morris Dees, co-founder of Southern Poverty Law Center, is keynote. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse.
-- Coach Matt Painter and Coach Sharon Versyp Weekly Radio Show. Coach Painter at 6 p.m. Coach Versyp at 7:10 p.m. Cary Knight Spot Grill, Cary Quadrangle.
All week
-- Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Two exhibitions through Feb. 17. "Insights into Suburbia." Juried exhibition of 55 works in various media by 27 contemporary women artists. National Association of Women Artists and the Opalka Gallery of the Sage Colleges, Albany/Troy, N.Y. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. "60 Square Inches: 16th Biennial North American Small Print Competition." Purdue Galleries, competition host. Stewart Center Gallery.
Monday-Friday
-- Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts; Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 49-62958. Jan. 7-18: "Picturing the Victorians: Photographs from Purdue Galleries." Historic collection.
-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Snowflakes and Icicles: Winter Scenes of Campus." Photographs. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. Through Feb. 27. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/snowflakes/.
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week: Butternut squash and cod baked in sour cream. To access the menu: http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/about/restaurants.shtml
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